George Carlin on soft language

One of my favorite George Carlin bits in which he describes the sterilization of the American language. From the 1990 special Doin' it Again.
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[@np12804]

He didn’t die guys, he “passed away”

[@tavoiaiono7885]

hahahahah

[@Killacorn]

OR EXPIRE

[@rafique5337]

He would be proud of you haha 😂

[@janbaltes2863]

He surrely wanted more ti die than ti pass away, but ok

[@Seabee156]

Noah Parker he didn’t pass away, he “moved on to better place”

[@jarjarbinks4368]

Imagine how pissed he would be if he found out when you search his name it says deceased instead of just dead

[@smbsuperfan271]

Lol

[@ooga822]

Kek

[@thysonita2114]

:(

[@sg2823]

Oh no the deceased didn't die: they "passed'.

[@theinfinitynerd4954]

Okay, George would blush at that one, good sir 😂

[@user-ge7lz2ql4i]

My father was deaf. I was told that I should not say he was deaf. I should say he had "hearing loss." Then I was told not to say "hearing loss," but to say "hearing impaired." Just recently, I came across the official City of New York guide to language. According to that guide, I'm now supposed to say my father was - - - deaf.

[@BL-sd2qw]

Lol 🤣 I'm sorry for your dad's deafness, btw 🫂

[@StormsparkPegasus]

You know, I can sometimes see "hearing impaired" vs "deaf", depending on the situation. Just depends on how much hearing loss you have. It's possible for someone to have a significant amount of hearing loss but not be deaf and still be able to hear to some extent. But yeah, "deaf" going to "hearing impaired" doesn't take nuance like that into account.

[@taylankammer]

@@StormsparkPegasus True, though you could just say "partially deaf." Or for example "almost deaf" like my gramps. (If he's wearing his hearing aid and you talk loudly and clearly, he will understand half of what you're saying. :-)

[@StormsparkPegasus]

@@taylankammer Yeah...my dad is another example. He has a great deal of high frequency hearing loss to the point where he is considered "hearing impaired" (from flying helicopters in Vietnam). But he can hear people talk fine for the most part.

[@ChadKakashi]

The funniest thing is, your father can’t even hear the supposedly offensive language 😂 At least he’s immune to the verbal bullshit.

[@Sclumsy]

“Is that a grotesque enough evasion for you?” Beautifully said.

[@johnnycheung5824]

Instead of "You're fired", they say "You have been promoted to customer".

[@braintwo3398]

Or "Where gonna cut you loose"

[@rd_films8064]

Even worse: “We no longer require your services.”

[@dpz9872]

I tell my helpers "You can go home, I'm hiring a Mexican from Home Depots parking lot, I actually need to get some work done". And I'm always happy when their done and apply bonuses accordingly. Too bad half of America just don't wanna work. 😥

[@tanguy4533]

"Customer is king" so it's obviously a win

[@AndyAcker]

"We've decided to let you go." What, you were holding onto me?

[@Nevilleg930]

Remember when influencers were just called sell-outs?

[@Anudorini-Talah]

Yes, there must be a new meme for it by now. More words, more interpretations for the same meaning. People are so dumb. It is exactly what Carlin said.

[@orezutic4685]

man.. ethical core of this joke is outstanding one could go on and on and I couldn't agree with you more

[@lastswordfighter]

I would counter there are good influencers and bad influencers. Somethings are worth selling out for and somethings are not worth selling out for. Everyone has a price a line that they will cross or not.

[@Anudorini-Talah]

Or, intentionally abusive own beneficial manipulative people. "FUCKING DUMB PEOPLE. FUCKING DUMB PEOPLE!" How Carlin would repeat 2 times while the crowd is cheering.

[@mrtoad1408]

They used to be called unemployed.

[@JabbaDeezNuts]

"No one notified me of this... it just happened" That couldn't be more accurate.

[@vincentlussier8264]

No comedian has the same psychology in his show like Carlin. He's the only one who always has new material and covers any social issue. But he's down to earth and common sense in the most funny and sarcastic way!

[@James-kv6kb]

You need to watch a few Australian comedians absolutely no political correctness

[@magnificentmuttley154]

Donald Trump would have a contract on him for the humiliation & ostracism George would be causing him. It would be comparable to an infant drowning from being force-fed the contents of a supertanker... It takes a fox to outfox a fox; no one puts down a New Yorker like another native New Yorker. And not just any New Yorker. George strikes me as guttural inner-city Bronx. Likewise it's gratifying just to see the cast of SNL cutting Trump down to size (More New Yorkers roasting one of their own) 😂😂😂 I can't help but realize the relief George W. Bush & Dick Cheney must've experienced when Robin Williams died... In the name of corruption, criminalized but legalized & normalized capitalism- - now the truest of American traditions- - the media has completely sold out to our lovely political system. Now that Ted Koppel, Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, Dan Rather, & numerous other unsung heroes are gone, investigative journalism, as the ultimate policeman of the government & the public's last line of defense, no longer exists. So now the entire political community & their true rich & powerful masters have exactly what they wanted all along: to do whatever they want whenever they want, no matter how felonious or murderous, & with no fear of punishment whatsoever. Not from the police, nor from the courts, nor from prison. Not even the certainty of public exposure! Now that the Press have abandoned the job, now we don't even have one maverick comedian left to hasten a political attack & open people's eyes to the truth when it is needed the most... And that is the final blow for me. I love my country: the lands, the wilderness, mountain country, & esp our people. But I'm finally leaving, before things really break apart at the seams, 'cause I don't see anyone or anything that's going to protects us- - the common people- - from the heartless tyrannical rich & powerful 1% anymore. There's nothing left in the law to stop them; no one left in law enforcement to stop them; nor are there enough lawyers that will stop them As far as I'm concerned, all that's left now is for civil war to take place. So now it's only a matter of time before the war that has been raging all along in the ghettos of East LA, of Chicago, & of New York city is going to engulf our entire nation. A war that's been raging btw impoverished blacks & racist police; a war that's been raging btw the rich & powerful & all of America's poor, regardless of color. The only safe place left for me is the Arctic Circle 😪😪

[@barbarawitt9581]

The truth is funny 🤣

[@spartanx169x]

A lot of Dave Chapell's comedy is very similar. They both observe(ed) dumb stuff in society and then can articulate the stupidity of it. Everybody sees the same dumb stuff and that is why the comedy is so funny because people can relate to it.

