btw I confirmed on imdb recently that
http://cdn.crushable.com/files/2012/11/hbo-girls-hannah-gynecologist-pay-me-24-640x361.png
is the WH Chief of Staff on House of Cards so that's all falling into place
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
Aha! You were right after all xpost
― emilys., Tuesday, 12 March 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
The very first scene is him in her butt without consent, no?
wait. what?
― purp (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 03:26 (eleven years ago) link
it is p genius that this scene comes after a scene in which new girlfriend explicitly lists what she will and will not tolerate in bed
― purp (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
yep
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 03:53 (eleven years ago) link
this season is p frequently flawed, & it can be frustrating to be simultaneously just floored - by the richness of Adam's AA monologue on love (or his totally convincingly embittered tweetiepie doll analogy a couple episodes back), or by Shoshanna's repeatedly awesome tightrope-walk between sorta upfront-vapid, & then just like heartbreakingly young & awesome & empowered & figuring shit out, cf her quicktalked couch speech about the anxiety over the limits on independence felt amid & between relationships - & then also disappointed, in small ways (is that what startup offices look like) & bigger ways (ray was better this week but sorta still feels more like a sitcom buddy than he ever should've been) & re: extratextual stuff (re: minority-watch, staten island resident cameo wasn't so hot either, & it's so crazy that the racism critique was formally ~addressed~ & then seemingly entirely forgotten) - but, but but but, the last couple episodes totally renew my appreciation for lena dunham. she is so important, this show is such a valuable contribution.
― schlump, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
"her mother is gonna be pissed"
this is the one thing that bugged me about this; the girl is presumably the child of an alcoholic and yet when he orders drinks she's kind of like "ok". most people who have a parent in AA I would assume would have taken that as a bigger warning sign.
― akm, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 04:21 (eleven years ago) link
pick whatever works for you: she's had a few drinks already, they're getting to know each other, people related to and who spend time with alcoholics know that there's considerable gradations in what constitutes a binge
― the 'dirty sprite' is implied (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, it's played for laughs, but doesn't the first episode have the scene where she says "Uh, did you mean to put it there?"
― your fretless ways (Eazy), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
it does.
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 05:31 (eleven years ago) link
again that is basically what startup offices look like
― max, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5OfTPGnzqQ
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
"again that is basically what startup offices look like"
Certainly in SF in the late 90s, yeah (haven't been in one since, but I'd be surprised if they'd changed or were that different on the east coast).
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 12:24 (eleven years ago) link
are all the employees also part-time models tho
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
look at all those verified accounts
― Smif-N-Westurns (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― max, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
"are all the employees also part-time models tho"
In SF, probably not.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 12:30 (eleven years ago) link
There are so many pretty broad elements to the show (the startup, the shrink, etc) -- but I quite like the inconsistent mix - not sure it needs to be completely one way or the other. There are character inconsistencies (aka bad writing) which are kind of more problematic, but not too damagingly.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
it wasn't so much the 'look' or layout of the startup office (tho really, nice balcony!) as the size and spaciousness, cleanliness, and just the feel that no real work was happening and also the silliness of important boss ppl always having other ppl run up to them to talk about things because obv it is a startup, time is of he essence, and the quarterly sales numbers cannot wait!
― s.clover, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
"as the size and spaciousness, cleanliness, and just the feel that no real work was happening"
Haha okay now I think YOU'VE never seen a startup.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
Because seriously that describes just about every startup I've seen (certainly once money started pouring in).
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
i for one was not convinced because there weren't baskets of snacks lying around, also no masseusses
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
these days they tend to be a lil more worky than they were in the 90s
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
also smaller
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno, big lofty type space w/ people just milling around sounds about right
― max, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
allison williams is dating ricky van veen of college humor, which was bought by barry diller much like charlies app was ostensibly bought by some clueless rich guy, college humor offices have a v similar vibe to whats represented in the show
― max, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
i think maybe techy vs. mag/journo startups tend to have a different feel?
― s.clover, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
although 4real, i may have only been in the offices of unsuccessful startups.
― s.clover, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
well at any rate im glad to have successfully derailed this thread to focus on something important
― max, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
how did they calculate an increase in their monthly average users when they've only been going for about a month?
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
same way he managed to hire an entire office of models
― the 'dirty sprite' is implied (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
how do we know its only been a month
― purp (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
It was also the time period where Hannah's OCD symptoms slowly surfaced.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
― purp (roxymuzak), Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
clever writing too that he didnt break any of her rules
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 March 2013 00:28 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― purp (roxymuzak), Thursday, 14 March 2013 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
but i had to go back and check, haw
http://www.theonion.com/articles/next-episode-of-girls-to-feature-lena-dunham-shitt,31661/
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 March 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
is there anything on this show dissimilar from true crimes ppl have posted about here from their lives?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 March 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
― purp (roxymuzak), Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well i never
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 March 2013 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
tbh!!!
― purp (roxymuzak), Thursday, 14 March 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
that "cumshot" seemed...very realistic
― purp (roxymuzak), Thursday, 14 March 2013 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
i know right. all I could think was 'hmm well that's a tv first if ever I saw one' lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
someone needs to update http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hbo#Network_slogans
with - 2013 - "It's HBO (now with realistic cumshots)."
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
Some silly clickbait from Foreign Policy:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/03/13/the_geopolitics_of_girls
― popeyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
One of the new dumb-asses at what used to be the Onion did a pretty fucking awful misogynist bit o' funny about Girls. I'm not linking.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
it's about ten inches up the thread
― popeyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
that turn of phrase made me lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
it is but one modest dildo away
― popeyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
I am pleased that I missed it in this thread. It's vile, and I will defend the Onion no more forever.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
idk I thought the onion thing was pretty fucking funny
― go to party leather (ENBB), Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:56 (eleven years ago) link