Mark Zuckerberg reaches a new level in July 4 Instagram surfboard video

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July 4, 2021Updated: July 4, 2021 8:15 p.m.

Mark Zuckerberg rides an electric hydrofoil surfboard waving a US flag.

Mark Zuckerberg/Instagram

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Not sure where to begin with this one, so I guess the facts will have to do. On July 4, billionaire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a video to his Instagram account. The video shows Zuckerberg on what appears to be an electric hydrofoil surfboard just as the sun sets over a lake, American flag blowing in the breeze, while John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” plays.

Here’s the video for you to… enjoy?

I feel like social media has been collectively experiencing the stages of grief as the 71-second video goes viral — clocking over 500,000 views on both Instagram and Facebook within hours. 

Denial came quickly: Zuckerberg must just be trolling us, surely? We’re all falling for it. He’s got us. (And he truly might. The meme potential of this image is so high that no billionaire social media mogul could post it without knowing there’d be thousands of articles discussing it — including this one.)

Many quickly moved on to the anger: Open up Twitter, and you’ll find it has been relentlessly pilloried. It’s reaching “Zuckerberg with a face full of sunscreen” levels.

Mark Zuckerberg posted a video of himself on Instagram wakeboarding while holding an American flag and set to the music of the late John Denver singing “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

I saw it, so now you have to see it too. I’m sorry. I did not make the rules.

Happy #July4th pic.twitter.com/FiA9RDP29Z

— Leah McElrath 🏳️‍🌈 (@leahmcelrath) July 4, 2021

“I saw it, so now you have to see it too. I’m sorry,” wrote one user.