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

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

song about disillusionment from meeting david schwimmer in person
https://youtu.be/xpnb3whTjLI

https://s.put.re/NJrnJeq9.png

omg

i admire that rogermexico thinks david schwimmer is hunky.

― Yerac, Wednesday, September 18, 2019 9:13 AM

was wondering if we were going to let that one slide

― untuned mass damper (mh), Wednesday, September 18, 2019

lmao i was too!

bumped into him a few times irl back in the day with witnesses - he surprises people

"nice hog, Schwimmer"

OK.
https://s.put.re/tdpcuG6p.png

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.

― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, September 18, 2019 2:51 AM (fifteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

he does shakespearean improv he's a fucking nerd lol

http://www.improvisedshakespeare.com/about/writeup/li/BIO-8/

He is in the napolean dynamite physicality category too.

something about him reminds me of a large groundhog

tip of the hat for that cartoon there PN

Shakespeare improv sounds like absolute hell on Earth.

I've seen it done, it was really funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1gFSENorEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1uCYK6wnjk

had never heard of the wearable chair

this show is still funny, debut was solid. I was kinda surprised at how hard they go in on the big tech companies, it's like the characters all take it for granted that Facebook, Google, etc. are evil.

Eheh the wearable chair dude was definitely annoying !
Some funny stuff in that first ep indeed.
Also Jin Yang back from China. And big head back from wherever he was.
Actually it seems a lot of things have happened since the previous season.

ooh is this back?

Jared had a hell of a moment on this episode lol

I laughed the hardest at:

Yes.... No

No.... Yes

lol @ the "Foxhole" app