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

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?

nerdy guys + quickly inflated egos = hell on already existent relationships

verizon's gotta be loving this

is he a nerdy guy irl tho? I honestly have no idea. he’s an actor. I mean he plays nerdy real good but iirc David Schwimmer is like 6’1” and hunky but played “Ross” on friends.

I mean the equation is 100% good math, it just strikes me I have no idea what this guy is like irl.

He's has a definite nerdy vibe. Schwimmer is more dweeby vibe.

must've been fun sharing a set with this guy AND tj miller for years

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.

we can find things morally fine but still gross or goofy

defining things that a lot of people find gross as immoral is really making me ponder the origins of some ethical stances though

I feel like I must have been picking up on some actor energy when I posted this about the character
imo they should make Richard fully devolve into the malnourished, shrinking, weird sexual deviant malcontent he seems to be

an acquaintance of mine had her marriage recently fall apart because her husband was pressuring her into a threesome with one of his younger coworkers. Now they're getting divorced. He is single. She's dating a way younger guy. The guy's whole angle/behavior seem totally idiotic.

never forget when you see google execs and the like at burning man that they're only two ideological steps away from a writer who was really into the idea of "intergenerational relationships"

Robert Heinlein?

peter lamborn wilson, writer of "temporary autonomous zones"

I mean, there have been all these stories over the past few years of weird/ugly silicon valley sex parties.

that shit's been going on since the 90s!

The first thing I actually thought about while reading this (and kind of otm'ing maura's sentiment) was about that Jon Ronson Butterfly Effect podcast and the effects of the prevalence and overconsumption of free internet porn while not cultivating real life relationships, not being able to maintain arousal in traditional intimate roles and requiring more.

for background:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Autonomous_Zone#Implementations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lamborn_Wilson#Pedophilia_advocacy

The Google exec who has a soundproofed fuck palace in Manhattan is the peak of this.

I'm familiar with the failings of Hakim Bey yeah

is he a nerdy guy irl tho? I honestly have no idea. he’s an actor. I mean he plays nerdy real good but iirc David Schwimmer is like 6’1” and hunky but played “Ross” on friends.

All actors are nerdy. That's part of why they're actors.

i admire that rogermexico thinks david schwimmer is hunky.

was wondering if we were going to let that one slide