r/interestingasfuck • u/eliseereclusvivre • 1d ago

From 2014 to 2025, Mark Zuckerberg bought over 1,400 acres on Kauai Island and stole any land the natives wouldn't sell him, earning the moniker 'the face of neocolonialism.' r/all

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u/RoutineMetal5017 1d ago

https://preview.redd.it/ra6wbcxfvfce1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36b38c81fce4b2acc6e78ebbf4d5ebf86ea3fbb5

What the fuck is that ?! I knew he wasn't human !

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u/Maximum_Rat 1d ago edited 20h ago

It’s zinc sunscreen, which doesn’t rub in. You’re not supposed to wear normal sunscreen around reefs, even the “reef safe” stuff, because it hurts the reefs. So this admittedly horrifying picture is him actually being responsible in that singularly small way.

Edit: Also could be a few other mineral sunscreens that have similar properties.

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u/fury420 1d ago edited 1d ago

Many areas of Hawaii have even banned the sale of all non-mineral sunscreens.

Not all mineral based sunscreens are this thick or obvious, but he's surfing so it's probably a nice thick layer of "waterproof" sunscreen

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u/JungleBoyJeremy 1d ago

It’s actually all of Hawaii that banned non mineral sunscreen.

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u/fury420 1d ago

Not quite, the whole state has banned a couple of chemical ingredients but from what I understand the strict mineral-only restrictions are specific to the Big Island, Maui & Lanai.

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u/Lucky_Ad_3520 1d ago edited 1d ago

Not even slightly true. (At least for Oahu)

Source: I live in Hawaii and use lots of sunscreen, I've never used mineral sunscreen.

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u/Driptatorship 1d ago

Can vouch, Ewa beach resident. We have lots of sunscreen options that aren't mineral based.

I would know. I'm allergic to most chemical based ones. Getting hives from sunscreen after a trip to the local beach was... not fun. Until figuring out the problem was sunscreen.

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u/Cute-Bodybuilder-749 1d ago

I didn't expect to find the reason I struggled to find sunscreen in Hawaii last April in this thread, but thank you!

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u/tatotron 1d ago

but he's surfing

Or rather, he is eFoiling, because he's holding a controller in his hand. Those things cost more than my car.

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u/fury420 1d ago

Oh neat, as someone who can only dream about being in good enough shape to properly surf that looks like tons of fun. Looks like there are companies in Hawaii that do rentals & lessons, the site with the best google SEO charges $150 for a lesson & board for an hour.

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u/poopyscreamer 1d ago

I used the provided dispensers at a Hawaii resort. I didn’t become Casper and didn’t get burned.

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u/fury420 1d ago

The stuff with less water resistance is less likely to Casper you, and not all of the islands are strict mineral-only, on Oahu they ban some of the worst ingredients but some chemical based sunscreens are still allowed.

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u/bigshotdontlookee 1d ago

I bet whatever the navy is doing over there has a way bigger impact on that island

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPORT 1d ago

It looks terrible in flash photography. I’ve got one that’s titanium dioxide that does rub in but I wore it once before getting an ID photo taken. The flash made it look like I’d been huffing white paint for years.

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u/Maximum_Rat 1d ago

Loooool

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u/ezprt 1d ago

This had me absolutely howling. Thank you

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u/heartshapedpox 1d ago

I have to wear this because I'm photosensitive; my dermatologist told me to use translucent loose powder over it and it really does work! You have to wait like 25 minutes to let the zinc set first though. 🤡

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u/LadybugGirltheFirst 1d ago

It’s better than getting skin cancer.

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u/atava 1d ago

For once, good stuff.

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u/babysharkdoodood 1d ago

TIL. Thanks!

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u/Lucky_Ad_3520 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ehhhh, likely not why he did it at all, most surfer's wear it because it more water resistant, less greasy, and doesn't get into your eyes. Much less to do with reef safety and more to do with what is most practical for use.

