What makes it so comfy
I dont remember much from it. but that guy on the right sucks
>>219186749He’s a funny character
Good performances and engaging characters
>>219186700This was a really good show and anyone who says otherwise is just a contrarian
The optimistic idea at the end that when they realize their tech is going to destroy society, they willingly shut it down.
>>219186700First season captures Silicon Valley before it got conquered by Indians and trans. It also is pretty funny and close to millennial hope core.
>>219187720>he doesn’t knowAnon the joke was that everybody besides Richard (and Jared) stole the Pied Piper software and used it to achieve wealth and success. That’s why Monica was in the NSA and Gilfoy/Dinesh had a cybersecurity firm
not a lot of women
was this the last really good hbo show?
>>219187683It was a good show, but then the seasons started to become too repetitive. PiedPiper starts to go right but something sets the break for them
over 10 years since that one guy stopped spamming 'this guy fucks' threads over and over again
>>219187871Both it and VEEP ended around the same time but yeah as far as I can think of
>>219187914>I literally love you you spooky fuckRuss grows on you so much
They could have been billionaires if they just used the software for its original intended purpose which was for compression. They could have licensed it out to every single big data companies and made so much fucking money.
>>219187980That’s what I always said too. Like it cuts data costs by 80% or some shit just instantly. Every single company on earth would require it to be viable and it would be integrated into every single operating system, website and app.
>>219187914Why did he abandon us
>>219187771
>>219187927I watched veep recently again and it is so fucking bad snl humor
>>219186700>What makes it so comfyall white cast for starters
>>219188196No, you are wrong.
>>219187909I agree but it's still comfy and funny. Just an unfortunate flaw that makes you glad it ended when it did before the concept truly got stale
>>219187771>conquered by Indians and trans.Why do you constantly think about trans?Who hurt you?
>>219186700Gilfolye and JinyangThe rest are meant to be hated
Insane how this show was really a product of its timeNowadays silicon valley is a shell of its former self. So many tech layoffs, outsourcing and H1B abuses completely destroyed the era of techbros
>>219188307I mean obviously troons? Why’d you even ask him that
The guy playing best character Russ Hanneman played Moe in that Three Stooges movie from 2012that shit is nuttythe secondary cast pushes this show into kino territory, big head and gavin and jian yangAnd it was repetitive because they wanted to tee off on all levels of tech companies from capital to megacorp you fucking dim bulbsOf course their retarded company wasn't going to win so they could ride off into the sunset stop having autism and diabetes
>>219188220have you watched lately
>>219188058>>219187980Big corpo stuck their fingers in their pie.Or not,haven't seen this show since it was new so correct me if I'm wrong.
>>219188380There are mini Silicon Valley’s throughout the US with similar environments to the OG now thoughbeit
>>219188196I wanted to watch that eventually because it's by the same guy who made The Thick of It
>>219188294Indeed. Lots of bad happenings too. The death of the guy that played Peter in season 1 and Bauchmann leaving in season 4
>>219188311You are not the baby.
>>219186749>I dont remember much from it. but that guy on the right sucksRyan Reynolds hates him so he can't be that bad
>>219188380>H1B abusesTell the people at home what an h1b abuse is.Please
I always thought s1e5 was pretty underrated, most people single out the s1 finale as the signature episodewritten by jessica gao though
>>219188445Lately-ish. Probably last year. But cmonhttps://youtu.be/KeynLh_3WKQ
I like the anorexic business bitch whore
>>219188608Fuck off poo
>>219188608wage suppression
>>219188628Erlichs concept of racism/not-racism was pretty on point satirically but otherwise meh
>>219188679this guy and the congressman that has the assistant that says stupid shit are the best part. Those are still good
>>219188628s1 finale has what might be the best dick joke in tv, desu. not only it's a legit funny joke, it actually advances the plot. though the "gavin b" signature is also up there
>>219188719I love her a lot. I love how they set her up as a love interest and then just did nothing with it. Unironically
>>219187980But the dude wanted to create a new internet like a retard
>>219188204One of the main characters is Pakistani but he's also a total scumbag and the show relentlessly shits on him for being such an awful human being.
