This was supposed to be the future of the internet and art and commerce. Instead, it had turned online shopping—a process so seamless and fun that some use it for self-soothing—into a terrifying ordeal. I could see how it all might make sense if I was planning to get rich and then hide my winnings from the IRS. The fox icon did not ask for my name or Social Security number. But I couldn’t imagine that anyone would be willing to go through this risky and ridiculously complicated process without the hope of generational wealth on the other end. And I definitely didn’t believe that Jimmy Fallon
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