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

the cruel joke on dinesh where gilfoyle convinced him the satanist girlfriend wanted to have sex with him reminded me of a really awkward prank some people played on me when i was a kid and it made me feel for the dude but also kind of made me feel better about life

oh yeah, and the peter gregory speech at the roman-themed/toga party! explaining the bar at the back with shorter lines and "thank you, florida" to flo rida

if this was a different time and place, that character would have been played by mike judge staple, stephen root, for usre

if this was a different time and place, that character would have been played by mike judge staple, stephen root, for usre

haha i remember having this exact thought while wathcing that season. i gotta watch s1 again though, peter gregory was really one of the best characters on tv in sooooo long :/

the burger king sesame seed speculation was a master stroke of ridiculousness and that kind of financial chess-playing kind of evaporated after he was gone

i hope his island reappears in the plot at some point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf9N5AWprG8

I feel a lot of kinship with Bighead

My favourite thing about this show is the way Erlich pronounces "Aviato".

baghead

“We are now living in a post-RIGBY world"

Somewhere out there is a gif of Erlich infinitely kicking the BamBot.

A guy who wrote a script for Silicon Valley apparently has aphantasia, the inability to see images in your mind
https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-feels-to-be-blind-in-your-mind/10156834777480504/

for some reason that seems like a disability that would help, not hinder, when writing for Silicon Valley

what was the Run the Jewels track on the end credits? I didn't recognize it

this episode was great, forgot how much I loved this show

it's new DJ shadow w/ RTJ https://soundcloud.com/massappealrecs/dj-shadow-nobody-speak-feat-run-the-jewels

xp

Stephen Tobolowsky saying Aviato with the same ridiculous flair

Love Jared but I'm a little uncomfortable about this whole eviction subplot

I love the line about Jared's skeleton!

This week felt crazy-OTM wrt my current work situation...

I haven't slept in a box in years!

dang the moment where I'm thinking the CEO is on to something about actually selling things

Jian Yang might become my new hero

"just jam it in a box and no one knows it's there"

*sales people consider this idea*

"hmm, like a rack mount server solution?"

I haven't slept in a box in years!

lol yes

I love how Ehrlich loses every conversation he has with Jian Yang, like somehow he always manages to come out of them worse off than before

Jian Yang yelling at him while shoving whatever traditional Japanese thing that Erlich foisted him down the garbage disposal was great

Also him interrupting to say that yes, Japanese people are racist when Erlich was saying he was not racist was a perfect response to something that wasn't actually said

he's still an iffy character in his portrayal but they're getting better at capturing the stilted conversations between someone who speaks English as a second language and the American person they loathe

jesus fucking christ, I knew sales people were the worst and everything but I guess I didn't realize just how thoroughly and universally they were the worst! Watching this show has made me uncomf bcz it just gives me flashbacks to my last job

have you guys seen what some of the "appliance" data center things you can buy look like? in one way they make sense, in that they're supported by the vendor from the hardware/OS upwards to their product

on the other hand, it's a physical thingy that looks justifiable to buy for higher-ups when it's usually just a software thingy

also some of them have some lol branding

http://www.teradata.com/uploadedImages/Company-And-Careers/News-And-Events/News/2013/active_edw.jpg?n=6285

http://www.forumsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Forum-Sentry-Appliance.jpg

that first one is like as tall as i am

So no one wants to talk about the fucking horses huh.

pretty standard scene meant to mess with the audience, i chuckled

Real fucking btw

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/silicon-valley-horse-sex-scene-888871

seems like it'd be easier to shoot the real thing

I like the appliance angle cuz that means (hopefully) we'll get to see some hardware development stuff (trips to Chinese factories, etc.).

happy for Big Head getting 20 mil but all he really wants to do is hang with his buddies on the roof

big head is the most sympathetic character, for sure

of course: http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/PETA-Blasts-Silicon-Valley-Explicit-Horse-7390317.php

bwahahaha

"arranged rape" just made me wonder about what consent between horses involves

Are you cool with forks making Spotify playlists out of every rolling thread without permission?

Neigh means neigh.

https://d.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1383332389ra/6507939.gif

please please please have an episode mocking this
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/02/further-future-festival-burning-man-tech-elite-eric-schmidt?CMP=share_btn_tw

jesus christ Marie Antoinette would blush

actually it might not be capable of being parodied, they would have to just present it as-is

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/536405c670ae53c4ffa8ddf015576274902c675e/0_0_1440_2160/master/1440.jpg?w=1920&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=43e3bfd0f80ca33cf82f6e2ddecf92e9

this show keeps getting better

agreed! mike judge may secretly be my favorite comedy creator. i am wondering how hands on he is on an episode by episode basis

I do like this show altho idk if I'd say it's getting better. Sometimes the plot contortions get in the way of the jokes (watching it I have a hard time not thinking about Judge's comment about how they have a hard time "constantly coming up with different ways for them to fail")

totally loving this show atm