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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 221 points 1 month ago (7 children)

The headphones are the least insane thing about this construction project. Homie is buying up a residential neighborhood to turn it into a compound with its own private school inside of it.

But who hasn’t done that.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 93 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And the people he's buying headphones for, he probably wants to move out so he can buy their properties. I suspect their might be a tad of malicious gift giving here.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hope they are wealthy enough to just move and leave a nice spite house right in the middle of his Xavier's school for psychopathic children.

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[–] kautau@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He’s just building his little kingdom to set up for

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment

Like all the billionaire tech bros want

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the minds of Curtis Yarvin and Peter Theil. The traitors who want monarchy and transhumanism.They are too psychopathic to realize that if they undergo transhumanism and become one with AI, it will probably remove all the emotional aspect of the creature. When that happens, there is no community, no collaboration, and no desire to reproduce. With this desire to evolve, they will turn themselves into a creature that is incapable of forming the very desire that led them to destroy humanity in the first place. They'll just be a bunch of brain dead, bad logic. Why do such awful and careless people run the world?

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[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

Ah yes the Zuckerverse

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[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 146 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He could gift the planet by leaving Earth, possibly on one of his peer's rockets.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Anytime there's a movie about a robot being sent to space, it doesn't go well. I'm told molten metal works better.

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[–] Honse@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Theres a small piece of lead that could do the trick a whole lot cheaper

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 97 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Like Mitt Romney so correctly stated: "They feel they are entitled to it!"
Except he stated it about people wanting health care! But the true astounding entitlement is with the rich, and with the really rich, it's mind boggling! They truly believe they DESERVE to be that rich, that they are ENTITLED to every extreme privilege they have!! But an ordinary person working two jobs barely deserve a home, food and health care?!
Remember the people are allowing this, we could change it easily if a majority really wanted to change it.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 18 points 1 month ago

Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 81 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Complete lack of empathy displayed when trying to perform "empathy".

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[–] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is clearly just a big "fuck you" to his neighbors since they are probably filthy rich too if they are living next to him and would not have a problem buying noise cancelling headphones.

[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think it is. I've rubbed shoulders with the 1% on a few occasions and they tend to give shit like this the way we give out candy. I've heard of little gift baggies worth over 1k distributed in large numbers, and me being impressed by that was surprising to the person talking about it. He acted like it was $30-$60 when he was talking. It's spending on a completely different scale. Headphones are not a statement. They're an afterthought.

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Techno-Utopia means dehumanizing the mass of humanity.

"My compound is worth more than all of your weak, biological ears."

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Palo Alto has finally started to crack down on this nonsense. It's been a wealthy area for decades, but the behavior of these ultra rich freaks is hard for anyone to tolerate.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It is telling that Zuckerberg hasn't sent them all the glasses that record everything.

The message there is clear.

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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Zuckerberg has spent more than $110 million purchasing at least 11 homes on Edgewood Drive and Hamilton Avenue over the past 14 years,

Disgusting.

Underneath the compound, Zuckerberg added 7,000 square feet of space described as “basements,” which to area residents are more akin to “bunkers” or a “billionaire’s bat cave.” Zuckerberg similarly added a 5,000-square-foot underground structure to his compound in Hawaii, which he insists is not a “doomsday bunker.”

Extraordinarily Wasteful. Selfish. Parasitic.

In 2016, Palo Alto officials rejected a proposal to demolish four homes and replace them with smaller houses and large basements as part of a wider compound. While the city denied the specific application, Zuckerberg ultimately proceeded gradually, undertaking similar work in a piecemeal fashion to avoid further regulatory hurdles. The Palo Alto City Council and some residents have since criticized what they describe as the exploitation of zoning loopholes and the city’s regulatory inaction.

Move fast, break things. Do whatever the fuck you want. No one can stop your money.

Some of these properties that were recently purchased sit unoccupied, despite being in a region known for its acute housing shortage

Outright evil.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)
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[–] arsCynic@piefed.social 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's it. From now on I dedicate my life to siphoning as much money from these unethical soulless bastards as possible to divert it to society-beneficial non-profits. More Linux, more skateparks, better education, more affordable housing, universal healthcare, et cetera. Never have I ever loathed one person so much as Mark Zuckerberg.

