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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Sex toys are being hurled on the court at WNBA games. A cryptocurrency company says they're behind it – and planning for more.

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Sex toys are being hurled on the court at WNBA games. A cryptocurrency company says they're behind it – and planning for more.

www.usatoday.com

Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months ago
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EXCLUSIVE: WNBA sex toy incidents started by Crypto meme coin group
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A spokesman for the cryptocurrency meme coin creators told USA TODAY Sports they launched sex toys at WNBA games as a lighthearted joke.
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    Hah! Sexual harassment is so funny right

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    I fully expected this to be some toxic male protest over the whole wnba wanting fair pay issue. Turns out its just the shittiest ad campaign I’ve seen in a while. A fucking meme coin.

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      Meme coins are usually run by incels, so it is most likely still both.

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      Maybe it’s both.

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        For sure, I’d imagine denigrating female athletes is, at the minimum, a huge incentive for them. Also want to point out, how much I despise the while ‘it’s just a prank bro’ routine they are trying to pull off.

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      I’d be willing to bet that it’s actually just sexism and the crypto had nothing to do with it. But crypto grifts are based on the ability to draw attention, so they just decided to claim responsibility to get the eyes of the media on them.

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    That shit is stupid and dangerous. Also, nothing that jackass said made any sense. If this wasn’t about sexual harassing women or shitting on women’s sports, then why chose the WNBA? Even if that statement is sincere, how could you not be aware that this would cause individuals who do hold those views to participate? Fuck crypto clowns.

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      Schrodinger’s asshole. It’s just a joke bro! Unless…?

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    Crypto is a plague in the universe.

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      downfall of democracy

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      Right alongside generative AI.

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    Fine. Arrest them and trespass them. Fuck those guys

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      Better yet, let the girls kick their asses.

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        You, i like you

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    Intentionally disrupting professional sporting events as part of a marketing campaign sounds like an easy lawsuit against the company responsible.

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    I really liked this take on it: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/08/wnba-sex-toy-throwing-meme-culture-shame-collapse

    And I agree. It’s just Gez Z brain rot. This is what watching youtube all your life does to you.

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      In a memetic landscape poisoned by irony, absurdity is the point. The dildo isn’t symbolic. Its function is noise.

      Maybe, but it’s also sexual harassment.

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    Protesting the toxic environment in the crypto world…who creates that toxic environment?

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    I would totally trust some dildotosser with my money, 100%.

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    Sounds trashy.

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    They should throw them at the supreme Court instead

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