Can we replace NFTs with cryptids too!?

Me: <hands over a crumpled wad of paper>

Cashier: Is this a 20?

Me: … perhaps…

Can somebody explain to me why cryptobros call regular money “fiat” and thus imply that their made up computer currency has actual, tangible value (which it doesn’t).

Hah! They called me a fool, but I knew keeping all these rocks would come in handy! One even contains arsenic!

(It’s never handled without gloves, kept separate, and in a bag. I am very fucking careful with that Bumblebee Jasper, and didn’t know at the time that it could be highly fucking toxic in some cases. Google your minerals! It might be a dangerous pretty!)