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HBO: Silicon Valley
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:What a great post, tommy
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what a bummer episode
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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not really happy with how the season finished up
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"Jared, have you been crying?"
"Yes, but for ordinary reasons."
"Yes, but for ordinary reasons."
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Simple Torture wrote:"Jared, have you been crying?"
"Yes, but for ordinary reasons."
That was fantastic, so was the elephant stuff. And Jian Yang's prank phone calls are so amazing.
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agree. it's pretty dumb. for a show that's supposed to remain true to real life, the fact they almost did a major fundraising round w/o the permission of the board is asinine.Mecca wrote:not really happy with how the season finished up
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This season was ok, nothing terrible, nothing great.
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I thought the first 8 episodes were greatMonkey_Driven wrote:This season was ok, nothing terrible, nothing great.
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Mecca wrote:I thought the first 8 episodes were greatMonkey_Driven wrote:This season was ok, nothing terrible, nothing great.
Jian Yang's phone calls were strong enough humor to balance out some of the weakness of the other characters.
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Episode 3 for the win!
"I really enjoy sandwiches but the other guys are so good at making sandwiches that I don't make them. Now I make sandwiches."
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I get fatigued by everyone's ineptitude outside of Gilfoyle and Dinesh. I love those guys.Mecca wrote:I thought the first 8 episodes were greatMonkey_Driven wrote:This season was ok, nothing terrible, nothing great.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:I get fatigued by everyone's ineptitude outside of Gilfoyle and Dinesh. I love those guys.Mecca wrote:I thought the first 8 episodes were greatMonkey_Driven wrote:This season was ok, nothing terrible, nothing great.
Jared is a fucking brilliant man and never ever imply otherwise.
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He does have a pretty boss jacket.@SkitchP wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:I get fatigued by everyone's ineptitude outside of Gilfoyle and Dinesh. I love those guys.Mecca wrote:I thought the first 8 episodes were greatMonkey_Driven wrote:This season was ok, nothing terrible, nothing great.
Jared is a fucking brilliant man and never ever imply otherwise.
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"I have a box of Russell Stover's if the spiders didn't get into 'em"
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That was a good line.gardenparty wrote:"I have a box of Russell Stover's if the spiders didn't get into 'em"
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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peter gregory outtragabigzanda wrote:Agreed. The last couple episodes especially seemed to peter out.Mecca wrote:not really happy with how the season finished up
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Simple Torture wrote:"Jared, have you been crying?"
"Yes, but for ordinary reasons."
A Pied Piper Tweet appeared in my Twitter feed. Clicked on it and then read Jared's bio. So funny. Can't find the link, but basically they built a fake Pied Piper corp site.
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this one?Coach wrote:Simple Torture wrote:"Jared, have you been crying?"
"Yes, but for ordinary reasons."Great line.
A Pied Piper Tweet appeared in my Twitter feed. Clicked on it and then read Jared's bio. So funny. Can't find the link, but basically they built a fake Pied Piper corp site.
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/pied-piper