The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: ATM Machine That Publicly Displays Your Checking Balance Sells For $75K At Art Basel

Episode Date: December 6, 2022

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So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey man, hit it with the heat. It's a breakfast club, bitches. Who's donkey of the day today? Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, December 6th goes to MSCHF. MSCHF is an American art collective based out of Brooklyn, New York. And according to Business Insider, they have, well, they had an installation at Art Basel this past weekend. Y'all know what Art Basel is, right? It's where a bunch of people gather to not buy art.

Okay. Folks just go there for the partying and the networking and to deride Diddy if they get the opportunity. Well, MSCHF had an art installation that was a working, fully functional ATF. But when you used it, it displays how much is in your checking account. I know you're thinking, well, Uncle Charlotte, that's what checking accounts do. But no, this machine displayed it to everyone. Now, the only reason I'm giving MSCHF Donkey of the Day for this is because they are preying on the fact that we live in a

peacock show-and-tell era. Sometimes you have to save people from themselves, and you have to save people from themselves by not giving them the option to make this kind of mistake. Now, if you haven't seen the clip online, it shows people using the ATM, and viewers watched as the screen scrolled through

not only bank accounts on the leaderboard, but also showed a photo of the person using the ATM at the moment. I'm not making any of this up. Let's go to 7 News Miami for the report, please. Well, there's a special ATM that can tell all. Your checkings? High school, high school. Oh, s***.

That's right. All right, yeah. DJ and music producer Diplo used the machine at Art Basel over the weekend, and it shows how much money you have in your bank along with your photo. The creator says it was designed to help people, quote, cut to the chase. The ATM sold for $75,000 to a collector in South Florida who plans to make it available to the public. Why you would want this?

You know, I embarrass yourself. Right. There's you. You're the one. There's your bank account. Now, if you're wondering, it showed someone who had two point nine million dollars in their checking account. It showed another man who had forty eight grand in his bank account.

He couldn't even break into the top 20. Now, if you think MSCHF sounds familiar, it's because they were also responsible for Lil Nas X's Satan shoes. So they know how to do things to get people talking. But this right here, not only do you run the risk of shaming the hell out of somebody at a time when so many folks are facing financial hardship, but I guess if you had Art Basel in Miami, you got a little change to spare, but probably not because so many folks be fronting.

But why would you want to publicly embarrass people in this way? Because there are some people on this leaderboard with zero dollars. Probably because they didn't know it wasn't a typical ATM. They probably put that Chase or Bank of America debit card in there just to check their account. You know what I mean? Next thing you know, their picture is up, and everyone in the room knows they have $0. On the flip side, what if you got money? What if you're holding a little something? Okay, you're this guy who had $2.9 million.

Now everybody there knows you got that kind of money. Now you got a target on your back. You a walking lick, a potential lick, all because of MSCHS activation. I don't want to live in a world where we are ranking people by their bank account balances. Now Daniel Greenberg, who is the co-founder of MSCHF, said the ATM leaderboard is an extremely literal

distillation of wealth-flaunting impulses. From its conception, we had mentally earmarked this work for a location like Miami Basel, a place where there is a dense concentration of people renting Lambos and Rolexes. So basically, they knew you idiots couldn't control yourself.

And they wanted to expose some of you folks for fronting. Only problem with that is folks that know they are fronting probably won't use the ATM. Can we listen to the clip of someone who used it? I got this from This Is 50, by the way. This is an ATM where once you put in your debit card, it'll take a picture of you, and it'll put your bank account balance on the leaderboards,

and it'll rank you among other Art Basel guests to see who has the most money. Currently, number one is $2.9 million. It goes all the way down. I've seen it all the way to number 79 with $0. A couple of people have $0. But it is just insane. It's a really popular ATM here, as you can see.

People are hesitant to put their card in there. The ATM sold for $75,000 at Art Basel. And the owner of it can place it wherever he wants. And there will be some idiots who use it. Because we live in an era where folks just simply love to show off. And like the news reporter said earlier, why? Why would you want to use this, rich or poor? Why? Does anybody need to know how much dough you hold?

I have no idea. Please give MSCHF the sweet sounds of the Hamiltones. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-haw. Yee-haw. Mm-mm-mm. Not the brightest.

All right, well, thank you for that donkey of the day. I'm talking to you. Oh, you know what? I said, you're welcome in my mind. I'm sorry. You're welcome.

I did. I did say, you're welcome in my mind. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, the running interview show where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what

my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this.

It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her best. And you're gonna figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys like you've never heard her before.

Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey y'all, Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records.

Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, the Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different, inspiring figure from history,

like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin.

Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8th, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, and every single wig removal together. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.