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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Love how facebook grew from the one single asshole who doesn't need to be anywhere near the platform.

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

Male Jojo Siwa.

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago

100% this kind of techbro need to be cool and liked is one of the main drivers behind why our nation is fucked right now. Zuck, Musk and all of the other guys flipped right when people called them out on legitimate bullshit because they could find easy validation among the MAGA rubes, MRA choads, and conspiracy nutters. They sold out their platforms and the country for a tiny dose of external validation. Fragile little man-children.

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Zuck's "How do you do, fellow kids?" Didn't work when he was in college either, that's why Facebook is his avenue of human interaction.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

He watches people through their phone cameras, i guarantee it.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 4 points 16 hours ago

Worse, he collected their metadata and profited from it. The metadata is the most invasive data theft.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago

He looks like he watched too much Andrew Tate and fell for this new paradigm of MMA bro.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Having a midlife crisis and suddenly dressing like you're really into the world’s shittiest rap-rock band generally doesn’t endear you with the public. Especially not when you’re laying people off by the tens of thousands.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

From TFA:

So, while Zuck may be playing the part of the cool guy, Americans haven’t been fooled by his gold chains or musical ambitions, it seems.

Yet they've been fooled by a fat orange fascist buffoon. Go figure...

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

The difference is that Zuckerberg is pretending to be a Totally Cool Dude^TM, whereas Trump is authentically a psychopath manbaby moron. People are very good at detecting inauthenticity.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

31% of Americans voted for Trump. And less than half of American voters voted for him.

The reason we have this geriatric Hitler in power is due to corruption. It's not the American people as a whole being fooled, it's the American people as a whole being oppressed.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I don’t often see this stance taken on here — where victim blaming might be seen by many internationally as “punching up” due to former US hegemony — but I agree.

It’s not only more technically accurate, it’s more useful knowledge in terms of what actions must next be taken, because anyone from any country who thinks this phenomenon is purely American is in for a rude awakening.

The crisis and its roots are global. The solution must likewise be global. I just hope history shows that Americans pulled their weight in the coming global struggle that has only just begun.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

31% of Americans voted for Trump. And less than half of American voters voted for him.

Is this supposed to be reassuring? Because I'll tell you what I think: more than 10,000 total across the entire country voting for the orange utan is absolutely alarming.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, a non vote is still a political stance, and shows that a large portion of the population doesn't care. It's naive to just lump them in assuming they'd vote against Trump.

Americans has a huge population that is unhinged. These constant attempts to downplay how much of the population is supposedly not supportive of Trump isn't reassuring at when it hasn't made the difference in people world wide being affected.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 11 points 21 hours ago

I strongly doubt most people are aware of anything about this

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 10 points 23 hours ago

Pair this with Elon Musk’s jet tracker.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

There is not enough money on Earth to make him look or be better. Even sealing him in a lead box, filled with liquid lead won't help. Still horrific.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

lead box, filled with liquid lead

I disagree and demand to be proven wrong.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 1 points 5 hours ago

Sadly I am unable to make this a reality. But it's posted here on the internet as a 'suggested solution' for anyone that has the ability to test this 'scientific' theory out.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Yeah for real, I would like this.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 12 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Lol, get prettier, or maybe dont be a cunt or something

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is no way to make zuckbot likable.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I can think of a few ways.

I'd need him to sign a waiver, though.

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

He still has a punchable face

I don't think a PR blitz is going to change many peoples mind about snuggling up to a giant piece of shit. A turd is a turd.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

'you can't put lipstick on a pig' - some guy with a bigger inauguration crowd than both of trump's.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 1 day ago

Zuck, the Cartman of tech

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But maybe it made him happier? He seems happier. All he needed was a bit of sunshine and some exercise.

[–] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

He’s still a billionaire, which means he’s an evil wage thief. Fuck his happiness.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

And a few billion dollars and a seat at the table of the US government