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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Thursday Evening Open Thread: Zuck Should’ve Gone with FUNOPTICON

Thursday Evening Open Thread: Zuck Should’ve Gone with FUNOPTICON

by Anne Laurie|  October 28, 20215:33 pm| 117 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Tech News and Issues, Assholes, Sociopaths

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feed your children to FUNOPTICON https://t.co/FWsUf11eM2

— kilgore trout, defective towel (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 25, 2021

there is something wrong with this man https://t.co/cJ4fHW2z52

— kilgore trout, defective towel (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 28, 2021

Anyone who remembers The Twilight Zone immediately imagines a coda where Zuckerberg’s wetware physical body is stashed in a dim hospital room, sustained on a gastric tube of Soylent(tm), while the green breathing world spins on without him…

what continues to amaze me about this facebook vr shit-universe is here’s a billionaire who can afford to make anything he can imagine happen in his imaginary world and he imagines he’s an even dorkier cartoon version of himself playing with fake friends he hired to pretend at it

— kilgore trout, defective towel (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 28, 2021

I designed my shit-verse to let me do the things I could never do in meatspace: have friends and play with a dog

— kilgore trout, defective towel (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 28, 2021

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    October 28, 2021 at 5:39 pm

    It’s new Coke all over again.  I hope this drags Facebook down even further.

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    October 28, 2021 at 5:41 pm

    I’ve got to admire that you managed to step on Cole’s post on Facebook rather than the other way around.  I think that makes it Cole 1,000: Anne Laurie 1, but still.

  3. 3.

    Scout211

    October 28, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    He says Facebook moving forward will “retooling” to make “serving young adults the north star, rather than optimizing for older people.”

    I have my doubts that this new retooling thing will attract “young adults.”  Maybe junior high kids but young adults, I don’t think so.  Young adults have left the room already.  We’ll see, but if I am correct Facebook Meta will continue to have the problems they currently have with young teens.

    Is this guy the epitome of a smug billionaire or what?

  4. 4.

    burnspbesq

    October 28, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Am I the only one getting seriously tired of Silverman belaboring the obvious and Chicken Little-ing over the routine workings of the legislative process?

    He’s getting as bad as fucking Loomis.

  5. 5.

    Ken

    October 28, 2021 at 5:47 pm

    At the end of The Social Network Zuckerberg sends a message to a girl, and just sits there hitting “refresh” over and over hoping for an answer.  I used to think that was an over-the-top and cruel characterization.

  6. 6.

    Poe Larity

    October 28, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    Ok, Boomers. Whomever captures the youts will win. They wanted to watch Ready Player One over and over and not a one of them understood any of the references. Context isn’t relevant anymore. Life is just easier somewhere else.

  7. 7.

    gwangung

    October 28, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    @WaterGirl: Hm, yes.

    But I ponder how Facebook’s tentacles are deeper and more robust in other countries and wonder how much effect this will have, given those foreign anchors.

  8. 8.

    Baud

    October 28, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    Meta! Baud! 20XX!

  9. 9.

    Arclite

    October 28, 2021 at 5:53 pm

    Given FB’s role in spreading COVID information, it seems inappropriate that their new logo be a pair of lungs.

  10. 10.

    Scout211

    October 28, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    @Arclite:

    Oh, is that what it is.  I was thinking it looked way too much like uh, well, the female anatomy.  So lungs!  That’s much better and not so icky.  But seriously, what were they thinking?!

  11. 11.

    Just Chuck

    October 28, 2021 at 5:58 pm

    The whole “young adults” thing must mean they’re bleeding users in that demographic a whole lot faster than we thought.  You don’t retool to focus on a market you already own.

  12. 12.

    Librarian

    October 28, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    FWIW the corporation is being called Meta. the platform will still be called Facebook.

