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At some point you'd think these guys would just want to move on with their lives and enjoy their millions of dollars. But no, perpetual court dates are some how

At some point you'd think these guys would just want to move on with their lives and enjoy their millions of dollars. But no, perpetual court dates are some how more appealing. I wish someone would sue them for wasting everyone's times.

gvnonor 15y ago
Exactly. They have a Harvard education, more riches than they could spend in a lifetime and still all they want to do with their lives is act like money-grubbing losers.
- getsat 15y ago
  > more riches than they could spend in a lifetime I don't think this is true of anyone, even Warren Buffett or Bill Gates. It's really difficult to let someone get away with stealing from you. The Winkelvoss twins may feel they've been legitimately slighted, since it would seem they're not just in it for the cash.
  - gvnonor 15y ago
    > I don't think this is true of anyone, even Warren Buffett or Bill Gates. I meant that as a figure of speech of course :) > It's really difficult to let someone get away with stealing from you. The Winkelvoss twins may feel they've been legitimately slighted, since it would seem they're not just in it for the cash Yes it must hurt, but they received adequate compensation. The point however is that they could be doing something more productive with their time. They'll go nowhere trying to bring Zuckerberg or Facebook down. After The Social Network portrayed them in a good light and Zuckerberg as a thief, you'd think they'd feel vindicated. But that hasn't stopped them from throwing more lawsuits demanding money.
  - bradleyland 15y ago
    "It's really difficult to let someone get away with stealing from you." While that is true, "feeling" slighted is no excuse for the colossal waste of time they're afflicting upon our court system and Facebook as a company. I have personal experience sitting across the table from a plaintiff who refuses to come to grips with reality. They "believe" they were wronged, despite the evidence, despite the rulings, and despite common sense. Litigation expenses have become a tax that we have to pay in order to conduct business. It's maddeningly frustrating to write checks to lawyers for tens of thousands of dollars, knowing that the time, energy, and money could have gone in to your product. What I'm getting at is, it is equally, if not more, frustrating to sit where Mark Zuckerberg's is. The Winkelvoss twins don't get a pass from me for being complete douchebags, just because they "feel" wronged.
alecperkins 15y ago
My guess is they're embracing their role as the antagonist, and trying to milk it for all the attention they can get. Sounds not unlike what Trump pulled recently. …Or they're just delusional.
- ctide 15y ago
  More likely, they've accepted that this is the best their lives are going to amount to. They're never going to create anything of value so the only way to 'earn' their riches is via litigation.

gvnonor 15y ago

Exactly. They have a Harvard education, more riches than they could spend in a lifetime and still all they want to do with their lives is act like money-grubbing losers.

getsat 15y ago
> more riches than they could spend in a lifetime I don't think this is true of anyone, even Warren Buffett or Bill Gates. It's really difficult to let someone get away with stealing from you. The Winkelvoss twins may feel they've been legitimately slighted, since it would seem they're not just in it for the cash.
- gvnonor 15y ago
  > I don't think this is true of anyone, even Warren Buffett or Bill Gates. I meant that as a figure of speech of course :) > It's really difficult to let someone get away with stealing from you. The Winkelvoss twins may feel they've been legitimately slighted, since it would seem they're not just in it for the cash Yes it must hurt, but they received adequate compensation. The point however is that they could be doing something more productive with their time. They'll go nowhere trying to bring Zuckerberg or Facebook down. After The Social Network portrayed them in a good light and Zuckerberg as a thief, you'd think they'd feel vindicated. But that hasn't stopped them from throwing more lawsuits demanding money.
- bradleyland 15y ago
  "It's really difficult to let someone get away with stealing from you." While that is true, "feeling" slighted is no excuse for the colossal waste of time they're afflicting upon our court system and Facebook as a company. I have personal experience sitting across the table from a plaintiff who refuses to come to grips with reality. They "believe" they were wronged, despite the evidence, despite the rulings, and despite common sense. Litigation expenses have become a tax that we have to pay in order to conduct business. It's maddeningly frustrating to write checks to lawyers for tens of thousands of dollars, knowing that the time, energy, and money could have gone in to your product. What I'm getting at is, it is equally, if not more, frustrating to sit where Mark Zuckerberg's is. The Winkelvoss twins don't get a pass from me for being complete douchebags, just because they "feel" wronged.

alecperkins 15y ago

My guess is they're embracing their role as the antagonist, and trying to milk it for all the attention they can get. Sounds not unlike what Trump pulled recently. …Or they're just delusional.

ctide 15y ago
More likely, they've accepted that this is the best their lives are going to amount to. They're never going to create anything of value so the only way to 'earn' their riches is via litigation.