the mint goes live at 17:00 utc. it's 16:58. someone in the group chat is refreshing nothing in particular. another one says "this is it." someone posts the contract again, in case anyone missed it. seventeen people are typing.

buh drum.

a token unlock you all bought into. the chart is sideways. it's been sideways for an hour. the bot in the discord posts the countdown. four minutes. someone says "lfg" with no exclamation point. no one says anything for ninety seconds.

buh drum.

a vote that matters. snapshot says it ends in six minutes. someone with a four-figure delegation hasn't voted yet. you watch their wallet on etherscan, like that does anything. the group chat goes quiet in the way group chats only go quiet when something is about to be true.

buh drum.

it's never as good shared. it's never as bad alone. absolute cinema.