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Last year Mark Zuckerberg challenged himself to learn Chinese. The year before that het set out to wear a tie every day. This year's annual "personal challenge" that the billionaire founder of Facebook has set for himself is to eat meat only from animals that he himself has killed. His new goal first came to light in a status update on his private Facebook page in which he told his 847 online friends, "I just killed a pig and a goat."
Zuckerberg later confirmed his challenge to Fortune, so there's little chance he'll try backpedaling on this one and claim his comments were taken out of context, as he did with the whole COPPA thing. No, this is about Zuckerberg coming up with an annual goal to "learn about the world, expand my interests, and teach myself greater discipline," and to force himself to spend at least a little time away from Facebook.
"The only meat I'm eating is from animals I've killed myself," Zuckerberg told Fortune. "I'm eating a lot healthier foods. And I've learned a lot about sustainable farming and raising of animals. It's easy to take the food we eat for granted when we can eat good things every day."
Zuckerberg's friend and neighbor, Jesse Cool, is a Silicon Valley chef and owns a local restaurant called Flea Street Cafe. She's been helping Zuckerberg with his challenge, introducing him to local farms and advising him on his first kills.
"He cut the throat of a goat with a knife, which is the most kind way to do it," says Cool.
After killing his food, Zuckerberg takes the carcases to a butcher in Santa Cruz to be cut up into manageable parts, and he isn't afraid to the eat the parts some would consider, well, gross. For example, he and his girlfriend recently ate the heart and liver of a chicken, and used the feet to make stock.
Wondering about his first kill? This is a billionaire we're talking about, so naturally it was lobster (or MySpace, depending on your perspective).
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EthicSlave
May 29, 2011 at 9:58am
For those that believe we evolved from a lesser lifeform (dont like that term myself, all forms of life on earth are worthy)
I'd like to point out that it was these meat proteins which evolved our brains into what we have today.
Dorito Bandit
May 27, 2011 at 5:29pm
Sadly, I bet he has/will catch hell over this. Nothing wrong with him harvesting those animals for food. I eat meat and love my vegetables, too! Eat what the hell you want, who gives a crap what others think.
Now, I'm not gonna eat chicken hearts or livers! And I be damn if I'm 'bout to eat some chicken feet! Hell no! Have you ever seen the floor of a chicken coop? Oh, I'm sure they wash the chicken's feet before they cook them, to clean all the crap and toe-jam off of them, but I do believe I'll pass! I won't eat sausages, bologna or hot dogs either! Never been a fan of that stuff. Who REALLY knows what that shizzit is, anyway.
Also, I can go without eating meat for weeks sometimes, by just eating beans. The down side is that diets high in fiber fill you full of gas! Speaking of which - anyone else ever be visiting over at someones house and go use their restroom just to fart? No? Me either! Just asking. Man, talk about being in a bad situation.
And yes, venison is very good meat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venison I love deer jerky, too. Deer steaks, jerky and hamburger is awesome! Cubed deer steaks with peppers and onions is very good!
Also, can’t believe there are not any posts selling shoes and other crap amongst these comments. Way to go MaximumPC! Your spam snipers are kicking ass!
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JohnP
May 27, 2011 at 2:14pm
Cripes. Know how much meat is on a large farm pig? 'bout 150 lbs. Vacuum seal the sucker and you got meat for YEARS, not months. As far as fresh chickens are concerned, easily done locally. All the posters are right, no big deal in killing the animal, butchering it yourself is a whole nother ball game.
Holly Golightly
May 27, 2011 at 12:10pm
...And the man is a savage? GROSS!
"Hey everybody, I am a millionaire and I love eating meat!" Big freaking deal. In my opinion... If he wants to change his diet to an absolute healthy diet, he should become a vegan. Anything fried is unhealthy. Unless he eats all of his meat boiled? Which in that case, double eww.
The headline should be, "Man who creates world's worst website now does lower-class stuff: slaughter-house work!" HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I were a millionaire, never think of slashing an animal to get blood and guts all over me. Not all over my Prada bag, Bruno Magli Shoes, Dior sunglasses, my Chanel J12 Watch, John Galliano dress, with my mother of pearl necklace. A real millionaire should collect Ferraris instead of slaughtering poor, helpless, defenseless animals. That, or buy white tigers and have them roaming around your mansion.
There is not a day that I am not bombarded with some FaceBook information. Can someone please stop talking or showing anything FaceBook. Starting to feel cursed here!
seanminty
May 27, 2011 at 9:57am
What if he killed the pig with a goat? that'd be something to watch... or vice versa.
US_Ranger
May 27, 2011 at 8:03am
Killing animals from farms? Hmmm. I was expecting that he was going to be hunting for his food. If he did that, he could see the work involved, especially if he has to track anything. Maybe he'll make that transition later.
Saker
May 27, 2011 at 6:46am
I hope I'm not seriously supposed to be immpressed that some ultra arrogant/ultra rich dilettante has a (not so) secret blood lust? Does it make him feel more like a "real" man? I'm not buying the food angle for a second.
cc3d
May 27, 2011 at 6:31am
He killed two pinned up animals and had someone butcher them so he could cook them on his $25,000 Viking stove top. This guy is really in touch with nature.
Go hunting
Kill a deer YOUR SELF with a bow
string it up
gut it
THEN take it to a butcher
You can get F$%King chicken liver at KFC!! Big stinking deal.
BrandNewJesus
May 27, 2011 at 7:14pm
Me Too! ;)
clean and process
cheaper that way.
...He would use a cross bow and defeat the purpose.
BTW, hogs are going to be pinned. You want to catch them first and corn feed them for a little while and cut those nutz out, otherwise they will be gamey.
Manlyness ++
ebeale
May 27, 2011 at 5:57am
He should spend a week with Ted Nugent. The only trouble is Nugent would not put up with his arrogance.
BrandNewJesus
May 27, 2011 at 7:21pm
I coulden't put up with Nugent's weirdness.
That guy cracks me up though.
“I don't partake in assembly-line convenience. I don't say that killing things is bad while I hire people to kill things for me.” -Ted