I miss when Reddit didn't downvote real information....sigh 

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u/Happy_Chimp_123 1d ago

I thought it was just his clown makeup.

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u/DriedSquidd 1d ago

That's what you see in every other picture of him.

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u/disillusioned 1d ago

Well, he has a vested interest in the health of the reefs around his thousands of acres of land

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u/electronDog 1d ago

Being responsible for his stuff. Ruin everyone else.

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u/Maximum_Rat 1d ago

Hey, Hitler was vegetarian for moral reasons, instituted the (I think) first nation-wide anti-smoking campaign, and also was a big proponent of animal rights. He also murdered millions of people and was literally Hitler.

No one remembers him for being a great environmentalist or animal rights activist. Because he was a monster. Bad people can do good things, but that doesn’t detract from their bad, supervillain-ness

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u/lurkmode_off 1d ago

Mineral-based, reef-safe sunscreen can absolutely rub in. You might look a little chalkier than normal but not full kabuki.

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u/cheesycube 1d ago

Why can’t you use normal sunscreen around reefs?

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u/Shambhala87 1d ago

Same reason you can’t pour the old oil from your car down a storm drain.

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u/1tohg 1d ago

What about new oil?

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u/Jorgwalther 1d ago

As long as it’s beautiful clean new oil, you’re good

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u/Shambhala87 1d ago

*American oil is fine

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u/Fishermans_Worf 1d ago

Woah there, let's not spread misinformation. That's true, but only for the continental United States.

For our international Redditors, oil is only ok to release in its original habitat. Sadly, many repatriation efforts are stymied by missing paperwork.

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u/BensenJensen 1d ago

Because mama said it’s the devil?

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u/20CAS17 1d ago

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sunscreen-corals.html

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u/Pandabumone 1d ago

So protect the coral reef, but fuck them people wanting to live on their ancestral lands.

God I hate billionaires so much.

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u/BedBubbly317 1d ago

We’d all love to live on our ancestral land.

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u/soleceismical 1d ago

So long as we can choose the year and the specific ancestor whose land we want to live on lol

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u/BedBubbly317 1d ago

That’s my point. It’s a ridiculous assertion that just because your long dead ancestors lived here you still have some legal right to land that was legally sold. Hell, even if it was taken by force generations ago, oh well. That’s history in a nutshell

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u/ldranger 1d ago

You only hate them because you don’t have billions. Once you do, you are going to realize that those billions aren’t yours to enjoy in their entirety but are necessary to keep your business alive.

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u/Pandabumone 1d ago

You are never going to be a billionaire, but they'll always let you lick their boots.

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u/Local-Ad5972 1d ago

https://www.sonreiskin.com/blogs/skincare-with-a-smile/debunking-the-myth-of-sunscreen-harming-reefs?srsltid=AfmBOopEuy1vhiYIeyBr_MdTdlj4u2OGHaSUvxFJBPJCus-YrH86O-TC

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u/soleceismical 1d ago

Huh, a company that sells sunscreen disagrees with the National Ocean Service (linked in another comment).

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u/Local-Ad5972 1d ago edited 1d ago

Which links a study that does not all support the claim that natural reef is endangered by chemical sunscreen, but instead says it needs further study.

if we care about reef, stop climate change. Stop dumping waste in the ocean. Stop human recreational activities on reef. Even if sunscreen harms reef in the wild, which has not been proven, it’s a drop in the bucket and a distraction to what is actually killing reef en masse.

For example the GBR ranges from about 15 to 150km offshore. Yet is dying at alarming rates. Someone using chemical sunscreen at the beach is not the culprit.

But it makes people feel better I guess.

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u/StickyThickStick 1d ago

Damn the internet is just full of hate. If someone like Arnold Schwarzenegger did this everyone would cheer here

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u/u8eR 1d ago

There's a lot to hate about him

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u/OverDue_Habit159 1d ago

It's moisturiser made from liquidised pauper children.

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u/slothdonki 1d ago

This isn’t directed at you but just wanted to add onto how ‘reef safe’ sun screens may not be safe either. I came across this thread a couple years ago after someone told me that ‘reef safe’ doesn’t mean it is.

