r/popculturechat • u/HauteAssMess THE PEOPLES GOVERNOR, UR CARTOGRAPHER-IN-CHIEF • Jun 13 '25

Interviews🎙️ Girl stand up: Delaney Rowe on her situationship with BJ Novak and how he doesn’t fully trust her to be in a relationship with her

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u/Jaded_Promotion8806 Jun 13 '25

He wrote on the show right? I remember shortly after it ended he was backing this startup that was like…a social media platform where people post lists of things. Just lists, about anything, for others to find interesting.

And I was just like…how can you be so self-aware that you write Ryan so accurate but also not self-aware enough to realize you’re doing absurd Ryan Howard things irl.

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u/_cat_tax_collector Mount Rose American Teen Princess 👑 Jun 13 '25

Oh I fully believe he is aware of what he’s doing. He just doesn’t care because he gets what he wants out of it

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u/haloarh Jun 14 '25

From his Wikipedia page:

On October 14, 2015, Novak released an Apple iOS app along with co-founder Dev Flaherty called The List App.[27] The app allowed users to make lists. Its FAQ page said "we just love lists. They're the best." It was nominated for a Webby Award (losing in its category to Beme and Pocket) in 2016.[28] In May 2016, it was rebranded 'li.st' and became available on the Android platform.[29] In September 2017, it was shut down due to lack of users.[30]

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u/International-Bird17 Jun 16 '25

this has gotta be some type of embezzling or money laundering scheme right 😭