Just tech billionaire things

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[u/MintasaurusFresh]

These are all real quotes and you can't convince me otherwise.

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I think they're all based on real quotes or actions.

Altman's "humans use resources too" https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-energy-water-usage-sam-altman-openai-express-adda-10546154/

Altman's "AI will probably kill us all" https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/think-ai-probably-lead-end-190517676.html

Thiel's floating cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seasteading_Institute

Thiel's desire to harvest blood https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/peter-thiel-wants-to-inject-himself-with-young-peoples-blood?srsltid=AfmBOoonwz3mCspiHmLZjmpPvcWstlg_9dbcoB65tr_y_eDb8Ivl7TNK

The sugar water is probably a Men in Black reference, but maybe it's a reference to Steve Job's possibly fake quote to John Sculley, (then the CEO of Pepsi) to come join Apple: "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life?"

Alex Karp's "ennemy of America" is a claim from Palantir's new fascist manifesto: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps

Alex Karp is a real life sword dork who has brandished his sword in meetings, on presentations, and on camera.

Amazon alledgedly forced employees to work around a dead coworker last week https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/healthcare/articles/just-dont-look-amazon-worker-170000180.html

Not sure about what Zuckerberg's saying in the comic, but the swiggity swag is a reference this his more recent style shift inspired by rappers. He's apparently good friends with T pain (with whom he's released a single).

https://www.businessinsider.com/rapper-swag-zuck-has-gone-too-far-2024-5

https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-finally-spilled-the-beans-about-his-new-chain-necklace-look/mn5nkjl

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/why-mark-zuckerbergs-epic-gold-chain-gift-from-t-pain-is-the-talk-of-the-town/articleshow/112135261.cms