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Holy fuck @PalmerLuckey. You're using your @oculus fortune to back a pro-Trump org w/ @Nero? Plz tell me this is VR
Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near-Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine
Palmer Luckey—founder of Oculus—is funding a Trump group that circulates dirty memes about Hillary Clinton.
thedailybeast.com
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As an early supporter of @oculus this makes me sick to my stomach. This is the org @PalmerLuckey is backing Cc @TechCrunch @UploadVR
The amazing part of this is @PalmerLuckey didn't invent core VR tech. FB deal enabled by 'borrowed' Valve prototypes uploadvr.com/valve-shared-v…
He doesn't? - Oculus/Facebook?... he is out?
Let's hope that changes.
casting conspiracy theories around to discredit someone is usually what assholes do.
Fuck trump but Oculus broke down walls and started a VR movement. Whatever his politics.
literally funding white supremacy activism is kinda a big deal
It's not a conspiracy theory. It's quite close to what actually happened.
did you read the article Justin?
What contributions are you referring to?
No, I mean what contributions are you claiming are being minimized? I am unaware of any?
Is that a "I don't know so I'm going to change the subject," or... ?
It's a really simple question, so you should be able to answer it if you are serious.
I guess I don't understand then :( You were worried about "minimizing his contributions"...
...but I don't actually know any contributions he's made, so I don't know how that's possible?
The point of Cody's post was to make that clear (eg., that he had nothing to do with the tech)
For people who might not have been aware of that (many are, but many more aren't).
some would argue getting the money and people together is a big part of 'the tech'
whether he invented tech or not is orthogonal to him being an actual witch that needs hunting tho
Oh I've hated Oculus for a long, long, long time now :) This is just one more reason.
I won't.
the E3 demo was prior to Valve youtube.com/watch?v=GVDXXf… so, you're saying Carmack was fooled?
Creator of Doom John Carmack shows his reality at E3 2012
John Carmack from id Software interview about his virtual reality goggles for Doom 3 BFG
youtube.com
Fooled? Not sure what you mean? Does he say something in this video that is relevant here?
What do you mean ? His first Rift (early 2012) existed long before Valve prototype.
all info in the linked article. give it a read
read it - but what I would call "core VR tech" is the idea of using smartphone screens for VR. This is the core of Rift/Vive/PSVR
That's disingenuous, Valve's prototypes borrowed from Oculus' just as much at this point. DK1 was core VR tech.
New Post. "Now would be a good time for Oculus to quadruple their investment in diversity"
Now Would Be A Good Time For Oculus and Valve To Quadruple Their Investment In Diversity
A VR pioneer is unmasked as sponsor of a white supremacist troll network
medium.com
lets see that stock plummet! Better VR products out and not overpriced either!
Trump didn't "start from nothing" & he's NOTHING like "us".Americans; proud, strong & brave.
BUT HE HAS A PURPLE HEART! /s
I hope the vet who donated that pp 💜knows DT's charity 4 vets pd 4 Trumps painting
Its nt abt MATERIAL WEALTH It's about LIFE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE & t/PURSUIT of HAPPINESS for ALL
I'm repulsed by this guy. Not becuz I hate Trump. But becuz he's completely repugnant.
proves that money can't buy you class...
The Vive looked better anyway
Wait. This guy is supporting a would-be war criminal.
Teally not too smart is he?
something hil already is? 6 of one half dozen of the other
Supporting a would-be war criminal is worse than someone that has been party to crimes already committed?
holy hell. Guess I'm never buying am oculus.
kill all rich nazis
I can't tell if this is real or a joke. Reddit and imgur have this style of humor. I am an imgurian. @PalmerLuckey @oculus
To me the last paragraphs hint that this was a joke. But not sure. Ugh.
I don't doubt it, it can also be a dark humor joke.
he's paying for it though
In more ways than one. :-/
Need to see verified evidence that he supports racism.
I dunno if it was a joke, people dug up Trump stuff from his facebook from the past year.
There's def a correlation between wealth and fetish for obscure adjectives. Schemmingway
I'm learning just how many billionaires are totally whacked in the head this election.
no comment about the guy in general, just fyi sailing lessons can be cheap community-boating.org/programs/junio…
lol. good to know.
