Mmmm, yes. The path of love. Love conquers all.

Okay. You convinced me. I'll leave Britney alone.

BICYCLE RIGHTS! BICYCLE RIGHTS!!

Portlandina...isn't...funny. I don't care what it's trying or not trying to do, that show just plain sucks. And seeing as it's been picked-up for another season, we get to wait with baited breath for the next round of almost funny bits being beaten to death at locations we claim to recognize, whatever significance that's supposed to have.

Portlandia pisses folks here off because the satire is so spot on. Obviously their zings are hitting a little too close to home for some people.

Keep it up Carrie, I can take it.

distronaut said it. I couldn't care less where the actors are from but I am all for making fun of eccentric, obsessed weirdos -and Portland has plenty of grist for the mill there is no doubt. The problem is Portlandia just does it so... artlessly. I could totally get behind it, if it was just funnier.

Whenever I see the phrase "baited breath" it makes me wonder if you are a fish, recently eating a tasty worm off the hook? If you have "bated breath" it means you are breathing shallowly out of excitement.

Portlandia has funny moments. The characterizations (dumpster divers, aggro bicyclers, the "did you read" folks) are very funny, but sometimes the sketches don't live up to their potential. I keep hoping for more, and in the mean time I'll enjoy seeing the parts that do work, interspersed with the parts that don't.

meh. lame. 0/10.

Hey Merc, why did you print this I, Anonymous instead of the one about the cheating ex who fucked all the Ikea managers? That one was way better.

@bbbbb Agreed, the Ikea manager fucker was a great I, Anon. I think it was too long to print.

it's King of the Hill for the Portland set. i'll tell you what.

Ahhh, back to the bitching & whinning - from a Carrie Brownstein fan this time. Maybe [some] people criticize the damned show b/c, well, just maybe... it sucks? It's not funny? There's apparently no ethnic diversity? Maybe perpetuating negative stero-types ain't cool? I'm sure the list is even longer from folks actually watched an episode or two. Plus, i hear the ratings are in the tank.

Dear Mercury: Let it die already. I know it looks like people are interested because they keep making posts about it; but it's an illusion. Shit was boring over a month ago and counting.

Dear Mercury: If it is spawning this many comments than something is wrong. Please stop printing newspapers and shut down your website.

My dog's barking is annoying me. What should I do?

"My dog's barking is annoying me. What should I do? "

Send in a submission to I, Anonymous. And don't forget to mention 'hipsters', to ensure it gets published.

Regardless of the debate anyone else notice the striking resemblance of Ms. Brownstein to a young Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame?

Check out the old LP covers if you don't believe it.

@lestrum, I was thinking she looked more like John Waters...

I had a pair of hipsters when I was blindly comparing myself to Robert Plant in 75.

Personally, my problem with Portlandia isn't that it's not funny, or that it's too "spot-on" with its jabs at eccentric Portland stereotypes. I think the problem is that it gives Portlanders yet another excuse to engage in their favorite, and most irritating pastime - talking endlessly about Portland.

"Ahhh, back to the bitching & whinning - from a Carrie Brownstein fan this time. Maybe [some] people criticize the damned show b/c, well, just maybe... it sucks? It's not funny? There's apparently no ethnic diversity? Maybe perpetuating negative stero-types ain't cool? I'm sure the list is even longer from folks actually watched an episode or two. Plus, i hear the ratings are in the tank.
Send in a submission to I, Anonymous. And don't forget to mention 'hipsters', to ensure it gets published. "

Does DamosA not get the point of I Anonymous here? It is a column for bitching! That is the point. And I'm not sure if it ironic or what, but you keep reading it and bitching about the fact that its bitching.

a hipster, a lesbian, a redneck, a celiac, a vegan, a rocker, a religious nut, a cycle freak, a locavore, a passive driver, a hippie, and a bearded man walk into a bar....................Portland, Oregon.

Good reply billiak. Too funny. Though I'll stick with my contention,.

My favorite part of each episode is actually the opening credits sequence. Cause I live in South Korea now, and I miss Portland that much. Yes, I miss Portland so much that I'm here on the Portland Mercury website commenting about minutiae.

I would agree at least about the last two episodes that they weren't funny. Episode 3 had some good bits (That's so over!), 2 and 1 were pretty great (put a bird on it, the feminist bookstore, the "happy" meat people). But yeah, 4 and 5, maybe it just wasn't anything about Portland that I personally related to, though I should probably be relieved that they haven't gone after vegan naked-bike-riding nannies yet.

Honestly the best part of episode 4 was seeing Sam Adams peek around the corner.

I think you can definitely find the show not so funny for reasons other than having a stick up your ass. Some of the skits really work, others, and sometimes whole episodes can just be like 'huh?'

The 2-3 min trailer I saw of that show got the point across and was boring enough to make me not want to watch more. I don't care who is in it or where they are from, or who it is poking fun at. It was plain, stupidity that wasn't one bit funny, just like every Will Ferrell movie. CRAP!

Whining about the whiners.
It's like mentioning how lame "Live Wire" is...all you're doing is feeding into it.
BTW -Live Wire has great guests, but an awful host/interviewer, and comedy that does not inspire laughter...but the rest is actually listen-able. Sometimes.

Fred Armisen, is that you?

Oh. My. God. Get over yourselves, hipster spooge wads. If you don't like it, leave it alone. You're like a dumb, smelly, fat kid poking a bruise in his arm and whining "ooow!!!" Don't you have a bicycle activist meeting to attend? Or did your glue gun break, putting all future shell art projects on hold? Get some tissues, and turn the channel.

I am a golden god !!!!!!!!Brrrrrrfffff.

I liked the idea of the scene where Steve Buscemi tries to take a piss at the feminest bookstore and ends up in a boondoggle. I saw it as an attempted metaphor on how portland takes simple matters and turns them into over blown piles of shit. I just think they could have done it better.

Portlandia: pure comic zinc.

Nope oh mighty rich one.I'm a GOLDEN GOD !!!!!! Not an angry dog.It started when I was a uber goober.Its manefested into a gentle monster thing.Brrrffffff.

Richie Rich.....are you on drugs?Obviously the writer of thee article is pissed....duh.Bring it.Brrrrffffff.