>>219188423>played Moe in that Three Stooges movie from 2012I know it's called acting but I love when a terrible human (the guy from breaking bad that beat man to death) is irl a big sweetheart.
>>219188721Good point,stupid.
Insane how they all went from some of the biggest stars of the 2010s to nothingIndian boy got kicked out of movies for being roided and bogged. Miller called in a bomb threat and hasn't been seen since then. The rest only really got work as voice actors for some low quality cartoons
>>219188941https://www.sanders.senate.gov/op-eds/h1-b-visas-hurt-one-type-of-worker-and-exploit-another-this-mess-must-be-fixed/
>>219188829Same. I just regret that we didn't get any HBO scenes with her because she was incredibly cute
CONSIDER
>>219188978Gilfoyle already had a career before the show and still does bits here and there
Watching this and Veep the same night was a chore to sit through. Both shows reused jokes and plotlines a ton.
>>219188829I like that too. I hate forced romances. They eventually even address the fact that they're not even really friends because they literally never discuss anything that isn't work.
>>219188423for all the movie's flaws, the stooges themselves were on point. but yeah, moe was definitely the one that crushed it
>>219188987Not reading that.
>>219189035he's on Tulsa King
>>219186700This show makes me nostalgic for the early 10s
>>219189146Sorry saar there isn't a hindi translation
>>219189009She super cute.
>>219189017I have no idea what that means.Please post more.
>>219189169Meadow Sopranos older sister
>>219189017>All right, take it away.>Bring it back here.>Look at that hideous face. All right, get it out of here!
>>219189169Is this the video with the penis?
>>219189070Why did you keep watching them?
>>219189257She's younger than Sigler.>>219189306Yes.
>>219189320because I liked both shows at first and I had nothing else to do after Game of Thrones
first two seasons onlyrewatched it with one of the homegirls and she got bored saying it's the same plot over and over
>>219186700Every season on Silicon Valley: >OH NO RICHARD QUIT AS CEO>Oh wait, he’s back, yay
>>219188774I just think it's incredibly consistent. that Erlich racism scene right into the hologram, then scrum, the cop, the monica scenes are not comedy but are fine>the audio is working? excuse me? I paid 20 million fucking dollars to acquire this company. Fuck you the audio is working. Audio worked 100 fucking years ago
>>219189159It was almost distracting seeing him.Not the anon you replied to,just a concerned citizen checking in.
>>219188978I seen big head and the cool jerkoff lawyer on I love LA
>>219189464 >one of the homegirlsWhatever fag
He’s just like me fr
Fun show is fun
>>219188978>Indian boy got kicked out of moviesThat was after he made a shit ton of money.He's doing alright.
>>219189464>homegirls
>>219189633>>219189745former practice gf
>>219188978they're all fucking ugly and weird, it's pretty impressive they've had any career success
>>219189931I think most people thought Thomas Middleditch was jewish. I even read an interview where he spoke about people assuming he was jewish. I think like Jason Biggs his career took a hit when they realised he wasn't actually jewish.
>>219190050It was surprising to me that he was 34 at the start of the series. And Dinesh was 37. I guess it was just the lifestyle and clothes
>>219190227Wait no 32 and 36 I forgot how years work
>>219188978Miller was a fucking retard that demanded the other actors to pressure the writers so the last seasons focus on Trump else he would leave the show. So they just kicked him out lmao
A girl I'm talking to keeps mentioning her fancy new stylized contact lenses and it's a monumental effort to keep a straight face because whenever she brings them up I immediately think of fucking Gilfoyle and his ridiculous cat eyes
>>219189141Will Sasso is good in everything he does
>>219187683Who says it was a bad show. Only bad thing is an uneventful ending.
>>219188204This.
