Wow I’m surprised a billionaire ignored someone in desperate need.
No he didn’t. He wasn’t even there. This isn’t a real thing.
Oops! My guess is that he had some tweens on that boat and would have found himself in a compromising position if he intervened. His bros assaulted the tweens while he recorded it all through his “man glasses”. /s
Bootstraps don’t work at sea??? How would he know?
Oh, no, the billionaire cunt who’s known for being a cunt and mocking the trust of his user base has done a complete cunt thing! So unexpected.
God, even after coming out as villains, billionaires suck ass.
As a person that hates billionaires and the current economic situation, but also has an understanding of maritime rules and some of the finer details of this story, I think you should rewrite your headline. They were outside of a harbor in Alaska and there was no distress call. If you want to build something, please don’t base it on lies because that just weakens the foundation of what could be something we have coming.
Tanks for letting know the actual story, fueling hate throught fake information isnt something anyone will like
The Silicon Valley billionaire’s yacht, worth a reported $300m, is said to have “repeatedly” declined to assist when a nearby boat called for help last week.
Does calling for help not count as a distress call?
Nope. In the same way that calling for a tow truck is not the same as calling for an ambulance.
No.
Simply out of fuel, the yacht reached out to anyone on radio. The Meta yacht later learned what happened from Coastguard on a different channel. Also, no one but base crew was on the Meta yacht who won’t be having a guy sit by a radio 24/7, floating through 64 public channels on the off-chance some one needs a lick of gas for their sailboat.
This is exactly why there is actual maritime distress protocols to be used in actual distress. Otherwise, you just do what the yacht did; anchor up and keep cycling channels until eventually someone picks up and can hopefully help.
Also Zuckerberg wasn’t on the yacht at the time. The headline implies he personally decided how to respond.
Yeah, lol.
Mark ZuckerbergA boat crewleaves stranded boat passengersdoesn’t hear yachtie radio chatto dieasking to fill up gasin the middle of the Pacificjust outside of harbour.🤷
Wow ive seen thus story floating around a bunch on reddit and here and this is the first time I’ve seen these facts.
This and other reasons are why I’ve been getting away from reddit. The enshittification is underway.
No, they are distinctly different. Distress calls start with mayday or panpan depending on context and are emergencies
I appreciate you bringing facts to Lemmy.
Can I still root for people to sink that yacht?
Root for the whales
Why on earth would a piece of shit like him stop to help anyone if there’s not a few billion dollars in it for him?
This is a non-story. It would be news if he DID help them.
That is not what happened.
Just because they didn’t die (someone else rescued them) doesn’t mean his crew didn’t “leave them to die.” Do you have evidence they knew the other ship would arrive in time? The duty of the nearest vessel to help a vessel in distress has been part of the Law of the Sea since the beginning.
There are different levels of help request and this wasn’t the “oh shit we’re dying” request.
So yeah…
The boat was just off the harbour, and ran out of fuel. It made non-emergency requests for assistance - not the same as a distress call. Vessels were not obliged to render assistance.
“Leaving them to die” is hysterical and hyperbolic, and a gross distortion of the facts. If you feel you have to go there, you’re implying even you don’t believe in your premise.
Not a joke but what is the law of the sea?
What happens if you break it?
Sea jail?
Keelhauling
Maritime law.
Pretty sure boats are registered to specific countries and generally fall under the laws of that country in international waters. In non-international waters, I’m pretty sure it’s under that nation’s laws.
Why is this an image instead of a link?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/zuckerberg-superyacht-boat-alaska
Because OP just turboposts crap from reddit
Billionaires are literally defective humans. They all belong in mental asylums.
Literally had an opportunity to be batman and can’t even take the free W. Defective is correct term.
Same vibe as that fuck Joel Osteen refusing to allow people to shelter during a hurricane. These people care for no one but themselves and their money.
EAT. THE. FUCKING. RICH.
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We would need some type of big knife to cut the heads off, maybe a slanted blade falling in a track of some kind.
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He wasn’t even on board, he clearly left instructions to his crew to never allow a poor on board
Whar would you have him do? Help the poor? In THIS economy?
Would you expect more from a billionare?
You dont get billions ethically.
Mark is a self-admitted asshole. The fact that he doesn’t care about how movies depicted his initial real life rise to fame and knowing how teenagers are harmed by social media shows he doesn’t care. A
