• TheFogan@programming.dev
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      4 days ago

      I mean gates never joined the modern “Hey look at me, I’m getting ripped now”, Watch me surf… see I’m a cool dude not just a tech nerd billionare club.

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        4 days ago

        You don’t think Gates has sex parties and does drugs from time to time or at one point? I mean, are you following this dude around? How do you know? This is the problem with idols. We just kind of project ourselves or our preconceived notions of what these people are.

        • TheFogan@programming.dev
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          4 days ago

          I mean only talking about his public image that he maintained. Gates kept the public image of, I’m a quiet boring nerd who’s running a company and helping charities where I can. IE very different public image than zuck who hit a phase where he just publicly wanted to be seen as a ripped martial artist fighter surfer with 6 pack etc… or even Elon Musk who clearly had MAJOR work done on his hair etc…

          What gates did privately agreed, who knows what the heck he was up to, but the key point is, he didn’t work to advertise to the world that he was cool.

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      3 days ago

      The guy is 70, I think it’s OK to let yourself go a little at that age.