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George Carlin accurately diagnosing the core reason our species is failing in less than 2 minutes (interview) (youtu.be)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This was in 1992. I like how George's example, that we only help one another after a flood, no longer even applies in the US, as you have people arguing some people from some places shouldn't be helped even after a natural disaster.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

George Carlin was a great guy, terrific comedian, and pretty smart.

But nothing informs me more of someone's else's immaturity than holding him up as source of true wisdom.

He was always a simplistic, self-serving, a deeply cynical nihilist that went for the edgiest takes. So of course the internet loves him. But for people that are actually interested in solving problems rather than spending their lives bitching about it them, his words are empty.

We know the world sucks. Carlin had nothing to say about actually addressing it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I firmly disagree.

He was a student of humanity and it's hilarious attempts at communication.

Read his books. He's deconstructs so much about communication and criticises systems that deploy twisted communication to achieve their shallow ends.

Carlin criticized the church before most of the public was aware of their horrible record on protecting victims. He criticized the right and it's fetish for fetuses but two fucks for living babies.

The world sucks, Carlin reinvented himself from his first foray into comedy as the Hippy Dippy Weatherman and realized that creating new criticism was a challenge worth his focus, and committed to creating all new material for each special.

I'm sad that you only see this, it's a superficial take on genius.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What is your take on Bill Hicks?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I would have been interested to know their opinion on what they consider true wisdom, but the thinly veiled ad hominem in their response then made me lose that interest.

Few comedians rise to the level of philosophers and notable social commentators, but I'd count Bill Hicks among them.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

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