In the preview for next week's episode of HBO's "Silicon Valley," the hapless Jared notes that series arch villain Gavin Belson, the CEO of Google stand-in Hooli, is so mean, he once "tossed a sloth down a flight of stairs."
"He said it was an accident, but he had this look in his eyes," says Jared.
This is a deep cut, even for Silicon Valley: Way back in 2013, Digg cofounder and True Ventures investor Kevin Rose rescued his dog from a raccoon by chucking the attacker down some stairs. The video went viral on Twitter and Reddit, and eventually spawned this epic GIF of Rose throwing the raccoon down a stairwell in an infinite loop.
Here's the animation:
And the full video:
And the full teaser for next week's "Silicon Valley," for context:
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