Slurp Juice

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UPDATE May 4, 2022, 2:52 PM This post was intended to demonstrate the absurdity of the current NFT market. After publication BuzzFeed News learned the account promoting "slurp juice" appears to be associated with another account that has posted extremist hate. We have removed any links to the account so as not to promote the project. As the famous web2 axiom goes, "Everyone loves the slurp juice tweet! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the slurp juice is racist."

YOU'RE LAUGHING. THEY'RE USING MULTIPLE SLURP JUICES AND YOU'RE LAUGHING. imgfip.com

THEY DONT KNOW YOU CAN USE MULTIPLE SLURP JUICES ON A SINGLE APE

stephen TEMENKOMOY @stepheniscowboy "a lotta people don't know this Jerry, but you can use multiple slurp juices on the same ape" "the same ape?" "the same ape!!" "multiple slurps on the same ape?" "THE SAME APE JERRY!!" "what do they do?" "not a clue, but you can use ~multiple~"

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About

Slurp Juice is an NFT collection related to the Astro Ape NFT collection that allows owners to mint new Astro Ape NFTs. Their existence became widely known on Twitter after user @rarecandyio exasperatedly attempted to explain what they were to their followers, writing, "A lotta yall still dont get it. Ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape. So if you have 1 astro ape and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new apes." The tweet was parodied on Twitter by users who found the name "slurp juices" ridiculous, transforming it into a copypasta in early May 2022.

Origin

Slurp Juices are a collection of NFT items related to the Astro Ape series of NFTs hosted on Rarecandy.io.^[1] They are supplementary items to Astro Apes and when a person combines a "slurp juice" with an "Astro Ape," they are able to mint a new Astro Ape. On May 3rd, 2022, the Rare Candy IO Twitter account^[2] attempted to explain the concept to its followers ahead of a minting event for Slurp Juices, writing, "a lotta yall still dont get it. ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape. so if you have 1 astro ape and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new apes. Tonight's slurp juice mint event is essentially a minting event for both Lab Monkes and Special Forces." The tweet gained over 210 retweets, 400 quote tweets and 280 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Rare Candy A NFT MINT SOLD OUT @rarecandyio a lotta yall still dont get it ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single арe so if you have 1 astro ape and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new apes Tonight's slurp juice mint event is essentially a minting event for both Lab Monkes and Special Forces

Spread

The tweet started going viral on the morning of May 4th, 2022, after several Twitter accounts quote-tweeted it as a copypasta. Some of the most liked early quote-tweets include posts by @SilvermanJacob^[3] and @Slime_Golem,^[4] gaining 430 and 52 retweets, as well as 3,900 and 258 likes, respectively, in two hours (shown below).

Jacob Silverman ... @SilvermanJacob I'm begging all of you to recognize that ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape Rare Candy NFT MINT SOLD OUT @rarecandyio · 21h a lotta yall still dont get it ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape so if you have 1 astro ape and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new apes Tonight's slurp juice mint event is essentially a minting event for both Lab Monkes and Special Forces Show this thread 0:00 98.8K views 10:01 AM · May 4, 2022 · Twitter Web App

whirling, screaming head @slime_golem ... A lotta you simpletons still don't f----- get it. An ape holder can use multiple slurp juices, MULTIPLE, on a single ape Rare Candy NFT MINT SOLD OUT @rarecandyio · 21h a lotta yall still dont get it ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape so if you have 1 astro ape and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new apes Tonight's slurp juice mint event is essentially a minting event for both Lab Monkes and Special Forces Show this thread 0:02 98.8K views

Parodies of the tweet followed shortly after. For example, Buzzfeed writer Katie Notopoulos^[5] tweeted "30-50 slurp juices," referencing the 30-50 Feral Hogs meme, receiving 75 likes in roughly two hours (shown below, left). She also wrote a humorous piece on Buzzfeed^[6] about the tweet. Twitter user @stepheniscowboy^[7] posted a Seinfeld parody of the tweet, receiving over 20 likes in a similar timeframe (shown below, right).

Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos 30-50 slurp juices Rare Candy NFT MINT SOLD OUT @rarecandyio · 21h a lotta yall still dont get it ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape so if you have 1 astro ape and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new apes Tonight's slurp juice mint event is essentially a minting event for both Lab Monkes and Special Forces Show this thread 0:00 122.4K views 10:39 AM · May 4, 2022 · Twitter Web App

On May 6th, Input Magazine published a piece about how RareCandy.io may be involved with what are described as "racist edgelord trolls," though the person behind RareCandy.io denies this.^[8]