Why Do You Collect NFTs? Tell Sho

Host: Sho (@AgogoKaren) with cohosts Super (@SHGFees) and Tim (@tim_8093) · Sat 05 Sep 2026 · ~3h00m · 16 detected speakers

TL;DR

• A spinoff of an earlier "future of NFTs" Space, this one asked everyone the plain question: why do you collect? The consistent answer was people and community first, money second (but nobody pretended money wasn't there).
• DaFameless and May June walked through how they went from Fugs holders to Fugs team members — May June by building Fuggettes, DaFameless by declaring himself "VP of Fuggery" until Yot made it official (unpaid).
• Super gave the founder's-eye view of running LT3, and Papii (@RealPapii) closed the loop with why Quirkies still hits for him after almost five years.
• Tim and Mike Campbell spent a long stretch dissecting a new IRL-utility project, Tatakai — low mint price, open founder communication, a reveal that nearly made Tim floor all 94 of his.
• Mac surfaced for a rare appearance and delivered the room's manifesto: art and culture over "tokenized flywheel stuff," and block the toxic wallets on sight.
• Running gags carried the night: Sho's bulk bag of Buc-ee's mints, Tim's "board ape must be serious" burden, and Super falling asleep at the whale dinner.

Highlights

[7:14] Setting the table. After a long musical cold open, Super framed the topic — "we're gonna tell Sho why we collect NFTs" — and Sho explained it grew out of a packed earlier Space where not everyone got to speak. Art Basel Miami plans and NFT NYC afterglow filled the early catch-up.

[18:59] Molly on making, not just collecting. Asked why she draws NFTs instead of collecting them, Molly (@SanaeMolly) said simply: "people love them." She's made art her whole life; NFTs are a different way to share it, with a community and social layer she genuinely loves — the Quirk kids, the Unvault bugs, and more.

[36:08] Super on the "feeling." Super gave the emotional core of the night: collecting, for him, is chasing a wave of belief in a founder or character you can see yourself in. "It's a movement that I want to be a part of. I want to experience, I want to witness, and I want to like play a role in taking this to where it's going."

[41:49] From holder to team member. DaFameless recounted naming himself "VP of Fuggery and onboarding" until Yot DMed him to join formally — "I'm gonna finally get paid in Web3... it's gonna be an unpaid intern job" — and how his Fugs stack ballooned past 70 chasing traits. May June [45:09] followed with falling for a one-of-one Fugger and building Fuggettes into a team role.

[58:37] The mints heard round the steakhouse. The night's biggest laugh: Tim insisted Sho handed him a bulk pile of mints in the spotlight of Stefanos — his read, a subliminal note about his breath. Sho clarified they were sugar-free Buc-ee's mints she'd laid out for the whole table, meaning "it wasn't just Tim that got told he had bad breath, it was everybody else in the restaurant too."

[1:13:15] Super on being a founder. Prompted by Tim, Super described leadership as being "a real sponge," problem-solving on instinct, and above all "doing right by the people that care about you." He said the role has shown him exactly who he is and which parts of himself to embrace or shed.

[1:29:49] Maha's lucky sneakers and IRL magic. Maha (@Maaaaahhhaaaaa) explained he pulled a card and walked away with the Bored Ape camo sneakers on his way out of NYC. He and Tim [1:34:21] traded warm stories about clicking with people in person before even realizing who they were online — and both showered Super with praise as one of the trip's best meets.

[1:41:45] Mike Campbell's road in. Mike (@mikecampbelltv) shared a long, honest arc: discovering Bored Apes in Feb '22 during a divorce, buying art he loved from a woman-run project (Year of the Woman), learning to follow the right people — and learning "it's okay for me to sell things, and it's okay for me to leave environments that aren't giving me something."

[2:19:38] Papii on why he collects. Papii (@RealPapii) said he came to NFTs after losing about a million dollars in a coin — "I hate coins" — fell for Bored Apes and then Quirkies, and stayed for the people and the platform for impact. "Nothing hits quite like Quirky's hit after five almost five years."

[2:30:32] Mac takes the floor. Mac (@maccurated) opened with a deadpan shot at Burningbush's real-life PFP — "You have no credibility because you've got a real life PFP. Please leave" — then delivered the fullest case of the night: NFTs as an extension of skate-park culture, the Wackyville origin story with artist Yu-Yo, and a closing plea to block toxicity and protect your energy.

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "It's a movement that I want to be a part of. I want to experience, I want to witness, and I want to like play a role in taking this to where it's going." — Super [36:08]
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• "I'm gonna finally get paid in Web3. And he's like, it's gonna be an unpaid intern job. Yes, yes, definitely sign me up." — DaFameless [41:49]
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• "This is what real community is. I collect NFTs so show can give me mints when I eat steak at the Stefano Steakhouse in New York City." — Tim [58:49]
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• "It's okay for me to sell things, and it's okay for me to leave environments that aren't giving me something." — Mike Campbell [1:48:56]
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• "You see, this space is why we collect NFTs. The vibe, everything we spoke about, the friends, the jokes, the seriousness." — Molly [1:25:06]
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• "You have no credibility because you've got a real life PFP. Please leave." — Mac [2:30:32]
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Who said what

• Sho (@AgogoKaren) — host; steered the conversation, gave out flowers (and mints), and shared why she left a community where she felt invisible.
• Super (@SHGFees) — cohost and LT3 co-founder; the night's most-quoted "feeling"/"movement" framing and a candid founder-mindset segment.
• Tim (@tim_8093) — cohost; the comic engine (bad breath, private jet he doesn't own) who also drove the serious Tatakai research thread.
• Molly (@SanaeMolly) — artist behind Quirk kids and the Unvault bugs; tied collecting to guild-style community from her WoW days.
• May June (@MayJune20121) — Fugs team member; built Fuggettes, explained recognition as motivation, and dubbed Tim a bedtime boomer.
• DaFameless (@DaFameless) — Fugs "VP of Fuggery"; trait-collecting maximalist and onboarding evangelist.
• Lyss / Liz (@Lysss302) — self-described people-collector; framed May June as the community-builder every project needs.
• BeeCuzFuture (@BeeCuzFuture) — collects across many communities by following passionate people up onto stages.
• Maha (@Maaaaahhhaaaaa) — won the Bored Ape sneakers; collects subjectively, mostly art and friends he'll never sell.
• Mike Campbell (@mikecampbelltv) — stonk brokers host; the fullest personal arc and the "it's okay to leave" wisdom.
• Papii (@RealPapii) — Quirkies founder; coins-to-community convert who uses the platform for impact.
• Mac (@maccurated) — Wackyville founder; art-and-culture purist and anti-toxicity closer.
• Burningbush / Lee (@BurningBush_eth) — the human PFP the room loved to roast; got Tim into NFTs and collects around founders he trusts.

Worth a full listen

• [1:13:15]–[1:16:52] — Super's unscripted answer on what it's like to be a founder and what he wants holders to walk away with. The transcript flattens the build; hear it in his own cadence.
• [1:41:45]–[1:50:35] — Mike Campbell's full journey from divorce-era discovery to community-and-art conviction, including the toxic-Discord walkaway. A complete story that summary can only sketch.
• [2:30:32]–[2:49:00] — Mac's uninterrupted run: the skate-park analogy, the Wackyville/Yu-Yo origin story, and his practical playbook for spotting and blocking toxicity. The room's philosophical peak.