Feb 4 2009Bill Gates Releases Swarm Of Mosquitos On Smart People. Surprisingly, I Don't Get Bitten

So apparently Bill Gates released a swarm of mosquitoes on an auditorium filled with smart, rich people (myself excluded) during a TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference.
Ending malaria is a particular passion of Gates's, whose Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent millions fighting the disease. But he apparently didn't feel like TED attendees were taking the threat seriously. "Not only poor people should experience this," Gates said as he let the bugs loose on his audience, according to Facebook manager Dave Morin. (eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and Twitter CEO Ev Williams confirm the report.)
Nice Bill, the only difference between your mosquitoes and the poor folks' is that theirs are carrying malaria. So that's kind of different. You want to cure malaria you got to give the rich people malaria. *shooting poison dart* Okay, that may have been herpes.
Bill Gates Unleashes Mosquito Swarm [valleywag]
Thanks to Chrissy, who once released a swarm of kickass on some jerk for throwing a spider on her.
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Reader Comments
1. Ian Cunningham (Izzy) - February 4, 2009 11:41 PM
First, I am king!
2. Ian Cunningham (Izzy) - February 4, 2009 11:41 PM
And second.
3. austin P - February 4, 2009 11:42 PM
third?
4. Daniel - February 4, 2009 11:43 PM
PR stunt? Early April-fools joke? This can't be real.
5. austin P - February 4, 2009 11:48 PM
What's so surprising about it? Everyone has been bitten by a mosquito at one point or another, this is just a new concept to get his point across.
6. Daisy - February 4, 2009 11:50 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was seen smuggling circus performers into a tunnel in the prisoner of war camp, and Sgt. Schultz exclaimed I know Nothing. Then Max's leader made a pithy comment about the circus and they all laughed.
7. marl - February 4, 2009 11:57 PM
Fortunately the topic was not gun violence.
8. finfan - February 5, 2009 12:06 AM
Bill Gates: "Gun violence is A REAL THREAT... You sir please come up here and try my new sleeping capsule..."
Man: " I don't see how this is very sa-"
Bill Gates: (whispering) " Just put it to your head sir so I can demonstrate my point"
Man:" Um.. Okay... (puts it too his head) But I don't see the point in all th-"
Bill Gates: " See if you pull the trigger... "
BLAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!
Ha That sucks!
9. Ian Cunningham (Izzy) - February 5, 2009 12:07 AM
Guy, I just realized something, Daisy is not going to stop, he is Never Backing Down. Either me and my college are geniuses, or you guys are all stupid. Watch the movie, find the plot. The answer must be in there somewhere.
This is just like the movie "Kill Daisy" where a single lone member of Geekologie tries to stop a phenomenon by his sole himself. I really like it because the evil Dinosaur Daisy finally gets transformed into a potato, then the main character (Sexy Ian) realizes that Daisy isn't that funny, he's quite amusing, and Geekologie lives happily ever after.
10. Ian Cunningham (Izzy) - February 5, 2009 12:09 AM
I also like it because the main character (sexy Ian) ment to say that he isn't that annoying and quite funny and amusing, and the members of geekologie all forgive him and we move on.
11. finfan - February 5, 2009 12:09 AM
# 9
We know that daisy will never stop... *join us... join us...*
12. I <3 Daisy (and hope she's a hot chick!) - February 5, 2009 12:18 AM
I don't get why people hate Daisy so much.
Daisy is one of the most brilliant comedy acts on the internet.
I always look forward to daisy's comments.
Who was it, Jeff Goldblum, who said: Comedy isn't when the punchline is 'light bulb" but when 16 punchlines are all "light bulb"
Ok, maybe Goldblum didn't say that, but someone did.
Mark Summers?
13. Sporty McDouglas - February 5, 2009 1:08 AM
Isn't it speculated that Daisy is the main writer of the Geekologie stories?
14. sweaty sock - February 5, 2009 1:36 AM
More reasons to like Apple.
15. Melissa - February 5, 2009 1:49 AM
I picture this "daisy" situation at a bar and it always end the same. Daisy gets beat up and raped. Now, I'm highly against rape, but in this case I would buy a strap on just for the occasion.