>>219186700The bird cam finale is legendary. It genuinely captured the magic of a garage startup blowing up for a couple minutes.>Uh oh, this one's expired!>See I almost eat this yogurt, but now, I feed to Eric Fucking love this show
>>219186700Because it was like 2013 and things were good back then as opposed to this fucking horror show we live in own
>>219188158Very wise observation, sir!
>>219188423You should watch Ms. Davis, he's stupendous in that show
>>219193792haha, I loved that part.
>>219193792I love that he discovers this chart right as he’s in the middle of apologizing for being rude to them earlier and says something along the lines of “I’m really sorry guys, I’ve just been under a lot of pressure and it’s messing with my head, I even almost made a huge mistake in my math that would have KILLED me!.. wait a second what the fuck is this??”And how 80% of the board is just how much they want to fuck his girlfriend when he dies kek. Also>we can only watch him die once>after this nothing is ever as much fun againFucking hell lmao
>>219186749Shut the fuck up Jian Yang
>>219187871Chair Company from this year was pretty good but most anons flat out refuses to give it a chance whatsoever and base their opinion on it from assumptions rather than seeing it because they don’t like Tim Robinsons sketch show, which it’s nothing like. Also you have How to with Jon Wilson, White Lotus, Succession Vice Principals, The Rehearsal, Chernobyl, etc.There are absolutely still good shows on HBO but they’re much fewer and far between than they used to be.
>>219188196I think you’re just stupid, unfortunately.
>>219188446No you’re pretty much right. They got a new CEO that wanted to use it solely as a private secure device underground at a specific string of server farms and call it “the box”
>>219188608i thought you commie fucks were against coolie labor
>>219188849>the episode where Dinesh keeps eyeing up Gilfoyles girlfriend so he tells him they’re in an open relationship and that she wants to fuck him so Dinesh becomes more and more unhinged, creepily sexually harassing her while Gilfoyle just watches the entire time in amusement because he doesn’t give a shit
>>219186700The show went downhill after they fired TJ Miller. The lack of Erlich/Jian Yang banter was sorely missed.
>>219196016I thought tj Miller was annoying until he got fired and all his storylines got replaced with "Richard does cringe"
>>219196016Agreed. That way they wrote Miller out of the show was fucking hilarious though
>>219187914"Hey you. Yeah you Mc twinkle top"..."You fuck"
hello this is op my thread is very bad and also i am banned
The two best characters are Russ and Ron, right?
>>219187954underrated actor
>>219199716Depends on what you mean by “best”
>>219199841I WAS STATE RAISED
>>219199841Literally fucks
>>219193792Yeah, 'Johnny Horsecock' had to go.
Cunty
>>219193792>Blain shits pants from fear>pant discovered upon deathIn the strengths category
i wanted to fuck laurie so god damn bad what the fuck
>>219199999nein nein nein nein nein
I wish I was unassigned and could just chill.I'm in the fucking trenches, drudging through endless bullshit meetings with the "tech girlies".
>>219196016But TJ Miller slowly takes over a set and starts becoming a prima donna faggot. Then no one can stand him no matter how good he may be on camera.I can still hear his stupid voice saying it was a "mutual decision" and how he doesn't believe in doing anything for more than five years because he wants to "grow" and "stay fresh".That's what people who got fired say.
erlich is a deadand he is fat
>>219200030Yeah well tongue my balls, bitches
>>219188608I'm not gonna effort post this early in the morning oracle and tons of other push through organizations import tons of h1b visas to high paying american jobs with deliberately unqualified foreigners by giving them fake degrees. the signing company and oracle or any number of subsidiaries or similar organizations pockets the difference between the actual pay rate and hire 5 or more entry level workers to fulfill the role saying they could not find a qualified American for the position. Then they get American college grads at minimum wage in junior positions to clean up what the 5 usually far more tards made a mess of and continue the process. I know you don't do your homework and wont bother to look up anything regarding how H1B abuse is done so fuck it I'm copy and pasting resultsRecent investigations and government reports indicate that H-1B visa abuse in the tech industry is widespread, primarily driven by outsourcing firms that systematically underpay foreign workers and displace American employees. Data from 2022 and early 2023 shows that the top 30 H-1B employers hired 34,000 new workers while simultaneously laying off at least 85,000 workers, highlighting a pattern where firms exploit the program to reduce labor costs rather than fill genuine skill shortages. Key Patterns of AbuseWage Theft and Suppression: Corporate documents reveal that firms like HCL, Cognizant, and Infosys often pay H-1B workers significantly less than their U.S. counterparts; for example, HCL paid H-1B Oracle experts $55,000 less annually than U.S. citizens in similar roles. Regulatory Loopholes: Outsourcing companies exploit a Department of Labor interpretation that treats contractor-hired H-1B workers differently from direct hires, allowing them to evade wage rules designed to protect U.S. labor.
