“if Elon didn't insist on those doors, I'd be stuck with a fucking car whose doors open like this”
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Besides, if Elon didn't insist on those doors, I'd be stuck with a fucking car whose doors open like this: this video
Russ Hanneman "I have doors that open like this, Not like This!!" Silicon Valley S2
455K views · May 31, 2015 · 1:45 · 0 HN recommenders · 5 mentions · discussed 2015–2025
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 Hacker News points people here: Used purely as a joke reference when gull-wing doors or tech-money excess come up.
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“they're all driving McLarens with doors that open like this!”
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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! this video
“leaving Mr Butterfield a few dollars shy of gull-wing doors[3].”
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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]: this video
“The Gull-Wing Cars. Russ Hanneman in Silicon Valley. This should give you an idea”
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Sorry for extremely vague but wanted it that way. The Gull-Wing Cars. Russ Hanneman in Silicon Valley. This should give you an idea this video
“The great American philosopher Russ Hanneman comes into mind”
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> [...] what "a very good life" looks like [...] The great American philosopher Russ Hanneman comes into mind: this video