Follow on from OG sloth Mod Frankus’ analysis of ‘coincidences’.

I used to work in advertising. I don’t wanna give my age away by saying back in my day, but…. back in my day, data over demographics was collected by separate agencies who collated and made suggestions over what that demographic liked, enjoyed, got excited by, were numb to etc etc. I don’t work in that industry anymore, but from what I gather it’s much easier to collect this kind of data and in real time, not what someone is into this year but what they like TODAY. Might be different tomorrow. AI is obviously perfect at collating this kind of stuff and providing this data really quickly. What do people who work in tech or other non cultural jobs with expendable income and are ready to engage in crypto think of as high culture? ‘Mona Lisa, Ancient Rome, Edward Munch’s The Scream’ You get my point. They are all what you call in the cultural language industry ‘Tea Towel’ art, as in the art that gets the most buys in the gift shop of the museum (mug or tea towel or postcard). They are common signifiers of high art. The point I’m making isn’t to try and piss on the theories around connections between Sloth and various CEX’s. It’s actually to say, hmm, there may well be some kind of connection. Pragmatically, I look at other memes, flailing around trying to capture attention, Sloth is operating more like a CEX using high end marketing knowledge and techniques (in house, third party I don’t know) but the same access to this kind of marketing. That it in itself is worth thinking about. For me at least! 🤣