{"id":37998,"date":"2026-03-22T16:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=37998"},"modified":"2026-03-22T12:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:12:22","slug":"jokes-at-silicon-valley-levels-of-humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/jokes-at-silicon-valley-levels-of-humor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokes at Silicon Valley Levels of Humor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image0.png\" src=\"blob:applewebdata:\/\/b6bac976-44ae-4d01-b101-695133ede836\/65186a1c-15be-4d57-b3f0-2a1ce57330ca\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image1.png\" src=\"blob:applewebdata:\/\/b6bac976-44ae-4d01-b101-695133ede836\/016c3286-b658-44d9-b8a2-6f9ce1917575\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shiri_shh\/status\/2035644582940348534?s=43\">https:\/\/x.com\/shiri_shh\/status\/2035644582940348534?s=43<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image2.png\" src=\"blob:applewebdata:\/\/b6bac976-44ae-4d01-b101-695133ede836\/a6978d6e-668a-4398-a803-8417230c1e6c\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image3.png\" src=\"blob:applewebdata:\/\/b6bac976-44ae-4d01-b101-695133ede836\/c07751cc-3b83-49bf-bb09-b9d02872c0b8\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; This post satirizes Halter, a New Zealand agtech startup raising $2B from Peter Thiel&#8217;s Founders Fund for solar-powered cow collars that enable virtual fencing and health tracking on 700k<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image4.jpeg\" src=\"blob:applewebdata:\/\/b6bac976-44ae-4d01-b101-695133ede836\/9378f2a8-7741-4c42-9d65-2959eefb1b5b\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"> animals, by reimagining the tech for monitoring a16z VC associates&#8217; activities like token burns and investments.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image5.jpeg\" src=\"blob:applewebdata:\/\/b6bac976-44ae-4d01-b101-695133ede836\/20c968d0-8097-4948-8f8a-36342665f9d5\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; The parody critiques VC firm dynamics, exaggerating surveillance and &#8220;agentic&#8221; management under Marc Andreessen, with the collar beeping to enforce thesis boundaries, echoing Halter&#8217;s app-based herding but for human &#8220;herds&#8221; in tech hubs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; Accompanying image edits Halter branding onto photos of diverse a16z associates wearing collars in San Francisco, overlaid with &#8220;the associates have now rotated out of web3,&#8221; poking fun at rapid sector pivots in venture capital.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 17pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Chapter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/credistick\/status\/2035686081643917430?s=43\">https:\/\/x.com\/credistick\/status\/2035686081643917430?s=43<\/a><\/div>\n<p><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 17pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Chapter 1 to Chapter 14\u2019s an \u201cEaster Egg\u201d at&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 17pt;\">#ch1 to #ch14. Including #ch2 which\u2019s chapter 2 at my house in Napa California<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">On 09-09-39, &#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221; debuts at 300 w 44th St at New York Fashion Week&#8217;s front row<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QXIaNZi3mHQ<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>What A Super Model Can Teach a Harvard MBA About Credit&nbsp;<span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\/what-a-super-model-can-teach-a-harvard-mba-about-credit\">www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\/what-a-super-model-can-teach-a-harvard-mba-about-credit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>American Express hosts me mentoring you about FICO scores at New York Fashion Week<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/inxTmZAj\">t.co\/inxTmZAj<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>My video boils down 20,000 hours and moves you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve&nbsp;<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE<\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 17pt;\">***********<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><span dir=\"ltr\">Steve Jobs Texted me on 650-283-8008 in the same way that Mr Jobs called Bill Hewlett&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/superSaiyanSkai\/status\/1941392367304761636\/video\/1\">https:\/\/x.com\/superSaiyanSkai\/status\/1941392367304761636\/video\/1<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/p>\n<div><span dir=\"ltr\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span dir=\"ltr\">Larry Chiang<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Fund of Founders<\/div>\n<div>Founding Stanford EIR<\/div>\n<div>@duck9 alum, Deeply Understood Capital Credit Chinese Knowledge 9<\/div>\n<div>Solo Founder Uber API<\/div>\n<div>650-566-9600 Office<\/div>\n<div>650-566-9696 Direct<\/div>\n<div>Cell: 415-720-8500&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">650-283-8008 (cell)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Editor of the widely syndicated &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach at School&#8221;<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\">whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CNN Video Channel:&nbsp;<span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\">ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read my last 10 X posts at&nbsp;<span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.X.com\/LarryChiang\">www.X.com\/LarryChiang<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Author of #WTDTYASBS a NY Times Bestseller released 09-09-09 at #NYFW on a runway under the tents<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\">whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\">www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>52 Cards. 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