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Re:Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC... by tartoran on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @11:17AM (#42866884)
Are you joking or is there another Mark Zuckerberg we need to keep a tab on?
Re:Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC... by ks2048 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:02PM (#42867741)
One is pale and wears a hoodie and loves DEI. The one described here is tan and wears a gold chain and is really mad that some lady executive forced him to do DEI in the past.
Re:Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC... by The_Colonel on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @01:26PM (#42869047)
I assume this is again some kind of joke. I'd appreciate if someone explained it without making another hard to decipher joke.
Re:Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC... by ks2048 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @01:35PM (#42869181)
Yes, this is a joke - implying that his stance on DEI is self-serving and simply changes with the political climate. The physical appearance change is more superficial, but could also be seen as a change in PR strategy.

The joke above was that in a phrase like "Meta's Mark Zuckerberg ...", the first word is unnecessary because he's one of the most famous people in Tech, if not the country in general.

Re:Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC... by The_Colonel on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @03:26PM (#42870700)
I guess my problem is that I had no idea that he changed his visual appearance so these references just confused me. I'm not really following his personal life.
Re:Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC... by askl on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @11:23AM (#42866991)
There's also Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook.
Re:Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC... by fredophile on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:10PM (#42867860)
That doesn't narrow it down. Who isn't on Facebook these days?
Re:Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC... by khazhoux on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @11:25AM (#42867042)
Reminds me of that quote from Paul McCartney and John Lennon (from The Beatles) about Jesus (from the Bible)...
Re:Meta's Mark Zuckerberg explores purchase of Washington DC... by khazhoux on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @09:47PM (#42874245)
To be clear, I was referring to the 1960's band The Beatles, and the religious text called The Bible.