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Heckin love Bill Gates!

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[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 99 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's the most embarrassing thing I've ever seen. Hands down.

[–] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 63 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't get how people can watch this and not be embarrassed. It's such transparent sycophantism. Nothing ever good has come out of the richest people in a country showering the political leader with excessive praise like this.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Yeah it's a sneak peak into the minds of people with no shame. Had it been me, the sycophant, this one memory of me graveling at the table of the person who stole the lives of my family and their descendants, it would be ammunition enough to haunt me on replay every second of every day till the weight was unbearable.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

These cringing, sycophantic fucks can never be allowed to live that down.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago

None of that is happening. Theres no innovation. Theres no creativity. The only thing being unleashed is an American Gestapo.

[–] RedIce25@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah I love this South Park episode

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, as far as succeeding in almost anything goes, this seems to be the meta. Even if these guys hate Trump and (very likely) recognize that he's wreaking havoc on the economy and really hurting their business with tariffs, for some reason, flattery gets you everywhere with Trump. Gifts and bribery get you very far with Trump. Trump makes decisions with his ego rather than for the good of the country. And it's substantially better for business/diplomacy/whatever for such a fickle and vindictive US president to like you.

Absolutely not how the world should be, but IMO it's up to democracy to oust Trump and not to let this madness happen again. Any time I see CEOs or world leaders flattering Trump like this, I can no longer tell the difference between utter morons and people who have just learned to play the game to manipulate Trump and get what they want. This is just how Trump-era politics work, to everyone's detriment.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 months ago

I think out of all the things that piss me off, knowing that we could easily have a substantially better world for everyone on this planet, at the cost of a few of the greediest people not being able to afford the most exorbitant things on it.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No forgiveness for cowards and sycophants. They have made their beds off the backs of those being persecuted. They deserve nothing more ever again.

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 months ago

I think my brain vomited inside my skull.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What’s wild is Donald can’t tell they’re blowing smoke up his ass. None of them believe he has any redeeming qualities.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think he gets off on getting people to say stuff like this, and doesn’t really care about whether they actually believe it or not. It’s just a narcissistic power trip. Or he could actually be that dumb I can’t completely rule it out of course

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

He is an idiot, always has been

[–] Jinarched@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look at them groveling like fucking ferengis around the grand nagus.

[–] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

Moogie 2028!

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Whoa why is bill gates doing this? He’s not in charge of anything except his foundation. Makes no sense.

[–] troybot@midwest.social 23 points 2 months ago

Tim Apple was already invited and it would just be awkward to leave out Bill Microsoft

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This is just in: billionaires are evil and Bill Gates "charity" is a fraud money laundering scheme to patent vaccines.

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

What a lazy comment

He's part of the Epstein boys club, right? Isn't that why his wife split with him?

[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

This is one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago

Yeah the only innovation these fucks want is to steal more data to push a police state and return us to fuedalism. Everyone in this room is a clown.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago

Fuck every one of these rich, sychophantic pieces of human shit. What a fucking disgusting display. Fuck them all, they are no longer acceptable creatures to walk this planet.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does anyone have a full list of all in attendance? Need to make sure I drop each of these companies products.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd like something else dropped on them.

Guillotine blades, I've heard, are a neat thing to drop on the over-rich.

BTW is this another pedophiles-n-friends lunch?

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

How do you boycott all of these tech giants for this display of cock sucking?

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

🤮 why would they televise themselves doing this. have some self respect and keep that shit behind closed doors

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago

Better we know.

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

There is something wrong with this video... My phone is in silent mode, but when the video plays I still hear slurping sounds. Strange.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Cringy taint licking circle

[–] EarthshipTechIntern01@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One drone strike here would have solved SO MUCH

[–] shplane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Eh, there’s no shortage of narcissistic psychopaths who want to hoard all the world’s money. They would just replace the clowns at this table. What we need is a functioning education system that prevents half the country from cheering these assholes on.

You're right, I suppose. It might have been a nice break while some other shit-bags climbed the ropes.

Education? Yes. We need more people realize & market FOSS & DIY (of self & communities) instead of depending on corporations & governments to provide things their fellow humans have created and/or harvested {nearly always at paltry pay & with toxic run-offs}.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 9 points 2 months ago

What in the tongue fucking butt fucking fuck

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

How did that all manage to fit their heads up Trump's ass at the same time?

[–] updn@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is just hitting all my disgust sensitivities. Billionaires kissing ass to a con artist pedo.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

That’s con artist, pedo, fascist to you!

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Any society which tolerates and financial obesity is suicidal.

[–] EarthshipTechIntern01@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Pedos & pals. Who needs a bidet when the entirety of tech magnates will lick your ass for you?

Likely clean your dirty diapers too.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Please tell me this is a rather good AI video. My ability to sleep may depend on it.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Everyone say how grateful you are for me otherwise bad things will happen

[–] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

I was in conflict about not wanting to watch the video and wanting to know which companies I need to avoid but on second thought it's highly unlikely that there are any I don't despise anyway already. (Still weirds me out how I'm disappointed particularerly by Apple embracing fascists but that might be because I was an Apple fanboy in my youth.)

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

someone needs to tell zuck he doesn't need to mimic the human smile, it comes off more creepy than if he just talked without emoting like he was originally programmed to communicate.

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago