LT3 #103 — Authenticity

Host: Super (@SHGFees) with co-host Sho (@AgogoKaren) · Sun, 16 Aug 2026 · 1:48:39 · ~9 speakers

TL;DR

• Super opened the "authenticity" space by authentically venting: he'd spent the day losing a fight with Shopify's built-in AI over one tiny checkout font issue. Jaahshua and Bored Osaka talked him off the ledge with the fix — hook Shopify up to Claude via connectors.
• A Fugs × LT3 collab is being teased: a date and details post tomorrow, plus animated creatives they're hoping go viral.
• The topic proper landed on shaping your "authentic" response vs. reacting on impulse — with Bored Osaka's throughline that you don't owe a reply to people who are just hurting.
• A long, funny PFP-vibes tangent: are bored apes serious, are LT3s "sad," are mutants ugly, and was Goblin Town authentic or the most inorganic pump ever.
• Papii (Poppy) delivered an unplanned masterclass on NFT loans — USDC over ETH, sane LTVs, why quirky loans almost never default while GVC racked up 300+ defaults.
• Everyone agreed to do a dedicated loans/background space after the NYC meetup, which is ~two weeks out (a ballgame Sunday, then "New Cork City" Monday).

Highlights

[2:25] Super's Shopify meltdown becomes group therapy. Super admitted he almost skipped the space because he was "authentically freaking pissed off," running in circles with Shopify's LLM on a font change that broke the site's layout. Jaahshua and Bored Osaka jumped in with real answers off the top of their heads.

[8:47] The Claude connector reveal. Jaahshua walked through using Claude (plan in ChatGPT/Grok/Gemini, build in Claude) and mentioned connectors — "they've like went from like five connectors to thousands in like a month or two." Super realized he wouldn't have to copy his whole site's code out by hand, and his mood visibly turned.

[19:03] Sho refuses to let the collab question slide. As Super circled the Fugs × LT3 drop without answering, Sho pinned him down repeatedly on the one word that mattered — when — until he coughed up "we're gonna post something tomorrow." Bored Osaka cheerfully translated the room's position as "when ready."

[29:27] Basement people vs. balcony people. Riffing on Bored Osaka calling listeners "downstairs," Sho invented her new recruiting pitch: "Quit being basement people and come up and be balcony people." Super immediately flagged it as her official new way of dragging people onstage.

[36:52] The actual topic. Super argued you can consciously "forge" your authentic responses toward the person you want to be — like choosing not to reply to a hater. Sho pushed back on herself out loud: she's fine ignoring shots at her, but goes to war when friends get smack-talked. Bored Osaka's contribution became the emotional center of the hour.

[1:02:30] The great PFP-vibes debate. The room tried to read personality off collections — apes as "serious/big man on campus," LT3s as "sad," Fugs as cute chaos. Jed offered his memorable reading of the LT3 heart trait ("penis head"), and later argued the person makes the PFP, not the price tag.

[1:19:43] Sho vs. her own son. Sho recounted asking her son (an early ape whale) for advice with 0.5 ETH and getting told he doesn't "dabble with things under" that price range — prompting "I did not raise you this way." Papii then revealed he actually knows the son from the 2021 ape Discord days.

[1:23:00] Papii's loans masterclass. Prompted by his own quirky-buying, Papii opened up about something he almost never discusses: using USDC loans as leverage, keeping LTVs at 50–60%, and why he stays quiet about it — "a lot of people in Web3 can't handle it." He contrasted quirkies' near-zero default rate with GVC's 300+ defaults, and shared using loans to help community members through a death in the family and a relocation instead of selling.

[1:41:00] Why Papii does any of this. He framed it all as ministry outside a church — giving ETH to people a fraction short on a mint, and pointing to Sho, who "was about to quit the space" and is now co-hosting as a real community leader. The group agreed to turn the loans thread into its own showtime space after NYC.

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• [30:09] Tim: "I came up here just to say I love how authentic Super High was for the first 30 minutes of this space talking about Shopify and shilling Shopify here on X."
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• [35:07] May June: "Sometimes I just need to hop in one of your spaces and hear your laugh… it's so contagious and it just makes me happy."
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• [47:03] Bored Osaka: "Time is not your most valuable asset, it's how you spend that time, and the people that you choose to spend that time with is the most important part."
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• [1:19:43] Sho: "He literally said, I don't dabble with things under… that low of a price range. I'm like, you asshole. I did not raise you this way."
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• [1:27:18] Papii: "Debt is not the devil. It's debt without a plan that is devastating to most people."
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• [1:39:31] Papii: "When you build one business, you just respect the business — you don't shit where you eat."
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Who said what

• Super (@SHGFees) — host; opened by venting his Shopify AI battle, steered the authenticity topic, and closed with the Fugs × LT3 collab teaser and NYC plans.
• Sho (@AgogoKaren) — co-host; the room's comic engine, refusing to let Super dodge the collab timing, coining "balcony people," and grounding the topic in her own "defend my friends" instinct.
• Jaahshua (@PEPESIGNS) — offered the practical AI-build workflow and the Claude connectors tip that solved Super's problem.
• Bored Osaka (@BoredOsaka1) — the reflective voice; fishing stories, childlike wonder, and the "don't respond to hurt people" throughline.
• Tim (@tim_8093) — deadpan heckler-in-chief; the Shopify-shilling jab, Poppy-pays-for-my-flight bit, and repeatedly nominating future spaces.
• May June (@MayJune20121) — brought warmth (and a very present Angel arriving from work) plus the note on Super's laugh.
• Jed (@jed_131) — provocateur on PFP value; argued the person elevates the PFP, not the price, and cheerfully roasted quirkies and Poppy.
• Papii / Poppy (@RealPapii) — the substance of the back half: ape-trading war stories, a genuinely useful loans breakdown, and his "ministry" framing of giving back.
• DaFameless (@DaFameless) — light touch throughout; reminded Super it's fine to ask for help ("you're just a human").

Worth a full listen

• [36:52]–[49:00] — The authenticity conversation at full strength: Super's idea of consciously forging your responses, Sho's honest tension about staying quiet, and Bored Osaka's slow, deliberate take on not owing a reply to hurting people. The summary flattens the interplay.
• [1:23:00]–[1:37:00] — Papii's loans walkthrough is genuinely educational and rarely aired: LTV discipline, USDC over ETH, the quirky-vs-GVC default contrast, and real cases where a loan kept someone from selling. Worth hearing in his own words before anyone tries it.
• [1:16:00]–[1:22:00] — Papii's ape-era history (150 ETH sale walking into the Miami Zoo, the weapon koda regret, ~$2M evaporated) told with unusual candor, plus the grandma-food banter that leads into it.