• Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
    101·
    3 months ago

    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).

    • MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml
      155·
      3 months ago

      Their reactions to being on the big screen, which instigated Chris Martin’s live commentary, is what’s causing this video to go viral.

      The point being if they hadn’t had this reaction to getting caught, Chris Martin wouldn’t have commented, and the video probably never would’ve taken off or even been posted outside of someone’s private story.

      If someone is having an affair, and having an affair in a public place, and the affair is between the CEO and the lead person at the company who knows better than to instigate this type of relationship (the head of HR), then this is a hilarious way to get caught.

      • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
        29·
        3 months ago

        So a simple lolcow exacerbated by belonging to a group of people that (deservedly) has image problems. Alright then.

        • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19·
          3 months ago

          It is more so that the singer’s response to their reaction was to say she was shy or having an affair and it turned out to be the latter. That would be funny no matter who they were .

          Him being a ceo was the cherry on top.

          • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
            5·
            3 months ago

            Well, yeah, I can see why people are amused. I personally just don’t care all that much because they’re not exactly important, is all :)

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
      14·
      3 months 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”.

    • WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org
      2·
      3 months ago

      No. You’re just witnessing the pathetic side of humanity trying to own someone that gets more pussy or dick than them.

    • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 months ago

      If you look up the company they have profiles of their leadership. I guess she’s the “Chief People Officer” and also the only part of the leadership team that happens to be a woman.

  • jagermo@feddit.org
    40·
    3 months ago

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

    • Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip
      44·
      3 months ago

      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.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      3 months 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.

  • johnny_deadeyes@slrpnk.net
    37·
    3 months ago

    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…”.

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    35·
    3 months ago

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

  • fne8w2ah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    3 months ago

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

    • TeddE@lemmy.world
      14·
      3 months ago

      Excellent point. There’s a certain ‘sacrificial lamb’ vibe to this. With everything going on right now, how is this worth anyone’s time?

      I’m not the biggest Coldplay fan, so let me extrapolate: if tomorrow we learned Weird Al Yankovic’s mother liked to kick puppies that would certainly be odd, definitely not good news. But I’d still think having Trump not releasing the Epstein files is a matter far more worth our attention.

    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      It’s news because it’s fucking hilarious. The clip is funny even without knowing it’s a corporate scandal. But the context makes it even juicier.

  • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
    6·
    3 months ago

    I wish they would just leave these poor people alone… whats that? They are rich? Oh then by all means burn them at the stake.