George Carlin - The Earth

Why saving the Earth is a silly idea.

A bit old, but still good.

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Comedy

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• George
• Carlin

[thebloads]

Here Carlin comes closer to being a theologian than most pastors. 7:09 "I think were part of a greater wisdom than we will ever understand". And he isnt being ironic here. It fits in with what he said earlier about conservation being vain and narcissistic, that the attempt by humans to understand and control nature is misguided. Here Carlin forsakes his earlier misapprehensions about religion and embraces his own brand of paganism. Just for laughs. Hypocrisy? Maybe.

[Schaichopath]

@thebloads You're thinking too hard. It's a comedian making people laugh. Carlin says a lot of things throughout his career that are less controversial that could define him as a philosopher of sorts. If you don't agree with this one, then fine, just take it as a stand-up bit. The audience laughs, he does his job, some of us see it profoundly and others do not.

[thebloads]

@Schaichopath I may be. But perhaps you're thinking too soft. The job of a comedian may be tangential to truth telling and pedagogy. But there is always a moral to a joke. That's why you laugh, because you see the truth in the lie (the joke). Carlin however, obfuscates the truth. So you are leave the theater agreeing with his misguided opinions. The ones who as you say "see it profoundly" actually agree with him, and therein lies the problem

[Schaichopath]

@thebloads I agree with Carlin on a lot of the things he says. Moreso the small linguistic observations, or the common experiences we all share. I appreciate those observations. But this is just a guy telling jokes. I think it's funny and I like what he says, but I still recycle and conserve electricity, even though this joke tells me it's a lost cause.

I don't believe anyone will see this and change the way they behave, for better or worse. So really, it's harmless.

[Tobskin]

@elvnears nuclear weapon is two words

[neekolaki]

plastic assholes!

[thebloads]

@Schaichopath People can be impressionable sometimes. 5 years ago I might have actually have agreed with him! And look at the number of people who agree with Slavoj Zizek! Or Russia Today! Or Christianity! But I agree its mostly harmless.

[thebloads]

Anyone who says Carlin is a philosopher should watch this video. Hes a comedian who thrives on contrarianism and false rhetoric. How is saving animals being "self important"? Isnt that the diametric opposite of being self important?

[Farshid1980]

@Lockjaw95 A few environmentalists... don't give a fuck about them...

[Jammerjoint]

@MrPyrulen

Fair enough.

[MrPyrulen]

@Jammerjoint not arguing about any of that information but even so it's still not being ignorant, dismissive maybe, embellishing fact, possibly. but hes a comedian if your taking scientific truth from a comedian you have other problems.

Not saying your wrong, just probably reading to much into a comedians words.

[Jammerjoint]

@MrPyrulen

He kind of does. Mostly all his comments, including those about previous states of the climate and previous species are misleading. Also he's mistaking self-consciousness for for narcissism is some twisted kind of way. "We have the conceit to think that somehow we're a threat? The planet's been through a lot worse than us."