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

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

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About this video

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.

Why it appears in the archive

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

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From the Hacker News discussion

Aqueous · 2015-07 · joke

Besides, if Elon didn't insist on those doors, I'd be stuck with a fucking car whose doors open like this: [VIDEO]

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biztos · 2021-05 · joke

The car guy (Daniel Mac) is awesome but the answers make me feel like I don't understand how money works. So many people doing things I would not have thought pay as well as software work, and they're all driving McLarens with doors that open like this! [VIDEO]

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biztos · 2021-12 · joke

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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Brajeshwar · 2022-07 · joke

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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atmosx · 2025-02 · joke

> [...] what "a very good life" looks like [...] The great American philosopher Russ Hanneman comes into mind: [VIDEO]

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