[@James-kv6kb]

@@spartanx169x it is a good recipe for good comedy it's being used for a thousand years

[@OsmanOsman-ip6qc]

Strippers are now “exotic dancers”

[@pladimir_vutin]

lol! I bet they are more expensive now!

[@TheTheschuhschuh]

There's a difference between stripping and exotic dancing. Exotic dancing is simply dancing that is very unusual locally, it's exotic. And stripping is stripping.

[@thecrakp0t]

Contract Genital Dancers

[@mat7083]

Erectile engineers

[@Seabee156]

Financially-Entitled Cock-Teasers

[@dschlicks]

Soon, we're going to be calling "serial killers" "life-deprivation enthusiasts."

[@davesaenz3732]

That s a good one. Lol

[@dschlicks]

@@davesaenz3732 Glad it made you laugh.

[@gamingonlinux8943]

How about hookers, free enterprising young ladies.

[@SR1Records]

Jesus Christ that's funny! In 10/20 years that's what they will be called! And you will have SJWs saying "well if he (and it's always a he) wants to kill people then he's entitled to kill people! Who are you to assume his mental state!" lol.

[@GrahamCantin]

@@SR1Records Hopefully by then we'll have figured the whole respawning thing out, then people really will utter such a thing. "After a rampage causing the deaths of 14 people, Betty Cooper finally snapped out of her post-psychotic stress disorder, waking up in the middle of Riverdale holding the corpse of Veronica Lodge. This week's antifa protests have echoed even louder with the addition of the respawned citizens league representative's chants adding to the din. More on this story after this advertisement for Brawndo. It's got what plants crave. Next, on Ow, My balls..."

[@garrickslagle2759]

I am no longer a short person, I'm vertically challenged

[@tristonayter78]

Haha. I say this at work all the time. Gets em every time.

[@PaulHosey]

Lol or "little people" instead of midgets. I'm not saying you're that short but that's another example.

[@ChadKakashi]

Let’s call Dwarves Compact Humans.

[@enigmaticchickenmcnobody]

That's too insensitive these days, instead we use the term Vertical Growth Development Disorder

[@BenelliAkimbo]

he didn't commit suicide he committed "self-deletion".

[@NameNik223]

According to KZbin policy, a person can only "unalive himself"

[@alosim1541]

1990 - comedy 2020 - reality

[@davidetralli3905]

1990

[@aztn19]

It was reality back in 1990. 30yrs later this comedic reality is still going strong

[@wandacircus1667]

it never was comedy

[@Guzzist11]

@@wandacircus1667 It´s really like in Orwells 1984...down to the change of language....scary shit.

[@pdecrinis]

It was reality back then and it's still reality. Bullshitting ourselfes now even got mandatory. And Carlin is damn right.

[@MrDlt123]

Carlin wasn't a comedian. He was a 'wisdom-enabled orator.'

[@danielwalker1207]

That's a good one, but doesn't foretell any comedic aspect. Orators are assumed to be wise, as it is.

[@juandeznuts]

How about stand up philosopher?

[@wanbelstap168]

Just like Chappelle is now

[@dougnulton]

Darrin Nunyah We added a hyphen!

[@stvbrsn]

Darrin Nunyah yep, and the old way of saying it: Poet

[@silvermaverick4549]

That's what I really loved about George Carlin. He wasn't afraid to call it what it was. The United States needs more of this type of honesty.

[@SamuelBlack84]

All it takes is courage

[@gjtrue]

34 years later and still hilarious and more accurate than ever.

[@DillyDilly13]

This man ever tell jokes? All I hear is truth.

[@trillfaldon9983]

Actually that is the original intention of humour in comedy. Hence comedy is "The art of using euphemisms in telling the truth or a lie but camouflaged in a form of a sweet joke."

[@trillfaldon9983]

@@johncooper3636 Thanks and appreciated Mr Cooper but could you please expound on your kind acknowledgement. Where I am from our wisedom teachings says the best and the most wise aspiring master teacher learns more from his students and his best contribution infront of them is to act as a reflecting mirror to inspire the most effective and practical utilization of human intuition which doesn't necessarily explain facts and truths but instead guide towards the best possible functional definitions, description and or practically applicable solutions. I guess you get the point Mr Cooper right ? I will in kind appreciate your honest answer. In life if only you can manage successfully to Inspire someone then you are best position to aspire for greatness. I hereby once again thank you in anticipation and wish you good luck, happiness, warmth, good health and most of all infinite blessings and never forget to share them with someoneelse. ☝💖😆👌

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

Carlin is very hit or miss. He was polished but not. Mainly because he didn't test his material but spent months writing it. As for comedy there are many types. parody, satire, truths that sound like lies and lies that sound like the truth. Dark humor, stereotype humor. Mainly humor is bringing people along a story and flipping the ending in an unexpected journey. Or you can get comedy that is like andrew dice clay where it is expected and the journey is the joke. One thing to look for is if you only hear clapping and little to no laughter from the croud. That is something you hear at a ted talk on roadways. You acknowledge the work was good and you enjoyed yourself but only a few people found the jokes funny.