🎅 “Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker.”


⚜︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm so hungry for billionaires.

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[–] DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (6 children)

These abhorrent rich are digging their bunkers as deep as they can right now folks. They are actively trying to destroy the worlds population and leave just the 2500 or so BILLIONAIRES that now live on the planet. And they know they are going to have to hide, VERY DEEP.

Pst, your blueprints, air systems, AND you private detail are compromised already. When you fucks enact your end game, you'll be reminded there is no hole deep enough to hide in.

You just couldn't be happy being rich. WE have become too much of an inconvenience to you.

Tick tock.....

[–] lorski@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Destroy their oxygen intakes. Job done.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Fart into it. Make them suffer.

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Thing is, they need to bring their help and the help won't be happy if their families are left high and dry. These people are just too fucking stupid

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The best idea is to get some Japanese knotweed. Have every neighbor plant it and then put their properties up for sale. People have committed suicide over that being so destructive to property. Once discovered, no insurance company will touch him. By the the time he figures it out, that hell of a nightmare plant will have begun to grow up his soul. Honestly, people could do that with all investor properties, or those of other bad citizens. War is upon us.

Also, arsenic, lead, radioactive material, poison ivy, poison sumac, ragweed, poison oak, hornet, bees, bajillions of mice. There are an infinite amount of things that can be done to fight the bigger pest.

They could also use ultrasonic pulses through compression drivers pointed at his house constantly and see if he goes nuts. I'd have more fun from the headphone threat than if he just left me alone personally. Hell, I'd trade houses with one of these folks just for that entertainment.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He'll just move. It won't be a big deal for him.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 month ago (8 children)

To another neighborhood with 11 homes? Didn't those take 14 years? That weed is a slow growing catastrophe. He'll put lots of work in before it's discovered as a problem. And then when he finally leaves, fuck him. Who cares? He as a whole neighborhood that's fucking worthless.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A real man does not need a compound or a palace. And a castle will never make up for that face.

[–] grober_Unfug@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

It’s crazier than you think

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 33 points 1 month ago

This is in top of however much land he has in Hawaii and elsewhere

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s not crazy. I too would buy up my neighbors properties for what equates to a few hundred dollars.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I would too, but then I would let those in need move in.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And that's why we'll never be billionaires.

Your empathy is the barrier.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Underneath the compound, Zuckerberg added 7,000 square feet of space described as “basements,” which to area residents are more akin to “bunkers” or a “billionaire’s bat cave.” Zuckerberg similarly added a 5,000-square-foot underground structure to his compound in Hawaii, which he insists is not a “doomsday bunker.”

We don't need to build guillotines this time. They're digging their own graves. Bury them and starve them in their tombs.

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[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There should be a limit on how many sq.ft of home a human can own. If not, tax the hell out of the additional sq.ft. A Family of 4 doesn't need more than 1200sq.ft of carpet area (approx 3 bedrooms, 1 kitchen and 1 living room house) and that can be done in 2 floors.

[–] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Did you mean 2200? I had a 1200sqft apartment before and that definitely couldn't fit a family

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (6 children)

We don't need to fight over little figures like this. Let's just multiply op's figures by 5. And then we can tax a lot after that, multiply that by 10 and tax more than what it's worth after that.

Problem isn't someone living in 2 bedroom per person, it's when they have multiple mansions. Or multiple "investment properties", and some of them are just empty because it's still profitable

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[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Guys a fucking joke. Has no insight to the tech industry at all. It’s astounding he still has any money.

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 32 points 1 month ago

A lot of that comes from willingly allowing scam ads on his platforms that contribute more than 1 billion to his annual profits.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 18 points 1 month ago

Totally on brand. Feels like the way he treats FB's fuckups.

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[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

Read it as "grifted", I think my subconscious is trying to say something... Anyway, trying to solve with money a problem you do not understand nor care about seems on brand.

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