Who knew that Ray (Alex Karpovsky) was a barista? At Cafe Grumpy? In Greenpoint?!

Revealed in this week’s episode of HBO’s Girls:

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…in which he mocks a mild-mannered galโ€™s โ€œawkwardmarineโ€ sweatshirt, frail eyes hidden behind oversized spectacles, and face-concealing bangs. She quickly crumbles at his mockery-veiled-as-veritas, and suddenly an abrupt throwaway gag tells us more than we bargained for about certain Greenpoint day laborers.

Clip below contains language that’s very PG-13:

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