  13. 13.

    topclimber

    October 28, 2021 at 6:02 pm

    @Baud: We hear lots about how Bernie and Greens take (or took) votes away from our Dem candidates in the first few elections of 20XX. Yet we never hear about the negative impact of a candidate who clearly intends to run left of center for what’s left of the 21st century.

    Either disclaim future 20XX campaigns or fess up to being a spoiler.

    Some people say you can’t spell Baud without B-A-D but as a fan, I hope for something better.

  14. 14.

    Ken

    October 28, 2021 at 6:02 pm

    @Librarian: Because changing the corporation’s name will pull in all those young people?

  15. 15.

    FelonyGovt

    October 28, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    He looks like Data from Star Trek Next Generation (?) Except Data was more realistic looking.

  16. 16.

    CarolPW

    October 28, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    @burnspbesq: I’m tired of the Little Mary Sunshines. And I wouldn’t fuck Loomis even with someone else’s dick.

  17. 17.

    MisterForkbeard

    October 28, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    @topclimber: But you can’t spell BAUD without “B-U-D”.

    Baud is America’s Best Friend. Only without pants.

  18. 18.

    NotMax

    October 28, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    It’s spelled m-e-t-a but it’s pronounced “insidious crapware.”

  19. 19.

    scav

    October 28, 2021 at 6:07 pm

    Who is that pale pale man leaning over the transom of a burning sinking STI-ridden ship attached to an iceburg and why is he burbling on about meta adolescent north stars while painting in a new name?

  20. 20.

    dmsilev

    October 28, 2021 at 6:07 pm

    I guess they couldn’t get the rights to Weyland-Yutari?

  21. 21.

    Baud

    October 28, 2021 at 6:08 pm

    @MisterForkbeard:

    Baud is America’s Best Friend. Only without pants.

     

    Move over, Canada.

  22. 22.

    Baud

    October 28, 2021 at 6:08 pm

    @dmsilev:

    I would have gone with Skynet myself.

  23. 23.

    L85NJGT

    October 28, 2021 at 6:11 pm

    @Just Chuck:

    …and the institutional shareholders are complaining about it.

    They may as well shovel those rebranding costs into dividends or stock buybacks. Once that brand cachet goes, forget about getting it back.

  24. 24.

    Kropacetic

    October 28, 2021 at 6:11 pm

    @FelonyGovt: Yesterday someone referred to the weather outside as being “negative zero” and I almost fried my brain trying to wrap my head around that notion. For some reason that left me thinking about Data and how he would handle such an absurdity.

    Let’s pose the idea to the Zuckerbot and see if it shorts out.

  25. 25.

    Jeffro

    October 28, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    @WaterGirl: is it ironic, sarcastic, or just apropos if I “like” this comment?  =)

  26. 26.

    Kathleen

    October 28, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    AL, you are by far one of the funniest people on the Internet.

    Anyone who remembers The Twilight Zone immediately imagines a coda where Zuckerberg’s wetware physical body is stashed in a dim hospital room, sustained on a gastric tube of Soylent(tm), while the green breathing world spins on without him…

    And what the fuck does this mean?

    “serving young adults the north star, rather than optimizing for older people.”

    Is he having meta dinner parties where he serves young people an actual star? Or will he “optimize” oldsters by putting soylent green cake batter into star shaped tins to serve to young adults?

  27. 27.

    japa21

    October 28, 2021 at 6:13 pm

    @burnspbesq: ​
      I don’t mind his pointing out his concerns, but he does it in the most condescending way possible.

  28. 28.

    lashonharangue

    October 28, 2021 at 6:15 pm

    Reposted from Cole’s post below.

    I recommend watching this interview with Brittan Heller.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6MYtxn2w38  

    What FB hopes to do with virtual reality is way beyond what was promised by Cambridge Analytics.  Capturing data on people’s physiological responses will help with targeting/refining advertising as well as engagement.

  29. 29.

