Palmer Luckey
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And if they had not been an investor, I don't know exactly how things would have gone.
Is that kindness?
No, that's what I'm struggling with.
Is it kindness to invest in something that seems like an unlikely thing?
From their perspective, maybe it's just pure craven capitalism.
But from the perspective of me, 19 year old kid starting his first company, meeting with people who knew they were going way out on a limb, it sure seemed quite kind.
And then I guess the only other thing is my wife put up with me not proposing to her for over 10 years.
My wife and I met when we were teenagers.
We met at a debate camp in Maryland, policy debate.
The first time that we met, she actually cried because it was my debate team versus her debate team.
And I'll be candid, they did a very poor job.
We beat them so soundly that they started crying during the debate.
It's funny how that then turned into now we're getting married.
There was a lot of kindness in her
putting up with me not proposing and getting married because like, hey, I've got too much going on with Oculus.
It's just absolutely crazy.
And then I'd say the worst part was some people, they take a break.
They end one company, spend some time with their family, maybe get a marriage out of the way and then start something.
But because I had been fired from Oculus,
I was just enraged.