"Daisy" I want to slap you, just one time... but as hard as I can every time you troll around here.
16. Joe Kickass - February 5, 2009 2:08 AM
You know max payne blew cock, that movie fucing sucked!!! god that movie was like the equivalent of my eyes getting anally plugged!
17. The_One - February 5, 2009 2:19 AM
GOD DAMMIT DAISY!!!! but anyways, i no longer have anything disrespectful to say bout gates. Mostley because, yes he was in the room with them when he released the mosquitoes instead of inside a nice glass box. then again mabey they were all male mosquitoes. you know, the kind that dont bite.
18. Gar - February 5, 2009 2:20 AM
@15 i highly doubt Daisy is in the range of rapability, i tried thinking about that after 3 bottles of vodka and 2 Tequilas and came to same conclusion.
@9 Ha you got the point, +1.
Now to the mainstream, Bill Gates has always done wrong the good things, and he'll never stop, this is exactly like that scene in the movie errr ... hell what am i saying ... grr .. i'll wait to be sober.
19. Kickass Joe... (Not at all ffiliated with Joe Kickass) - February 5, 2009 2:43 AM
@16: You know you are totally right max payne did blow cock, that movie fucing sucked!!! and it was the equivalent of getting my eyes anally plugged!
20. Joe Kickass - February 5, 2009 2:45 AM
@ 19: you forgot the a in affiliated... fag muncher.
21. newman - February 5, 2009 3:11 AM
i am very glad he is not trying to cure STD's - who knows how he would have got the audience involved.!
newman
22. eggs - February 5, 2009 7:19 AM
They might have been male mosquitoes. So perhaps no one was bitten. That way, the stunt would have worked but without the itchiness afterwards and tonnes of pissed off rich people.
23. Grif - February 5, 2009 8:09 AM
Bill your awesome now, but I'm going to bring bug spray to any press conference you may attend now.
24. E of R - February 5, 2009 9:33 AM
Ready set.... Fail
25. lol - February 5, 2009 9:48 AM
Real/safe or not, that's a dick move.
26. Tricky Ricky - February 5, 2009 10:02 AM
Gates is a dumb ass...several years ago the powers that be...decided to allow the manufacture and application of D.D.T. in foreign countries because of the malaria problem.
And since we all know that rule of thumb here...anything that actually works, is too dangerous for the rest of us to use, and then gets banned..
give that man a cardboard cookie..maybe he'll solve global warming or how to transport an iceberg to the Sahara desert..
too bad his mother didn't believe in birth control, she should have swallowed.
27. Right Fury - February 5, 2009 10:14 AM
Maybe he should have just released anthrax, cause anthrax is bad mmmmkaaaayyy?
It's one thing to support a charity, it's another thing to pull BS stunts like this. I wouldn't give a dime to that stupid charity. Good thing he doesn't support make a wish foundation. He could roll all those dying kids out there on wheelchairs.
On second thought, that might actually work.
28. Watch - February 5, 2009 10:50 AM
DAISY!! SHUT UP!!!
NEVER BACK DOWN IS NOT A REAL MOVIE!!!
this is exactly like dividing by zero
29. Kitty - February 5, 2009 10:54 AM
@18 about 15;
Yeah I'm sure Daisy is very disappointed your shriveled slobbery dick conducted by your fat cheese-smelling body isn't going to forcefully and nonconsensually have sex with her.
30. topher - February 5, 2009 10:59 AM
can he even do that??
i can just imagine sniffing and getting a nose full of mosquitoes. not to mention the bites.
31. todders - February 5, 2009 11:09 AM
Bill Gates, Ultimate Pimp?
wonder if he's going to give any money to the PORN BAILOUT:
http://www.digitalfuntown.com/videos/150
32. Stormy - February 5, 2009 11:15 AM
And this is one of the reasons I really really rich people scare me. They have enough money to do something as ridiculous as that.
33. the Commish - February 5, 2009 11:45 AM
FAIL!! This post fails on so many levels. Who the hell cares!?
This is exactly like that time when the finance minister of France was displeased with the minimal efforts put forth by his country's most affluent private citizens. He called them all to a meeting where he said he was going to unveil the best deal for them they'll ever need to ensure their unending wealth for the rest of their lives.