    Downpuppy

    October 28, 2021 at 6:17 pm

    2 semi-corporate Irishy bars, Asgard & Kinsale, are officially defunct.
    Kinsale was a nice place to go for weekend brunch since it was huge & in Center Plaza where nobody goes for brunch on the weekends.
    Asgard was where we had a Balloon Juice meetup.

  30. 30.

    Thinkaboutit

    October 28, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    I love all of the people who still have Facebook and Instagram accounts criticizing Zuckerborg’s ideas.

    Keep shining on you bright stars!!!

  31. 31.

    Thinkaboutit

    October 28, 2021 at 6:24 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    You just need to be patient – don’t forget that there is also an active counter-espionage investigation running parallel to the Mueller investigation.

    You’d understand this if you knew as many acronyms as I do.

  32. 32.

    Fair Economist

    October 28, 2021 at 6:25 pm

    Meta: Second Life with conspiracy theories.

    Also, won’t they have trademark issues using a common word?

  33. 33.

    Arclite

    October 28, 2021 at 6:26 pm

    @Scout211:

    Oh, is that what it is.  I was thinking it looked way too much like uh, well, the female anatomy.  So lungs!  That’s much better and not so icky.  But seriously, what were they thinking?!

    Lungs is what it looks like to me, but I wouldn’t say you’re wrong. They went with such a vague and generic logo that it could be interpreted as anything. I think maybe what they were going for was an “M” in the shape of a Moebius loop. A Moebius loop might represent that they feel that once someone starts with their products they’ll go round and round with out being able to exit. So it’s a corporate logo and mission statement in one symbol. ?

  34. 34.

    different-church-lady

    October 28, 2021 at 6:30 pm

    there is something wrong with this man

    Specifically, it would be that he is a sociopath.

    I don’t get it: it was so obvious to me from the very beginning that Facebook was creepy as all fuck. “Common” sense is now almost as rare as a Bachman’s Warbler.

    Meanwhile, Patagonia has unequivocally re-stated they find Facebook to be a distributor of hate speech. Let it be the vanguard.

  35. 35.

    Poe Larity

    October 28, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    So what does FAANG become now?

  36. 36.

    Spanky

    October 28, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    @burnspbesq: 

    Am I the only one getting seriously tired of Silverman belaboring the obvious and Chicken Little-ing over the routine workings of the legislative process?

    No, you are not. He needs to chill the fuck out.

  37. 37.

    burnspbesq

    October 28, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    @Thinkaboutit:

    Ohhhhh-kayyyyyy.

  38. 38.

    Spanky

    October 28, 2021 at 6:34 pm

    @FelonyGovt:

    He looks like Data from Star Trek Next Generation (?) Except Data was more realistic looking.

    That was exactly my first thought.

  39. 39.

    topclimber

    October 28, 2021 at 6:35 pm

    @MisterForkbeard: If it hasn’t already been pointed out, you can’t spell BAUD without B-A-U-D.

  40. 40.

    The Moar You Know

    October 28, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    Meta:  now with extra propaganda and dictatorships.  Aimed at the youth.

    Great.

  41. 41.

    WaterGirl

    October 28, 2021 at 6:39 pm

    I think Zuckerberg wants to rename the company so that he still has a company name after they inevitably split up his company or regulate Facebook out of existence.

  42. 42.

    Ken

    October 28, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    @Kropacetic: Yesterday someone referred to the weather outside as being “negative zero” and I almost fried my brain trying to wrap my head around that notion.

    Computers use signed zeros for floating point.  The few times I’ve had to deal with it, it’s been completely annoying (“Why isn’t this zero?  Oh, it’s negative zero, not positive zero.”)

  43. 43.

    different-church-lady

    October 28, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    @FelonyGovt:

    Except Data was more realistic looking.

    Data was also more human.

  44. 44.

    hueyplong

    October 28, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    @Spanky: Cut him some slack, you all. Those rainbows aren’t going to piss on themselves.

  45. 45.

    different-church-lady

    October 28, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    I think maybe Zuck’s feeling a bit scared that he might have to share something on the planet with Musk, and this is his strategy for trying to regain the upper hand.

