“The Nazi Totenkopf is one very specific graphic design of a skull and crossbones,” Pitcavage says. “And the monkey skull resembles it in no way except insofar as all skulls resemble each other to a certain degree.”
Pitcavage also points out that the Nazis were by no means the first to adopt the Totenkopf — and, in fact, the version used by the Waffen-SS (the combat branch of the Nazi party’s SS organization) predates the Nazi party entirely. “It dates back to the Prussian military, way before Adolf Hitler was even born,” he says.
I only just learned the yacht club thing isn't just a cheeky name. A very uncouth stranger was persuading me to buy NFTs by claiming they offer celebrity yacht clubs as a prize, like when you go to Subway sandwiches 10 times. I can't have healthcare but I can pay $200k for a jpg of a monkey and 30 seconds in the presence of a twitch streamer.