[@babeakuscaesar]

@@johncooper3636 hell yes

[@hockeyteeth]

Truth that makes you laugh.

[@piesho]

1990: Soft language. 3 syllables. 2020: Political correctness. 7 syllables.

[@ryankelsey9646]

I try to counter this by just saying “PC”, but it still stands for the words.

[@qaari3115]

PC is sterile

[@markcangila1613]

Political correctness is different. It's specifically on not saying language that is insulting and hurtful. That's different than making things look less important. Not using slurs is different than minimizing issues through words.

[@AzureWiler]

@@markcangila1613 oh yeah because saying I'm POC is different from I'm black which is POC is already implied but for some reason "black" could be offensive, see? Same shit, also when the fuck being black became a bad thing? Calling me poc won't make me a rainbow and sounds stupid

[@markcangila1613]

@@AzureWiler that's not what I think most leftists use poc to mean. It'a often using in bipoc which is literally "Black, Indigenous, People of color" it's used as a catch all for other non-white people.

[@mooparr]

This man spoke nothing but facts from the second he got on stage for the first time to the last time. And we all laughed anyway.

[@Julietbrown45456]

Like he knew everything deeply

[@blakelewison9872]

Carlin was so far ahead of his time. It’s incredible looking back at his stand up and seeing all his predictions play out today.

[@thesenate5913]

"Your son's performance in class is alarming" "Maa'm your son is stupid"

[@Takaichi666-]

😂😂😂

[@a0flj0]

Not necessarily. Could also be stinking lazy.

[@thesenate5913]

@@a0flj0 talent that does not test itseld stagnates And a genius that is not being used often stagnates to stupidity.

[@waywardsoul4918]

🤣

[@huskiehuskerson5300]

I'd never sugarcoat once I become a teacher.

[@BlackieNuff]

Ugly people = "Severe Appearance Deficit" = S.A.D. Brilliant.

[@annettespizuoco7715]

LOL,but that is just mean!!!!!!!! i mean, if i was ugly,i would not want to hear this joke.don't mean to sound like i know everything,but i base someone's ugliness on the way they treat me.

[@ipodtouch495]

@@annettespizuoco7715 A joke is a joke. We can't and shouldn't ban everything that hurts someone's feelings.

[@staceypakosta8186]

🤣😂😂🤣😆🤣🤩

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

@@annettespizuoco7715 Are you one of those SJW liberals? Then this is a wrong place. Go back to your Safe space.

[@lotyjop8377]

That sounds even more offensive lol

[@lifewater7066]

His mother must have been a teacher his vocabulary is perfect

[@truthfulfree]

If you think this was good, check out his “Modern Man” monologue next :)

[@Marcomanexists]

One of my regrets is that I was too young to watch this man when he was still alive. I was only 8 when he died. Everyone should watch Carlin’s material. The fact that he said these things 30-40 years ago and they are more true now that ever is a testament to his intellect. He was a smart man who paid attention to the reality of modern society. His message is simple but nobody else communicates their ideas like Carlin. Rest in peace legend.

[@kristinehatkinson7323]

The videos are like being there-- I was; these vids bring it back like today.

[@jkryanspark]

What a shame he's "no longer with us."

[@97Zeedo]

@Omertà DocTones nah he ded

[@leoelvis524]

He is with us, he was a person, now he is an idea

[@cletusbojangles187]

He didn’t die or pass away, he reached his expiration date. Which means he’s still good for people that don’t believe everything they read

[@dmtbass]

Leo Elvis that’s beautiful

[@skylimitua]

I prefer rotted away

[@TheSuperQuail]

"-and it gets worse with every generation." Yeah you weren't kidding, George.

[@dergrosseeierman]

TheSuperQuail SJWs have conquered America.

[@aradicalkiwi806]

R. H. Yeah so true, if he was still alive he might be able to knock sense into them, seeing as he was a progressive and all.

[@Shorty15c4007]

@@dergrosseeierman They tried but Trump inevitably won.

[@AnonURnot]

UberTech That was a battle of retards and the biggest one won.

[@mikegee8812]

I'm sure Carlin, Hicks, Bruce, Kinnison, Dangerfield, Carson, and Pryor are rolling in their graves because of today's PC culture

[@coletteannemaud1340]

I have 'shell shock' from years of mental abuse,you never really recover, but this guy defiantly helps, humour is the only way and starting again with a kind younger man.

[@vinny9152]

He didn’t kill himself, he unalived himself.

[@christinemathis4066]

This aged shocking well.

[@zedlz]

This has progressed through time in an surprisingly well manner that corresponds with the message it was intended to have during the time it was made.

[@moonman2183]

@@zedlz This particular piece of media has managed to stand the test of time, and has therefore been incapable of becoming irrelevant up to this point. I find this to be such a surprise that my senses have seized for the moment under a phenomenon one would call "shock".

[@zedlz]

@@moonman2183 It appears that the comedic performance presented before us, that was documented quite some time ago mind you, has been unwavered by such jurrasic aeging up till this point, causing its ideas to align precisely with the central theme it was intened to retain, and has thus been rendered immune to becoming unimportant. I find this to be suprising, so much so that the senses of my body have been overwhelmed, causing myself to enter a state of being that most would consider to be called "shock".

