Mike Judge's "Silicon Valley" (HBO Show)

Well, yeah.

My highschool friend is Monica in this show - shame she's so underwritten in the series though.

what do you think the likelihood is that the driver called him a cuck

lol he is actually his character <3

actually his character would have just made a grand show of wanting to slap the driver but not actually doing so. he is beyond his character

His character hit a little kid!

learned from that NYer article that thiel was the inspiration for peter gregory !

and the other guy is Elon Musk

I thought the super douche who put the radio on the internet was supposed to be Cuban

yes

hooli's CEO is elon musk?

They kind of threw some of Musk's tech stuff in there but
- kind of atypical vocal/facial affect w/monotone
- known chiefly as an investor
- libertarian island proponent
all totally Thiel

The super douche guy was like Sean Parker with some Mark Cuban throw in

I guess Gavin Belson is supposed to be like the salesforce guy, Marc Benioff, but I'm not familiar with his style of talking

Sean Parker's real life is definitely one of those things where the show seems ridiculous but it's barely skirting the edge of what these dudes actually do

He had a hobbit themed wedding in a national forest and spent all kinds of money to do it

I work at a law firm and my big case right now involves venture capital.. its the douchiest, lamest shit. all these guys do is email each other and exchange favors introductions. get lucky, get rich. the end.

no I meant Belson = Musk. Gregory is obviously Thiel.

there's some alternate universe where I really enthusiastically talked to the x.com people (the company that had paypal as one of their products) at this career fair thing I was at circa 2001, interned there, and never found ilx

i gave a talk to some vcs earlier this year and they gave me a $400 bottle of bourbon to say thank you. it was an idiotic talk. actual gibberish in parts. they seemed thrilled.

weird talk, overenthusiastic venture capital, bourbon that costs way too much

very good combination

Xpost What bourbon did they give you? It's probably best for another thread, but bourbon prices have been going crazy the last few months.

i gave a talk to some vcs earlier this year and they gave me a $400 bottle of bourbon to say thank you. it was an idiotic talk. actual gibberish in parts. they seemed thrilled.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, December 15, 2016 5:03 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark

pappy van winkle?

i enjoyed the pappy van winkle joke when gilfoil quit

would have been great if it were tequila tho
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJaFyLuUwAAyYHg.jpg

angel's envy cask strength. tragically it is down to $200 since i checked.

i'm taking it to the uk at xmas to send it to https://whisky.auction/. they said i'll get more than that for it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Wait, are you UK? Because Angel's Envy Cask Strength should not run you $400. I would say $200 max, even in today's era of crazy bourbon prices. And given its mysterious providence and lack of an age statement, $200 is pretty sketchy to begin with. No doubt they expensed it at $400 anyway for the tax benefits, the jerks.

it's 2016 with all the paperwork. not interested in drinking it and couldn't figure out how to sell booze in the US so i'll take whatever i get when i'm home in the UK for xmas.

fuck up some commas

"this guy fucks" is a thing I constantly want to exclaim and never, ever do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8sCCf82Nf8

lmao jared

lololl

even though it's a ludicrous show it's one of my favourites ever

Stoked.

I'm afraid to try and start watching this because it seems like it has a 50/50 chance of just completely pissing us off and reminding us that the world is a stupid and horrible place and not being funny at all. Too much of a risk. Better to wait and binge the whole thing later, I think.

not being funny at all

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/lItOTv_3DQVo4xHnKUac9Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9NTAwO2g9Mjgx/http://66.media.tumblr.com/57b413c71bc5f0ed75c5c8b4d09d03f8/tumblr_inline_o87manYGPQ1t0ijhl_500.gif

apparently a very unfunny guy i know from college is involved with this show now :(

:/

god, the moment in that gif. it was such a surprise the first time I saw it, I lost my shit.

it's so great

Season premiere was good. Russ listening to "Last Resort" by POD when he drives off was hilarious.

felt like it was kind of ehhh but that was certainly a high point

last resort is by papa roach you monster

:)

haha oh man I didn't notice that, assume that was a Paul Ryan-meme ref?

reminding us that the world is a stupid and horrible place

this is pretty much all that can make me laugh in contemporary comedy

From the opening HBO skit to the first scene, this felt fresh and unpredictable.

Gavin sending his assistant on 20 private plane flights just to justify fucking Jack over lol

it was a promising episode imo

the best part, imo, was never telling Jack about the flights at all

"Last Resort" by POD

I believe that was actually by *looks at list* Hoobastank