Kevin's Small Talk - The Office US
The OfficeCited 6× on HN, 2018-2026
8M views · 10 years ago · comedy · evergreen
A short clip from The Office US in which Kevin decides talking normally wastes time and starts abbreviating all his words and sentences, confusing his coworkers. It is a sitcom scene from Season 8, Episode 2.
Used as a punchline whenever HN threads touch on terse communication, token-saving prompts or verbose writing.
2:29Office Space the Bob's Interview Typical Day
ghostb13
6.8M views • 18 years ago
0:23Office Space - "I Have People Skills!"
MovieReferences
242K views • 14 years ago
1:19What would you say...you do here?
Ryan Olson
3M views • 19 years ago
1:35Office Space (5/5) Movie CLIP - Joanna Quits With Flair (1999) HD
Movieclips
2M views • 11 years ago
1:18I have people Skills Office Space
AMAN SINGH
1.4M views • 13 years ago
1:38Office Space - Printer Scene (UNCENSORED)
RP
6.3M views • 11 years ago
2:41Office Space (1/5) Movie CLIP - Did You Get the Memo? (1999) HD
Movieclips
6M views • 11 years ago
0:34Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
RandyRandom
642K views • 16 years ago
0:14Office Space- PC Load Letter
homefree122
728K views • 15 years ago
2:34Michael Drives Into A Lake - The Office US
The Office
5.5M views • 9 years ago
0:55Office Space - If I had a million dollars
niznj
594K views • 11 years ago
0:07Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
klatica
3.3M views • 16 years ago
2:06Office Space - Printer Scene (Clean Version)
LaserFloyd
1.1M views • 13 years ago
1:34The Wire: Chicken McNuggets
goodcookiedrift
63K views • 18 years ago
0:06Am I so out of touch?
uberplayer
433K views • 12 years ago
4:17Jeeesus WEPT!
The KenMik Edit
1.4M views • 11 years ago
1:41Michael's Pyramid Scheme - The Office US
The Office
13.8M views • 8 years ago
0:07There are dozens of us... DOZENS
Storage1129
875K views • 15 years ago
0:46Parks and Rec - funny jail scene
eldochem
7.7M views • 12 years ago
3:01Moss Introduces Jen To The Internet | The IT Crowd Series 3 Episode 4: The Internet
The IT Crowd
5M views • 17 years ago
6 comments from Hacker News
But will it lose some context, like Kevin’s small talk? ( ▶ this video ) Like "Sea world" or "see the world".
Bad grammar is usually lack of care or education or knowledge. 100% lower case is 100% a choice. Thanks jack dorsey, for letting us know you're that sort of person. At least he refers to himself that way too, although he should sign off with: jack off. Someone needs to have this conversation with him: ▶ this video
On the topic of cost per token, is it accurate to represent a token as, ideally, a composable atomic unit of information. But because we’re (often) using English as the encoding format, it can only be as efficient as English can encode the data. Does this mean that other languages might offer better information density per token? And does this mean that we could invent a language that’s more efficient for these purposes, and something humans (perhaps only those who want a job as a prompt engineer) could be taught? Kevin speak good? ▶ this video
Reminds me of the episode from the Office: "why waste time say lot word when few word do trick" [0] [0] ▶ this video
Is ROI in this case a measure of comprehension? What about the enjoyment and playfulness of metaphor and expressive language - do these have a negative ROI if they aren't sufficiently terse? How far do you take efficiency as a measure of communication quality? Did Kevin have it right when he asks "why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?"[0] [0] ▶ this video
Maybe, but at least it's more or less clear what I mean right away :P A million words conveying one unit of meaning are still more efficient than ten words conveying no meaning. I just thought about that when I saw a youtube comment saying "stolen" in response to a funny joke. I wondered, do they mean they intend to "steal it" because it's a good joke, or did they mean the person who posted the joke stole it from somewhere? Nobody will ever know, at least I for one won't sign in just to ask. I notice that since mobile devices, a lot of "communication" on the web these days is kinda like the "small talk" from Kevin from The Office US. ▶ this video If I hadn't asked what you meant, I and anyone else who read your comment would have had their own interpretation of it. I see a lot of comments like that on HN, where you would have to ask "what do you mean?" because it's totally unclear. A variation is stating something that is factually true but doesn't really refute anything, but the commenter clearly seems to mean something by stating that triviality, but don't say what it is. It's like dog whistles, but not for others to hear, but only the posters themselves know what they mean. Count me out.