Halfway through the presentation where it was explained that ponzi schemes were the answer to everything great, rabid badgers were released amongst the crowd to ensure their support for vaccinations of people bitten by stray dogs infected with rabies. The finance minister neglected to research that badgers are somewhat aggressive when not fed for a week and ended up killing all the supporters necessary to pass the new legislation.
34. tunanbacon - February 5, 2009 12:05 PM
@ todders
Ha! Nice job on the video. Donald Ballsack is a great porn name...
35. Hans Albers - February 5, 2009 12:56 PM
just check this out: http://www.oliverkunkel.com/index.php?seite=oliver_kunkel_mosquitobox --- check out the video !!
was 2003 in slovenia for the same reason! to make people aware of HIV
36. STINK - February 5, 2009 12:58 PM
In a related story, 'Audience flings monkey poo at billionaire twerp'.
"Why should simians have all the fun?" remarked one dung pitcher.
37. hanenbro - February 5, 2009 1:14 PM
Bill Gates responsible for something with a lot of bugs in it... again?
38. jack - February 5, 2009 1:24 PM
SO SAD, I USED TO LOVE THE GEEKOLOGIE
UNTIL DAISY SHOWED UP. MODAFUKA,
you know daisy became the new "DON"T READ THIS IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES BLA BLA SEND THIS TO % PEOPLE BLA BLA GOOD LUCK sings
REMEMBER THOSE ANNOYING THINGS
WELL DAISY IS JUST LIKE THAT, EVERYTIME I COME HERE I HAVE TO FIND WHERE DAISY IS AND SKIP IT, IM DEVELOPING A PHOBIA TO THOSE COMMENTS,
FOKING BASTARD FCK YOU DAISY
39. Ollie Williams - February 5, 2009 1:49 PM
@38,
LOUD NOISES!
40. grfxho - February 5, 2009 2:11 PM
As if helping the poor and curing diseases will negate the pact he made with the devil back in the 80s.
41. Kitty - February 5, 2009 2:12 PM
Is it really that stressful for you to scroll over her comment?
42. meme - February 5, 2009 2:25 PM
Oh man I wish I was there. Holy lawsuit batman! Just think, you could get millions out of Bill Gates because he was a douche one afternoon.
43. Gavo - February 5, 2009 3:52 PM
This is already a web comic: http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/906
still, I wonder if he's going to get sued by any of the attendees over this bs?
44. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - February 5, 2009 6:48 PM
@14: There is never a reason to like crApple.
45. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - February 5, 2009 6:51 PM
Hey everyone! Here's a helpful hint...take Vitamin B1 daily, it actually changes your "scent" on a micro-biological level and repels mosquitos. It also helps convert carbs into sugars instead of being stored as fat!
46. SlowMonkey - February 5, 2009 7:53 PM
No wonder my Dell doesn't work.
47. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - February 5, 2009 10:25 PM
@39: I love lamp, I love lamp.
48. pro - February 9, 2009 9:02 AM
nice job Bill, this ought to move your fellow rich blokes to action, if it don't we'll suggest something more drastic. if malaria was a white man's disease, we'd have a vaccine by now, but it isn't...!
49. m - March 31, 2009 12:17 PM
@26
"gates is a dumbass"
and
"And since we all know that rule of thumb here...anything that actually works, is too dangerous for the rest of us to use, and then gets banned.."
Gates started successful company that is relevant all over the world, has contributed to and worked with various charities and you can't even put a sentence together to insult him.
"or how to transport an iceberg to the Sahara desert.." i assume you were educated by saturday morning cartoons.
learn to type,write or just shut up.
if you cant put a sentence together, chances are you cant comprehend one either....
i hope someone can draw you a picture/illustrate or act out my comments in some way that you can understand.
we are all dumber for reading your blundered words.
instead of worrying about what Gate's mother should have done, you should think about your own parents. They were responsible for your education were they not?
i suggest you start telling people English is your 3rdor 4th language at job interviews.
50. brendan - April 21, 2009 4:11 AM
HA thats the first time bill gates has released bugs without an operating system attached