Comments on: Boing Boing mention in promo for IFC's Portlandia http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 13:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002263 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002263 I can tell this is fake because in real Portland the cars would stop and the passengers would smile and wave at you when you're jaywalking. I can tell this is fake because in real Portland the cars would stop and the passengers would smile and wave at you when you’re jaywalking.

]]> By: mark zero http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002519 mark zero Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002519 "That is unless it were a city bus instead of a Subaru in which case it would mow you down, crosswalk or not." Or a bicyclist. No kidding. Also, yeah, it wasn't in the Hulu version of the first episode this week. I'm guessing it'll be a later episode. There's only 6? That's not nearly enough to get all the bridges in. :) “That is unless it were a city bus instead of a Subaru in which case it would mow you down, crosswalk or not.”

Or a bicyclist. No kidding.

Also, yeah, it wasn’t in the Hulu version of the first episode this week. I’m guessing it’ll be a later episode. There’s only 6? That’s not nearly enough to get all the bridges in. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1003039 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1003039 Wonder what Carrie Brownstein's saying about Spin behind that Coffee cup. Wonder what Carrie Brownstein’s saying about Spin behind that Coffee cup.

]]> By: rebdav http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1003049 rebdav Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1003049 All the hot girls wear glasses in Portland! Oh how I miss thee PDX I loved the pilot, my wife cringed. I doubt the show will stay on the air for more than a season, too many inside jokes.. "Remember when people were content to be unambitous, sleep to 11, just hang out with their friends; when you had no occupations whatsoever; maybe working a couple of hours a week at a coffee shop." "Right, I thought that died out a long time ago." "Not in Portland. Portland is a city where young people go to retire." "It's like Portland's almost alternative universe. It's like Gore won. The Bush administration never happened. Portland, it's almost like cars don't exist. They ride bikes, double decker bikes. They ride unicycles. They ride the tram. They ride skateboards." All the hot girls wear glasses ... Tattoo ink never runs dry ... Portland, you can put a bird on something and call it art. All the hot girls wear glasses in Portland!
Oh how I miss thee PDX
I loved the pilot, my wife cringed.
I doubt the show will stay on the air for more than a season, too many inside jokes..

“Remember when people were content to be unambitous, sleep to 11, just hang out with their friends; when you had no occupations whatsoever; maybe working a couple of hours a week at a coffee shop.”

“Right, I thought that died out a long time ago.”

“Not in Portland. Portland is a city where young people go to retire.”

“It’s like Portland’s almost alternative universe. It’s like Gore won. The Bush administration never happened. Portland, it’s almost like cars don’t exist. They ride bikes, double decker bikes. They ride unicycles. They ride the tram. They ride skateboards.”

All the hot girls wear glasses … Tattoo ink never runs dry … Portland, you can put a bird on something and call it art.

]]> By: shannigans http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002292 shannigans Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002292 I've been here in Portland for about eight years. A few months ago a friend from college moved up here and I informed her that to fit in in Portland she'll need to find an interest that she takes WAY too seriously and is a bit pretentious about. It could be bikes, food (especially if it's a subset of food), art, sustainability, burning man, wine, locally distilled spirits, etc. This show exaggerates Portland characters, but it is SPOT on the general culture. I’ve been here in Portland for about eight years. A few months ago a friend from college moved up here and I informed her that to fit in in Portland she’ll need to find an interest that she takes WAY too seriously and is a bit pretentious about. It could be bikes, food (especially if it’s a subset of food), art, sustainability, burning man, wine, locally distilled spirits, etc. This show exaggerates Portland characters, but it is SPOT on the general culture.

]]> By: agreatname http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002550 agreatname Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002550 I don't think I like this show at all. I live in Portland and I feel about my town like one feels about a younger sibling. I'm allowed to make fun of it but nobody else is. I don’t think I like this show at all. I live in Portland and I feel about my town like one feels about a younger sibling. I’m allowed to make fun of it but nobody else is.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1003584 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1003584 Let's see paul allen's card... Let’s see paul allen’s card…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1003586 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1003586 Sorry, it fell apart at the end - no car in Portland would have been going fast enough to hurt anyone. Sorry, it fell apart at the end – no car in Portland would have been going fast enough to hurt anyone.