[@ryanmarbut1035]

@Ben Kenobi Good job, you got the joke 🤣

[@zedlz]

@Ben Kenobi isnt that the thing with euphamisms

[@karenh4058]

Used cars are now “pre-owned”.

[@warrenharvey4420]

A used car is a pre-loved vehicle.

[@sigmasquadleader]

I've never needed a professional certification to tell a new car from a used one hahaha

[@brianrakes5413]

i've even seen preloved used cars 😳

[@kezziekz]

PRELOVED now!

[@davidbolha]

Same as women. 😂

[@dangero4559]

His comedy truly is timeless.

[@DMacLean15]

This is another one of his gems that has only gotten truer and truer. This man was far ahead of his time!

[@briobrio6047]

Carlin wasn’t a a comedian He was just a funny philosopher...

[@Rob.N.]

Actually he was a philosophically skilled orator with comedic proficiency

[@thenlnlkn]

Why not both?

[@HariSeldon913]

History of the World Part 1, in ancient Rome Mel Brooks' character (Swiftus) was a stand-up philosopher.

[@vishushams]

Copied comment..Plagiarism 😅

[@Randomisticful]

@@Rob.N. Saw what you've done there hahahahahaha

[@danielloyola3126]

This is not a comedy act. This is a life teaching seminar.

[@ccgb92]

true

[@OriginalDizzleKing]

Okay boomer

[@thelostsoul5531]

@@OriginalDizzleKing ok follower. Way to be original! Loser.

[@OriginalDizzleKing]

@@thelostsoul5531 okay boomer stay mad 😂😂👌🔥👴

[@danielloyola3126]

Dead Man many great musicians also send message through their song bruh.

[@inancg]

The guy was a frikin genius and so far ahead of his time. Very underrated

[@luisgaming3409]

not underrated. hes goated

[@ryandubyah2345]

Such a comedic genius, we need more Carlin in this world!!

[@Dee010s]

"Im not fat..im big boned." Cartman, South Park

[@thomaslang7992]

It's plus sized now it's so dumb

[@BappO-is-me]

Im not fat, I'm poofy!

[@yangerjamir0906]

Gabriel Iglesias ain't fat either, he's fluffy.

[@swinetrek]

I'm calorifically challenged

[@lordodysseus]

Someone at my school said they were big boned and I started laughing uncontrollably. I was too polite to tell them they were fat.

[@vkvkvkvk]

can we all spare a moment to imagine his comedic rage if he was still around?

[@roni.s375]

where did he go

[@vkvkvkvk]

@@roni.s375 he's smiling down from heaven at us

[@farhaddurrani1221]

@@roni.s375 he's dead af

[@jondavey4437]

He'd of been censored before he'd opened his mouth !! 😠

[@tinnguyen2271]

@@roni.s375 he's been diagnosed of not continue one existence in space-time

[@TheCholopolo209]

I dated a deaf girl. She was born deaf and some people said she wasn't deaf she was suffering from hearing loss......you can't lose something you never had.

[@sean8102]

Miss you George.

[@turbo8628]

Carlin's material has aged like a fine wine.

[@tuckthomas]

Patrice O'neal too (he was also a big Carlin fan)

[@emncaity]

Much of it, yeah. Some, not so much.

[@phatmom]

Timeless.

[@vorshack8968]

@@emncaity Can you give an example?

[@misternormL]

excuse me while I take a protein spill

[@Trazyn_the_Infinite_40K]

Fired. "We're letting you go."

[@genericegg7135]

"Your services are no longer needed"

[@IMN602]

We ArE gOnNa HaVe To LeT yOu Go

[@JustPlaying2020]

Relieved of your duties

[@robertfrank16]

Or laid off. If Carlin heard that, he'd think that's a euphemism for masturbating.

[@nicholasmitchiner8630]

"You've been promoted to customer"

[@MisatoBestWoman]

*Soft Language is the worst thing we invented* *George Carlin is a forever legend* I feel like even if it had still been called shell shock Vietnam vets would still be ignored and that’s incredibly tragic.

[@presde34]

We like to lie to ourselves that is why we have the soft language. Wait never mind that was too direct. We like to participate in the escape of reality for our own mental well being and that why we have developed a mode of communication that is digestable for the faint of heart.

[@leecrowder4934]

I am so thankful that I got to see Carlin live….

[@Shahzad-Khan]

2008 - haha this is so funny! 2019 - holy shit he was on to something

[@garadgantal1438]

dude this is from 1990

[@syntheticreality549]

Abdullahi Kassim I think he was talking about himself.

[@jonlamontagne]

More like HOLY SHIT HE WAS SPECIAL he thought so different and able to articulate that message in humor to 1,000s at a time and now millions!

[@TheCephalon]

Shahzad Khan this came out in the 90s that’s why he says world war 1 was 70 years ago

[@ryankurtz5233]

@@TheCephalon ...and Vietnam was 16 years ago

[@BeatsbyBlanch]

Strip clubs are sometimes referred to as “gentlemen’s club”

[@ursaminor9780]

That had to be the most ironic example of soft language I’ve ever heard.

[@djiboutinationalanthem5252]

Ima be honest with you that sounds like the most 1920's thing I've ever heard

[@TheArchitectOfDreams]

Waffle House is now called "International House of Pancakes"

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

Gentlemen's club sounds like a posh word a bunch of 1800's aristocrats would use for their golf club or something

[@ronin7561]

They're not called prostitutes anymore; they're called OnlyFans users

[@bigmyke2008]

If only George was around this last decade, he’d have more material than he’d know what to do with

[@GaddafisPlug]

4:50 his words have never been more true this guy was a prophet😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@Dr.Jekyll_]

“Control language and you control thought; control thought and you control action; control action and you control the world.” - Peter Kreeft

[@tzera_rhuon]

Hence the world wearing masks.