  46. 46.

    Elizabelle

    October 28, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    @WaterGirl:   Bingo!

  47. 47.

    SpaceUnit

    October 28, 2021 at 6:48 pm

    Obviously we are all trapped in the Dumb Universe.  But I like to think that someday researchers at CERN, using the magic of quantum mechanics and particle entanglement, might discover a way to open a portal through which one might step and be instantaneously transported to the Smart Universe.

    In the Smart Universe responsible and well-informed individuals successfully organize to obstruct the plans of morons and bad actors, thereby paving the way for a glorious human destiny where anything is possible.  No limits!  Unicorns, etc.  Also, in the Smart Universe Mark Zuckerberg is the assistant manager at a Dairy Queen.

    Should there be any physicists among the commenters with actual expertise in such matters, please keep it to yourself.  I need this.

  48. 48.

    different-church-lady

    October 28, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    @SpaceUnit: WHAT HAVE YOU GOT AGAINST DAIRY QUEEN?!?

  49. 49.

    West of the Rockies

    October 28, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    Does it sound somewhat insulting Zuckerberg saying he’s done “optimizing” for the olds and will instead be serving the Northstar to the young?  So if you’re over 40, Zuckerberg now has no use for you?

    And guess what, you dead-eyed dolt–the young aren’t all that impressed with you.

  50. 50.

    Ken

    October 28, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    @different-church-lady:  it was so obvious to me from the very beginning that Facebook was creepy as all fuck.

    Who could have imagined that a system for rating women’s breasts would have turned into something vile?

    Other than the female 50.4% of the world population, of course.

  51. 51.

    hueyplong

    October 28, 2021 at 6:56 pm

    @West of the Rockies: He’s done all the damage he can do to the olds.

    On to poison a new generation.

  52. 52.

    Ken

    October 28, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    @Ken:  a system for rating women’s breasts

    Hang on, I think I figured out what the Meta logo represents.

  53. 53.

    sdhays

    October 28, 2021 at 7:02 pm

    @WaterGirl: Does anything else they do make any money? Their VR stuff seems like a potentially solid business since they’re ahead of the rest of the industry (as I understand it – I’m not particularly interested in it myself). But I didn’t think it was all the profitable yet. Certainly not “printing money” profitable like stoking genocide.

  54. 54.

    eclare

    October 28, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    @burnspbesq:  No.  I don’t read any post with all caps and multiple exclamation points.

  55. 55.

    Kropacetic

    October 28, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    @Ken: Sounds aggravating. This is why I did my computer science degree and did not seek work programming computers.

  56. 56.

    patrick II

    October 28, 2021 at 7:05 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    They used to pretend to sell frozen custard and drove the real frozen custard shops out of business. They had to stop calling it custard when the fda cracked down on them.  They sell frozen milk with extra sugar instead. No comparison. Yes I am old, and yes I worked as a teenager in a frozen custard shop.

  57. 57.

    different-church-lady

    October 28, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    @eclare: I NEED TO RETHINK MY BJ SHTICK!!1!

  58. 58.

    different-church-lady

    October 28, 2021 at 7:08 pm

    @patrick II: Well… shit… now absolutely everything does suck.

  59. 59.

    gene108

    October 28, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    Meta seems to be just a massive multiplayer online environment without the fun things World of War Craft, and other MMO communities let you do with other people.

    Facebook really is a one trick pony that’s surviving on being first and inertia.

  60. 60.

    Baud

    October 28, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    Speaking of changes in tech, has anyone upgraded to Windows 11?  Any issues?

  61. 61.

    topclimber

    October 28, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    @SpaceUnit: ​
     

    Sorry to tell you but this is a dumb idea. About what you would expect from someone in the dumb universe.

  62. 62.

    eclare

    October 28, 2021 at 7:12 pm

    @different-church-lady:   Hahaha…I said post, not comment.  Don’t ever change.

