Comment on Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domains

gcheliotis@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SirDankbud@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you think thats weird you haven’t even scratched the surface on Zuck. He actually idolizes Emperor Augustus Caesar so much that he copied the guys haircut for most of his career. Behind the Bastards does a good job of highlighting it. If you want a quick readable version, here’s the first non paywalled article I could find. businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-fascinated-by…

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  • klu9@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So… Zuck stans the guy who ended the Republic and turned it into a monarchy that pretended to still be a republic?

    Well, that’s not concerning at all.

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  • gcheliotis@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks for the correction, it’s Augustus Cesar. Still, what an odd connection. Good article btw.

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  • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    All of this is literally unbelievable for me. I don’t even have words to express how unexpectedly odd reading comments in this thread has been.

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I didn’t realize Ed Zitron had another podcast

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• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Here you go:

  At Meta’s annual Connect event in Menlo Park, Calif., Zuckerberg wore a custom T-shirt with the Latin phrase “aut Zuck aut nihil,” or “all Zuck or all nothing,” as he revealed the first working prototype of Meta’s augmented-reality glasses.

  The phrase was a play on “aut Caesar aut nihil,” which means “either a Caesar or nothing,” or more simply “all or nothing.”

  Zuckerberg has long been interested in the Roman Empire. He spent his honeymoon in Rome and two of his children, August and Aurelia, are named after emperors Augustus and Marcus Aurelius.

  Incidentally, fascists tend to have a hard-on for ancient Rome, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.

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  • gcheliotis@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Zuck puts out this weird “pick me” or “me too” energy lately, trying to fashion himself as one compatible with Trump’s world. His interest in Rome may precede Trump’s ascension to power, but his coming out is not a coincidence in my view. And yes, a fascination with Rome started as so many other things as an “innocent” meme and became a fascist dog-whistle.

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    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think fascists idolizing the Roman Empire goes back as far as Mussolini. The fasces, after which fascism is named, was a Roman symbol

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  • misteloct@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not racist. I’m just really into 1940’s German artillery. For the engineering, you know. /s

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    • squishy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m just saying, I’m a huge fan of General Von Manstein because the guy was a military genius, one of the greats of our time, not because of the Nazi stuff. /s

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• Bloomcole@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Roman empire, like the nordic pagan BS is also a (extreme) right-wing fetish.
  So glad to see our new PM celebrating his election win like this:

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    To be fair, Roman history is really cool.

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    • Bloomcole@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      True, but there is a lot of Roman history and some find it cool for the wrong reasons.

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    • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      All history is cool. Roman history just has a lot to study.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Agreed. But if you’re going to fixate on one era, you could do a lot worse than Roman history.

        Other cool eras to fixate on:

        • Joseon Dynasty and Sejong the Great in Korea
        • Chola Empire - naval empire before navies were really a thing
        • Ethiopian Empire - somehow survived with strong empire neighbors

        There’s a lot of really cool history, Roman history is extra cool though since you can see so much of it in Europe.

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  • justgohomealready@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sorry but which country is this? Can you elaborate on that photo?

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    • Chocobofangirl@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Reverse image search brings up articles for belgium referencing a nationalist party, apparently younger dude is his son?

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      • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Noted: Avoid Belgium if I ever go to Europe.

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    • Bloomcole@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Belgium.
      As I said, after winning the national election.
      While we have an even more extreme party (VB)he is the leader of the NVA, basically a nationalist separatist party that wants to split the country and indepence for the Flemish speaking part.
      Historically they were the party that collaborated with the nazis.
      While they are careful to not be associated with extremism sometimes their true nature shows.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol his face… It’s like he knows this is a bad idea and he has no idea how he ended up there.

    That or he’s just an idiot and his face always looks like that.

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    • Bloomcole@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Poor thing is his son, molded by daddy.
      You should see the video, he just looks scary in it. The empty look, no thoughts, just following orders.
      His sister already had mental problems at a young age and got help, this one doesn’t know it yet.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh. Great.

        Which country is this?

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Which country? Looks like a swede in italy 😋

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• merdaverse@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wonder why all these high profile people are so fascinated with a dictator that oversaw the transformation of a republic into an empire. Just like fascists were/are. Must be just a coincidence! Just like that Musk salute from the heart.

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    To be fair, that was more Augustus.

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• StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He’s not doing those roman salutes in public yet, though.

  But it’s kinda funny that the oligarchs are so obsessed with Rome, famous for baking a fallen empire, while enabling the fall of the US.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And Nazis. Maybe, just maybe it has something to do with unchecked power?

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  • gcheliotis@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Such a shame that Coppola’s movie was bad. He was onto something there.

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• Kirk@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The reason behind his weird android haircut is that he thought it looked Caesar-esque.

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• wischi@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He is comparing himself to Caesar? Maybe someone should stab him to help him out.

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• kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Zuckerberg wears t-shirts comparing himself to Julius Caesar?

  Yet March 15 has come and gone yet again without Zuck having a bad day.

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