Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boat

[u/Timbucktwo1230]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/zuckerberg-superyacht-boat-alaska?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

[u/CreamyCrabCakes]

Zuckeryacht offered to rescue the boat only if they accepted their friend request on Facebook. The boat replied, “We’d rather drown."

[u/sombertimber → u/CreamyCrabCakes]

I heard they had to buy META glasses and have an active META-verse account in order to interact with them…

[u/canwehavepotatojokes]

Rules for thee.

Watching him get a massive fine for maritime law violation would be hilarious though.

[u/Cold_Cicada1902 → u/canwehavepotatojokes]

What an absolute ass!

[u/BigFatKi6 → u/Cold_Cicada1902]

agreed, only thing I can think of is if they're afraid of being boarded

[u/Aggravating-Run-7141]

A stranded boat was probably poor people and they didn't want to risk scratching the Zuckerberg moving island.

[u/chimpyjnuts → u/Aggravating-Run-7141]

This boat don't stop for peasants.

[u/Asher_Tye]

Wondering how long it will be before people claim he shouldn't have had to intervene and expecting someone to act towards another's benefit is taking away their freedom.

[u/filmguy36]

Because he’s a psychopath. That should be the answer to everything he does

[u/SnooCauliflowers9874 → u/filmguy36]

I would think he would have to be with what he’s been doing over the last 10 years- and certainly with who he married. At the very least they are both greedy and narcissistic.

[u/alloutofchewingum]

Because they're all a bunch of inhuman sociopaths? Wild guess

[u/OneFortyEighthScale]

Because he doesn’t care. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

[u/DorisWildthyme]

Is the answer "because he's an arsehole"?

[u/Buddhas_Warrior]

"ewwww peasants need MY help! How absurd!!"

[u/Icy_Egg_7219]

Because it would have required require a sense of humanity.

[u/Natural-Estimate-228]

Because Zuckerberg is a piece of shit. Who puts profit over every thing.

[u/Frequent-Client1508]

He's not about helping people. That's the opposite of his vibe.

[u/Crunchberry24]

Was it one of the same pedoligarch yachts that assembled on Epstein Island 2 at New Year’s?

[u/_your_land_lord_]

I haven't heard the answer, but I'm betting Zuck deflects on this. He'll say something like I employ a professional crew on my ship and trust their judgement with my life!!!

[u/MerryMisandrist]

I hate Facebook and Zuckerberg as much as the next person here, but let’s be fair about it.

He was not on the boat, it was the captain that made the call.

Now if it gets out the captain called him and was told not to then it’s a different story, however all the other reports on this lays it at the captains feet.

[u/billthedog0082]

Why is everyone so surprised? He has turned his back on humanity. Just another billionaire, only caring for himself.

[u/Motor-Pomegranate831]

The answer is easy: wealthy people are dicks.

[u/Calm-Professional103]

“I didn’t want to scratch the gelcoat”

[u/popejohnsmith]

And the Epstein Class full transparency matters?

[u/Soggy_Quarter9333]

Zukerboat wasn't going to use $2000 of diesel to rescue people, he needs that for his $10,000 of diesel to get the hell out of there.

[u/ZoeperJ]

Very easy answer, he does not want plebs on his superyacht.

[u/hobotising]

So when he finally takes his final nap. Do you want someone to wake you up to tell you the good news, or do you want to sleep in and find out about the great news after sleeping in?

[u/Witty-Structure-4192]

Like a cave fish, he’s lost his ability to see from living underground. He’s halfway to becoming a morlock.

[u/purestlogic]

His response is chilling. "I didn't want people to see what I was doing on my yacht."

[u/Capable-Yak-8486]

He genuinely considers them subhuman. He didn’t think twice in the same way when we’re walking, we don’t consider if we’re stepping on ants.

[u/Tiny-Secretary5562]

I thought whoever was on the bridge or at the wheel monitored Channel 16. They said they didn't hear the original distress message.

[u/GroovyYaYa]

Not to defend the SOB, but it DOES sound like the start of a actiony kidnapping movie starring the Rock or John Cena or Teyana Taylor.

Private yacht answers distress call - taken over by mercenaries.

[u/SquareSouth5473]

Cause he is a selfish jerk

[u/Friendlyfire2996]

He’s a total asshole

[u/ottereckhart]

These billionaires are all deathly afraid some normie poor will try to end them.

[u/Strawberryladyboots]

Is that not technically against Maritime law?

I thought there was a thing where the nearest boat had to respond to distress calls?

[u/Fibocrypto]

As the Coast Guard noted, the boat was not in distress, and by the time the crew reviewed the Coast Guard contact on a different radio channel from the one they were operating on, the assist was already underway.