‘Reputable’ reef safe sunscreen that is actually trying to be reef safe may not be safe either, if not for the lack of studies.(unless there is more current research, I have not checked since I went down the rabbit hole the first time).

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u/Lucky_Ad_3520 1d ago

This isn't really true though, surfers use this type of sunscreen on their face mostly because it stays on better, doesn't get in your eyes, and overall works better. The reef thing is only a coincidental benefit.

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u/jjquadjj 1d ago

TIL something brilliant, and wholesome

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u/Zixuit 1d ago

Am I just not putting on enough? It’s a pain but it does eventually rub in. Am I using it wrong?

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u/Maximum_Rat 23h ago

No, I think there’s just different types. It might be titanium oxide. And I think the stuff they make for surfing may be a bit heavier. Not sure though. You’re probably fine.

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u/manic_eye 1d ago

Possibly.

Alternative explanation: Zuck is spending time around the reefs because it is the one place he can go in public without his human makeup and people will assume he’s just wearing “zinc sunscreen”. Sometimes a guy just wants to relax and let his hair down/take his face off.

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u/Maximum_Rat 20h ago

Also possible. Waterproof robot technology has really advanced a lot in theeblad 5 years.

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u/ConstantHeadache2020 23h ago

It’s giving clown 🤡

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u/Martysghost 1d ago

Na he's C-3PO

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u/Flop_Flurpin89 1d ago

C-3Penisface

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 1d ago

even the “reef safe” stuff because it hurts them.

Awwww, poor wittle weefs

I'm kidding!

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u/la_mourre 1d ago

That’s such a niche knowledge! How would you know that?

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u/Maximum_Rat 1d ago

I can’t tel if this is a snarky or serious question. Seriously. No judgement.

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u/la_mourre 1d ago

I’m being serious. Impresses me how one can recognize the special type of lotion he’s using and why he did so just by taking a peek at a pixelated photo! I learned something, hats off!

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u/Wide_Combination_773 1d ago

Because all other types of non-mineral sunscreen soak into the skin and are invisible.

Only true reef-safe mineral sunscreens leave a thick layer like this. Anyone big into beach/ocean culture is aware of this stuff. It's hardly niche, like at all.

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u/Breezetwists1988 1d ago

God damn we have been fleeced on such massive levels by capitalism.

“No no…buy this sunscreen as well when your here in addition to the other stuff we normally sell you”

Li

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u/THEBHR 1d ago

I'm critical as fuck about hyper-capitalism, but that's not what this is about. This sunscreen is actually the older version that people used to wear before more contemporary formulations were invented and sold.

The new formulas have chemicals in them that completely fuck up the reefs, so people often use the old zinc types to prevent harming the wildlife when swimming in those areas. In some places it's legally required.

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u/No-Comfortable9480 1d ago

Wearing mineral sunscreen is not a capitalist conspiracy. If you wear the other toxic stuff you’re an idiot to begin with.

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u/cartrman 1d ago

https://preview.redd.it/84t4a87uygce1.png?width=97&format=png&auto=webp&s=8194d3f3925937480b3338a8a349b9f191aea5a1

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u/Deto 1d ago

Seriously, how are 80% of the comments not about this? Is this the Reddit I know?

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u/LordOfPies 1d ago

Stupid sexy Flanders

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u/Mr_Shnayblay 1d ago

why is the ass so thicc?

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u/Narcan9 1d ago

Zuck the billionaire mime.

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u/ubiq1er 1d ago

It's funny because Jesse Einsenberg played The Zuck + The mime Marceau in the cinema.

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u/whatsthestitch 1d ago

There was a theory when this pic came out that it was released intentionally so that when you googled “Mark Zuckerberg Hawaii,” this pic would push down bad press about him buying up so much Hawaiian land

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u/Narcan9 1d ago

I believe it

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u/sloothor 1d ago

He is definitely a clown

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u/tehsalt 1d ago

Unrelated to the main topic but this mime gives thumbs up exactly to the rythm of this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spm5-SXo4Do

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u/viskoviskovisko 1d ago

To be fair, it was molting season.