It speaks of priorities though. I'm skeptical many families in poverty concern themselves with sailing lessons
Hyper-focus on @PalmerLuckey's interesting but what does @CodyBrown think about @HillaryClinton's Parkinson cover-up? @CNN @maddow @LATtimes
yeah looked into that to make sure it wasn't some non-profit. this says $600-$1300
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Summer Program is open to young people 6-18 years old and the program costs $600 to $1,300. They offer single-handed classes and double-handed classes from beginner
gazettes.com
hard to infer from article since it just says he took lessons but at that pt you're more, "started from the middle"
FWIW my son takes sailing lessons given by the county and it costs $100 for like 3 weeks.
A parent who can afford to homeschool is not nothing either. Sounds almost (gasp) middle-class to me. @CodyBrown @PalmerLuckey
I grew up pretty poor and took sailing lessons at one point. even took a flying lesson. stop poor shaming.
the homeschooling might be the real issue here: no contact with other kids from different backgrounds, no empathy
You can stir poor all you want but $700,000,000 from a boat lesson? Get real Brown
couldn't make it past the 2nd paragraph without vomiting a little
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gives it to." - Dorothy Parker
I... What? What even?
"-a wealthy booster who thought the meddlesome idea was funny". Glad to know politics are 'funny' now. Thanks for sharing.
This honestly seems like a terribly sarcastic post. It's built up to sound too ridiculous to be legit. Then the last sentence.
also a true post like this would be revenue suicide in a liberal market. Anything to verify its real?
I'll give that a read soon! @thedailybeast just crashed chrome for me. :shakesfist:
Luckey admitted that's his reddit username. Mark Zuckerberg right now m.popkey.co/b26047/0JRxv.g…
thanks for the follow up!
Link is buried in 1st para @engadget article. So here's the archived Reddit thread (below).
Announcing Nimble America • /r/The_Donald
What we’ve been able to accomplish here has been amazing and much bigger than any of us and certainly much bigger than Reddit. We believe that...
web.archive.org
This is hard to parse. Parody? Demo of how disgustingly out-of-touch wealth can make some? #ItIsAMystery
In Wealth's defense, Palmer is also very young.
What a coincidence. With a Trump presidency, a lot of us will need a virtual reality escape hatch real bad
Okay, Mr. Luckey, but we have to have starting figures on the Scotch and the plane miles for that to work.
fucking Christ.
lol it's his RIGHT you moron. How about you go fuck yourself you piece of shit
What in the actual fuck?
maybe he is hoping he can buy America after Trump sends it broke.
the classic warmonger in a bikini ah nothing sweeter
dang Austin you don't know if this is even real right?
oh nooooooooooo
GOOD THING VIVE IS BETTER
is this real? Like, for real not pretend real?
ewwwwwwwww
what a schmuck
I feel like there has to be some kind of outreach to backers if their money went to white supremacy.
I'm a big boy momma, I can drink a whole glass of Scotsch *takes off headset*
was it even him?
well, that's what you get for spending too much time in VR
Which means he supported a birther for over 4 years. He supported a racist for over 4 years.
Huh. I'm guessing by "nimble" he means able to skip around inconvenient laws and facts.
How is this not satire?!
(No comment)
guess I'll get a vive
Weird to see a literal millionaire railing against "the elite" while bragging about his wealth and influence
you can't make up this shit. Nice touch with the stopper reference. Loser...
what's @Scobleizer going to think?
er, "stripper reference"
HAHAHHA The Nimble America guy was told to fuck off and kill himself by the alt right. You should kys too.
now what about the fact that Donald Trump supports terrorism? Some that shouldn't be supported at all...
Welp. Not going to use Oculus now.
He thinks global warming is a hoax too, huh?
welp. I'm never buying an Oculus now.
FALSE FLAG
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT BY HILLARY TO PROJECT HER OWN ILLEGAL PAC AND LAUNDERED BITCOIN PAYMENTS
So if you support @oculus with your dollars, you support @realDonaldTrump with same.
quickly, everyone shit on Palmer because we disagree with his politics.
No shock- famous for using Kickstarter as a private VC to get rich off selling out VR to FB
How could this buckle head have followed & aspired to be like him for years when he is only 24yrs. Old ? In dog yrs?
And suddenly that shoeless magazine cover takes on sinister overtones.
PALM HER, LOKI
Okay. Seriously though, what's his name?
