Highlights
Super frames the night.
He explains he made a space about NFT events because he'd end up talking about them anyway — tomorrow is day one of NFT NYC for him and Sho — but he wants it broader: share your past event experiences, or what you'd want out of one if you've never been.
Sho on FOMO from the outside.
With her city hosting its "Hotter'n Hell" hundred-mile bike race, Sho reflects on years of watching everyone else meet up IRL and feeling like "sucks to be us" — and how good it feels to finally be on the inside going this time.
Tim reframes the LA FOMO.
After missing the F it LA Bored Apes party, Tim decided the answer isn't chasing someone else's event but planning New York's own — bigger, walkable, vibe-first — later expanding it 41:39 into a dream of dusting off the Seaport inflatables and bringing every community together on the water.
Lyss, the event-planning brain.
Lyss (owns the spreadsheets, unashamed) argues New York's past NFT events fumbled because out-of-towners planned them across un-walkable neighborhoods, called Tech Week a 1,500-event mess, and pitched reviving a V-con at the Javits Center that folds in the apes, regens, quirkies and OpenSea 22:25.
How to work a room, per Super.
His method from NFT Paris: walk up to a cluster of strangers in one of the inflatable igloos, make eye contact, say "what's up," and let them pull you in — he still has post-notifications on for someone he met that way.
Lyss on being present — and Tim's early-bird problem.
Lyss recommends leaving the phone in your purse to actually connect, then recalls Tim showing up suited-up with a briefcase to a New York dinner at 3–4 p.m., alone, because "we live in New York." Sho's verdict: a senior-citizen move.
Jroc3D's IRL speech.
Dialing in from a Delaware beach with his kid running around, Jroc3D delivers the room's emotional core: once you hear the voice you've spent months with, the shell breaks and strangers become family — you're doing friendship in reverse.
Tim's speed-mingling idea.
As the resident introvert (pink hoodie, corner table), Tim suggests kicking the dinner off with a one-minute speed-date round so newcomers can meet everyone and break the ice — Sho immediately declares it a panic attack 1:17:32. Lyss counters that she and Jed already do this on the sly by spreading the food across the room 1:20:16.
Meow's Custom Soles spotlight.
Lyss puts the pressure on Meow (business plans expected 1:28:55) to show her growth, then makes the pitch 1:38:44: custom sneakers, purses, Bills bags — invest in someone who shows up for the space every day.
Jed closes the room.
De Stefano's owner Jed pops in at the buzzer to "promote the restaurant" — by advising Super to pack a bulletproof vest for Brooklyn — before threatening to reveal Super's real name and dropping instantly.
Topic timeline
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 0:00–7:35 | Music, room filling in |
| 7:35–13:47 | Space intro; De Stefano's food FOMO, mac-and-cheese banter |
| 13:47–23:12 | NY vs LA events, planning philosophy, Tech Week, Javits/V-con |
| 23:12–31:07 | Group-chat plans, extending the trip, outgrowing old friends |
| 31:07–39:22 | Drinks, NA options, the menu, West-Coast IV parties |
| 39:22–43:10 | Past events, Japan food, the Seaport Bored Ape idea |
| 43:10–51:19 | Charles cameo, vegan/gout talk, NYC food spots |
| 51:19–1:11:05 | Meeting people IRL: introvert tips, Jroc3D's speech |
| 1:11:05–1:24:20 | Charger bit, being present, speed-mingling, Jed trolling |
| 1:24:20–1:33:17 | Event anxiety, Meow spotlight, Woof's number-stand |
| 1:33:17–1:43:40 | The feet/shoe running bit, "shoe ho," pods jokes |
| 1:43:40–1:49:42 | Jed's close, web3 vs IRL names, schedule pause, wrap |
Notable quotes
Being live in person… you could never replace. It's a bond that you feel, it's an aura that you get.
Don't go to dinner at three, four o'clock in New York. I don't know if that's an LA thing.
Or it's a senior citizens thing, ma'am.
Okay, so I'll leave my roofies at home, is what you're telling me.
We're not gonna look anybody in the eyes. We're just gonna eat steak. We're gonna get out of there.
I now have brothers and sisters that I didn't grow up with, but I grew into.
Who said what
- Super (@SHGFees) — host; set the loose format, confessed to a year of De Stefano's food FOMO, mulled extending his stay, and announced the space pause.
- Sho (@AgogoKaren)* — co-host heading to her first big event; the room's warmth and comic engine, from FOMO confessions to being a self-declared "shoe and purse ho."
- Lyss (@Lysss302)* — the planner; group chat, regens table, De Stefano's hospitality/social duties, the Javits V-con vision, and Meow's biggest cheerleader.
- Tim (@tim_8093)* — introvert and chief troll; pushed New York-run events and the Seaport reunion, floated speed-mingling, joked he's just there for the food.
- Jroc3D (@JusCrypto88)* — delivered the heartfelt case for IRL connection from a Delaware vacation; can't make it but promised he will.
- Jose (@Yoshi_3000)* — coordinating to meet Super on the travel day; a fellow three-pairs-of-the-same-shoes guy.
- Dan (@brokenrealitydh)* — pillows arrived and are puppy-endangered; bringing his non-web3 (and nervous) wife Tuesday.
- Woof (@WoofArmyXX)* — pure comic relief; the number-stand, paid-picture, handshake-and-left-shoe bits.
- Meow (@MeowMetaX)* — Meow's Custom Soles; custom sneakers, purses and bags, growing since the last meetup.
- DaFameless (@DaFameless)* — shoe/paint questions and holder of the threatened blackmail photo of Super.
- Margie B (@MargieAponte2)* — late feet-defense of Sho and a karaoke shout to Jroc3D.
- Jed (@jed_131)* — De Stefano's owner; the deadpan bulletproof-vest sign-off.
Worth a full listen
- 59:52–1:11:05 Jroc3D's speech into Lyss's Bobby-at-Basel story. This stretch is the reason the space existed; the summary can't carry the sincerity.
- 1:33:17–1:42:00 The feet-and-shoe running bit ("gargoyle feet," rats, the pods, left-shoe inventory). Peak room chemistry, best heard live.
- 51:19–57:51 The introvert survival-guide round, where each speaker's real event-anxiety and their fixes come out honestly (and funnily).
* some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.
