George Carlin - Wikipedia
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  • TheImpressiveXEnglish
    321·
    2 months ago

    “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” — George Carlin

    • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
      17·
      2 months ago

      also:

      “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”

  • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    2 months ago

    I will never be able to get into a plane without thinking of “the safety lecture” skit.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    I love that he reinvented himself. After his time in the air force, he had a schtick - the hippy dippy weatherman - that was working ok; but as he saw the country changing around him and counterculture movement growing, he dropped it and forced himself to create new material over and over again and in the process became the amazing critic of language and the way we think. That takes guts and determination.

    • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Yes, that was interesting. As a millennial, I was not aware of that backstory, which I think this article did a good job of capturing!

  • DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.worldEnglish
    628·
    2 months ago

    Funny guy, yes, but honestly, in the modern sense, he’s boomer af. Actually, it makes me giggle at how my own early nonsense was just entirely my parents dumb, uneducated opinions on shit.

    Still, to be clear, an incredible and important person in comedy.