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[–] 29 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

pretty sure it's by design. in his natural state he'd probably look bland and soulless like Zuckerberg. but some clever PR people made him wear slippers and reddit shirts and a gross goatee so millennials will look at him and go "he's just a harmless dweeb, just like us"

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  • [–] 23 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    "he's just a harmless dweeb, just like us"

    That would have worked like circa 2010 but everyone fucking hates nerds now because destroying our planet. Maybe his PR team are a bunch of reddit millennial hanger-ons.

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  • [–] 27 points 15 hours ago

    I'd say it's still a purposeful effort to make him look more human, a "wacky eccentric" "outside of the establishment" "probably too smart to care about appearances" rather than looking like a stereotypical evil tech oligarch in a standard male haircut and office shirt + hiking vest

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