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[–] Eww@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I bet he just wanted to slip a listening device into their homes to hear what they say about him.

[–] DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days 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 2 days ago (2 children)

Destroy their oxygen intakes. Job done.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Fart into it. Make them suffer.

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If the Hitman games taught me anything, is that a single bottle of poison (the type that you can comfortably fit in your pocket) is sufficient to kill an entire building of people if you get it into the ventilation system.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 14 points 2 days 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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[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is weirdly similar in many ways to Dungeon Crawler Carl. Dwindling numbers of people, digging ever deeper... Different in most other ways, but I'm a little obsessed right now.

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They made interconnected ones during covid, fallout irl. They have private islands with stem cell clinics. Adam devine talks about how he goes to one on the workaholics podcast since they give way more than the dose you can get in the US.

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[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What does one need 11 homes for?

I heard that he has dummy homes between his real home in order to prevent anyone with telescopes or binoculars from ever actually being able to see into his real residence. I also heard that he deliberately camouflages it in order to cover it up from satellite and aerial views.

This is the guy who absolutely wants to demolish everyone's privacy except for his own. He guards his own like his life and soul depend on it.

[–] slappyfuck@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

If you read the article, it gets into it a little bit. Demolishing the homes, building smaller homes, and primarily creating some kind of enormous underground bunker-type network.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well you see, there are 11 days in a faceweek

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Oh, I heard about faceweeks. Theyre made up of 30 ad-hours per metaday in a faceweek

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days 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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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 213 points 3 days 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 90 points 3 days 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.

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[–] kautau@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days 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 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Wtf did I just read. It’s scary how much of that stuff is in Project 2025 and has been executed on.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Big deal. Some tech company slipped him a bunch of earbuds to kiss his ass. One of those houses is probably full of all the free shit that corporations send him.

He could have given each neighbor a new SUV, but instead he gave them some old promotional earbuds from some Facebook managers' meeting.

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[–] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 62 points 2 days 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 20 points 2 days 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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[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 142 points 3 days ago (5 children)

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

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 18 points 2 days ago

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

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)
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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 93 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 17 points 2 days ago

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

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 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.

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[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days 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 26 points 2 days 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 2 days 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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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

My 1200 square foot home has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, laundry, pantries, and an open kitchen, dining, and living room area. The bedrooms aren't large, but they're adequate for a family of four.

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[–] arsCynic@piefed.social 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Breaking zoning codes to build bunkers? WTF. Are the Russian Oligarchs, Chinese CCP and PLA involved in his business activities?

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago
[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 58 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Techno-Utopia means dehumanizing the mass of humanity.

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

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well my neighbors do construction since fucking 8 in the morning and don't buy me anything so at least it's something

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 5 points 1 day ago

I rented a house with some friends while at University... come to find out, the reason the owner rented it to us was because the neighbor was doing extensive renovations for 16 months... at 12 months the landlord "let us" switch to a month to month lease, then when the renovations completed she served us notice to vacate within 3 weeks.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

And they say empathy was dead.

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