Russ Hanneman "I have doors that open like this, Not like This!!" Silicon Valley S2

Brettski889 · 454.2K views · 2015-05-31 · 1:45

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Overview

A two-minute clip from HBO's Silicon Valley season 2 in which Russ Hanneman shows off his gull-wing car doors. It is a comedic scene about startup excess.

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Used purely as a joke reference when gull-wing doors or tech-money excess come up.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2015–2025

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Film & TV clips Satire & parody Computing culture (other)

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atmosx · 2025-02 · Joke / meme
> [...] what "a very good life" looks like [...] The great American philosopher Russ Hanneman comes into mind: [VIDEO]
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Brajeshwar · 2022-07 · Joke / meme
Sorry for extremely vague but wanted it that way. The Gull-Wing Cars. Russ Hanneman in Silicon Valley. This should give you an idea [VIDEO]
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biztos · 2021-12 · Joke / meme
I know it's unhealthy, but I harbor a fantasy in which the modest and user-loving folks from SmugMug[0] pivot Flickr into an all-encompassing portal system a la iMode[1] and drive the productivity vampire Slack[2] out of business, ideally leaving Mr Butterfield a few dollars shy of gull-wing doors[3]. [0]: [LINK] [1]: [LINK] [2]: [LINK] [3]: [VIDEO]
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