Winklevoss
Cool article by Rolling Stone about Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg. I’ve found this story interesting ever since it began popping up. At first, it seemed like most of the digerati dismissed these types of allegations. It’s easy to chalk it up to the idea that now that Zuckerberg is doing well, everyone wants a piece of the pie. The people claiming they’d been wronged were cast as just greedy assholes suing for money they didn’t earn.
The problem is, there’s just too much of it to be ignored. Lots of people run companies that turn into smash hits, often times far bigger ones than Facebook is. But even when they do, there aren’t usually this many somewhat reputable claims of douchebaggery. I’m inclined to believe that the guy’s a thieving bastard just due to sheer volume.
That’s too bad, because in general I would want to be on his side. The principles in the suit against him are Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Winklevoss? I’m sorry, but I’m just unable to root for someone named Winklevoss.
You remember the kids from middle school with names like that. They were the ones who you didn’t feel even a little bad for when they got stuffed into lockers. The article tries to spin them as the cool kids, but look at this picture:
Those aren’t jocks (and rowing isn’t a sport). Those are Winklevosses.
I’m still sticking with the Zuckerbot3000 theory though.
June 18, 2008 at 5:31 am
lol matt.
definitely hard to root for a winklevoss.
July 1, 2008 at 7:29 am
I've met them a few times and they're definitely jocks. Huge, muscled, etc. Prep jocks, but definitely jocks.
That doesn't mean they aren't 100% douchebags, though (Hint: they are.). And the father is creepy.
August 4, 2008 at 6:05 pm
[...] (mostly with insults accompanying, so they’ve been deleted) about something I said in my anti-Winklevoss post. Those aren’t jocks (and rowing isn’t a [...]
August 15, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Just because your obviously jealous of their success, doesn't give you any reason to bash them online. You think making it this far was an easy task? Yes, they may have had some more help compared to others, but they've gone a long way to get where they are. Who are you to say anything about them, if you don't even know them. Seriously bro, get a life, and I'm sorry that you were the 'one' most likely trying out for the varsity team and not even making the JV squad.
August 15, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Lol. You got me. I'm really just a jilted rower who couldn't make the cut. Good call donkey.