]]> By: Ruben Bolling http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002308 Ruben Bolling Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002308 I sat next to Fred Armisen on the subway a couple of weeks ago. I should have asked him if he read my comic in Boing Boing. But he probably would have said, "I did not like the end of it." I sat next to Fred Armisen on the subway a couple of weeks ago. I should have asked him if he read my comic in Boing Boing.

But he probably would have said, “I did not like the end of it.”

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002313 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002313 I love this show. There is some “improvy” roughness around the edges, but you really never see too many folks poke fun at a lot of the topics they touch on. And the end of this particular sketch is perfect! I love this show. There is some “improvy” roughness around the edges, but you really never see too many folks poke fun at a lot of the topics they touch on.

And the end of this particular sketch is perfect!

]]> By: mexican cheese http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1003874 mexican cheese Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1003874 Time for some serious myth busting. Posts: #7, #14, #20, #22, #24, #32 and most likely many more. Motorists in Portland are just as arrogant as they are in the rest of the world. More than fifty pedestrians have been struck down and killed by motorists in the last couple years. Motorists are too lazy to walk and too stupid to read a Tri-Met schedule. And speaking of too lazy and stupid; if you are going to post on BB can you come up with something that is more clever than anon? And remember it's "Keep Austin Wierd, Keep Portland Beered". Time for some serious myth busting. Posts: #7, #14, #20, #22, #24, #32 and most likely many more. Motorists in Portland are just as arrogant as they are in the rest of the world. More than fifty pedestrians have been struck down and killed by motorists in the last couple years. Motorists are too lazy to walk and too stupid to read a Tri-Met schedule. And speaking of too lazy and stupid; if you are going to post on BB can you come up with something that is more clever than anon? And remember it’s “Keep Austin Wierd, Keep Portland Beered”.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002348 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002348 <I>"an interest that she takes WAY too seriously and is a bit pretentious about"</I> Well, sure, that's why I live in Hillsboro. So much pressure living downtown . . . “an interest that she takes WAY too seriously and is a bit pretentious about”

Well, sure, that’s why I live in Hillsboro. So much pressure living downtown . . .

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002640 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002640 portland's reno 911 - yep, the cars probably would have stopped portland’s reno 911 – yep, the cars probably would have stopped

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002386 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002386 <I>"an interest that she takes WAY too seriously and is a bit pretentious about"</I> Wait a minute . . . last month I made eight batches -- about 30 pounds -- of fudge. Creme de menthe, rocky road (with candied walnuts), and mocha-hazelnut (with, yes, locally grown hazelnuts). I probably spent $200 on ingredients and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/sets/72157625625656612/">obsessively photographed the process</a>. So, yeah, I guess it's catching. “an interest that she takes WAY too seriously and is a bit pretentious about”

Wait a minute . . . last month I made eight batches — about 30 pounds — of fudge. Creme de menthe, rocky road (with candied walnuts), and mocha-hazelnut (with, yes, locally grown hazelnuts). I probably spent $200 on ingredients and obsessively photographed the process.

So, yeah, I guess it’s catching.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1003411 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1003411 Cars would have stopped and got rear-ended by other cars- and Brownstein/Armisen would have been oblivious... Cars would have stopped and got rear-ended by other cars- and Brownstein/Armisen would have been oblivious…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1003414 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1003414 I want to live in Portland. I want to live in Portland.

]]> By: cmaceachen http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002150 cmaceachen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002150 It's already on hulu though that scene isn't in the actual episode. It’s already on hulu though that scene isn’t in the actual episode.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002154 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002154 The first episode was on YouTube for a while yesterday. I was able to watch most of it (up until the end of the Adult Hide and Seek Club sketch) before the video got pulled. (Well, made "private.") It was pretty damn funny. I can't say as I've met many people actually "like that" in Portland, but it is really cool seeing the sketches transpire on recognizably Portland streets and venues. Portland strikes me as <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/sets/72157623801438023/with/4803562867/">more laid back and mellow</A> than weird. The weird is kind of like a symbiotic life form made possible by the mellow. If <I>Portlandia</I> doesn't do something with food carts I'll be deeply disappointed. The first episode was on YouTube for a while yesterday. I was able to watch most of it (up until the end of the Adult Hide and Seek Club sketch) before the video got pulled. (Well, made “private.”)

