If they buy the name and bring in actually competent people to run it the infamy of the name would bring a lot of attention.
this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2025
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They could get sponsors too - that would really whip the llama's ass. Bonsai Buddy trading cards. Gator Wallet crypto tent. Dog Park sponsored by Dogpile and Pets.com. Jeeves posted at strategic locations for guest assistance. (A)lta(V)ista AV jam sessions.
Fuck I miss the mid 90s
With Zombo Festival, anything is possible.
So you get to listen to the music for free, but you’re definitely coming home with a virus.
They actually acquired Fyre.Festival.exe. Explorer just doesn’t show the extension by default.
People are starving on this planet (purposefully!) and somehow a piracy platform from 25 year ago, known for being shit, which pivoted to the scammy world of NFTs, somehow still exists and has enough money to buy the scam festival?
Guys, enough. How did I die, and what am I accused of that holds me to this circle of hell?
Ah you finally got it, congrats! We knew it would become too ridiculous to believe at some point, but I'm glad we got this far. You still bought some insane shit (Kanye running for President, Kissinger getting the Nobel peace prize, Israel committing a holocaust, Oasis getting together again, people buying monkey JPEGs for millions of dollars...). Come on, nothing in this list is even remotely believable.
Does seem suspiciously like some form of Hell or Demiurge flawed reality.
At least anyone who profited from NFTs did so by taking money from selfish idiots.
Fyre Festival took money from wannabe “influencers”, sooo… same thing I guess
TIL Limewire still exists.
So much malware.
It has nothing to do with the original AFAIK, it’s some crypto project now.
oh, how the mighty have fallen.
The...
The piracy software?
iirc the original ~~copywrite~~ trademark (thanks ripcord) either expired or got purchased, but it's just being used as an NFT platform or something now
They should check what trademarks Apple has allowed to elapse, I could see myself attending a festival called FyreWire.
Trademark, not copyright.
I mean who wouldn't want them back? I for one think about Limwire all time... just thinking - wouldn't it be great if Limewire would just launch some new stuff, maybe sell some colourful shoes, open a lime themed restaurant or maybe even become a hedge fund. Yeah, that would be just great.
I wish them all the success they deserve.
Ngl I laughed so hard at this headline that I pooped. Which was fortunate because I was in fact trying to poop. So thanks, least trustworthy names in media, you did at least one beneficial thing for someone.
Instead of most people going home with a virus, now everybody is going home with a virus and their names on an FBI watchlist.
I'm not sure what limewire is, and I have no idea what that festival is... so, good job everyone (just in case)!
Limewire used to be a p2p file sharing platform ages ago, now the name is used for some crypto project. Probably a scam.
Fyre festival was the disaster music festival on an island where the artists didn’t show up, the villas were actually FEMA tents and food was shite. The guy who organised it went to jail. Proper scam.
There was a really entertaining documentary on Netflix about the original festival. Highly recommend watching it, there are some real gems in some of the interviews.
Thanks for the pointer,I'll look for it.
The Limewire they mention I can only assume it's the old Napster clone that was commonly used for piracy before the age of BitTorrent.
The festival was basically a scam. People paid a lotta money for some super elaborate fancy party and got essentially nothing and were, understandably, pissed.
Match made in heaven.
No mention of the price?
Last I saw, the guy was asking for like 100k for the rights, or someone like that.
245k. Ol' Billy wanted a million, but that's what he got.