After years as a meme, ‘Disaster Girl’ takes control of her image — with a hefty payoff

The State via Yahoo News ^ | 04/27/2021 | Maddie Ellis

[outofsalt]

"Zoe wasn’t an arsonist. Now 21, she’s a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill. Online, in the world of memes and 280-character messages, Zoe lives out her alter ego as the always devious, “Disaster Girl.”

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You will instantly recognize Zoe. She has, "minted" her famous portrait as a NFT (nonfungible token,)a crypto-like currency. Someone bought the rights for ~$430,000. "If cryptocurrency represents a digital form of money, NFTs are digital forms of collectibles. Each NFT is one-of-a-kind, like any piece of physical artwork hanging in a museum. NFTs have built-in proof of ownership because they are stored on a blockchain, a type of digital ledger."

[outofsalt]

She's now a 21 year old in NC

[Berlin_Freeper]

Pumped up Kicks

[Westbrook]

Remember the bomb magnet?

She should be able to claim NFT status.

Anybody still have an image of her?

[mykroar]

I will be honest and say I have NO idea how NFT’s work

[Red Badger]

The account @3fmusic officially purchased the token for 180 Ether — worth about $430,000.............................

[outofsalt]

Old Middle Eastern woman with her arms wide open. (Holding a photo shopped, “bomb magnet”) Should be worth a couple of NFT dinars.

[outofsalt]

And, I really don’t know what that means, but it sounds like Zoe gets to cash out. Or does she?

[Rio]

[G Larry]

I’m just glad she’s a normal college student and not some “star” in a demonic movie”.

[day10]

What happened to Belly Girl, I wonder?

[dfwgator]

This is the "Overly Atttached Girlfriend" now...

[rlmorel]

I have to admit, these things just make me laugh...:)

Power to them!

[day10]

That was a good one, too!

[D_Idaho]

Awww. She’s kind of cute, really.

[Zack Attack]

“I will be honest and say I have NO idea how NFT’s work”

Sounds like it is basically just another gimmick. Consider that there is only 1 original of a famous painting but millions of copies/reprints. That authenticated original commands a premium.

With paintings, you have a physical object, making it easier to identify authenticity. With digital it is not so easy.

Consider Twitter’s @Jerk is currently auctioning off his first twitt as an NFT. Clearly pixels can’t be authenticated so they do so by assigning the item to a blockchain giving it a unique identifier.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/09/jack-dorseys-first-tweet-on-track-to-sell-for-2point5-million-and-hell-donate-the-money.html

My first twitt has still not taken place and likely never will.

[a fool in paradise]

You buy “gas” to mint your coin (ex $120) and the “rest” (ex. $10) of what you pay actually goes for the artist/creator’s work.

Sounds like Amway should be selling coins.

[ctdonath2]

NFT is a way for content creators to publicly certify “this file is the definitive image/video/music/book/etc” and “who owns it”. Important when copying & editing is trivial, and people care about which instance is definitive.

[a fool in paradise]

My recommendation to people buying NFTs, just buy some art (or music) and then use your own money to buy the cryptocurrency that same day. If the currency goes up, bravo. And if the art goes up, bravo. but it isn’t tied to some FOMO pyramid scheme to sell coins that don’t profit the artist (except in a miniscule way where they can get 10% to them of the aftermarket sales price(s)).

[ctdonath2]

Seems she has made a good living off the notoriety.