Zuckerberg Updates Relationship Status To "Married"

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Zuckerberg Updates Relationship Status To "Married"

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 20, 2012 @12:27AM from the don't-call-her-his-plus-one dept.

theodp writes "A day after taking Facebook public, CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed his Facebook status to 'married' after wedding longtime girlfriend and recent med school grad Priscilla Chan on Saturday. No word if Zuckerberg heeded Donald Trump's prenup advice."

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If you're subscribed to him.. by Severus+Snape · 2012-05-20 00:30 · Score: 5, Insightful

on facebook you'll already know this. If you aren't, chances are you don't care.
1. Re:If you're subscribed to him.. by Intrepid+imaginaut · 2012-05-20 00:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Well this news should satisfy both those that wish him well, and those that wish him pain and suffering.
2. Re:If you're subscribed to him.. by Rich0 · 2012-05-20 01:18 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Marriage...has only held on as long as it has because of the tax benefits involved. Dump the tax benefits of marriage and watch the marriage rate plummet overnight.
  Not sure I can buy into this side of your argument. When you consider everything involved, do you really think that people get married primarily for tax reasons? Half the people who get married spend so much on the event that I find it hard to believe that they ever recoup that in taxes unless they make $200k/yr or something.
  Tons of marriages are between people in their mid-20s who barely have jobs let alone a grasp of tax accounting.
  I think the main driver for marriage is tradition and pressure by family to conform to social norms. That, and nobody in love really wants to plan for the incredibly unlikely event that something will go wrong.
3. Re:If you're subscribed to him.. by rainmouse · 2012-05-20 01:27 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  If he married a Robot or an executive from Google. That may be a little different.
  I dunno I found it somewhat interesting. Looking at some pictures of his new wife shows her to be rather plain looking and frequently struggling with her weight. I find myself constantly looking for reasons to hate the guy, but at least respect is due to someone who marries his pre-fame college sweetheart when he could likely take his pick from just about any of the top millionaire supermodels.
4. Re:If you're subscribed to him.. by In+hydraulis · 2012-05-20 02:49 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  For women, they've mostly been dreaming about their wedding day and married bliss since they were children.
  And why?
  
  Because they've had this "dream" pounded into their heads since the day of their birth by their equally-brainwashed mothers.
  
  Same deal with the perceived need to have kids. Gotta get those buns in the oven, you know. How many times have you seen mummy's little girl pushing along a wee toy pram with a wee baby doll in it? Who brought that damned and damning prop into the kid's life?
  
  Looks like tradition (in its worst guise) and familial pressure to me.
5. Re:If you're subscribed to him.. by Loosifur · 2012-05-20 03:15 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  What is with Slashdotters? Plain? Stocky? "Struggling with her weight?" If you go outside twice a week you'll see that this is what most people look like. I think she's a cute girl who probably weighs what normal women weigh, for all that it's my business or even of interest to me. She wouldn't stop the music walking into a bar, but she'd definitely get a few drinks bought for her.
  Struggling with her weight, please. She's wearing an H & M skirt that comes up to her nose. Aunt Flo was probably in town and she threw something baggy on to go buy groceries. If and when you con some woman into marrying you that will make sense.
  God, seriously, you people and your sharp knees...
  
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Okay... by FreedomOfThought · 2012-05-20 00:32 · Score: 5, Insightful

Why is this news? This is something you would find on entertainment tonight.
Re:Hahahahaha by jellomizer · 2012-05-20 00:40 · Score: 5, Funny

As you sit alone. Lonely and Miserable.

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Re:Is this "stuff that matters?" by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-20 00:46 · Score: 5, Funny

"Nerd gets married", how is this not news? There is hope for us all!
Re:longtime girlfriend? by Nidi62 · 2012-05-20 01:29 · Score: 5, Funny

isn't that marriage?
No. When you have a girlfriend you're still having sex.

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Re:ANd a Doctor by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-20 01:54 · Score: 5, Insightful

Napster is great, everyone uses it, it's going to be around for ever!
Yahoo! is great, everyone uses it, it's going to be around for ever!
MySpace is great, everyone uses it, it's going to be around for ever!

Later...

Facebook is great, everyone uses it, it's going to be around for ever!
Re:Hahahahaha by Loosifur · 2012-05-20 03:08 · Score: 5, Funny

40 pounds? It might seem strange to you, given your...perspective...but heterosexual men aren't really attracted to anorexic models. Yes, they're easy to drape clothes on, which I'm sure comes in handy in your profession, but they don't really look, well, feminine. Again, not something you're concerned about, but the rest of us kinda dig chicks, see?

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Re:longtime girlfriend? by Zero__Kelvin · 2012-05-20 04:50 · Score: 5, Funny

"The studies have shown that married people have more sex than the unmarried"
Yes, but not necessarily with each other.

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