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Comment by jsheard | Hacker News Reader

Who are we to doubt Zuckerbergs judgement when his last big pivot to the Metaverse was such a success? Let him cook.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/mark-zuckerberg-envisions-1-...

You mean the one he took "personal responsibility" for, while laying off >10000 people and conveniently still having a job for himself?

"But make no mistake. Though they're the ones leaving, it is I who must remain and bear the heavy burden of their failure." ~GB

The "Silicon Valley" show had many brilliant moments.

Imagine if avatar Gavin Belson had done the "metaverse legs" product reveal, with the animation running at 10 frames/second and a few legless avatars in the audience throwing up confetti. It would be almost too ridiculous to put in the show because the show itself would look like it was being cheap with the effects. But Meta had spent $36 billion on the metaverse at this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njvp-E8gzqA

Who do you think foreshadowed masculine energy coming back to tech?

GB, with the Box 3 Gavin Belson Signature Edition?

Or Russ Hanneman, with... everything?

(Or was it Jared, with Russ being right about him?)

This guy fucks

Ed Chambers (before he was fired, of course)

"Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make." - Lord Farquad

Zuck will demand accountibility from his employees while being subject to none himself because of the ownership structure of meta.

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