They probably started out as something fun to do, but they've morphed into essentially DDoS attack.
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Excuse my ignorance but what are ordinals in relation to an attack on Bitcoin ?
Spamming the blockchain with non-financial transactions. Essentially jpegs and stuff.
Satoshi was clear that other use cases than money should be done on other blockchains.
It's essentially a way to do NFTs on Bitcoin and flood the blockchain with bullshit.