Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sat down with Rolling Stone to talk about Twitter, and the criticism it’s faced in the past year, namely the fact that it doesn’t ban Nazis from the platform, saying last year, “From a simple business perspective and to serve the public, Twitter is incentivized to keep all voices on the platform.”
But the most interesting part of the interview isn’t Dorsey’s attempt at introspection or insistence that there aren’t actually avowed Nazis on the platform, but rather, his comments about eating dinner with Mark Zuckerberg.
When asked what his most memorable encounter with Zuckerberg was, Dorsey said:
“Well, there was a year when he was only eating what he was killing. He made goat for me for dinner. He killed the goat.”
Okay, I get that. Some argue that only eating what you’re killing is the only ethical way to eat meat, as it bypasses the meat industry, its carbon footprint, and all that jazz.
But wait. It gets weirder.
When asked by the interviewer if the Zuck killed the goat in front of him, Dorsey clarifies:
“No. He killed it before. I guess he kills it. He kills it with a laser gun and then the knife. Then they send it to the butcher.”
A laser gun? Does Zuckerberg have futuristic technology he isn’t sharing with us? Or has Dorsey just been watching too much Star Trek?
Dorsey went on to say:
“I don’t know. A stun gun. They stun it, and then he knifed it. Then they send it to a butcher. Evidently in Palo Alto there’s a rule or regulation that you can have six livestock on any lot of land, so he had six goats at the time. I go, “We’re eating the goat you killed?” He said, “Yeah.” I said, “Have you eaten goat before?” He’s like, “Yeah, I love it.” I’m like, “What else are we having?” “Salad.” I said, “Where is the goat?” “It’s in the oven.” Then we waited for about 30 minutes. He’s like, “I think it’s done now.” We go in the dining room. He puts the goat down. It was cold. That was memorable. I don’t know if it went back in the oven. I just ate my salad.”
Dorsey most likely just misspoke when he said ‘laser gun’, unless his follow-up response about stun guns was meant to throw us off the scent of Zuckerberg’s secret futuristic technology
Assuming he misspoke, using a stun gun isn’t in and of itself weird – they’re commonly used to stun livestock before killing it. The image of Mark Zuckerberg brandishing a stun gun and a knife is a troubling one, though.
Also troubling is the fact the goat was served cold. Surely goat is best when cooked well, like a good steak? I’ve never had goat, so I’m open to the possibility that I’m wrong on this one.
As Gizmodo points out, Zuckerberg did challenge himself to only eat meat he had personally killed back in 2011. Remember 2011, when the worst publicity Facebook had received was 2010’s The Social Network? Simpler times.
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t awkward. He’s just haunted by the goats he’s personally slaughtered.pic.twitter.com/Sh83quHY0E
— Comedy Central (@ComedyCentral) January 24, 2019