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Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover didn’t make people like him, study shows (techcrunch.com)

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[-] BranBucket@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes 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.

[-] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

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

[-] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

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 2 points 59 minutes ago

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

[-] xyzzy@lemm.ee 5 points 5 hours ago

I strongly doubt most people are aware of anything about this

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 39 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours 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.

[-] Zier@fedia.io 9 points 6 hours ago

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 6 points 4 hours ago

lead box, filled with liquid lead

I disagree and demand to be proven wrong.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 7 hours ago

His mega yacht tracker https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9857511

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 hours ago

Pair this with Elon Musk’s jet tracker.

[-] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 11 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

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

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 47 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

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...

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

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 1 points 1 minute 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.

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 hour ago

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.

[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago

He still has a punchable face

[-] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 20 points 10 hours ago

There is no way to make zuckbot likable.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

I can think of a few ways.

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

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago

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 15 points 11 hours ago

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

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 hours ago

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 10 hours ago

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

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 hours ago

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

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 5 points 10 hours ago

Zuck, the Cartman of tech

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