2023-08-15 18:34:00
The bosses of Meta (Facebook) and X (ex-Twitter) once once more fell apart via an intermediary platform on Sunday, Mark Zuckerberg accusing Elon Musk of not taking the idea of their “fight” seriously.
The billionaires have been talking since the end of June of a mixed martial arts (MMA) fight supposed to oppose them in the flesh, the date of August 26 having even been suggested. “I think we can all agree that Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on,” Zuckerberg wrote on Threads, a direct X-competitor platform launched by Meta last month.
“I offered a real date (…) Elon did not confirm the date, then said he had to have surgery, and now he is asking for a training session in my garden instead”, has he continued. Elon Musk immediately replied on his X platform: “Zuck is a wimp”. Then he announced that he would be going to Silicon Valley on Monday before boasting: “I can’t wait to knock on his door tomorrow”.
In response to an X user who suspected him of not being very hot for the fight anymore, Elon Musk wrote: “he (Zuckerberg) can’t eat at Chick-fil-A, that would be cannibalism”, in reference to a chain of restaurants serving poultry. The idea of this hypothetical fight seemed to take shape on Friday, Elon Musk even announcing on X a kind of peplum in Italy.
“I spoke to the Italian Prime Minister and the Minister of Culture. They gave their agreement for an extraordinary place”, he specified, adding a single word in a second message: “Gladiator”.
“I love this sport and I’ve been ready to fight since Elon challenged me,” Mark Zuckerberg replied later that day on Threads.
But “we have not agreed on what he is saying,” continued Mr. Zuckerberg, saying he wanted to collaborate “with professional organizations” such as the UFC, the mixed martial arts league Ultimate Fighting Championship, to frame this possible duel.
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