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kirrent on June 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley

Good comedy can be a mirror. It reflects reality, makes you laugh, and then makes you think. I think all of those shows you mentioned would lose something if they weren't uncomfortably close to what they're making fun of.

pilsetnieks on June 9, 2016 [–]

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

-- Mark Twain

surreal on June 10, 2016 | [–]

See also "You couldn't make it up."[0]

[0] http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/you-cou...

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