Technology Loop - Portlandia on IFC

[abfabhippy]

I was laughing my ass off so hard when I was watching this because I am like this and my husband gets sooooo pissed off, ha ha.

[Recluse253]

If something isn't funny,you can pretend it's art. Put a bird on it.

[jahmbo]

I think if you don't find that funny, maybe you're too close to that reality. Otherwise, it's pretty hilarious.

[msa1985]

just not funny at all.

[CaseyDrummer]

@msa1985

Not funny, but completley true. So it works, people are in such a daze with all their computer crap. Its scary.

[davidbenjeman]

i'm watching this on my computer with two phones and a tablet next to me

[franktaveras]

CREEPY!!

[sickparkourdude]

does my mind fi come with a umove????

[GoddessActuality]

Am I the only one here who never seen this shows but watches all clips?

[thugly921]

@GoddessActuality yup, it's on tonight

[tennisiswonderful]

yes!

[Sacramento916ers]

WICKEDLY TRUE

[AnimalCorrective]

Does anyone else think this is derived from a helping someone in a bad trip kinda thing? Having helped and been helped on quite a few of bad trips, this seemed uncannily similar to that vibe.

Caught up in loops.

[jancoman]

@AnimalCorrective

I totally agree with you - however I think that everybody is caught in loops in their lives, and sometimes it takes psychedelic intervention to realize it.

[AnimalCorrective]

@jancoman Yeah, that's a much more accurate description.

[AnimalCorrective]

@jancoman Though, I was thinking too of the psychedelic jerkiness to his speech, as if his whole experience is directing the entirety of his body. The way he says "Help me" sounds seriously crazy. I just associated it with some shit.

[portyhead]

@AnimalCorrective I'd watched this segment a couple of times and didn't understand it til I smoked out. It is creepy and I see what you're saying about trying to come down off a trip. There are parallels, but I think the segment speaks more strictly to technology and how so many people are wired in constantly (like myself) the irony is that Carrie tries to save him by replacing physical technology with "mind-fi" which defeats the purpose of aborting technology

[AnimalCorrective]

@portyhead yeah, i wasn't trying to say that it was directly inspired by drugs. and, as someone else said, the loops aren't the drugs -- they're the ego. so, this is representative purely of a technology (literally, like iPads, tumblers, netflixes) loop. i agree. nevertheless, technology loops are ego loops. i was implying with my statement 'n such that this was like a representation of an ego loop revealed by LSD. why quibble with it? we're talking about the same fucking thing.

[portyhead]

@AnimalCorrective ummmmm, why are you so defensive? I didn't say anything to give offense, at least that wasn't my intention. I was simply sharing my experience and giving my interpretation.

[AnimalCorrective]

@portyhead sry was doing coke and bars and drinking whiskey yesterday, it made me an asshole and i totally misunderstood what you were saying.

[wvboarder2005]

very acid-ey lol

[deathbypowerglove]

Its comical how spot on this show is. And kinda scary/pathetic how technology has us all under the same kinda spell

[HerbalJah]

@deathbypowerglove yes we plan on sending alpha brain wave enhancers threw the pixxel XXST program and totally mind-fracking you all

[oneway3]

DVD at home - Echo Echo Live at the Duce (three and a half stars) Fred's Queue - Finding Mr. Write (Writer's Block Edition) Batty Batterson and Friends Vol. 1 Batty Batterson and Friends Vol. 2 Batty Batterson and Friends Vol. 3 Chad's Journal The Box Returns Sparkel Pony: The Videos Daniel's Choice Jugglers IV Hichiro 3D Swordfish The Apple Ginger Gang Without a Drive That's Our Lunch Dream of the 90's Bed Bong Hichiro's Dance 3D Portlandia Season 1

[oneway3]

Doug TV.

[iamwesleyfrazier]

The Matrix has you...

[stainglassfox]

lol, i bet Puffington Post actually pays it's contributors....

[Kriskazam]

Whoa this is actually pretty deep

[DrChalkwithering]

Good old PuffHo

[TheHouseOffice]

Lol Netflix brand name: Movies In The Mail.

xD

[danjski]

Anyone else feel a very strong urge whilst watching to check their iPhone cos of all the noises in this?

[roymarth12]

its soooo meta hahaha

[HeavyMellowPro]

hahahah @:21 they're all porn videos.

