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29 memes roasting Silicon Valley and its tech-bro culture, chosen by a former valley-dweller
29 memes roasting Silicon Valley and its tech-bro culture, chosen by a former valley-dweller
Rebecca AydinSep 6, 2019, 19:13 IST
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Silicon Valley's existence is, at once, an almost-improbable mash-up of contradictions and the obvious twenty-first century step of American innovation.
The absurdity of Silicon Valley necessitates a healthy dose of skepticism, and easily makes it a target of satire.
I lived in Palo Alto for a handful of years, and San Francisco for a stint. My memories now converge as a tableau of farce; so, here are 29 memes roasting Silicon Valley.
In my mind's eye, I see University Avenue in Palo Alto littered with Philz coffee cups, rogue boba pearls, and strewn hover boards. A Stanford undergraduate computer science student weeps into their MacBook as their code loops endlessly. Batman-style doors lift up; a tech exec tumbles out of his Model X car and crawls frantically to the nearest electric charging port. Two VC-bros poke their chopsticks at toro at the Palo Alto Nobu and discuss seed funding the Uber-of-vegan-soft-serve that Elon Musk will, most definitely, franchise on Mars. Mark Zuckerberg peers out from a manhole on the street while Jack Dorsey directs traffic around him and recites his tweets from 2006.
I lived in Palo Alto for a handful of years, and San Francisco for a stint. My memories now converge as a tableau of farce, like the above.
In such a historically fertile incubator - where you can succeed beyond known measure or fail spectacularly - the air is fraught. But actually being stressed is taboo, so techies throw themselves at the pseudo-spiritual in the flashiest way possible. Silicon Valley is also one of the hungriest places - for innovation, success, domination, fame - I've ever lived. And it's also run by bonafide geeks.
Silicon Valley's existence is, at once, an almost-improbable mash-up of contradictions and the obvious twenty-first century step of American innovation. Its absurdity necessitates a healthy dose of skepticism, and heavy satire.
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Here are 29 memes roasting Silicon Valley.
Will Fischer contributed to the meme-harvesting you see below.
Bonus points for drinking Soylent while wearing Allbirds and carrying some light reading on successful unicorns too.
Can’t wait to strap on my North Face vest, lace up my Allbirds, pop open a frosty Soylent, and make sure everybody at the Battery sees me carrying this under my arm as I dismount my scooter. pic.twitter.com/p62CgXktqW
Where every opportunity is a networking opportunity.
Where everybody thinks they're the truffle-sniffing pig of startups.
(But, don't even think about that company turning a profit while it's still private.)
#StartupLife
My tech company has better snacks than yours ...
... but my coworkers leave a lot to be desired.
In Silicon Valley, you graduate from being a nascent-coder bro donning a quirky, retro Patagonia fleece pullover to a full Coder Bro™️ wearing your startup's grey, monogrammed Patagonia vest.
"Patagonia has nothing against your client or the finance industry, it's just not an area they are currently marketing through our co-brand division," a Patagonia reseller wrote to a potential client, according to Buzzfeed News. "While they have co-branded here in the past, the brand is really focused right now on only co-branding with a small collection of like-minded and brand aligned areas; outdoor sports that are relevant to the gear we design, regenerative organic farming, and environmental activism."
Does Market Street have a dress code?
And finally, here's an "Old Town Road" remix about Old County Road in Palo Alto.
I got my internship on Old County Road
I'm gonna try to teach myself to code
I got my vape pen in the back
Juul pod is attached
Screen is matte black
Running Logic on my Mac
In the Apple store
You can sell your Porsche
We live in the Valley, we got Tesla right next door
