In the season three premiere of HBO’s Silicon Valley, former Pied Piper CEO Richard Hendricks finds himself courted by a mustache app. The recruiters from the tech startup — which is called Flutterbeam — want him for a secret project focused on 3D-holographic facial hair you can don during live-video chats. It’s a perfect encapsulation of the show’s humor — virtual facial hair is funny, sure; but it's even funnier because someone out there is likely working on it right this very minute (and they probably work for Snapchat.)
As the not-so-unrealistic show enters its third season, it’s embracing the tech industry’s absurdity more so than ever before. Now, Silicon Valley the series isn’t so much making fun of the real Silicon Valley as it...
via The Verge
