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

Brettski8890 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
454K views · comedy · evergreen · Uploaded 2015-05-31

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.

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

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5 comments from Hacker News

@Aqueous2015 · in “Tesla Beats Delivery Forecast with 52% Quarterly Surge”

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

@biztos2021 · in “TikTok Remix Culture”

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]

@biztos2021 · in “Whatever happened to Flickr?”

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]

@Brajeshwar2022 · in “Tech booms fuelled liveability busts in Silicon Valley and Bengaluru”

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]

@atmosx2025 · in “Ask HN: Small Ideas vs. Big Ideas?”

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