If someone attempts comedy on a lake and nobody cares does it make a sound?
This past Friday was the 4th of July, in the United States, the time of year when patriots celebrate throwing off the English yoke and Mark Zuckerberg revels in being a dumbass. The world’s current world’s third richest man, worth north of $248 bn, stumbled into some real stupidity, three or such years back, when he wake surfed out front his Lake Tahoe compound holding an American flag. The moment went viral, as it were, and inspired the 41-year-old to reprise, year two, wearing a tuxedo and drinking a beer while holding an American flag.
Viral again and the giddy almost-real-boy decided to break out all the stops, dressing as a bald eagle Uncle Sam and captioning the clip “Is this the stupidest thing we’ve ever done?”
Unfortunately the surf world didn’t care.
The first two made much wake in our captive universe, Derek Rielly writing of the initial bit of cosplay,”A gift for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s almost eight million Instagram followers this morning with a video of a cartoon-like ‘Zucky’ e-foiling a boat’s wake, carrying an American flag and cut to John Denver’s Country’s Roads…” with many others joining in to comment.
The second fit feted by Rielly thusly, “Almost one year after Mark Zuckerberg completed a shock sweep of medals at a jiujitsu contest, the billionaire founder of Facebook and co-owner of Instagram, has returned to his surfing roots with a July 4 post showing him in a tux chugging a beer while surfing and hoisting the stars and stripes.”
Again, a who’s who of surf talent
But this latest round?
Absolute crickets.
Stab didn’t cover. Surfer didn’t touch. Not even perpetually creepy The Inertia deemed the silly skit worth jot nor tittle.
The comments, themselves, on Zuck’s now 15.7 million strong following bereft of typical additions by Jamie O’Brien, Raimana Van Bastolear, Kai Lenny etc.
A very sad day for the nerd who flew too close to the comedy sun, bald eagle wings melted by the genuine not-funniness of it all.
Single tear down cheek emoji.
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“Stab didn’t cover. Surfer didn’t touch. Not even perpetually creepy The Inertia deemed the silly skit worth jot nor tittle.”
maybe because these sites are liberal beehives where anything remotely related to Trump is not allowed?
At this point if you didn’t almost kill yourself with a firework I couldn’t care less how you celebrated the 4th
congrats on getting blocked by kai lenny
Does he really need our attention? He has all the money and our data.
Sadly that’s the only thing he’s ever wanted.
Jordy dropping in on some poor chump at :26. C’mon homie!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eUkqnFjlDM
Ethan’s last turn and the ender from the goofy foot! Wow!
Who was the Goofy? Yago??
Is it Miggy?
Yeah I thought that first too, then he flared so hard I thought it must be Yago. Think you could be right though.
That last turn was psycho. Volcom sticker on the nose.
Must be Yago then?!?
It’s Yago. Don’t mind me!
Couldn’t tell
Cunt!
Xox
Yep that was blatant as fuck ! ” I’m off jordy. “
(t shirts available soon)
He almost became relatable!
Xox
When I was a Grom I used to have 20 Surf stickers on my first car. Now I have zero. Zuck like I, at peace with being, not proving ourselves to be Surfers?
Hmmm, one’s a billionaire. Ones living amongst old peeps in a whyfuckamoocow town. It’s a struggle for me to relate the two of you.
Otoh, one’s a semi good cunt but inclined to be cuntish at times. The other ones just an arsehole. That’s a lot easier.
But yea, no stickers seems to be the only bond between you.
You could always start liking him on book face and become the latest Kai Lenny.
So you’re saying that Zuck’s …”a semi good cunt but inclined to be cuntish at times.” ?
Crikey, and I thought he was always made out to be a fuckin’ dick, obviously not…
No one wants to look like a surfer anymore. It’s all about looking like a tech bro.
I try hard to look like an out of shape middle aged Boomer
Fuckin nerd!
If someone attempts comedy on a lake and nobody cares does it make a sound?
Only if a Surf Journalist reports it
I refused to show the stupid clip, though, so it only made a sound adjacent!
Adjacency is the new core
Imagine liking or even worse commenting on a Zuck post. Special humans.
Reminiscing
This brings a tear to the eye
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Scotty Stopnik riding a longboard at Bolsa Chica https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
A classic! Blast from the past.
thank you Knost – I like your surfing!
Based on the lame caption and the fact that the vid cuts to not showing faces, I’m guessing that ain’t Fuck wake-surfing in that stupid suit.