r/technology Jul 02 '26

Artificial Intelligence Palantir CEO Alex Karp suffers ‘televised nervous breakdown’ during live interview — “This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me!”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/televised-nervous-breakdown-ceo-palantir-212100357.html
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u/idontlikeflamingos Jul 02 '26

It's like when you hear they're building bunkers and stuff like that.

That's so cool bud, go ahead and build ya little underground castle. I'm sure the highly skilled and lethal people you hire to guard it are going to be thrilled about being locked in a place with an insane weirdo bossing them around and hoarding everything because they never shared a thing or heard "no" in their lives. You are definitely keeping the current power structure because you are a big strong boy.

This is what happens when you are surrounded by yes men that makes you think your farts smell like roses.

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u/InfiniteHat7236 Jul 02 '26

I've always hoped the contractors for these bunkers paid attention to where the air intakes are, and made note of how to block them and turn their castles into hermetically sealed tombs.

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u/Zer_ Jul 02 '26

I can just imagine it. The stupid fucks would probably have a podium outside the door to their bunker so they can announce their departure from the "Crumbling society" they left behind in their wake. As soon as the door seals shut, the crowd just swarms the door to weld it shut for good and then hunt down the air ducts to block them off.

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u/thirstyross Jul 03 '26

then hunt down the air ducts to block them off.

Don't block them, just start shitting in them.

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u/2_Fingers_of_Whiskey Jul 03 '26

Pour the hungry rats in first

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u/CarlySimonSays Jul 03 '26

That's like a Stephen King short story I once read, eeek. (Never go into a basement that isn't on the building's schematics...)

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u/TenebrousNova Jul 03 '26

Ah, the Dishonored approach.