  63. 63.

    Kropacetic

    October 28, 2021 at 7:12 pm

    @eclare: What if we looked at the positive?

    NO, NAÏF, WE MUST NOT!!1!!

  64. 64.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 28, 2021 at 7:22 pm

    @Ken:

    Who could have imagined that a system for rating women’s breasts would have turned into something vile? 

    Other than the female 50.4% of the world population, of course.

    I was gonna say.  Website created by a creeper to be a creeper for other creepers.

  65. 65.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 28, 2021 at 7:24 pm

    Tonight: Rain

    Tomorrow: Rain

    Cheer me up smothered pork chops.

  66. 66.

    Gin & Tonic

    October 28, 2021 at 7:24 pm

    @Baud: I’m sticking with Microsoft Bob.

  67. 67.

    MisterForkbeard

    October 28, 2021 at 7:26 pm

    @gene108: To be fair, creating a sort of ‘standard’ gaming environment that leverages massive friend lists, engagement and can suggest games or tournaments is a great idea.

    It’s also something Steam is already doing, so good fucking luck.

  68. 68.

    Ruckus

    October 28, 2021 at 7:27 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    It’s my humble opinion that New Coke was dramatically better than Fuckbook and that it can not be dragged lower. However I am willing to concede that if anyone can drag it lower, its Fuckerburg. I’m also willing to concede that he will give it the old kindergarten try, as he always does.

  69. 69.

    smith

    October 28, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    @Scout211: He says Facebook moving forward will “retooling” to make “serving young adults the north star, rather than optimizing for older people.”

    Has there ever been anything popular with the Olds that appealed to young people once it got Old-People Cooties all over it? I guess maybe if you wait long enough for it to become retro, but by then those Youngs will be…old.

  70. 70.

    Hoodie

    October 28, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    Zuck and Mark Davis must have the same barber

  71. 71.

    Ruckus

    October 28, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    @NotMax:

    By George I think you’ve got it!

  72. 72.

    Barbara

    October 28, 2021 at 7:32 pm

    @sdhays: ​ I have no idea, and this is just me musing — but it seems like FB will run into the same dynamic that tv has, which is that advertisers don’t really value people over the age of 45. It’s not that we don’t spend money, it’s that by and large our buying habits have already been formed. At some point, advertisers are going to figure this out, plus, they might not like the idea of being featured alongside truly terrible content. My understanding is that many web-only retailers rely on FB, but I have always wondered just how that will work as FB becomes more and more polarizing. There is a reason that the tv industry doesn’t prize controversial programming. Why is FB immune from that?

  73. 73.

    Poe Larity

    October 28, 2021 at 7:32 pm

    @Ruckus: Meta is the new digital HFCS

    Perhaps he should have called it Digabetes.

  74. 74.

    p.a.

    October 28, 2021 at 7:33 pm

    The one chump in GF’s ‘hood with a “don’t blame me i voted for tRump” flag lost the flag & the section of fence it was on in the Nor’easter?????

    Gotta go, Elvis C concert in 3… 2…

  75. 75.

    Barbara

    October 28, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    @burnspbesq: ​ No, you aren’t the only one. I have seen enrolled bills with text that makes me cringe. The bill that came out of the Recovery Act was basically whatever was read into the Congressional Record, complete with strike through text and marginalia. Congress does employ staff to polish the final statutory text.

  76. 76.

    CarolPW

    October 28, 2021 at 7:37 pm

    @Baud: Everything works in my system, but a lot of stuff got moved around in a most annoying way. Looks stupid but works fine.

  77. 77.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 28, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    @patrick II: Don’t fuck with frozen custard.  After beer, brats, cheese curds, Friday night fish fries, and brandy drinks, it is Wisconsin’s most important food and/or drink.

  78. 78.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 28, 2021 at 7:42 pm

    @p.a.: ​
      Enjoy. He always puts on a good show.

