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>I'd say it's at least as guaranted [sic] as calling you p0pCult

You don't know me by any other name; you have no other option.

>What's your point?

That he did nothing special. He was a benefactor of circumstance. Further, that we should treat him as such--no one special, just a guy swept up in social media when the social media craze was sweeping people up. One might even say that his methods: bilking Saverin and the Winkelvosses, making what was essentially a hot-or-not clone, point out that he is little more than a slimy con artist. That certainly tracks with his approach to people's privacy.



Even if I did know you by any other name, as a public name that you've chosen, It's reasonable for me to call you p0pcult, on the same degree that it's for anyone to call him Zuck

Everyone is to some degree, even if what he did was nothing special, he was the one that did it. Let's put Neil Armstrong as an example, he just happened to be on the right moment at the right time to be the first human to walk on the moon, it could have been any other astronaut.

I'm not saying he isn't slimy or even a con artist, I'm saying his merit still stands

Regarding my mistake, would you care to tell me how it's supposed to be written? It serves me right for using words that I've only heard




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