billionaire·Just billionaire thingsbyVetOfTheSeas Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boathttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/zuckerberg-superyacht-boat-alaskaOpen linkView original on discuss.online154Comments13Reply
FFredselfish sh.itjust.works1Hide 1 replyNot shocked at all that a billionaire would care about anyone stranded.34Reply
rbos lemmy.ca2Hide 2 repliesThat is a legal requirement of maritime law here... they could definitely sue29Reply
uunexposedhazard replydiscuss.tchncs.de1Hide 1 replyI mean yeah, but its the captains responsibility, not Zuccs. Even it Zucc told the captain to ignore it, the captain has the highest authority and unless he was forced to ignore it at gunpoint it would be his fault.16Reply
JJayDee replylemmy.world"$500,000 a year told me I wasn't able to help those bystanders. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lawyer to pay with my boss's money"7Reply
TTollana1234567 lemmy.today1Hide 1 replywhy would a robot, heed the call of a ship in distress.7Reply
DDoubleohdonut replylemmy.caYeah it's hard to empathise with humans if your soul was traded years ago for the ability to spread digital misery to the world.2Reply
mmelsaskca lemmy.ca"They were dirty foreigners and I thought "Ewww", Zuckerberg said in a released statement. /s7Reply
ExtremeDullard piefed.socialMy guess is he didn't have pervert glasses on so he couldn't record the rescue and post it online. So what's the point...1Reply
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Not shocked at all that a billionaire would care about anyone stranded.
Would?
wow he faced questions. must be the worst punishment to face.
You just wait, now he's ripe to get slammed some day.
That is a legal requirement of maritime law here... they could definitely sue
I mean yeah, but its the captains responsibility, not Zuccs. Even it Zucc told the captain to ignore it, the captain has the highest authority and unless he was forced to ignore it at gunpoint it would be his fault.
"$500,000 a year told me I wasn't able to help those bystanders. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lawyer to pay with my boss's money"
Help the poor?
Zuck sucks balls
why would a robot, heed the call of a ship in distress.
Yeah it's hard to empathise with humans if your soul was traded years ago for the ability to spread digital misery to the world.
"They were dirty foreigners and I thought "Ewww", Zuckerberg said in a released statement. /s
My guess is he didn't have pervert glasses on so he couldn't record the rescue and post it online. So what's the point...