>>219200091This guy obviously doesn't fuck
>>219200030TJ Miller had a pretty serious brain aneurysm that went untreated for a long time because it happened during the filming of Yogi Bear out in the woods where he was acting alongside a tennis ball on a tripod and Anna Farris who at the time was having a complete dissociative meltdown of her own so nobody really paid much attention until it got real weird.
>>219200123I don't care.
>>219188608Of course, saar.1) A company posts a ghost job listing with extremely bloated requirements to scare off the ones who actually want to apply.2) "Government saar, we are not able to finding good candidates, please do the needful and allow us to hire good talent from Pooloo Pradesh".Rinse and repeat.
>>219200141It’s a pretty insane story how retarded he got though, he was off his rocker like a dementia patient for the better part of a year. Jussayne
>>219200588the show had some bad luck with its actors
hello is your refrigerator running, my name is Mike Cunt
>>219199716
MEAN JERK TIME
>>219200896https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LpRh6HQrtQ
they are not my guys>what? but they’re always here, then who are they?friends, of friends
>>219199841They jumped the shark in the final season with Jared gags when they revealed his birth family. It was just too stupid. Same with Big Head's gradual flanderisation.
>>219201303Big head might’ve just had early onset Alzheimer’s
>>219200028>tech girliesRed pill me on this
>>219201930
>show has zero hot women>it’s still kinoGenuinely impressive
>>219201982Rude
>>219195708hated Chair Company, there's like two funny good laughs in the whole show
>>219186749I don't remember anything except the ten minutes discussion on jerking off other men
>>219199841this guy plays the same-ish character in everything he is in but I love it
>>219199841
>>219189684>All my life my mutha was telling me to be more like Lloyd Braun >And in the end Lloyd Braun became more like you
>>219186700too many jews. SV is mostly indians and east asians
>>219203130>Sins of the Father plays
Hey thread.Not per user. Per USE.
>>219189868I had a practice girlfriend once but she was the only gf I ever had and we did reverse cowgirl once and it was one of the least attractive things I have ever seen in my life.
>>219203130>too many jewsgoogle, meta, oracle, intel, openai, anthropic...sv is jewish at its core, but with asian slaves
>>219186700>What makes it so comfyIt was based in the real life experiences of the author, parodying real people.>Peter GregoryPaul Graham>Gavin BelsonLarry Ellison if he was in charge of google>Russ HannemanMark Cuban>Jack BarkerSteve Ballmer
>>219204357this>>219202336this>>219201029this>>219200782this guy fucks>aloha means hello oh yeah, also goodbye
>>219204076An unlawful use of my likeness
>>219195708First season of gemstones had a lot of good laughs in it
>>219201948Why do they all wear the pointy-toed high heels?
>>219186700Last great sitcom tbqh
>>219200123Empathy is dead so people don't care about TJ miller's suffering.
>>219195992Interesting /tv/ fact. Gilfoyle's girlfriend in Silicon Valley was 27yo Milana Vayntrub. This girl aged like wine.
>>219186700the bay area early 2010s tech scene is really comfy
>>219195708>most anons flat out refuses to give it a chance whatsoever and base their opinion on it from assumptions rather than seeing itWildly uncommon behavior on this board, hard to believe such a thing happen at all, and yet...