[cristianishere]

Umm, this is me. And I need help, seriously. Oooh, I should tweet that.

[hckia]

This totally describes my day.

[earthwormjah]

Yeah, I totally hate technology, I'm just into nature, hiking and eating organic.......oh wait, I'm watching this on youtube. D'oh!

[gaabib]

I totally did not want to like this show, my beloved homeland is NOT subject to ridicule!!! but, DAMN, this is funny! And I reluctantly admit that I myself am guilty of some of these stereotypes. Totally right on on this one and the dog tied to the stripper pole and the local chicken and the vegan bacon burger (my boyfriend and I are vegetarians, except for the bacon...) and so many others, especially our aggressive passive aggressiveness. Against my will, I love this show.

[2Legit2Acquit]

Check out what is on the Tv's DVR at 0:29

[DrChalkwithering]

@2Legit2Acquit 'Soccer Cousins' and 'Juggling World' were the two that jumped out at me.

[veedoubleyou]

beck likes this

[MultiKippy]

@veedoubleyou where did you get beck from?

[thecastman97]

i want freds tumblr!

[bretrosexual]

ohmigawd i'm in a technology loop right now and didn't even realize it, damn. i need mind-fi

[greenscreeningthings]

Oh god! I'm just like this!! And guess where I'm from....

[EdgarsKun]

One more reminder as to why leave Boston...

[tasteycornbread]

HAHAHA! THIS $#*T IS TOO FUNNY! >_<

[NeckBearProductions]

If you like Portlandia check out the Neck Bear videos. Newest one: Leverage! You'll love it!

[zOMGLaserGunzPewPew]

Does the sound at 0:09 disturb anyone else. It makes me extremely on edge, it sort of sounds like the beginning of my alarm clock.

[aha45]

I don't get it, are these the same feminist bookstore owners? Why are they dressed differently?

[zOMGLaserGunzPewPew]

@aha45 Yes, it's a skit show, they act as different characters for different skits.

[aha45]

@zOMGLaserGunzPewPew

Gotcha

[kyuubikid009]

@aha45

It's a sketch comedy show. Like Mad TV where they play different characters

[oldskooldoritos]

oh, man i almost shat my pants. THAT FACE.

[StuMcKoo]

"That's you before computers, the internet, and iPads, and YouTube, and Tumblr, and your fantasy baseball league and your Netflix queue..."

"Which I have to watch..."

[abb100bb]

Aint it the sad truth! Too many of us are stuck in technology loop :z. Time for me to go outside and jog or get some exercise.

[TheGtagtr]

@abb100bb i know..maybe someday i'll actually talk to somebody in person, lol.

[peekaboots01]

Wasn't he on SNL?

[diva1675]

I never have time to watch my Netflix movies, so why do i keep adding things to my que?

[bamboneski]

PUT A BIRD ON IT

[minoritymex72]

Oh god, this happens to me all the time. It's happening to me right now, I'm just watching all these Portlandia clips, then I'll check my texts, then I'll check facebook, then I'll check every other website I frequent.

[gregretro]

I'm addicted to this show like a junkie feeming for a fix.... Agggggghhhhhhh!

[kekke2000]

This is iLife :)

[shankedbyfrank555]

Texts at 0:27 lol: The Mayor Did you call Dave yet? Carrie Brownstein I'm doing dishes later Stuart Hide and seek? Dave Animator QUIT CALLING... Jennifer Come to the... Doug Lussenhop Are you coming to the after party?

[shellylovelace]

wasnt carrie a drummer in bratmobile? i totally remember her spending the night at my fancy hotel in Atlanta and she couldnt tell the rest of her band that she was hanging with someone on a major label, good for her for selling out Carrie!

[ALK82]

@shellylovelace

Carrie was a guitarist and co-founder of the great and sorely-missed band Sleater-Kinney. She is now the frontwoman for a new band called Wild Flag and it's also awesome.

[tozil]

i so want mind-fi ^^!!!

[maxwellchandler]

Looks like some Doug Lussenhop editing at the end? yes?

[cptnwilliamread]

i get trapped in a technology loop when I cant shut off my grinder to answer a text message

[eurikuti]

LOLOLOLOL "tumblr"

[s4ujcd]

Mind-Fi is OVER!

[Daltonjabs]

the 8 people that disliked r stuck in a technology loop and their mind-fi crashed

[smartverity]

I so know this feeling of getting stuck in a loop.

