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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 92 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Do I need to know who that is? I tried looking up the name but all I can find is gossipy yelling about the two of them and Coldplay so apparently this seems to be some big deal but in general I don't think it should be the public's concern if someone has an affair (exceptions apply).

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

What's weird is that when these videos first started popping up is that every one of them talked about "Astronomer CEO". I couldn't understand how they knew he was a CEO or why he was an astronomer. It turns out that Astronomer is a "DataOps platform built on Apache Airflow". That's even an area I know a fair amount about, and I'd never even heard of them. It's strange that it wasn't just "cheating couple caught on kiss cam", but instead immediately it was "Astronomer CEO".

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 78 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Why do we care about this?

Is anyone involved in this, someone i should know?

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 96 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The news of it happening doesn't land like the video of it happening does.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMMm-ePtVfU/

It's fucking brutal.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Oh man, so much worse. What an idiot, if they had just smiled and waved it never would’ve gone viral.

Edit: and also if they had never decided to have an affair they wouldn’t be in the situation in the first place.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

Anyone got a mirror that doesn't require a fucking Instagram account?

Edit: YouTube short but at least it doesn't try to beg for a login: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/xL8gdhw4q5I

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For me the video plays if I just close the login prompt.

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Coldplay hasn’t made a single in years but today they made two." LOL

[–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

Technically they made four.

Because it's funny as shit.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

Because the picture is a future meme template

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (14 children)

I really hate their friends in the video. They’re all aware their friends are piece of shit cheaters, and they find it funny. “Haha we’re taking part in destroying a woman’s life by helping her husband cheat, hilarious!”

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 60 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean theyre both married. Not sure why you're focusing on just the one piece of shit.

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[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's the CEO and CPO, not her friends. She was recently promoted, possibly related to things like this

She's making tens of thousands more per year to be complicit. I've seen people do much worse for much less money

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 23 points 3 days ago

CEOs don't have friends.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think some of them were just coworkers.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (10 children)

There’s coworkers and there’s CEO talking certain employees who are aware of his cheating, to the Coldplay concert

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[–] jagermo@feddit.org 37 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Can someone explain why this is a big deal? Yeah, they cheat but did they do something before that makes it especially heinous?

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 111 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

It’s not a big deal, just a fun story that blew up. Guy pops up on Jumbotron, looks horrified cause he knew he was cheating. Lead singer even comments on the fact that they’re having an affair. Turns out he was a CEO and that was his ~~secretary~~ head of HR (tail as old as time). Internet loves it.

Edit: the video if you haven’t seen it. Their reaction really was wild.

https://youtube.com/shorts/xL8gdhw4q5I

Edit 2: HR boss, not secretary.

[–] Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip 149 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's not his secretary, she's his chief of human resources. It's essentially her entire job to prevent these kinds of relationships. there are likely legal ramifications and the company is gonna take a hit regardless.

But that's not the issue so much as the fact that the CEO then turns to social media to give the most vague apology ever and then starts attacking the general public because a "private moment became public without my consent". He literally brought his side piece to a public event with cameras broadcasting across the nation and blames everyone else that he got caught.

It's honestly pretty scandalous on it's own, but his reaction is what makes it so delicious.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago

Right, I got that wrong. Scandalous makes it sound like it’s more import than it is. Most people sharing these memes had no idea this company existed and are not even thinking about legal ramifications.

Their reaction in the video is priceless. Lead singer commenting is hilarious. All the other details is the cherry on top.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean do CEOs ever actually take responsibility? Between the golden parachutes and increased salaries no matter how the company is doing, no one should be surprised by this abominations behaviour.

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

I’m totally OOTL on this. Saw the video linked here and was trying to find the CEOs statement but what keeps coming up is the company is now saying that his response was “fake” 🙄🙄

I can’t find what the origin of the “fake” statement was though. This Mirror article(yeah; I know) just says it “emerged online”.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Turns out he was a CEO and that was his secretary (tail as old as time).

The infidelity is one thing but no need to insult her over her older age. /s

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[–] Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip 45 points 3 days ago (5 children)

CEO cheats with his human resources chief and blames the general public for it. That HR chief has likely fired people for similar relationships within the company. Says the public is at fault for violating his privacy at a public event. Everyone is pissed for some reason or another.

Could have just cheated with anyone else and it would have been a personal matter, but the situation and his reaction have been pretty bad.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

It's not a big deal, but it is funny how it happened. Never heard of any of these people or the company before, so I have nothing invested in this.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 days ago

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Oh fuck, not not the camera.... fuck fuck fuck

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sucks that the company is named Astronomer. It's not even space based.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thank you for clearing this up! I, like I assume many were, was assuming this dude was a scientist.

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[–] johnny_deadeyes@slrpnk.net 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish they would maybe capitalize the proper nouns in this post. On first readings, not knowing Astronomer is the name of a corporation, I thought they were just referring to a CEO that also happened to be an avid stargazer -"What a strange detail to include...".

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is only 1 CEO I have seen hit the ground faster than that, I don't think I am beeing too harsh.

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

We need more ~~CEOs~~ data.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I wonder if they would have gotten away with it if they'd just played it cool.

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[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And they would have likely gotten away with it, if it wasn't for that pesky kisscam.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Might have also gotten away with it if they didn't completely freak out in front of the kiss cam, so everyone started thinking they were cheating and looked into who they were.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 days ago (6 children)

This. Entirely this.

If they had just gone "woo hoo we're on the TV thing at a concert! Woohoo" .... Like everyone expected them to, then nobody would have given a shit.

They're just people having fun at a concert.

Meanwhile, they freaked the fuck out, the guys on stage pointed it out, and everyone went full Psycho trying to figure out what was going on. And now they're in the daily dose of Internet.

GG guys. Ĝis poste

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[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That guy looks like he just had a rush of blood to the head

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hmm.

Does she have some decent guns or is it just the muscle being pushed up by the arm underneath?

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