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by vellum 5193 days ago
It’s a Bravo Reality show. Of course they’re going to sex it up. Does anyone really think the “Real Housewives” resemble real housewives? If they taped real developers in their natural habitat, it would just be a timelapse of someone sitting in front of a monitor.
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One of her points, stated towards the end, says,

How on earth can Randi Zuckerberg — who knows how one frame of film will be taken as gospel over a thousand books, blog posts, or real interviews — sleep at night?

People are stupid. They are going to assume the Bravo portrayal is an accurate depiction of Silicon Valley, much like how they assumed The Social Network was an accurate depiction of the beginnings of Facebook. She doesn't believe it should be excused because "It's a Bravo reality show."

Most likely somebody needs to compensate for being the "underachiever" in the family.
Exactly. The main export of Hollywood has always been escapism. I don't worry about the opinion of anyone who takes the bile Hollywood spits out as their main source of information on what the world is like.