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Grandmas Boy - JP's office

Paaskehare
Comedy
YouTube
Cited on HN 3 times, 2011–2018, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

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.

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.

“I wouldn't mind having JP's set up in Grandma's Boy either actually” (HN, 2018)

1 citations · 2 jokes · Comedy

3 Hacker News comments

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@jadoint Oct 2018 Cites it
on HN thread For back pain, the subtle moves of the Feldenkrais Method can help some people
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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.
Movie desk setup with reclined seat and eye-level monitors
@dandelany May 2011 Makes a joke
on HN thread 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]
@GigabyteCoin Mar 2014 Makes a joke
on HN thread 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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