r/technology • u/NowThatsMalarkey • Feb 21 '25

Social Media Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover didn’t make people like him, study shows

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/mark-zuckerbergs-makeover-didnt-make-people-like-him-study-shows/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANAZlr-hGuhX1KqqPjBTkTce5FHYoTfozy456eW6cuu8YldzC5rpGfIlP07_a0jXdYc_eaaM6DrAXHX5G8e2xGc5SpbfTOxsJAwxR81w_TBGJlcjoLsVnZ8PWO1lNJgWgzm3MMz0BHDbCl-W5ehgrTueoJBD4LubB0aUd2ecJ39Y
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u/Toiretachi Feb 21 '25

But he wears a gold chain!

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Plus all his RAD Roman dictator quotes on his shirt!

It's SO COOL simping for 2000 year old dictators!!!

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u/Noblesseux Feb 22 '25 edited Feb 23 '25

It is REALLY fucking weird how obsessed with the Romans these guys are while often knowing absolutely nothing about Rome. They think about Rome like it's some perfect civilization when it literally was in turmoil like every couple months for most of its history.

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u/Legal_Expression3476 Feb 22 '25

It's mental illness. Delusions of grandeur.

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u/Noblesseux Feb 22 '25

I think delusions of grandeur are probably a significant part of it. I think they like the "story" of Rome because they're incredibly susceptible to propaganda and a lot of what we think when we think about Rome was propaganda.

The buildings, a lot of the stories, the founding mythos... a lot of it was straight up constructed intentionally to give a certain image of Rome that kind of ignores the filth and constant violence.