[@stonks9755]

@@tzera_rhuon hence rising death rate for inconsiderate people

[@caseyb1346]

@AlphaChocolateTruffle It cooould be argued that making people wear masks is a test to see how compliant the population currently is to what the media tells them. Except that there was the exact same mask mandate during the 1918 Spanish Flu and nothing came of it. I'm just pointing this out because its healthy to keep a open mind and see things from multiple perspectives.

[@stonks9755]

@T MH no thanks, already got vaccinated back in 1997. Don't want to risk getting Covid by going to a hospital right now. Also no need to be so aggressive, I understand your country has almost 0.7 times the IQ of any other developed country so have a nice day!

[@driveasandwich6734]

That sounds a lot like the Sarpin-Whorf effect, which is false

[@TanstA]

Man I wish George was here to see the fuckery that is America today.

[@SpaceScreaminJohn]

Lord Blanco I’m pretty sure he would have killed himself by this point.

[@philllsxga.7737]

Man you're not kidding!!! This world is F ed!!!

[@CokeVoAYCE]

his voice was probably what kept us from going over the edge earlier. as soon as he died this PC language accelerated and there was no good voice like george carlin in the mainstream to show how dumb it was.

[@GiacomoJimmi]

@Jay James Political correctness has nothing to do with Marxism.

[@GiacomoJimmi]

@@CokeVoAYCE There’s plenty of people in the ‘mainstream’ protesting political correctness.

[@SHANIA59]

He is so smart! He really got in right on every subject! Too bad he is gone! We need him now more than ever!❤❤❤❤❤

[@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337]

So George didn't die. He just passed away. XD I miss him.

[@abdullahbadr899]

"we didn't invade u, We freed you from your own people"

[@DemonicRemption]

@Abdullah Badr Okay sorry to generalize, but given your name I'm left with the impression you were told that when American soldiers paid your neighborhood a visit.

[@abdullahbadr899]

@@DemonicRemption they didn't, they will never be able to.

[@samaradashwood1491]

@@DemonicRemption nice from americans to come share with us their gun collection we know how they're fond of that .

[@geoffbarney5914]

Allies excuse in ww2

[@coderdbd]

"Oh look! the Americans came to give us free bullets, ain't that nice?"

[@H.pylori]

This is timeless. Hungry people now have "food insecurity!"

[@thekat4493]

Homeless people are now "the unsheltered".

[@jordana4936]

Rg Babahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaahhaahahha

[@madmettlepants7454]

@TheKat Or "the homely challenged"

[@catnium]

nutritionally challenged accommodation deficient individual. aka a starving homeless dude. count those syllables its 19 /drops mic ✊

[@barbarakernohan1900]

@@catnium love it 💥

[@ScottyDrake]

As I write this, it is November, 2023. A two-stage SpaceX rocket has just blown up after lift-off, and the SpaceX announce team has called it (AND I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!) "a rapid unscheduled disassembly" of the spacecraft. George, you were a genius!

[@janelliot5643]

"I don't like words that hide the truth" I need a plaque! We're with you, George

[@mhmoran85]

Torture became "Enhanced Interrogation Technique"...

[@Sixstringman]

Man and women became "gender fluid transracial apache helicopter"

[@Hekkle01]

Water boarding became “tactical baptism”

[@mtube620]

"Involuntary Enhanced Interrogation Technique"...

[@raspiankiado4658]

Then that became EIT.

[@duke9555]

@fml Lying becomes PIME, Post Incident Memory Enhancement

[@Badazztard]

The moment I heard "social distancing," I thought of Carlin.

[@aztn19]

Same!!

[@thegwangster9097]

What should it be? “Stay the fuck away from each other?” That’s a bit long.

[@we_are_nevertheless7305]

George Wang but there’s more life in the phrase and it isn’t so fucking robotic and indirect

[@DavianSinner]

Yep.

[@Justme77400]

Exactly!

[@lofisoul4310]

shell shocked sounds like its a temporary thing that happens mid battle and is over after that, post traumatic stress disorder seems to refer to ongoing symtoms of trauma on the mind.

[@user-gr8uz6mn3t]

Yeah, ptsd also covers far more bases and situations now than it did then so I understand that one.

[@techleontius9161]

THIS! Something didn't feel quite right about him talking about PTSD. The term treats this state as a DISORDER, something that will haunt you for the rest of your life if not treated. Thanks for pointing this out. Your comment needs more likes

[@tahamohammedi5898]

That's just bullshit, PTSD is a bullshit term

[@jamesiron4010]

Absolutely none of that is true. The same could be said about using the word shell shocked if IT HAD CONTINUED TO BE USED. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a TikTok definition of something extremely weighted and devastating. If people with “PTSD” were “shellshocked” by traumatic upbringings or experiences they would have been treated more seriously. - A Person With “PTSD” from a life of abuse, violence, and addiction.

[@wadexyz]

Incredibly high level comedy, and doing it later in life (when many comedians fade). Arguably the best comedian of all-time.

[@351cleavland]

I grew up listening to George. I learned a lot and appreciated his comedy. I was really sad when, in 2008, his heart took a complete function respite.

[@marundiir4241]

George would've loved this.

[@in_vas_por8810]

He had a bum ticker 😔

[@glytchd]

"Ba-da 'Tss!" Good one :D Seamless incorporation with this Skit! I got a good laugh, thank you

[@Junksaint]

😂

[@LEXICON-DEVIL]

He didn't die of a heart attack his heart took a day off of work after never using a sick day or vacation days.

