This is funny because "Sauron" is derived from the word "Sauros" - meaning The Lizard in Greek and older lost languages.
With Peter Thiel's name making up "The Reptile" - you can see who the man has imagined himself as in his corrupting of this great literary work.
Pay no mind to a simple bard.
Explains what the One Ring is in modern terms now, doesn't it?