OttothePoolboy 🍌

Spent years as a Poolboy | Will continue to spend years as a Poolboy | Jenkins the Valet

[OttothePoolboy 🍌 @ottothepoolboy]

We all have our lightbulb moments around NFTs. That moment where the idea of an NFT makes sense. And another moment where it makes more and more.

And another. And another.

Stumbling across Jenkins in 2021 was a lightbulb moment for me.

Jenkins brought storytelling to the space, and became a stand out ape in the yacht club. One of the first characters on-chain.

Over the last few years I’ve got to know the Tally team pretty well. A smart, creative, hard working bunch with a heap of resilience. We’ve watched them succeed, we’ve watched them fail, and we’ve watched them pivot.

I’m proud to become the next owner of Jenkins the Valet, that damn mutant, and Goodboy.

I have no firm plans, and my intention is to be a solid steward for these characters, and for their stories to continue through the swamp.

For now, all I want to say is thank you. Thank you to the space, yacht club, the team at Tally, and to Jenkins.

Let’s see where this journey takes us next.

[OttothePoolboy 🍌 @ottothepoolboy]

@mfigge @Lumberg Not yet figge but soon. Following you.

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@drdavecoin @UKApeClub @BoredApeYC @_PPMan_ @TheeHustleHouse @CryptoGarga @BoredApeGazette What’s the plan. Will see if I can join

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@Zeneca Got two. No regrets. Would love to have a third, but don’t think it’s worth the sacrifice, especially when thinking about the two kids we have.

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@TheSpeculator0 It’s an insurance scheme to avoid the risk of getting to an airport and not having money for food or drink.

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@16bitnostalgia This is a good place to be

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@missprehistoric @AndythePandy_ 😂

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@animalvault @BoredApeYC Love this King. Congrats.

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@missprehistoric @AndythePandy_ Get some noise cancelling headphones and stop being a berk

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@BarbellFi Go part time and make $150k for 2.5 days a week

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@Gabrielesm1 @Gratefulape @AdamWeitsman @hv_mtl Thanks for doing this. Activated my HV.

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@bubblegumkids_ @ClownArown Do royalties go to the community now btw? Or is the CTO just for Twitter?

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@NFT_Dee @KingODawg_ @kloss_xyz @ernestleedotcom @AaronHaber Love it!! Big love to you.

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@Langerius Cracked me up

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I’ve ordered hundreds of things from Amazon.

The one that took the longest to arrive was a kindle.

Go figure.

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@kingpickle

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@nftgerry @CryptoGarga @Ape__Solar @ApeBeverages @BoredApeYC @apecoin @CapetainTrippy Onwards. Congrats.

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@NFTdavie @jenkinsthevalet

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I bought my first mutant ape in the summer of 2023 and I was genuinely happy.

As the market pulled back, I did not run. I bought my next mutants, upgraded to my first OG and then eventually acquired the @jenkinsthevalet full set.

I did not get airdropped mutants or dogs. I bought those too. My entire entry into this ecosystem came at full cost with no early holder perks and no bull run to carry me.

And here is the part we rarely acknowledge. There are more people with my story from 2023 until now than there are early minters who caught lightning in a bottle in 2021. The community today is built on holders who stepped in during the hardest chapter, not the easiest. That matters.

OGs often talk about the old days and how the magic is gone. I get it. But most of us never had those old days. Our entire history has been a steady downfall while we kept showing up and holding onto hope. So ask yourself. Who has demonstrated stronger conviction. Who actually has more right to complain. Because the truth is new Gs stay while OGs leave. Think about that.

So when an OG walks away, someone new steps in. Someone who did not get the wave up but still wants to be part of this club. That is who keeps the lights on. The journey down and how we endure it is just as important, maybe more important, than the journey up.

If you leave, then good luck. But if you stay, then I ask the OGs who helped build the early culture to remember this and lead. Show us what that era felt like. Show us why it mattered. There are far more new Gs than old Gs now, and if the club is going to survive, it needs all of us, but it especially needs the people who wrote chapter one to help us write chapter two.

NFTs live and die by community. That part has never changed. 🍌

@BoredApeYC

[davie satoshi @NFTdavie]

I bought my first ape in the summer of 2022 for 91 ETH and I was genuinely happy. Even at that price. As the market pulled back, I did not run. I bought my next three apes on the way down. I did not get airdropped mutants or dogs. I bought those too. My entire entry into this ecosystem came at full cost with no early holder perks and no bull run to carry me.

And here is the part we rarely acknowledge. There are more people with my story from 2022 until now than there are early minters who caught lightning in a bottle in 2021. The community today is built on holders who stepped in during the hardest chapter, not the easiest. That matters.

OGs often talk about the old days and how the magic is gone. I get it. But most of us never had those old days. Our entire history has been a steady downfall while we kept showing up and holding onto hope. So ask yourself. Who has demonstrated stronger conviction. Who actually has more right to complain. Because the truth is new Gs stay while OGs leave. Think about that.

So when an OG walks away, someone new steps in. Someone who did not get the wave up but still wants to be part of this club. That is who keeps the lights on. The journey down and how we endure it is just as important, maybe more important, than the journey up.

If you leave, then good luck. But if you stay, then I ask the OGs who helped build the early culture to remember this and lead. Show us what that era felt like. Show us why it mattered. There are far more new Gs than old Gs now, and if the club is going to survive, it needs all of us, but it especially needs the people who wrote chapter one to help us write chapter two.

NFTs live and die by community. That part has never changed. 🍌

@BoredApeYC

[OttothePoolboy 🍌 @ottothepoolboy]

@digital_tomato @wiimee @JaydenLevitt @d00liv @lordeco @jacobyboyer_ Are you going?

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@digital_tomato @wiimee @JaydenLevitt @d00liv @lordeco @jacobyboyer_ Who’s going? When is it? I’ll do my best if you’re there.