I Fed The People Building The Metaverse (opens in new tab)

Titty Boobowitz | 29th May 2026 | UOn AI, male ego, and other reasons I no longer believe technology is magicI used to work at Meta.Not in tech. God no. I was a pastry chef at one of the Meta data centers, which is somehow an even stranger sentence to say out loud now than it was at the time. I worked in the cafes on campus making pastries, desserts, breads, and catering corporate events for the people building the infrastructure of the metaverse.When I say “the metaverse,” I do not mean that...

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