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u/ZenFook 1d ago

Never seen a meat smoking mask before?

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u/EmperorThan 1d ago

Let me look up "face covered in white meat smoking mask" on phub real quick...

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u/delightfulfupa 15h ago

I always just use sweet baby rays

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u/ShahinGalandar 1d ago

just some normal sunscreen like normal humans put on their normal human faces

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u/fury420 1d ago

Many areas of Hawaii don't allow the sale of "normal" sunscreen because some of the chemicals are damaging to reefs, you have to buy mineral sunscreen which doesn't rub in nearly as well.

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u/JackyVeronica 1d ago

Same with a lot of the Caribbean islands 👍

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u/audaciousmonk 1d ago

Zuck is strange, but mineral sunscreen / zinc oxide is not a new thing. We used it quite regularly when surfing and sailing, but usually just on the nose and maybe cheekbones not the whole face like zuck

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u/u8eR 1d ago

What's odd is he put it just on his face and no other body parts.

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u/audaciousmonk 1d ago

If it’s mineral sunscreen, that’s odd

If it’s the little jar of zinc oxide, not so odd. We only used that on nose and high points of the cheeks

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u/Odin-SoK 1d ago

he just put amount meant for whole body only on his face :)

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u/ShahinGalandar 1d ago

what you mean, normal humans have bodies??

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u/ProvocativeHotTakes 1d ago

I don’t use sunscreen

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u/TurtlePLAYSTYLE 1d ago

It doesn’t matter lol

Perhaps a higher risk of skin cancer and looking older than you are

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u/ProvocativeHotTakes 1d ago

Doubt it. I’m black

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u/TurtlePLAYSTYLE 1d ago

Ignorance is bliss lol

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u/nikolapc 1d ago

That's factor 2000 sunscreen. The pasty fuck's face will burn off otherwise. He's literally not meant to be there.

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u/haterofslimes 1d ago

It's actually zinc sunscreen which is what you should wear around reefs.

Zuck is human filth, but doing the right thing here in this pic.

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u/SockDem 1d ago

Dumb comment.

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u/Wide_Combination_773 1d ago

You're actually ignorant.

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u/nikolapc 1d ago

You're actually wooshed

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u/Good_Air_7192 1d ago

Leatherface

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u/cbc7788 1d ago

A mime on a surfboard?

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u/Kazureigh_Black 1d ago

He looks like an SCP.

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u/dismayhurta 1d ago

This was never in question. Dude was built by skynet to come back in time and destroy humanity

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u/Chalky_Pockets 1d ago

Reminds me of the face of that guy who was posted a week or so ago who burst into tears departing to cross some fuck off body of water only to never be seen again.

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u/BANKSLAVE01 1d ago

Marilyn Mansions.

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u/_40oz_ 1d ago

yikes lmao

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u/metricwoodenruler 1d ago

Well, the face of ugly

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u/IaMuRGOd34 1d ago

he's mutant

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u/Breezetwists1988 1d ago

Daddy chill…

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u/SectorFriends 1d ago

Hes terrified of regular people because he knows we know how much he fucked us all over.

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u/skylord650 1d ago

Equensu ocha!

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

It’s the humanoid from alien 😂

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u/Verbatrim 1d ago

Give Z a break, the sunlight doesn't reach his planet

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u/threedogdad 1d ago

That’s a robot wearing white face.

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u/NonProphet8theist 1d ago

This the skin of a killer Bella

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u/Jaxley78 1d ago

All the albinos are going to band together to sue him for whiteface now.

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u/thebottom99 1d ago

Whiteface

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u/YetAnotherDev 1d ago

Looks like Marv? Picture

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u/Illustrious-Bat1553 1d ago

He's hooked millennials with WhatsApp. Gen x still linger on fb