---
title: "Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s So Excited About New Project That He’s Forgetting to Eat"
description: "\"Do you ever get so excited about what you're working on that you forget to eat meals?\" Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook status update."
date: "2021-04-23"
modified: "2021-04-28"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/mark-zuckerberg-excited-forgetting-eat"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "facebook"
  - "mark zuckerberg"
  - "the digest"
---

# Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s So Excited About New Project That He’s Forgetting to Eat

!["Do you ever get so excited about what you're working on that you forget to eat meals?" Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Thursday status update.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mark-zuckerberg-excited-forgetting-eat.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/quintanomedia/41793468502" target="\_blank"\>Anthony Quintano / Futurism\</a\>\</em\>*

## Forgetting to Eat

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is just like us. The billionaire is so excited about his work, he says, that he can hardly keep it together.

"Do you ever get so excited about what you're working on that you forget to eat meals?" the CEO wrote in a [Thursday status update](<https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10112919027621881>) (remember those?) on his Facebook profile.

"Keeps happening," he added. "I think I've lost 10 pounds in the last month from this, but our new products are going to be \[fire emoji\]."

Given Facebook's propensity to do just as much bad as it does good in the world — or, as many have argued, far [more bad than good](<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/01/facebook-hate-speech-policy-advertising>) — people were understandably a little taken aback by Zuckerberg's revelations.

"Something incredibly bad is about to happen," progressive Washington, DC radio station *District Sentinel* wrote in [a tweet](<https://twitter.com/TheDCSentinel/status/1385577749037858818>) about Zuckerberg's admission.

## Avatars or Whatever

But the reality is likely innocuous.

A day later, Zuckerberg [uploaded a video](<https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10112920224787751>) of himself customizing his own adorable Oculus Quest avatar, a new feature that is he says is "landing today."

It's a new feature so mundane it may not even bear reporting. Oculus' Avatars are [a series of, well, customizable avatars](<https://www.engadget.com/oculus-vr-avatar-revamp-available-191052624.html>) for those of us who own Oculus Quest headsets. According to the Facebook-owned company, character movements were also enhanced thanks to machine learning.

It's unlikely we'll ever find out what exactly Zuckerberg was so excited about that he forgot to eat. But then again, creating virtual reality avatars is a nice distraction and a lot more fun than acknowledging your company's platform is [facilitating](<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html>) or [covering up](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-lets-chinese-government-run-genocide-denying-ads>) genocide in other parts of the world — or [giving your workers PTSD](<https://futurism.com/facebook-content-moderators-sue-ptsd>).

**More on Facebook:** *[Facebook Lets Chinese Government Run Genocide-Denying Ads](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-lets-chinese-government-run-genocide-denying-ads>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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