  79. 79.

    Ruckus

    October 28, 2021 at 7:42 pm

    @Poe Larity:

    I do believe that it will be worse than that, if only because MZ really has no idea which way is up and yes, he has flown higher than a large number of people, that won’t stop or help him from making things worse, which is the only direction he knows.

  80. 80.

    Baud

    October 28, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    @CarolPW:

    Thanks.

  81. 81.

    Raven

    October 28, 2021 at 7:54 pm

    @burnspbesq: If you don’t like don’t fucking read his posts. Everyone worshiped at Rofer’s feet but talk about arrogant and condescending. I just didn’t read it and don’t miss her one bit.

  82. 82.

    cain

    October 28, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    @Downpuppy:

    Oh no ! This is in Boston right ? I’ve been to Asgard .. I vaguely believe I bought a t-shirt from the

  83. 83.

    Frankensteinbeck

    October 28, 2021 at 7:58 pm

    Second Life already exists.

  84. 84.

    MagdaInBlack

    October 28, 2021 at 8:04 pm

    @Raven: Thank you.

  85. 85.

    bk

    October 28, 2021 at 8:04 pm

    @burnspbesq: worse

  86. 86.

    randy khan

    October 28, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    Neal Stephenson either is having a cow or laughing right now.  And, of course, it’s more likely to be like the dystopian parts of William Gibson’s cyberspace than anything else.

    And I only can imagine what Tim Berners-Lee must think.

  87. 87.

    randy khan

    October 28, 2021 at 8:08 pm

    @Kathleen:

    And what the fuck does this mean?

    “serving young adults the north star, rather than optimizing for older people.”

    Is he having meta dinner parties where he serves young people an actual star? Or will he “optimize” oldsters by putting soylent green cake batter into star shaped tins to serve to young adults?

    It means that there is more money to be made on young people and that Facebook is skewing too old nowadays to grab those bucks.

  88. 88.

    delk

    October 28, 2021 at 8:10 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: no butter burgers?

  89. 89.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 28, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    @delk: Not as high on the list.

  90. 90.

    Fair Economist

    October 28, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    @smith:Old trends get revived occasionally. Swing dance around the turn of the millennium, for example, or midcentury modern right after. It is unusual, and seems to take a long time.

  91. 91.

    Baud

    October 28, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    @Kathleen:

    And what the fuck does this mean?

    “serving young adults the north star, rather than optimizing for older people.”

     

    Their old customer base is dying of covid.

  92. 92.

    Barbara

    October 28, 2021 at 8:14 pm

    @randy khan: Do they actually optimize for older people or has that sort of just happened because they optimize for whoever spends the most time on FB? I sometimes wonder how likely it is that a person will pay attention to advertising when they have whipped themselves into a frenzy.

  93. 93.

    Frankensteinbeck

    October 28, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    @randy khan: ​
    Like I commented in the previous thread, these tech yahoos have a cargo cult technology thing going on. They’re blatantly trying to turn our world into science fiction movies, without bothering with, you know, the actual things those products would have to do to be cool like in a science fiction movie.

  94. 94.

    Barbara

    October 28, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    @Downpuppy: My neighborhood trattoria closed when the owner just couldn’t see how he would be able to make up for prior losses.

  95. 95.

    Anoniminous

    October 28, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    @Frankensteinbeck:

    Are you sure?  Have you poked it with a stick and saw it quiver?

  96. 96.

    smith

    October 28, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    @Fair Economist: It is unusual, and seems to take a long time.

    Yep, maybe 30-50 years. No retro craze is going to save Facebook — to young people it’s likely to stay that dorky thing Grandma spends her time on.

  97. 97.

    Kay

    October 28, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    Republicans continue their policy of getting rid of every single decent Republican:

    Two weeks ago, Ohio State Board of Education President Laura Kohler voted against repealing an anti-racist resolution. On Friday, she plans to resign after the Republican-controlled Ohio Senate indicated it would not confirm her reappointment to the board.
    “I was aware there would be consequences …,” Kohler said in an interview. “I’m a Republican. I knew it was a controversial vote.”

