5M views · Jan 1, 2010 · 0:45 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2019–2025
A short news clip of Bill Gates being hit with a pie in the face in Belgium around 1999.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN mentions it as evidence of how disliked Gates was in the 1990s, usually in passing or as a joke.
“He used to be reviled enough during the 1990s to receive literal pies in the face.”
He used to be reviled enough during the 1990s to receive literal pies in the face. [0] He has done some good of course, but some people tend to see anyone "giving away money" == faultless saint. [0] this video
“Gates was so hated during the early growth days of Microsoft, that he literally got pied in the face.”
Gates was so hated during the early growth days of Microsoft, that he literally got pied in the face. this video
“Maybe we should bring back pieing, haha”
About a year after being pied in the face he launched the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Maybe we should bring back pieing, haha this video
