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Launder Your Money the Trendy Way Transcript

This is a transcript of the second February 2, 2022, RGBots comic.

Panel One

Red is conversing with Blue, who is just off-screen.

Red: Saw another trending article today about some artist who was poor who apparently got rich on NFTs.

Panel Two

Red and Blue in the same frame.

Red: It feels like a concerted effort to drive speculation into a ponzi scheme that is going to leave a lot of folks out to dry.

Blue: Pretty much.

Panel Three

Blue elaborates on a point.

Blue: Did the article mention the money launderer who bankrolled the minting of the artist’s work so they could but the NFT to clean their illicit millions?

Panel Four

Red recalls the article.

Red: Surprisingly, the article failed to include that.

Blue: Shocking.

*smokes a cigarette and waits for the sweet release of lung cancer*

Man.

What’s Trending – “Commmunity” Transcript

This is a transcript of the second January 17, 2022, RGBots comic.

Panel One

Red is watching NFT idiot shenanigans trend online.

Red: The NFT community is so dumb that they spelled their hashtag with three “M’s” and got it trending.

Panel Two

Red looks to the viewer in a moment of honesty.

Red: No real joke, here. Just a quiet, sad desperation on my end for a world that makes more sense.

It’s all so tiresome. I’d take up smoking if I had lungs.

In the (near) future, every person will have a parallel digital identity. Avatars, crypto wallets, digital goods will be the norm. Are you planning for this?

— Reese Witherspoon (@ReeseW) January 11, 2022

What’s Trending – Reese WitherCrypto Transcript

This is a transcript of the second January 11, 2022, RGBots comic.

Panel One

Blue is reading a tweet on her phone. The tweet is from celebrity Reese Witherspoon.

Tweet: “In the (near) future, every person will have a parallel digital identity. Avatars, crypto wallets, digital goods will be the norm. Are you planning for this?”

Blue: What the fuck?

Panel Two

Blue deadpans to the viewer.

Blue: More like Reese Withersilverspoon to be able to waste money on this bullshit.