George Carlin - I Gave Up On My Species - George's GENUINE, eloquent perspective
George Carlin - I Gave Up On My Species - George's GENUINE, eloquent perspective
George's comedy specials helped raise me from a young age when no one else was doing any raising. I consider him to be one of the greatest minds, social commentators, and philosophers of the 20th century, and I've yet to recognize a contemporary near his level. I'll always be grateful to have had the honor to see him twice before he died.
I see a lot of people enjoy his brilliant bits, but with the way the world is and where its going, imho in the name of enthusiastic greed, I personally find a lot of peace, and a lot less depression when I choose to aspire to George's genuine divorce and detachment from "caring about the outcome."
Enjoy the freakshow, folks!
Bonus: I've seen so many comments in his bit videos wishing for George's perspective on smartphones, well this was near his end (2008), smartphones were just arriving, and his opening words briefly address in passing what he thought about the latest tech obsession.
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He wasn't a religious prophet, he was a digital prophet. He saw all this digital enshittification coming just before he passed.
RIP Mr Carlin, we miss your words of wisdom.
he was a digital prophet
Reminds me of his "I'm a Modern Man" bit
https://youtu.be/MfYPqlt7EEw?si=dzkUTpP9njBF13ZM
(the link is the better version from a tonight show performance, I think he was having a rough night when he performed it in his last special)
Damn yo, totally on point!
You can tell that not only did he write all that, he totally memorized all that as well!
A true late legend... ☹️
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What a legend.
He really did, friend. I don't consider him a prophet though, because that indicates prophecy.
George showed his work, and made us laugh our asses off as he took us to school, from point A to point B, to point C, to his projection based on previous points about the trajectory of outcome D. More observation based predictor than prophet.
And some people think logic can't can't be fun! 🤣