[@MetalTeamster]

The war department became the department of defense

[@kendanzan8088]

such a brilliant mind he had. not always bright and sunny but truthful with himself always

[@edwardsinger7644]

Carlin may have passed away, but his words will never die.

[@Ben-qu8pn]

Until he's unpersoned by Democrat Communist Corporate Media.

[@nickasher7105]

he's dead. Didn't went anywhere. But his words did, over your head

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

George Carlin died, but his words and the comedy basics passed away to other generations.

[@MahkRonAKash]

@@nickasher7105 Issues?

[@yuurishibuya4797]

@@nickasher7105 🤣🤣🤣

[@thedraftdisorder1618]

the most entertaining ted talk i have ever seen

[@room111photography5]

Great observation!

[@milanstevic8424]

Man, Carlin was special.

[@milanstevic8424]

@Berliner Stadtschloss maybe you should just google for it. we aren't your personal assistants, and arguably it was easier to type 'ted talk' in google, than to ask this on youtube. fyi a proper answer is a fair bit longer than this reply, if the word 'talk' isn't enough of a clue for you.

[@Bruno-rb2ou]

@Berliner Stadtschloss Don't worry about those anti-social bastards, they're just spreading negativity thinking they're right by doing it. But they're right, it is easier to Google it than waiting for an answer in a platform full of arrogant bastards.

[@austenhead5303]

@Berliner Stadtschloss Seriously, the rude people are right. It's a searchable term. Google it. You'll get pictures and links and everything.

[@lindakleckner215]

Soooo creative and😂FUNNY...I'm having involuntary bursts of voice😆...LOVE IT❤️❤️!

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

This is such a virtuoso level of performance! Excellent

[@YouthEnergy]

Oh, George.. You had no idea how much worse it would get..

[@christinepickering9896]

Maybe he did and that's why he left us.

[@Dusijejdjjd]

@@christinepickering9896 orrrr... he got old? Wild one huh. Unthinkable.

[@aspieri]

No.. he expired like a magazine subscription. lol

[@crisp-rx7ci]

He kicked the bucket, but he will live forever. Unless KZbin bans his vids..

[@keananocarroll5112]

Nah, of course he did.

[@halo-yt5mu]

I’m not “short” I’m “vertically challenged.”

[@adramalech3385]

I'm not retarded, I'm mentally challenged.

[@1977crabb]

No you're compact

[@kshinokevin]

because now, we can't say the "M" word anymore; "little person," yes, but not "dwarf" or "elf." (at 5' 1", I get neck strains to look up at people because I don't have any yellow page phone books handy; not fun: Tony Cox, Peter Dinklage, Spudd Web, Brad Williams, Mugsy Bogues, the late Bushwick Bill (Geto Boys), Verne "Mini Me" Troyer, the late Herve "Tattoo" Villechaize, the late Hank or Beetlejuice (both are from the old Howard Stern Show). )

[@dicelusrayan9420]

😂

[@livefreeordie9925]

Legends never die in our hearts! RIP my man🥹❤️🙏😇

[@premabaul7570]

This will still be watched a thousand years from now.

[@Joe-ty9qf]

Overweight or obese is now “plus size” and “thick”

[@brandonreal916]

or fat ass

[@room111photography5]

And if you dare notice it, you're engaging in "body shaming."

[@Alias_Anybody]

If you use "thicc" for overweight you are using that term wrong though.

[@Joe-ty9qf]

Alias Anybody I know

[@brandonreal916]

@@Alias_Anybody i know, i just like saying that because im a fat ass that cant lose weight. thicc is usualy used for waifus

[@MrHammer-pj9zx]

"Lies" are now "Alternative Facts" "Facts" are now "Offensive"

[@larseunic]

Libtard

[@IDGAFS21]

Lol true

[@IDGAFS21]

@@larseunic get a life

[@larseunic]

@@IDGAFS21 are u offended by facts and logic

[@larseunic]

@@IDGAFS21 u liberal can't take the heat

[@steampunkterminator3122]

Shellshock is a more appropriate name for the stress trauma from combat while PTSD is better suited for stress traumas that aren't from the military

[@laat6503]

"Israeli murderers are called commandos, Arab commandos are called terrorists" has felt especially relevant in the past few months

[@RepellentJeff]

Ooh! I’ve got one! “Lies” became “alternative facts.”

[@jamarrogers2985]

Exactly

[@firstthessalonian6889]

Hah talk about about a frekin meme.

[@firstthessalonian6889]

@michaelatw86 fact is immutable - there is no alternate of a fact, something either is or is not a fact. Alt right is just that, and alternative viewpoint of what it means to be right wing. Facts dont care about alternatives.

[@RepellentJeff]

michaelatw86 Yeah, keep telling yourself that, friend. You know, I’m honestly surprised it took this long for a reply like this to show up.

[@bobxyzp]

And “facts” became “debatable opinions”.

[@starkiller7212]

Avoiding people is now “Social Distancing”

[@n.ff.]

I prefer calling it “physical distancing”. It’s more realistic.

[@moonflower6607]

@@n.ff.^this.

[@josegarcia9650]

@@n.ff. Avoid people just sounds mean that's why... Social distancing... 😂😂😂

[@ZachariaZuehlke]

MissLil Nova and it’s one more syllable!

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

I thought it's called "introversion"?

[@briandonahue3663]

The best!! Got to see him 3 times!

[@JustinProper]

This bit has aged like fine wine.

[@cartercrum1490]

They’re not loot boxes there “surprise mechanics.”