I always had a bad feeling about luckey.. Way to go. Made $2 billion, but also made an ass of yourself.
Welp. Vive was better, and PSVR cheaper anyway.
he says he's proud of his success, so why did he delete his Reddit account? 🤔
PL calls Clinton warmonger,yet supports Trump, a self-professed would-be warmonger. Can't make this shit up
jesus, what a childish fucking prick
Wow. And to think I once felt really bad for him when the whole world mocked the @TIME cover.
Your all nerdy pussies. If @PalmerLuckey wants to support a republican -it's his right to $pend - put goggles on an stfu
Wow! I never realised that Palmer Luckey was such a cool guy! ^_^
Back the truck up. "Centipedes of the Donald?" That's a thing?
lol. I'm kind of afraid to google it...
But you're not supposed to read the comments!
Welp. Looked like my decision between oculus and PSCR won't be so hard after all.
it's all real. Unfortunately
The white supremacists/mysognists Palmer funds just aren't very smart. Hes trying to talk at their level
Zuck must be so proud.
Well, I was leaning toward the Vive anyway. Guess this cinches it. Thought Luckey was a decent guy. Sad.
psychopaths are usually charming and are expert manipulators
what a humble spirit.
Is this the guy who sold VR to facebook, and knew at this time how he fucked facebook ;) just an idiot ...
it's really hard to say. his connection to milo yiannopoulos and other alt-right factions is pretty telling
Let's hope @finkd will unlike him.
I imagine @oculus will try to spin it in any number of ways
I like him already.
that is disgusting.
I am SO glad that I decided to buy the HTC Vive instead.
what are your thoughts on the funding activities of people like George Soros?
Who Is Behind The Riots? Charlotte Police Says 70% Of Arrested Protesters Had Out Of State IDs
"This is not Charlotte that's out here. These are outside entities that are coming in and causing these problems. These are not protestors, these are criminals... We've got the instigators that are coming in from the outside. They were coming in on buses from out of state. If you go back and look at some of the arrests that were made last night. I can about say probably 70% of those had out-of-state IDs. They're not coming from Charlotte."
zerohedge.com
Outside of the U.S., Trump is seen by many as clown and a security threat.
but he has written the absolute truth HRC is a corrupt,fraud
nasty SOB , isn't he? Flush oculus.
So what memes did they make? For all we know they have very low meme marketshare.
"started with nothing" 😂😂😂
uh, what the fuck did I just read?
Let's hope Luckey donates his brain to research, like right now.
no thanks. guess who's buying a vive insteadddd~~~
... wow he finally did something Scott Fisher didn't do first. Too bad it sucks.
I feel so much better about having canceled my Rift pre-order, this is just insane.
seriously. wish I would have done the same. my oculus has been collecting dust underneath my desk anyway.
Thiel to help Palmer take down The Daily Beast in 3, 2,...
Send it my way!
Yep, and he wrote this. i.imgur.com/TtEU3UQ.png 😮
I am voting trump.
You can't vote.
Support Trump for years!? 😮😱Wtf?
I was not but I bought the DK1 as soon as I could get my hands on it.
“Money is not my issue. I thought it sounded like a real jolly good time.”
Can we now call Trump's campaign 'the Oculus grift'?
Reminds me of Peter thiel.
I am proud to see Palmer stand up for his beliefs.
The alt-right is mostly trolls and SilVal social darwinists.
the Daily Beast got trolled by a parody account on pepe memes. Yellow journalism.
Palmer went on the record with the Daily beast
Hilarious, what are the political view of someone got to do with a VR Headset?
lol! Go hide in your safe space... Cuck.
I'm sickened by your hairline.
As if people who create tech can't have different opinions than yours? Smh.
so it turns out it wasn't VR that was making people sick, but bad karma.
Easily influenced by Thiel?
when people get instantly mega-rich they instantly become dipshit idiots
Sweet, I'm definitely buying Oculus now!
what's wrong with this exactly? Guy supports a candidate, so what?
Maybe you should stop supporting a racist pandering authoritarian in HRC.
And you would be wise to remember that facts and truth IS NOT Racism.
When people can scream racist, any chance of sane discourse is COMPLETELY LOST. #1A
cc @kwyxz (Ça peut éventuellement t'intéresser. Ainsi que les posts suivants)
I have an Oculus headset for sale.