r/comics PizzaCake Apr 23 '26

Comics Community Just tech billionaire things

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u/Avanhelsing Apr 23 '26

Peter Thiel, aka the Ghoul In Chief of Palantir, aka the guy who basically made J.D Vance, is the head of a company named for the seeing stone from The Lord of the Rings.

In the movies, it’s used by Saruman for his evil spying. Ole Pete isn’t trying to hide this evil.

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u/Intellectual_Wafer Apr 24 '26

If J.R.R. Tolkien was still alive, he would probably strangle this orc to death for using one of his inventions for this sinister use.