[@Sapsche]

It just works

[@cartercrum1490]

No Todd, it doesn’t

[@user-vl7du3xd8m]

Lmao

[@Blox117]

gamers: why the hell is it called surprise mechanics? ea: well surprise buttsex was already taken

[@JP-ww5vz]

EA Sports - It's in your ass.

[@1Up2Late]

EA doesn’t have “Loot Boxes” They’re “Surprise Mechanics”

[@eshwar6969]

Lmao

[@Speedd701]

Legitimately what they named it, for people outside the loop.

[@manuelaliaga8049]

I was looking for this comment.

[@Conspiracy515]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Dave-dh7rt]

Its fucking gambling

[@heavnnnsent]

Watching George Carlin during my lifetime has so influenced the thoughts that pop into my head. Whenever a woman tells me she lost her husband, I have to stop myself from saying "where did you lose him, in the mall?"

[@peterthomson6161]

Dude is so smart. You have to be a genius if you can simplify so everyone can understand.

[@estrogen_intolerant]

The government doesn’t lie. It creates “alternative facts”. Edit: self isolation became “quarantine”

[@dustinminor6479]

@titlewave facts no longer matter those folks it's only belief.

[@sirkayda7205]

@titlewave - No. Lowest black unemployment rate in history Lowest Latino unemployment rate in history Lowest female unemployment rate in 71 years Lowest overall unemployment rate 50 years Lowest unemployment rate for people without a high school diploma in history Lower overall unemployment rate than any previous Presidential administration Lowest poverty rate in 19 years 7 million new jobs created Longest period of economic growth in history Highest consumer confidence in 18 years 90% of citizens happy with their personal lives Climbing GDP Median household income highest in history Highest stock market in history Executive Order Improving Medicare Drug costs lowering for first time in 50 years Healed the ecosystem in Florida's Everglades Got the US out of TPP Got the US out of PCA USA is nowLargest exporter of energy Energy independent for the first time in 75 years Freed 23 hostages from foreign prisons. Destroyed ISIS' Middle Eastern Caliphate Withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Payment Deal Renegotiated NAFTA for America's benefit Demanding (and getting) other countries to pay their fair share for America's contribution to their national defense Denuclearization of North Korea as verified by inspections Permanent ceasefire in Syria 50 billion agricultural deal with China V.A. reform Prison reform The Right To Pray Executive Order Protecting Free Speech On College Campuses Public Charge Immigration Rule Pay raises for our troops Canceling disabled veterans student debt First sitting American President to set foot in North Korea Released JFK files Released MLK files Released Roswell files SPACE FORCE THE WALL

[@sirkayda7205]

@Kurt - Yep. I usually note that "This is an abbreviated list." What have other Presidents been doing with their time?

[@sirkayda7205]

@Mass acher - The citizens who are all directly affected by what the government does.

[@Alex-wi1mx]

@@sirkayda7205 FDR was saving America from the Great Depression, creating social security, as well as several other programs, and fighting the Germans, Italians, and Japanese in WW2.

[@JohnGramer06]

“I betcha if we’d still be calling it shell shock, some of those Vietnam veterans woulda got the attention they DESERVED” that hits hard af

[@dtanaka869-d]

Just reached that part, it really does

[@magnificentmuttley154]

Thats the gov't for ya- - downplaying the seriousness of an issue (such as healthcare for veterans) so they dont have to take responsibility

[@Conici_AU]

As if WW1 veterans got any sort of adequate support…

[@daimhinaubrey3194]

@@Conici_AU that, and also PTSD is a serious diagnosis and has way more treatment options nowadays than back when they called it “shell shock”. additionally, it’s been discovered that it’s not only soldiers that can get PTSD, including C-PTSD. hence the renaming. now, more people can get help for that, not just veterans. isn’t that wonderful?

[@James-kv6kb]

The fact that most Americans don't even know or refused to admit that the Australians were there before you and training the Americans and suffered all the medical issues you did is what I find disturbing, but we've been written out of history

[@mistrmistr6417]

Still Spot On and will always remain so. One of the last great philosophers of the 20th Century. We need you more than ever George!

[@arthurschildgen5522]

These videos are older than I am, but I can’t help but laugh my ass off. My teacher used this vid. to exemplify euphemisms, and I have been watching these clips ever since.

[@vafanapoli5396]

Kids in cages becoming unaccompanied children in overflow facilities lol

[@davidbolha]

😃

[@samhain7548]

Liberals love to use that term

[@Saint_Wolf_]

@Richard Sutton You're have a "learning disability" if you think Carlin would be even playing the divisive game the leftist are playing.

[@reddeadmadness4097]

@@Jules279 No he didn’t. He was a leftist.

[@violetwhite6875]

@@reddeadmadness4097 granpa relax, take your pills, and go to sleep in your room

[@user-ud9xc1hr3g]

As a Deaf person, I can tell you first hand that we hate the term "hearing impaired". It's insulting. Like, I'm just like you except for the fact that I can't hear. George Carlin is great.

[@thagodwecreate5179]

Yes and as a drug addict i hate the term "substance abuse disorder" ...I'ma junky and I don't "abuse substances"...I get high. Keep it real 💯

[@baconboi4482]

Is it fun being a deaf man?

[@targaryenXoolf]

how did you type this if you're deaf?

[@shad0wrunner69]

@@targaryenXoolf "deaf" is not "defingered" :)

[@targaryenXoolf]

@@shad0wrunner69 well how can he type if he can't see?

[@Anfubvinch]

I wish Carlin was around to give us his input on trigger warnings, safe spaces, and micro agressions.

