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    Oh Boy That Crazy Dot-Com Boy! Hey Andy, Did You Mention He Wears Flip-Flops?

    NICK DOUGLAS — Why even bother recapping the Wall Street Journal's latest profile of Mark Zuckerberg? Andy Kessler's profile of the Facebook founder (published with the embarrassingly Matthew-Perry-esque illo shown here) is a parody of itself, really, like a Mad Lib built from all the other silly profiles of him and his site. In fact, the only surprising thing about this profile is the handful of requisite look-how-kooky-he-is details that the paper didn't include. Below, what the Journal caught this time around ("Facebook is big! All the kids! Big!") and what it missed ("I'm CEO, bitch!"):

    Got it

    • They wear t-shirts at Facebook!
    • They turned down Yahoo's $1 million offer!
    • Mark is 22! Also, note that he is 22! And he employs people!
    • Jolt soda! Nerf guns! Other products that actually may not have been in production since '94!
    • It spread organically, people! He told his friends and it spread!
    • Please note that his friend is one year older than his age of 22!
    • Facebook is big! All the kids! Big!
    • Wisdom of crowds!
    • Facebook groups! Sometimes they are silly!
    • It's not MySpace! Ha! Ha!
    • The attention has not affected him and he is still just doing this for all of us, guys! Yay Mark!
    • Newsfeed! Pretty cool idea!
    • Some people complained about a thing and Facebook didn't shut them down! Wow! Web 2.0! Wisdom of crowds!
    • Flip-flops! He wears them! This is unheard of among college-age boys!
    • Hotties!

    Missed it

    • I'm CEO, bitch! It's on his card! (Fortune)
    • Golden Retriever in the office! (Ibid.)
    • Sandals! [Note to those over 30: They're different than flip-flops, bitch. — Ed.] (Rolling Stone)
    • Blazer and blue jeans! And $#%!@#$%@#$ FLIP FLOPS OH MY GOD HAS THERE EVER BEEN SUCH A BOLD STATEMENT!!!!!111one (New York Times)

    Nick Douglas writes for Valleywag, Blogebrity, and Look Shiny. He is 22. Flip-flops are for frat boys.


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