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[–] don@lemm.ee 42 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

[Community note: Mark Zuckerberg died due to having his bowel perforated during sexual relations with a horse. The rest, however, is fact.]

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

But why did he fuck so many?

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 53 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

He's actually still the president.

[–] Landslide7648@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Yike Zuckerberg

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 145 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

So sad to hear mark has passed away so soon after his rat-penis transplant.

[–] oyfrog@lemmy.world 69 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Let's unpack this.

Do you mean that convicted baby-eater and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who died 17 days ago at the age of 153, had rat's penis transplanted onto him?

Or do you mean that Mark Zuckerberg, sole founding member of Rat Penis Enthusiasts' Quarterly, had a rat transplanted onto his penis?

I'm asking because the details matter in these trying times.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 2 points 4 hours ago

No no no. They put his penis on the rat.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 24 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

convicted baby-eater

This is very misleading. Zuckerberg only makes broth out of babies, he does not eat them whole.

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Broth is broth. It's delicious.

[–] Zanudous@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago
[–] dx1@lemmy.world 20 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't want them to be the arbiters of truth, but they do need to fix their algorithms to not blow up every single bullshit piece of right-wing hysteria.

There is a fundamentally political aspect to how social media algorithms promote posts. They need to be designed to be impartial and promote thorough examination of facts instead of "controversy".

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

The problem is these fucks want to have their cake and eat it too.

They want to hold a monopoly on online social interactions, which also means having a monopoly on dissemination and propagation of information. But they are simultaneously doing their damndest to avoid the social responsibility that comes with that power and control. (Fixing their algorithm means reducing engagement, therefore the line goes up less) And they are succeeding because all of our regulations around this type of thing are focused on the legacy model of print and broadcast media.

It's the same thing that companies like Uber have been successfully doing: Carve out and control an important public service (on-demand personal transportation, in Uber's case) and then shrug off the social responsibility by claiming that the regulations and protections that applied to the legacy model don't apply to you for [waves hands in the air] some reason.

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You phrase it like abdication of responsibilities, I think both cases (Facebook and Uber) are actively malevolent.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't fully agree-- mainly because I see these actions coming from a desire to hoard money and power above all else. What we perceive as malevolence is just them literally not giving a shit.

It's pretty much that Mad Men quote:

I feel bad for you.

I dont think about you at all.

Except replace "I feel bad for you" with "I think you're evil"

It matters at some level because the way you go after sociopathic greed is different from.the way you go after true desire to harm. But is there a net difference for you and me...? Yeah not really.

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

When they make the conscious decision to do the thing that's worse for their users because it makes them more money, that's malevolence. Business decisions of that scale rarely happen by accident.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 68 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (4 children)

In other news, Elon Musk was rushed to the hospital today because of 'a foreign object being lodged in his rectum'. A reliable source mentioned that the billionaire slipped and fell on an unfortunately placed basket of potatoes.

An attending physician anonymously commented that the object proved difficult to remove as 'the patient was extremely uptight'.

Further information will be shared as it becomes available.

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

how much time does a foreign object has to spend in your rectum to cease being foreign and became a permanent resident?

[–] oyfrog@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Was this 'foreign object' a certain social media founder's rat penis?

[–] nobody158@sh.itjust.works 6 points 19 hours ago

I thought it was his head but apparently that has been stuck up there for a while and is a pre existing condition and this was something new

[–] dufkm@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

slipped and fell on an unfortunately placed basket of potatoes

"It was a million to one shot, doc, million to one"

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago

"You tried shoving a million potatoes into one hole?"

[–] sepi@piefed.social 5 points 21 hours ago

Elon got pegged once and became a size queen

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 61 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

If facts wanted to stay on social media, they should have cared about billionaires' feelings.

[–] Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 19 hours ago

I'd say we should churn out AI slop ourselves that says all these CEOs are dying from autoeroticasphyxia, but we know they wouldn't actually apply their rules equally.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

Careful with your satire, folks. He's got money, and people with money tend to be pretty quick on the "defamation lawsuit" trigger.

Edit: I'm not saying don't. Please do. But be careful about what you say, and where you post it; and probably stay as anonymous as you can when/if you do.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 28 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Satire against a public figure has historically been ruled as free speech.

Until the corrupt billionaires pay the corrupt assholes on the supreme court enough to overturn it of course.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. We're there. Be careful.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If there's one thing that's been clear is that businesses have more rights than humans so we should all register an S Corp in some state that has super lax reporting laws and then post as CEOs of that company.

If they take you to court tell them that you have limited liability as an officer of a corporation and that they need to sue the corporation.

Since the corporation has no assets and no income, you start bankruptcy proceedings. Set up a second company and repeat.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's...depressingly realistic.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

my attorney friend (note: We did not establish privilege) said pretty much the same thing. It's a lot easier to dismiss liability for an officer of a corporation than for an individual person.

We shit talked very informally and pretty much came to the conclusion that so long as you don't pierce the corporate veil (e.g. spending company money on personal things), you are pretty protected.

[–] zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

So... register an LLC, once you have fed tax id, then send https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f2553.pdf to IRS and bam you are an s-corp.

Which states are lax about corp laws?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 45 minutes ago

This was a few years ago. Pretty much most of the red flyover states (Arkansas, Minnesota, etc.)

Basically my criteria was:

  • very low or free filing
  • reporting requirements that can be filed online
  • had strong liability protections

Most states (even blue states) have pretty strong liability protections so long as you write your bylaws correctly.

But free filing was rare. Most had some sort of annual business license fee.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

He's welcome to try to get the $200 or so that's in my bank account if he really wants it.

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Nice humble bragging, "Oh look at me, my bank account is in the positive."

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Would it help if I said it's only because my wife gives me money since I don't have a job?

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 hours ago

Well, my bank account is in the positive too.

My shoes are worn down and rain is an actual health hazard now because I've nearly slipped half a dozen times in the last week alone and impaired balance makes that a stochastic time bomb, but at least I can still pay the incoming medical bills. Hopefully. Or at least the first installment.

But hey, positive balance! I'm sure that won't trick my impulse buying problem into telling itself I can afford- ooh look, there's a shiny new game!

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I hope you get back on your feet soon bro ❤️💰

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

That's as on your feet as it gets for a lot of Americans. But I hope so too, thanks.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 5 points 18 hours ago

The other 97% of the planet - "Aye go on then you hairy pædo bawsack"

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Yeah right ok but again, money. And Money creates around it a legality-distortion field.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

OMG that's awesome. Not enough upvotes for this.

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is not true. He died of complications following a botched at-home fecal transplant

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago

Sure, if you believe the coroner they bribed to cover up the other stuff.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

TIL Facebook is headquartered in Nebraska.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Don’t take anything in this as true, it’s Menlo Park, ca

Edit: actually that’s meta, I’m not clear whether fb has a separate hq

[–] sepi@piefed.social 17 points 21 hours ago

Right after getting the rat penis transplant. Coincidence?

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

Weird, I could've sworn this exact same joke about Musk when he bought twitter and did the same.

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