[@judypurser6315]

He was way ahead of his time. RIP George Carlin

[@godversesans5152]

Don't worry he's not dead he's unalived

[@iamkasaii8792]

"You're fired" "You are relieved of duty"

[@braintwo3398]

"We're gonna cut you loose"

[@rd_films8064]

@@braintwo3398 "We no longer require your services"

[@giovanniacosta2296]

“You’re promoted to customer”🤣

[@Awibrahor]

‘Laid off’. Not as good as ‘getting laid’.

[@1112viggo]

"We have to let you go"

[@DeathDefiant]

That "shell-shock, veitnam vet' thing hit hard

[@nobodysbaby5048]

He had a wicked way of making his point. Would've made one hell of an attorney.

[@SamsarasArt]

@@nobodysbaby5048 nah to be a good attorney you gotta be a bullshitter

[@thearbyter7953]

@@SamsarasArt But he would be a masterful bullshitter, if he wanted to :)

[@nickasher7105]

Carlin's point still stands, but the term "shell-shock" was associated with cowardice, i.e. soldiers who were shell shocked were considered cowardly and not as good, because there was no medical recognition of the term. That's why it was changed with time. But yes carlin's point still stands

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Probably just as hard as the steel balls coming from the shrapnel/artillery shell. "Shell shock" has been referred to body damage caused by an explosion.

[@Joker-11B-SYLV]

That makes a lot of sense actually in reference to the “PTSD” skit… the more words they added the less they gave a sh*t. Correction, the less they GIVE a sh*t.

[@syeducchash2301]

I love you George Carlin from my heart.

[@SamElliottsMustache]

“Stand-up Comedian” = “Vertically Orientated Amusement Professional”

[@katroyal6309]

Prostitute= horizontially oriented amusement professional.

[@james13666]

Both of these are great but what has me laughin even harder is the main comment has 88 likes and the reply 8. I dont even know why I find it that funny

[@silverwindspirit]

Pornstars=visually oriented amusement professionals

[@jinhype9475]

That’s good

[@becarefulwhatyoufish4764]

Exactly.

[@frymelly]

My mother is a nurse, they changed “do not resuscitate” to “allow natural death” Spot on Mr. Carlin

[@AleXoEx0]

Ironically those two phrases have the same amount of syllables.

[@Thatonedude917]

That leaves "natural" up to interpretation If I think God's striking him down for heresy, I can resuscitate all I want

[@matthall7359]

No they didnt? I work in a hospital and the universal hospital records system, EPIC, still uses DNR/DNI

[@jackjack4412]

That one is not bad because saving a life in the hospital is complex, so you have to be specific.

[@GigaChadh976]

Honestly that’s more specific

[@bryanbregenza9740]

George Carlin did not die, he retired from life.

[@awdrifter3394]

He was isekai'd.

[@davinasquirrel7672]

He is as relevant now as he ever was. So on point. We are all now George-deprived.

[@marcozapata6984]

"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?" George Orwell

[@DeathScepter]

@Tony Wilson He would have a very long list due to the political landscape today. Regardless how you feel about Trump, He will have plenty of material on him. Also He will rip the P.C. culture a new one.

[@stevecollins5487]

@Tony Wilson or Hillary or any of them 😂

[@falonsfox2585]

Every white person should spend some time researching the subtle evolution of the word Nation's definition over the last 100 years. It wasn't that long ago that being American, English, French or German meant you were white by definition. Funny how as we're stripped of the language to define ourselves as groups we are also stripped of our land and property. That's probably just a coincidence though.

[@falonsfox2585]

@Tony Wilson Sorry for the TLDR, but I don't have to work today, and I think you probably interpreted my dog whistle correctly the first time and then generously chose not to leap to that conclusion. I am an unapologetic ethno nationalist, which is a phrase that had to be invented because words like patriot and nationalist have been corrupted (in my opinion deliberately). It's not that we're passively losing our identity. It's that we are being actively stripped of it. To be clear, I'm no fan of Trump, but during Trump's campaign Paul Ryan said Trump was a racist for claiming the Trump University lawsuit should not be presided over by a "Mexican" judge. Ryan said "to claim that someone can't do their job because of their race is pretty much the definition of racism". The media was quick to point out that the judge was born in Indiana. I used to be a liberal. One of the reasons I'm not anymore was watching liberals across the country pretend they didn't understand that Trump was very obviously saying the judge would be biased against him because of his campaign promises about cracking down on immigration and his claims that illegal immigrants from Mexico were rapists and criminals. When Trump called the systematic violation of our national sovereignty across the southern border a national emergency, the Mexican attorney general of California went on PBS to spew a bunch of nonsense about how it's somehow illegal for the federal government to enforce it's border laws. The importation of third world labor keeps wages down for working class Americans. Blacks are tricked into voting for it by being told immigration restriction from third world countries is racist. Whites are told opposing these policies is racist too, but since that doesn't always work, they're also told they're lazy, incompetent or entitled for not wanting to compete with desperate, starving denizens of the third world for jobs. Or they're forced to listen to some bullshit about free markets. I can't help but notice that wall street and the rest of the donor class would have benefited from either Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush. Both were backed by the power structure of their respective parties, and both sought to court the growing Hispanic vote. I also can't help but notice that Bernie and Trump both wanted to put America's working class above immigrants and both were subjected to horrific attacks from within their own parties.

[@dmw798]

@@falonsfox2585 lol, the term ethno nationalist was invented by people like you to replace national socialist. Perfect example of what this video's about. And while I hate the terms racist and fascist being overused and misapplied in today's society, you are in fact a nazi.