Base chainThe now deleted video (screenshot here; warning: disturbing content) showed the Normie character hanging itself, being buried in a cemetery, and then meeting a God-like figure. The deity tells Normie that they need to refund the community and relaunch to return to Earth. Then, the character jumps from their grave with news reports stating, “Death is not a problem.”The controversy comes after the project was With the relaunch underway, the Twitter account has been posting After careful consideration and internal reflection, we have decided to remove our last video. The intended message was to demonstrate that there is always a way out, even when everything is coming at you, and that positive change begins with oneself. It was never our intention…— Normie (@NormieBase) June 10, 2024Crypto Twitter went into uproar, with users suggesting that “Normie encourages suicide” or that traders should “sUltimately, the project deleted the tweet with the video.“We have decided to remove our last video,” a Twitter post Instead, the post claims that the video aimed to explain that there is always a way out despite the brutal depiction of suicide. “The intern that posted it has been fired,” the post noted, though the concept of an intern being fired after a poorly received tweet has become something of a meme in the crypto space.Decrypt reached out to the Normie team for additional comment and clarification on that point, but did not immediately receive a response.Our great war’s a spiritual war.$NORMIE pic.twitter.com/K4S5iv1nBZ— Normie (@NormieBase) June 8, 2024That move received mixed responses from traders. In particular, some members of the community griped that an Like most meme coins, NORMIE trading has been highly volatile over the past 24 hours, with the price rising and falling—but it’s now down 16% over the past 24 hours at a current price of about $0.033.Edited by Andrew Hayward