[balloonsnsunshine]

try MIND FUCK.

[Hotpockets311]

dude, carrie is cute i duno what it is about her.

[frikitariqi]

i kept thinking i was getting IM'ed on my macbook....thumbs up if you thought the same

[NatShoeAchoo]

My Computor froze when he rolled his eyes. . Scared the crap out of me. . :'-S

[guitardude499]

lol i'm in a technology loop right now :)

[BallyLoud]

Am I the only one who expect Carrie to get a hammer and smash the iPad/computer when she went behind the door and grabbed the photo instead?

[evelsteev]

@BallyLoud yes, you're the only one.

[ryanjzeig]

HALP

[brrrklyn]

I've been meaning to watch this, but my cell kept ringing and I had to update my youtube queue.

[omgfiercelawl]

Movies in the Mail, hahah.

[pirategodess18]

Cussing Tumblr and it's poser high school hipsters rebloging all day like the yuppie zombies they are.

[MordaciousFilms]

Oh my do I feel like this most of the time. I can't bring myself away from technology for more than a few minutes!

[oneradlion]

"Look how happy you look"

[pmsfo]

Enjoy the transcript along with the video. I typed it up while I was watching a DVD from Netflix, checking e-mail and sending texts. Oh and doing a software update.

[pmsfo]

Carrie: "Oh, please put it down."

Fred: "...make my FaceBook update."

Carrie: "Fred, wait please please."

Fred: "Tumblr"

Carrie: "Fred, wait, please. You know what's happening, right? You're just spiraling; you're out of control."

Fred: "Yeah,..."

Carrie: "No, there's too many things going on, but---"

Fred: "I gotta check my texts!"

Carrie: "You're out, right?"

Fred: "(Whispering) Help me, please. Please help me. Please help me out."

[bbasketballstr11]

@pmsfo holy shit. I hate when ppl repeat what happend in the video. WE ALL FUCKIN WATCHED IT! We don't need it repeated to us. DAMN!

[pmsfo]

@bbasketballstr11 I simply wanted the students at the school I teach at (The Deaf Academy for the Poor Wretched Orphaned Refugees) to be able to enjoy this video, too. Watching videos on YouTube is the only light in their sad existence. On behalf of myself and the poor deaf wretched orphaned refugees, we are truly sorry for any inconvenience we might have caused you.

[bbasketballstr11]

@pmsfo Oh, I'm so sorry. No need for you to apologize, I just misunderstood

[pmsfo]

Carrie: "AHHH!"

Fred: "Will you help me?"

Carrie: "Yes."

Fred: "Please help me. Help. One more text and I think that should work (Carrie, please help.) Checking e-mail. Checking my faxes."

Carrie: "Fred."

Fred: "(Looking at a picture) What is this?"

Carrie: "Fred, that's you in high school. That's you before computers, the internet, and iPads, and YouTube and Tumblr. Before your fantasy baseball league and your NetFlix queue."

Fred: "Which I have to watch."

[pmsfo]

Carrie: "No! ...how happy you look. You're in a technology loop. "

Fred: "OK, what should we do?"

Computer Voice: "Welcome to Mind-Fi."

Fred: "Carrie, what's that?"

Carrie: "It's Mind-Fi. I just installed it. It's like Wi-Fi, but for thoughts. Now you can let go of all your electronic devices and and just be free in your mind."

[pmsfo]

Fred: "Cool, how does it work?"

Woman's voice: "Hey, have you ever wondered what the hottest celebs are up to? Just think keyword 'gossip'..."

Carrie: "No."

Woman's voice: "...to get the latest celebrity buzz."

Fred: "I'm going to think about that."

Carrie: "Do not think about that, Fred."

Woman's voice: "Now transferring to..."

(Fred's eyes roll back.)

Carrie: "Fred? Fred?"

(Evil laughter.)

[Cakerolled]

We need to send in Spiro Agnew to kill all these people.

[joelaverhagen]

I got suuuuper freaked out when his eyes rolled back into his head...

[Daltonjabs]

@joelaverhagen i thought that was kind of funny

[scoskitz]

Mindlock!

[KimiTazi]

lol ooh im gonna think about that



[ARRASER]

AWEEESOME. i'm like in that everyday.

[fujilives]

@ARRASER it's like it never ends.  Help.