Charlie Bit Me Is Going To Be Removed From YouTube Forever After It Was Sold As An NFT For Over $760,000(!!!)
CNN- Charlie will soon bite his brother's finger for the last time. The memorable and meme-able YouTube video "Charlie bit my finger," one of the most viewed videos in the website's history, was auctioned off as a non-fungible token, or NFT, on Sunday for a stunning $760,999 and is set to be deleted from YouTube, according to a website set up by the Davies-Carr family. The video remained on YouTube as of Sunday morning.
An intense bidding war between anonymous accounts sent the price skyrocketing in the auction's final hours, with "3fmusic" ultimately outbidding "mememaster" for the NFT.
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What the fuuuuuuuck is this? I've sat back and held my tongue as I've watched a bunch of people cash in on NFTs as well as crypto without freaking out since I don't quite understand NFTs and don't have the talent to sell anything I've done for an unreal amount of money. But I think NFTs are officially my enemy after this story (no offense to 3fmusic or mememaster, who are both likely upstanding humans or robots).
Charlie Bit Me is my favorite YouTube. Watching those two little chaps mix it up will make my soul smile every single time. Not only the bite but the overall cheekiness of it. The older brother being a Saint for not whacking Charlie in the head for trying to eat a digit, the delightful "hmmmm hmmmm hmmmm" between bites, and my lowkey favorite part when Charlie goes in for thirds because he has an unquenchable thirst for human flesh.
Removing this gem from YouTube forever after it's been enjoyed by more than 882 million times is like declaring war on humanity. How is this different than that worm Martin Shkreli buying that Wu-Tang album then keeping it all for himself? Actually the difference is we know how great Charlie Bit Me is whereas we have no clue what's on that Wu-Tang album. This would be like Shkreli buying 36 Chambers then wiping every song on it from the internet forever.
This removal talk better have been some sort of bargaining tactic to drive the price up because masterpieces like Charlie Bit Me belong to the internet and the world once they reach icon status. And if it's not, we need to make a pact now that we will simply not allow whoever claims ownership of the Mobile, Alabama Leprechaun video to pull these type of shenanigans.
Now if you will excuse me, I have to go watch a 14 year old video over and over again until my eyes bleed.
P.S. I think that "mememaster" has to change his username after getting outbid for Charlie Bit Me. You can be a Meme Connoisseur or Meme Lord after losing out on maybe the most iconic YouTube video ever. But you cannot be a Meme Master after letting Charlie Bit Me slip through your virtual fingers unless the word master means nothing just like everything else in this crazy world these days.
Also I have no clue how Charlie Bit Me couldn't even crack a million dollars. Money, or whatever is still considered money these days, is all bullshit.