The original, unedited version of viral
YouTube video
David After Dentisthas been sold as an NFT.
The 2009 video, which to date has racked up more than 140 million views on YouTube, features then-seven-year-old David DeVore Jr. experiencing another plane of reality after being anesthetized during dental surgery.
In the span of two minutes, young DeVore Jr. progresses from telling his father he has two fingers and four eyes to universal queries like “Is this real life?” and “Is this going to be forever?” and finally to pure wordless howling.
His father,
David DeVore Sr., recorded the video because DeVore Jr.’s mother couldn’t be present for the surgery, and posted it to YouTube so they could send the link to other family members. But internet denizens who stumbled on the clip were charmed by DeVore Jr.’s unique reaction, and it trended to become one of YouTube’s early viral hits.
The ‘Disaster Girl’ just made close to half a million by selling the NFT of her meme
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Fri, 05, 21
“Being able to sell it just shows us that we do have some sort of control, some sort of agency in the whole process,” Roth said in an interview.
BITS ‘N’ PIECES
“Disaster Girl” Zoe Roth, now 21, has made bank after selling a NFT of her meme. It sold for 180 Ether, which was worth $430,000 at the time of auction. The image was minted so Roth retains copyright. She gets a 10% cut every time it is re-sold.
She was the subject of a viral image that became a meme favourite for humorous (and somewhat sinister) takes on life, after the photo snapped in 2005 by her father was turned into a meme.
The David After Dentist meme is now an NFT and yes, this is real life
It’s the latest 2000s meme to go up for auction
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David DeVore was seven years old in 2008 when a trip to the dentist left him feeling “funny” afterward. His dad, David Sr., recorded his son’s post-anesthesia musings (“Is this real life?” “You have four eyes” “I feel funny”), and when he uploaded it to YouTube a few months later intending to share it with friends and family the video went viral within a few days.
Now, 140 million views and 11 years later, David After Dentist is becoming the latest mid-2000s meme to go up for auction as an NFT.
No. Not the Karen ones, you silly goose.
Specifically, Roth is none other than the Disaster Girl (shown above). Yes, the famous meme featuring a photo of a young girl smiling sinisterly at the camera while a house is burning down behind her – often followed by clever captions.
Roth, who is now a 21-year-old senior studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, had just recently sold the original Disaster Girl photo as a non-fungible token (NFT). The image was auctioned on the Foundation marketplace, where it was then sold to a collector called @3FMusic for a total of 180 Ethereum. At the time of purchase, the Ether was worth roughly US$ 475,000 (~RM 1,945,362) but as of today, it is now valued at a whopping US$ 565,020 (~RM 2,314,040).