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3rdRowTrashTalker 
LSU Fan
Drunk between Kirby and the Nat
Member since Aug 2011
1587 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/19/12 at 5:02 am to Cold Pizza)
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All that $$$'s and OT Ballin' and his wife's still uglier than shite.
I could not agree with that more. I are disappoint. In other news, it makes me not as jealous of his life. Then again he's probably tee'n up Tiger Woods style on the reg so maybe I am.
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jakesonaplane
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Lakeview
Member since Nov 2010
288 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/19/12 at 2:23 pm to rickgrimes)
Proof that Jews are not cheap. Take that, stereotype!
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JimMorrison 
South Carolina Fan
Atlanta Braves Fan
Member since May 2012
6911 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/19/12 at 2:28 pm to lsuwontonwrap)
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but considering how much he has/will have, that's really not a lot.
dude gives a half billion, but it's still not good enough.
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TigerDik86
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2011
2328 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/19/12 at 2:35 pm to rickgrimes)
He's alright in my book now. 
wait.. that's my damn money... 
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JR
LSU Fan
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2005
128 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/19/12 at 6:22 pm to TigerDik86)
The Widow’s Offering
41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
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LSUcdro 
Louisville Fan
Northern Arizona
Member since Sep 2009
7220 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/19/12 at 6:25 pm to SlowFlowPro)
PS- I hate facebook
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JR
LSU Fan
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2005
128 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/19/12 at 6:26 pm to TigerDik86)
The Widow’s Offering
41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
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blueboy
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between here and there
Member since Apr 2006
14365 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/19/12 at 6:33 pm to Kashonly)
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steals money, buys goodwill by giving some of it away
It's called philanthropy-based marketing.
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foshizzle
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Member since Mar 2008
25118 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/19/12 at 6:37 pm to rickgrimes)
Meanwhile, the federal government gives half a billion to Solyndra.
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Servedinafghanistan 
New Orleans Saints Fan
FWB, FL
Member since Feb 2005
6367 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/20/12 at 3:44 pm to rickgrimes)
I want a cut
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Siderophore
LSU Fan
Member since Nov 2010
3334 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/20/12 at 5:29 pm to lsuwontonwrap)
That's 1/30th of his net worth.
That is pretty hefty considering it's coming out of stock, not cash.
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Siderophore
LSU Fan
Member since Nov 2010
3334 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/20/12 at 5:31 pm to blueboy)
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It's called philanthropy-based marketing
At what point has he indicated that he really gave a frick what people thought of him?
It really is possible for someone to be generous because they can, and it feels right to rather than hoarding it just so you can say you are worth x amount.
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PirateZac
New Orleans Saints Fan
Michael J. Fox's location in time.
Member since Sep 2007
5645 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/20/12 at 8:09 pm to Siderophore)
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At what point has he indicated that he really gave a frick what people thought of him?
It really is possible for someone to be generous because they can, and it feels right to rather than hoarding it just so you can say you are worth x amount.
This.
Not only that, but his money isn't "stolen" to begin with. They had no way of building the Harvard Connection, and it was a shitty site to begin with. No foresight. Zuckerberg, if anything, made them more rich than they'd have ever been because he was smart enough to realize that The Harvard Connection had no real potential. Facebook, on the other hand, was the perfect storm of exclusivity at a time when Myspace had overstayed its welcome. Being a genius and coming off as an a-hole have been almost synonymous forever.
This post was edited on 12/20 at 8:11 pm
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RocketTigerBallz
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2012
416 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/20/12 at 10:00 pm to rickgrimes)
That's a lot of keesh...good for Mark.
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theOG 
Oklahoma Fan
Member since Feb 2010
3161 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/20/12 at 10:10 pm to lsuwontonwrap)
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considering how much he has/will have, that's really not a lot.
what? that's an insane amount of money to just give away under any circumstance.
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YMCA 
UTEP Fan
Member since May 2011
1521 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/20/12 at 10:21 pm to rickgrimes)
I lost that much when I stopped working to read this thread.
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Powerman
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Corpus Christi, TX
Member since Jan 2004
115661 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/25/12 at 11:17 pm to lsuwontonwrap)
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but considering how much he has/will have, that's really not a lot.
Eh, it's a lot. When someone donates almost 500 million dollars, it doesn't really matter how much they'll have left over. It's a generous donation.
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Louie T
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Member since Dec 2006
28003 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/29/12 at 11:41 am to lsuwontonwrap)
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That's great, but considering how much he has/will have, that's really not a lot.
I'd say donating ~5% of your net worth is a lot.
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Cold Pizza 
Ohio State Fan
Member since Sep 2011
7639 posts
| re: Mark Zukerberg gives half a billion dollars to Silicon Valley charity (Posted on 12/29/12 at 11:51 am to rickgrimes)
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is donating half a billion dollars in Facebook stock to a Silicon Valley charity in his largest donation to date.
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