If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

Re:If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon V... by StavrosK on Monday November 19, 2018 @07:29PM (#18490933)

I used to like BBT, but lately it has devolved into the characters just being mean to each other all the time. You are spot on with your comment, too.

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Re:If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon V... by ethbro on Monday November 19, 2018 @10:17PM (#18491591)

The quip that made me "Hmm" on BBT was "How often are you laughing with the characters? And how often are you laughing at them?"

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Re:If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon V... by dnautics on Monday November 19, 2018 @11:16PM (#18491754)

Oh there's other problems too, real needs (really, real people) would say "it's cold as hoth out there", on BBT they would say "it's cold as hoth, the ice planet from star wars", which tells you who the real audience is

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Re:If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon V... by coldtea on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @03:27AM (#18492529)

You could laugh at the characters and the show still be good (if the characters deserve to be laughed at). The important thing is the quality of the joke.

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Re:If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon V... by ethbro on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:46PM (#18495790)

You could, but to me it's the difference between "laughing at funny nerds" and "laughing at nerds."

The latter just feels cheap.

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