The episode puts The Matrix to shame, having more illusion within illusion loops. "Grounded Vindaloop" really gets rolling when the calls start coming from Oculus customer support, who naturally is an Indian guy, "Steve." Soon we are completely confused about what is real reality, and what is virtual reality. You've just been fooled by Cartman into believing that the fake goggles give you a heightened perspective. Make people think they are experiencing another dimension of reality, whereas actually they are living in the same world they always were - along with the rest of us.īutters is astounded at what he sees: "My hands!" Yeah, Butters, they look so real because they are real. Right off the bat, Cartman's assurances to Butters that he was experiencing a virtual reality-enhanced world, even though Butters was just looking through fake goggles and listening to Cartman over a headset, struck me as a metaphor for how religions do much the same: I found lots of philosophical profundity in "Grounded Vindaloop." Along with mindless humor, a nice blend. I'm excited about it, having just watched a You Tube video of a 90 year old grandmother trying out a pre-production Oculus. Which is a real product, slated to be sold in 2015. The episode starts off with Cartman fooling Butters that he is wearing an actual virtual reality (VR) device, Oculus.
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There's already a detailed description of the episode on Wikipedia, but naturally it doesn't capture the full existential, paradoxical, and The Matrix'ish flavor of "Grounded Vindaloop." Read it if you must, though.
And currently there is a You Tube video of the episode. Thankfully, since spending twenty-some minutes watching "Grounded Vindaloop" will tell you much more about the nature of reality than any religious book, the episode can be viewed on Hulu for free. If you watch the episode after taking LSD, I predict that instant enlightenment will be yours. (click to enlarge)Įven more profound was the most recent South Park episode, "Grounded Vindaloop." It blew my mind, and I wasn't even under the influence of any psychoactive or hallucinogenic substances. In three panels, it nicely encapsulated the human condition. Here's what today's Pearls Before Swine had to say about the meaning of existence.
This week has been a bonanza in that regard. I'm a big fan of getting my cosmic inspiration from the comic pages and Comedy Central.
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