    They jammed in 100% Right wing lunatics on the board now, so look for Ohio education to go right into the crapper. They’ll be pledging allegiance to the Trump flag.

  98. 98.

    Sure Lurkalot

    October 28, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    @different-church-lady: Data also wanted to be human. I’m not sure what Zuck aspires to be and I do not want to know.

  99. 99.

    JPL

    October 28, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    @Kay: Some might call it purging.

  100. 100.

    Kay

    October 28, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    We can win the school fight. Maybe not in VA (I’m not predicting- I don’t know jack about Virginia) but overall and going into the midterms we can win the school fight. We can make this a disaster for them.

  101. 101.

    Taphozous

    October 28, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    Speaking of Neal Stephenson and Snow Crash, any word on whether Zuck is changing his name to Da5id?

  102. 102.

    Sure Lurkalot

    October 28, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    @eclare: Yes!

    @different-church-lady: No!

  103. 103.

    Poe Larity

    October 28, 2021 at 9:08 pm

    @Taphozous: I heard Bezos and Musk were going to court as they both want to change their names to Tessier-Ashpool.

  104. 104.

    UncleEbeneezer

    October 28, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    “Feta” woulda been a good name too, at least for Greek recruiting efforts.

  105. 105.

    Another Scott

    October 28, 2021 at 9:20 pm

    pic.twitter.com/MqtMcjQVh0

    — HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) October 28, 2021

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  106. 106.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    October 28, 2021 at 9:26 pm

    Hey Zuck, Second Life just called and they want their 2009 Slogans Back.

  107. 107.

    NotMax

    October 28, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    @Baud

    Summation of opinions from friends I implicitly trust who deal with this stuff for a living:

    Unless there is a concrete reason (diktat from business or employer, for example, or a needed app which is not backward compatible or purchasing a brand spanking new unit) there is NO good reason to do it. At a minimum, if your machine is even capable of playing nice with Win 11, WAIT until next year (say, around the spring equinox) before taking the plunge.

    Win 10 will continue to be fully supported for at least five years more.

  108. 108.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    October 28, 2021 at 9:31 pm

    @gene108: Meta seems to be just a massive multiplayer online environment without the fun things World of War Craft, and other MMO communities let you do with other people.

    Tea bagging some avi while screaming insults at everyone else on Voice chat.

  109. 109.

    Obvious Russian Troll

    October 28, 2021 at 9:32 pm

    @gene108: Facebook wasn’t even first. They got lucky Myspace couldn’t take advantage of their early lead.

  110. 110.

    pluky

    October 28, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    @Kropacetic: It does have meaning in infinitesimal analysis. Zero minus epsilon where epsilon is a positive infinitesimal. /pedant

  111. 111.

    different-church-lady

    October 28, 2021 at 10:06 pm

    I can hardly wait until I need to wear a pair of Zuckerberg’s VR glasses just so I can order a pizza.

  112. 112.

    mvr

    October 28, 2021 at 10:55 pm

    @p.a.: ​
     EC is very cool.

  113. 113.

    eddie blake

    October 28, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    @Poe Larity:  NICE!

  114. 114.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 28, 2021 at 11:32 pm

    Geography NOW! – Goat with a cone

    PaulB is over in Europe!

  115. 115.

    Amir Khalid

    October 29, 2021 at 6:31 am

    I don’t get it. This is the kind of corporate name change that only invites mockery. And people are going to keep right on calling the company that owns Facebook “Facebook”.

  116. 116.

    oatler

    October 29, 2021 at 8:09 am

    “I’m looking forward to connecting with people.”

    Matt, radar technichian

  117. 117.

    IbnBob

    October 29, 2021 at 10:47 am

    It’s the Hubris-verse yet again, designed and built by Icarus.

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