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

Scans like one of his comedy bang bang bits.

Ha, seriously. I'd like to know what more he could have added that would have made his wife mad.

"nice hog buddy"

^^^ that's where I started to really think it was a cbb bit.

Ha, seriously. I'd like to know what more he could have added that would have made his wife mad.

― Josh in Chicago

"Nice hog, buddy, go easy on my wife."

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come on it's obviously him doing a bit

sounds a little longer than a bit

eh that didn't scan the way I wanted it to

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seems real to me but i'm a little surprised if ilx recoils from this disclosure - isn't this a sex positive anything w/ consent is fine community? it's not my kinda thing but i'm relatively a conservative prude.

not recoiling, it's just silly.

it doesn't sound like his wife is exactly thrilled about being dragged into this, even with his spin on it. that's what makes me queasy.

though i am also unsure if he's fucking around or not.

I think the sentence “nice hog, buddy” is objectively funny and I would laugh at whomever said it, regardless of context

i'm vanilla-not-gay (nice hog buddy!) as they come even if I didn't tell my wife before we got married that we'll need other cocks in this marriage."

circa1916 OTM, if a couple wants to swing cool but putting it in terms of an ultimatum to one partner is NAGL

when I've seen similar things IRL it did not end well (though both those were funnier - husband demands open marriage, wife gets way more action, husband pouts and winds up divorced)

so... still itt acting like this isn't a bit?

https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/thomas-middleditch-will-take-you-to-an-adult-swingers-club.html

wait, Middleditch's wife and this Shields' guy's girlfriend are both named Mollie?

the Interview interview says 'girlfriend Kelli'

Vulture's fact-checkers falling down on the job

going whole hog

so... still itt acting like this isn't a bit?

― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, September 17, 2019 10:31 AM (one hour ago)

i had initially only looked at the screenshots from the tweet which just seemed too goofy to be true but the actual interview gives more context and is obviously earnest. lol I'm a dumb ass

you were very convincing at least, had me thinking "IS this just a bit? maybe I'm an idiot"

springing 'we have to swing' after marriage is some heinous cancellable shit

obviously 'cancellable' is a bit haha

but seriously, wow

I really didn't need to know any of this about this guy or his wife but I'd be surprised if they stay married long.

i think it's hard to assume that from the contents of this interview.

well with any sort of certainty

opening up yr marriage is not a position i consider moral but i feel like i've been misled by dozens of ask prudence / ask dan savage articles that posit that negotiating these kinds of things is open + honest and preferable to cheating or whatever. i figured conventional modern sexuality morality was pretty much okay with honest renegotiation of marriage terms after the fact as at least an understandable thing - kinda pleased to ilx so grossed out by it.

to see* ilx

people change in all sorts of ways and the context of a marriage or relationship can be badly affected by tons of things that your spouse might decide they want to do that they didn't when you got married.

It's quite possible that they attend as a couple but don't participate directly, which apparently is an option.

good manners is to disclose these things before entering into a legal contract. It does kind of sound like he's more into voyeurism especially with his nice hogisms.

I may have to redraft my profile of his proclivities upon re-read.

beyond 'we have to swing' post-marriage, i kinda wonder whether his wife wanted the whole world to know about all this

does he think this makes him look good, or cool? i've never even seen him in anything but the verizon ads, so this is a bonus to his being the most annoying man on television

I’m sure that similar celebrities who must be propositioned directly or indirectly every week have other ways of dealing with this than communication.

i consider moral but i feel like i've been misled by dozens of ask prudence / ask dan savage articles that posit that negotiating these kinds of things is open + honest and preferable to cheating or whatever.

Negotiating boundaries is different than two months post-nuptials being like "hey, babe, I need to see some hogs or else this shit is DONESKI."

There is a storyline on Billions where Paul Giamotti's character gives a press conference (while running for office) that he's a masochist. His spouse is understandably pissed.

xp. his gloss of the situation in the article does not necessarily reflect how that played out.

i mean maybe that is what happened, but it seems unlikely

oh man, i see this has been getting write ups today.

Silicon Valley star Thomas Middleditch has given an interview in Playboy that has what we might call “severe Burning Man energy.”

And not just because he discusses, among other things: Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg; “alpha” and “beta” men; shooting guns with Alex Jones; getting his private pilot’s license; and how “after spending an entire weekend playing computer games,” he likes to “take mushrooms and drink rainwater off a tree.”

I'd be pissed if my spouse gave a press conference saying they watch Billions

I made it just far enough into Billions to see Paul Giamatti get peed on.

I have no recollection of him getting peed on! I wanted to stick with it because I like the non-binary character but it's pretty bad. and especially after Axelrod took over Jordan Belfort and Patrick Batement as default avator for basic douchebags everywhere.

Every once in a while I fantasize that as a celebrity I would just make shit up to journalists all the time, but the problem of course is that whether or not you are serious it will scan that way and it will be out there forever, and you will be asked about it forever, too. "No, I did not once get hired to poop on Brad Pitt at a party," etc.

Giamatti's golden shower is in the first episode, I think.

Maggie Siff looks just like one of my best friends so even if it hadn't seemed awful that scene would have been a dealbreaker.

how “after spending an entire weekend playing computer games,” he likes to “take mushrooms and drink rainwater off a tree.”

verizon's gotta be loving this

but fwiw he comes off more likable/relatable now?