>>219205234After Elon bought Twatter, he went hard on the 996 bug schedule.Other companies followed suit.Now the Silicon Valley dream is dead.
>>219205354You mean he showed the other companies that you don't need 5 people doing 1 persons job?
>>219205234Why do you feel like that
The world would be a much better place if Silicon Valley and everyone who worked it in was wiped out by a nuclear weapon. If every tech company and tech worker vaporized
Mike Judge is talented. He has a knack for this. As a software dev it's remarkably on point. The characters are all enjoyable in their own ways, honestly it's Richard who is the least comfy as the show drags on and you just wish he disappeared for a while.
>>219205354>Now the Silicon Valley dream is dead.You mean the "dream" where women and minorishits were hired in mass who literally did nothing except attend meetings and eat all day? And were paid 6 figures to do so?
>>219206850Uh huh, right, because all the white male nerds in Silicon Valley were doing so much important stuff that is so important for society and totally weren’t doing the same shit that browns and holes do. Kill yourself faggot
>>219206770>as a software dev Kill your self
>>219201303Jared's family was great at contextualizing his character as to why he's so fucked up inside.
>>219201948Accurate
Can someone tell me if there’s a more insufferable industry than tech? An industry filled with more insufferable reprehensible people? If there is I honestly cannot imagine it. These are the lowest scum
>>219207283Consultants? Marketing?
>>219207526They are bad but I do t think there’s a group that is up their own ass about how important and rich they are while providing very little actual value to the world moreso than tech faggots
>>219207622Oh, there is one group that can rival them. Journalists. They legitimately believe they are freedom fighters and a vital cornerstone in a “free” society when in reality they are the arm of the totalitarian state.So in terms of being up their own ass for importance when it couldn’t be further from the truth. I guess only difference is journalists don’t make much money compared to tech
>>219188849It's funny that he got famous from playing a role that is an insecure tryhard loser and then actually behaves like that in real life too
>>219207944Typecasting is a thing for a reason
>>219207944the reality is most actors don't truly act, they just play themselves
>>219189070Sunday nights on HBO in the mid-2010s: prime Game of Thrones -> Silicon Valley -> VEEPWhat a time to be alive. Best two hours of the week.
>>219207622>very little actual valueBeing able to say this in 2026 is honestly hilarious, most of our world runs on various kinds of tech. Also tech is a ''field'' that comprises all levels of workers, the obnoxious tech bro is like 0.001 percent of individuals. The average tech worker does his job without interacting with anyone outside his team except if he is a team lead or something, doesn't even make big bucks outside of the USA.
>>219207679I always thought the /pol/esque journalist stereotype was mostly propaganda until I was at a party in college and tried to schmooze a journalism major by gently ribbing her around about “fake news” (as was the style at the time) and she got deadpan sober and tore me a new one
>>219208190Don’t look in Michael Emmerson’s meat freezer
>>219199841YOU THINK IM AFRAID TO CATCH A CASE ON SOME BULLSHIT?
>>219208190>>219208331Especially for shows with a lot of episodes - acting like someone else takes a lot more effort than playing yourself and people end up just playing themselves. If ever a character starts of one way and seems to act differently later on it's usually their true self coming out more, it's kind of fascinating.
>>219205234Not even just in Silicon Valley. I have a friend in the tech scene in Toronto. The stories he tells me about the 2015-2019 era when VC cash was flying around are insane.
>>219208736TJ Miller looks like he wasn't acting
I stopped watching after S3 or S4, but Russ Hanneman used to crack me the fuck up. I also liked the guy from Groundhog Day with his diagram of success
>>219208517Sunday, June 1, 2014>Game of Thrones season 4 episode 8 "The Mountain and the Viper" >Silicon Valley season 1 episode 8 "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency">Veep season 3 episode 8 "Debate"Potentially one of the best nights of TV ever. Back-to-back-to-back, all on the same channel.