It was pretty damn funny. I can’t say as I’ve met many people actually “like that” in Portland, but it is really cool seeing the sketches transpire on recognizably Portland streets and venues.

Portland strikes me as more laid back and mellow than weird. The weird is kind of like a symbiotic life form made possible by the mellow.

If Portlandia doesn’t do something with food carts I’ll be deeply disappointed.

]]> By: juicebox http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002414 juicebox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002414 i agree that the end is unreal. the car would have stopped and let them cross unharmed. they they would have been shot by the police. i agree that the end is unreal. the car would have stopped and let them cross unharmed. they they would have been shot by the police.

]]> By: Frentick http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002161 Frentick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002161 Did you read this comment? Did you read this comment?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002678 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002678 IF they were really in Portland and IF they were hipsters, the Eugene Weekly would also be in the list of what was read. And yes, they would not have been run over, maybe tapped but cars are very aware of peds in Portland in that part of town. IF they were really in Portland and IF they were hipsters, the Eugene Weekly would also be in the list of what was read. And yes, they would not have been run over, maybe tapped but cars are very aware of peds in Portland in that part of town.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002168 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002168 Yeah, it's just a promo, I think not culled from an ep. It looks funny, the BB mention aside. I can't wait to watch it. Yeah, it’s just a promo, I think not culled from an ep. It looks funny, the BB mention aside. I can’t wait to watch it.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002171 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002171 I hope this turns out better than "Hello Larry"... I hope this turns out better than “Hello Larry”…

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002948 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002948 Well, it wasn't raw, or even organic, but most of the fudge was made with condensed milk that came from Vietnam or something. Strange cans with an old Asian sage on the label. Well, it wasn’t raw, or even organic, but most of the fudge was made with condensed milk that came from Vietnam or something. Strange cans with an old Asian sage on the label.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002693 Miss Cellania Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002693 Pretty cool that BB got a shout out! Then I watched the rest of the promo and decided this show is altogether annoying. Then I read the comments and since this clip is NOT in the series, maybe it deserves one more chance. Pretty cool that BB got a shout out! Then I watched the rest of the promo and decided this show is altogether annoying. Then I read the comments and since this clip is NOT in the series, maybe it deserves one more chance.

]]> By: Thac0 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002182 Thac0 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002182 I <3 Carrie Brownstein and Portland is awesome! (however a gloomy for someone who's prone to SAD)... this is a must watch for me. I <3 Carrie Brownstein and Portland is awesome! (however a gloomy for someone who’s prone to SAD)… this is a must watch for me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002184 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002184 As a Portlander, I can attest that the ending of this sketch would never happen in our fair <read gloomy> city. Drivers would break about half a block before if there were pedestrians anywhere in site, jaywalking or not. Then they would passive-aggressively wave you on while you passive-aggressively wave them on for five minutes in a seemingly eternal battle for who is the most polite. That is unless it were a city bus instead of a Subaru in which case it would mow you down, crosswalk or not. As a Portlander, I can attest that the ending of this sketch would never happen in our fair city.

Drivers would break about half a block before if there were pedestrians anywhere in site, jaywalking or not.

Then they would passive-aggressively wave you on while you passive-aggressively wave them on for five minutes in a seemingly eternal battle for who is the most polite.

That is unless it were a city bus instead of a Subaru in which case it would mow you down, crosswalk or not.

]]> By: Thac0 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002188 Thac0 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002188 I <3 Carrie Brownstein and Portland is awesome! (however a gloomy for someone who's prone to SAD)... this is a must watch for me. I <3 Carrie Brownstein and Portland is awesome! (however a gloomy for someone who’s prone to SAD)… this is a must watch for me.

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002448 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002448 No No

]]> By: subhan http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/boing-boing-mention.html#comment-1002195 subhan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002195 I live in Portland (12 years now) & watched the first episode while it was up on Hulu. It's very funny, & pretty spot-on satire of Portland hipster culture. That scene with the chicken especially, I've seriously sat at the table in restaurants with people having that conversation nearly word for word with the wait staff. I live in Portland (12 years now) & watched the first episode while it was up on Hulu. It’s very funny, & pretty spot-on satire of Portland hipster culture. That scene with the chicken especially, I’ve seriously sat at the table in restaurants with people having that conversation nearly word for word with the wait staff.

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