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Title: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 26, 2011, 10:25:26 PM
An interesting piece. Zuckerberg is apparently trying to de-yuppify himself and only eat animals he's killed this year. Kind of interesting given the expulsion of the chicken assassins posted in another thread. On the one hand, I want to roll my eyes. On the other, as a hunter and an honest man, I'm all in favor of being honest about the fact that meat means having blood on your hands and you should accept that or eat more tofu. I think Uncle Ted would approve. Zuckerberg mentioned wanting to try hunting. Can you imagine the video of him and the Nuge in the woods? ;D
FQ13
Here's the link from Fortune
http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/26/mark-zuckerbergs-new-challenge-eating-only-what-he-kills/
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: Badgersmilk on May 26, 2011, 11:53:43 PM
I'd say it's pretty respectable if he sticks with it.  I caught a turtle while fishing in the pond this evening...  Couldn't help but wonder how he'd taste deep fried with some cajun breading!   ;D
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: bulldog75 on May 27, 2011, 05:54:51 AM
My wife and kids swear by wild game. One I can taste a difference. I clean and dress the animal. I do not waste any meat as it was a precious gift.
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: Pathfinder on May 27, 2011, 07:10:02 AM
Have no fear, Zuckerberg is a poseur. And still a post-modern yuppy. It is all about him, nothing else. And it is being driven by some fancy chef in SF who planted the idea. Note that he does not actually raise any of the animals, simply buys them and slaughters them - all 3 of them by the article.

In the article he says he picks something to do for that year - learn Chinese, kill what he eats, whatever. Next year he will not do this and be on to something else. It is all about him.

Kudos for him learning what real food tastes like, but -1 million for being such a putz.
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: jnevis on May 27, 2011, 07:52:51 AM
It may be a single year and a ploy, but I have to give him credit for wanting to do something different each year and expand his knowledge base.  Plus as FQ said, I'd love to see him on Outdoor Channel with The Nuge.  Maybe next year he can be convinced to try competition shooting with the Four M's?

"Facebook meets the Outdoor Channel"  Think of the wall that would crumble if someone as "mainstream" as the founder of Facebook became a "shooter."  Sure it would probably only be for a year, but if he can be educated and trained, it would have a lasting effect on the "Gun-nut" mentality. "Anybody can do it and it's safe.  Plus a lot of fun."
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: oldkat69 on May 27, 2011, 09:26:55 AM
I'd say it's pretty respectable if he sticks with it.  I caught a turtle while fishing in the pond this evening...  Couldn't help but wonder how he'd taste deep fried with some cajun breading!   ;D

Pretty Good!  A bit more chewy than frog legs.

I just hope Zuckerberg is not a vegetarian. LOL!
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: CJS3 on May 28, 2011, 08:12:11 PM
Have no fear, Zuckerberg is a poseur. And still a post-modern yuppy. It is all about him, nothing else. And it is being driven by some fancy chef in SF who planted the idea.

It's the latest new age "too real to be rich" fad. Real people just consider it food. With him and his food nazi (it's all natural) friends, it's their way to connect to medieval aristocracy. ::)
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 28, 2011, 09:23:18 PM
I do kind of like the idea of his "annual project" thing. Making it a point to do or learn something new every year. Learning a language, learning to sail, reading about an historical period, learning to fix your car, or whatever it may be. It seems like a nice way to keep from falling into a rut and broadening your horizons.
FQ13
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: Timothy on May 29, 2011, 06:08:38 AM
He's a little douche bag trying to stay in the news....he should try hunting with Dick Cheney!
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: Pathfinder on May 29, 2011, 06:22:05 AM
I do kind of like the idea of his "annual project" thing. Making it a point to do or learn something new every year. Learning a language, learning to sail, reading about an historical period, learning to fix your car, or whatever it may be. It seems like a nice way to keep from falling into a rut and broadening your horizons.
FQ13

Seems pretty much to describe a dilettante to me. Not someone who is seriously interested in something and is researching it, just another lightweight who "sets goals for himself", does something, and moves on. We'll see in a year or so if he can still hold a conversation in Mandarin or not, or if he even owns a boat let alone sails it.
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: crusader rabbit on May 29, 2011, 01:18:09 PM
I heard he shot two heads of cabbage and a carrot for his dinner yesterday.  He's gonna try and bag a watermelon for dessert.
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: Solus on May 29, 2011, 02:28:53 PM
Interesting.

Any mention of what load he uses for carrots?
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 29, 2011, 02:31:06 PM
Interesting.

Any mention of what load he uses for carrots?
Hey! Don't be a hater! Carrots can be tricky, it just depends on how far away you are. Anything over two hundred yards or so and I'll be impressed. ;D
FQ13
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: Solus on May 29, 2011, 02:41:26 PM
Hey! Don't be a hater! Carrots can be tricky, it just depends on how far away you are. Anything over two hundred yards or so and I'll be impressed. ;D
FQ13

Hater?  Hey!!!...  just asked an honest question. 

I usually trap my carrots, but as I get older, that is becoming more of a pain.....easier to to just pick them off from a rest.  I need a good retriever though.
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: Big Frank on May 29, 2011, 02:49:47 PM
Let's not forget that carrot juice is murder.

Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: SlickRob on May 30, 2011, 07:53:52 AM

Posting without comment:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/24/facebook-upgrade-spurs-fears-of-political-bias/
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: PegLeg45 on May 30, 2011, 10:09:58 AM
Hater?  Hey!!!...  just asked an honest question. 

I usually trap my carrots, but as I get older, that is becoming more of a pain.....easier to to just pick them off from a rest.  I need a good retriever though.

Just rob Bugs Bunny.
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: Pathfinder on May 30, 2011, 10:59:26 AM
Just rob Bugs Bunny.

Easier said than done - just ask Elmer Fudd!

OTOH, just shoot Bugs, take him AND his carrots, and have a nice rabbit stew.


Just sayin' . . . . .
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 30, 2011, 11:22:22 AM
Hassenpfeffer! Oh, wait, that's been tried too. Might want to leave Bugs alone Peg. ;D
FQ13
Title: Re: Facebook Tycoon only eats what he kills
Post by: PegLeg45 on May 30, 2011, 03:55:37 PM
Easier said than done - just ask Elmer Fudd!

OTOH, just shoot Bugs, take him AND his carrots, and have a nice rabbit stew.


Just sayin' . . . . .

Hassenpfeffer! Oh, wait, that's been tried too. Might want to leave Bugs alone Peg. ;D
FQ13

Tha wascawy bastard don't stand a chance.......once I send some wong wange wove fwom a fwee-oh-eight!!!!!!!



Then again, I might just contract it out to Yosemite Sam..........................   ;)   ;D