>>219208838How is that “comfy”
>>219208947>WEHAVETOGOBACK.gif
>>219205354>silicon valley only got bad in 2024You stupid, stupid fuck
>>219208866that's because he plays himself in everything he's in
How the hell would Pipernet even work in reality. Like say somehow the governments of the world didn’t shut it down before launch. How do you stop cute and funny posting?
>>219208546>lol most of the world runs of tech, how can you say it does nothing for societyAnd yet the world and society is nearly the worst it’s ever been, which most people attribute to how tech has ruined society. Interesting how that works isn’t it
>>219209635>the world and society is nearly the worst it’s ever beenit just feels that way
>>219209792Ranking of what?
>>219209836>realized I grabbed an unlabeled chartarinoHappiness indexhttps://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/happiness/
>>219206210He showed that 1 (extremely autistic) person could do 5 people's jobs, and that this should be the norm everywhere.
>>219209480I remember watching a video about SV from 2020, and the work culture was still alright.When would you say it went to shit?
>>219209888Excellent Ceefax trips. Wasn’t there a correlation between that and antidepressants?
>>219188861>I know it's called acting but I love when a terrible human (the guy from breaking bad that beat man to death) is irl a big sweetheart.Yeah, he actually asked to be killed off because playing such an evil made him feel bad.
>>219208573Lmao yeah they truly do love to huff their own farts
>>219210004Im sure there was, but then that would make sense. It’s not exactly an original theory but in terms of causation surely picre is the most salient factor. >inb4 ban for off-topic
>>219186749his special was anti comedy but in this show he has a few really funny lines
>>219186700I used to like it until every single AI related thing started using the same clip with Richard freaking out about Son of Anton deleting the codebase
>>219211113What on earth are you even talking about
>>219211174https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0b_D2JgZgYThis clip, it's everywhere, medium articles, keynotes, LinkedIn postsUsually followed with "Silicon Valley was ahead of its time" or "Here's what can happen to YOU"
>>219211174Holy shit I actually was able to solve the April fools captcha to make that post, I didn’t think it actually worked and was just a goof that would fail no matter what you typed in (it was Griffith from Berserk). To be fair I haven’t really messed around with it too much but that’s interesting seeing as every other time it failed since I didn’t know who it was because I don’t into a lot of anime
>>219211282You let some random ass viral social media slop posts ruin an entire show for you? Embarrassing, dude.
>>219199716Yes, but Pete Monahan is very close to Ron. Not Russ tho, that fucker stole every fucking scene. Also loved him playing the german foosball nazi in Community
>>219211386I didn't say ruined, I just like it less now
>>219208190>>219208331You mean Ryan Reynolds is really like that?
>>219188456Such as?
>>219211463>I said I used to like it, meaning I no longer like it>I didn’t say ruinedOh come the fuck on. Okay.
>>219211531Something about not only the facial expression in this image but the framing, the zoom, the resolution all put together makes me have a visceral reaction. It’s very uncomfortable to look at for more than a second or two which is why I’m going to save it to use later if you don’t mind
>>219211729Why are you so invested in my opinion on the show?
>>219211885Not him but it's because I think you're cute ;)
>>219211885come on, we're all friends here
>>219186700didn't bother with the final season, read the synopsis after dropping it and glad I did. It was good up to a point.Now that the A.I. vibecoding has hit mainstream, I find it hilarious that actual "developers" are seething saying that A.I. code is spaghetti tier, meanwhile most startups have monolith files that need to be refactored before becoming a scaleup or even enterprise level and never do. Pure cope.
>>219190050Russ' Ukrainian girlfriend thought soThis show was great and is actually the point where you can see comedies die. A common complaint was that the main story was repetitive, which is just completely retarded especially since the show is about borderline misfits slowly building a billion dollar company and it was somehow not easy.
Martin Starr > Jin Yang > Gay Bastard > Richard > Whipit Emoji Guy > Indian
>>219211885I don’t give a shit about your opinion, I was just calling you a fag for splitting hairs over semantics after saying some gay shit about how you let a forced meme make you “like the show less” lol
