rant · moment 16 of 24
The Metaverse, NFTs, and Sexual Assault in Virtual Reality
from #293 - Fat Activism with Jessica Kirson | The Tim Dillon Show · #293
9 min
Tim plays Zuckerberg's Metaverse demo and a Heineken virtual beer promo, riffing on fake tomato sauce, buying digital real estate via NFTs, and reads USA Today stories about sexual harassment and alleged virtual rape in the metaverse.
- Truth is subjective now, people create their own reality, especially online, and the metaverse will deepen that immersion.
- Zuckerberg's metaverse attempts so far have been pathetic and laughed at, but it will eventually become a thing like everything else.
- In the metaverse you have an avatar, recreate your physical home virtually, and exist in digital landscapes with meaningful relationships online instead of real life.
- This is the future they want—floating in space with robots, a complete digital escape where people buy things and consume through NFTs and crypto.
- People already buy real estate in the metaverse and then stay there while companies sell them things, with Walmart now demoing virtual shopping with real-world delivery.
- Heineken sponsored a metaverse beer campaign and released Heineken Silver, a virtual beer brewed with pixels instead of yeast, which was a complete failure.
- Tim sees it as a conspiracy—the metaverse lets you be a 400-pound person with any avatar you want, and companies want you there to sell you stuff.
- Instead of fixing the fentanyl epidemic, violence, environmental decay, and healthcare, they're preparing an escape where people live fantasy lives in the metaverse.
- Sexual assault is already happening in the metaverse—women have reported virtual rape and harassment within minutes of joining platforms like Horizon Worlds.
- Everything will eventually be an NFT you pay for—jokes, digital property, art—and the metaverse is heading rapidly toward making this the new economy.
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