Soon after the breakup, Rana made another post, stating, “Friendship regain with Mudasir. Since the post went viral, Rana and Ahmed have made up, and the two friends embraced Naqash as their third pal. In it, Rana claimed that Ahmed was “very selfish, Proudy … shows me Attitude.” And in another post, he added, “Friendship is not a toy to play.”Īccording to Ahmed, he and Rana were so focused on one another that if either met with other friends, the other would feel hurt and offended. “I would never have known that would go so viral and that it would spread all over the world,” Rana told Vice of the original post. A large portion of the auction earnings will go to Rana and his friends, with a minor portion going to Alter. The NFT sale was conducted by a startup called Alter on the digital art marketplace Foundation. Now, six years after Rana and Ahmed parted ways on Facebook, the “Friendship ended with Mudasir” meme was auctioned off as one of Pakistan’s first meme NFTs (nonfungible tokens) for $51,530, or 20 Ether, the currency on the crypto platform Ethereum.īro breakup goes viral after friendship-ending Facebook post Since then, the post - featuring a crudely edited image of Rana and Naqash shaking hands, accompanied by two photos of Ahmed crossed out and bold text overlaid declaring the change in friendships - went viral, with social media users using the image as a template for memes about breakups, political controversies and even diplomacy issues. Plot of digital land in the metaverse sells for record $2.43 millionĬollins Dictionary announces its word of the yearĪpparently, you can put a price tag on friendship: $51,530.īack in 2015, Asif Rasa Rana of Gujranwala, Pakistan, announced on Facebook that he was no longer friends with Mudasir Ismail Ahmed - and instead was now best friends with Salman Ahmad Naqash. Signature of ‘Star Trek’ creator becomes first living NFT at Art BaselĪMC and Sony to offer NFTs to people who buy advance Spider-Man tickets