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Grandmas Boy - JP's office

PaaskehareCited 3× on HN, 2011-2018
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414K views · 15 years ago · comedy · evergreen

A short clip from the film Grandma's Boy showing JP's cluttered, reclined office setup, with a song playing in the background. It is a comedic movie scene rather than an instructional video.

HN uses it as a joke reference in desk setup and workspace threads, and as an example of an appealing reclined desk with eye-level monitors.

Film & TV clips#grandma'sboy#office#movieclip#workspace#ergonomics

3 comments from Hacker News

@jadoint2018 · in “For back pain, the subtle moves of the Feldenkrais Method can help some people”

To start with, this won't work for everyone mostly because not everyone works from home like I do. I used to have this constant, nagging lower back pain when I used to sit at a desk working an office job. It wasn't the sort of back pain where you've pulled a muscle after a botched deadlift or you just twisted the wrong way picking up a sock off the floor, but it was the sort of pain where it just felt like there was a warm knot in your lower back that was not-quite-painful but incredibly uncomfortable. Hard to explain. It was hard to sit still and I had to change sitting positions after every 5-10 minutes which made it difficult to actually focus on work. I strengthened my core and tried various stretches but it never went away. This went on for years until I started working from home. I figured, instead of trying to find the perfect way to sit, why sit at all? Maybe humans weren't built to sit for long periods of time but I sure don't have problems lying down! I got myself a laptop stand, started working while lying down, and I've never had lower back issues since. I wouldn't mind having JP's set up in Grandma's Boy either actually ( ▶ this video ). Monitors at eye level to eliminate neck strain, seat all the way reclined to relieve lower back pressure, and keyboard at just the right height. Perfect.

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@GigabyteCoin2014 · in “Show HN: My Desk Chair”

Your basically just described a scene featuring Joel David Moore (as JP) in Grandma's Boy: ▶ this video I still think of that setup years after having seen the movie.

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@dandelany2011 · in “Tom Preston-Werner Uses This”

At one focus is suspended a huge, omnidirectional, ten thousand Watt speaker system. At the other focus lies an elaborate, 21 screen wrap-around display connected to a Mac Pro cluster. In this dream, I am seated in a comfortable recline at the computer station while thundering trance emanates from the sound system and is parabolically focused upon my exact location. Ah, so basically the traditional "Grandma's Boy" setup[0]. Yes, I think a lot of us share that dream. The more monitors, the better. ▶ this video

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