He joined to use the GI bill. was generally discharged. instead of dishonorably. He was deemed an unproductive airman and court martialed three times. Carlin still one of the best comedians.
He mentioned it during his appearance on Inside the Actor's Studio. He described his discharge as (somewhat paraphrased) the Air Force saying "If you don't mention that you were here, we won't say anything either." Although at the time, he would have also been subject to the draft...
George Carlin is undisputed , one of America's greatest Wordsmith / Comedian ever. Rest In Peace George ( Though I know you would have spat on those words ) We still miss you at a time when your humour is the precise prescription people need these days. Peace Y
George Carlin was a very wise and intelligent person whose observations on the human condition are both relevant and extremely accurate. I miss George. RIP
George Carlin was such a talented comedian with the mission to open up your brain at his expense. He gave it up for a better humanity through profane language. His legacy is so relevant these days.
I don’t know man, he was so disillusioned towards the end because everything kept getting more ridiculous and harder to comment on or parody for any comedians because of how surface-level the bullshit and hypocrisy became. Back then he was breaking down the bullshit for audiences, now it’s so in your face and unsubtle. Idk, I’m overthinking it but when he said he’d given up on humanity and was just enjoying watching it circling the drain I think he meant it.
His comment about the Vietnam vets not getting help cause PTSD name is so true. The government and social groups always find a way to foul up helping people
Artists are *not* influences. Influencers are whores of corporations and unlike actual artists, create nothing of value and possess zero talent. As for the "content creator" part, I can see where OP is coming from.
@@gregdebaggis5032 and if i may add, as a kid (i'm 39) i was taught heavily that "under the influence" was never a good thing. Now it appears to be a status symbol and euphemism for someone who is followed for doing absolutely nothing.
Talking about Common sense, watching Tim Pool and not realizing George Carlin was dunking on your bullshit before you every touched a keyboard. Grade A: Moron
Frank Zappa (Spin Magazine July, 1991) Civics was a class that used to be required before you could graduate from high school. You were taught what was in the U.S. Constitution. And after all the student rebellions in the 60’s, civics was banished from the student curriculum and was replaced by something called social studies. Here we live in a country that has a fabulous constitution and all these guarantees, a contract between the citizens and the government - nobody knows what’s in it. It’s one of the best kept secrets. And so, IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHTS ARE, HOW CAN YOU STAND UP FOR THEM?
Just be grateful your constitution is a single, clearly set out document. Here in the UK, our constitution is spread over hundreds of individual acts, collected over the course of 800 years. There's no safeguard to prevent parliament from trampling over all our basic liberties, and in the last 20 years, they've done just that.
Social studies has a very similar curriculum than civics had then. Don't portray this as this kind of insanely dangerous conspiracy against democracy, it was just a renaming of a class without any major change of its content.
My high school combined English and the Social Studies into one course called "Block" which was 90 minutes every day for all four years; ninth grade was focused on State History, tenth grade was "world cultures" (sarcastic quotes required, it was a lot of Reader's Digest overviews with a LOT of "white guilt" tossed in. My first degree is in Anthropology, I have little tolerance for the overly sanitized view of spiritually pure cultures that were ultimately corrupted by the colonial powers. But I'm getting off on a tangent...) Eleventh grade was US History and Government. Twelfth grade was "Modern Civics". It's been 19 years, and I can still remember Mr. Kreutz, my eleventh grade Block teacher, making us go line by line through the Constitution and Amendments, and randomly assigning us research papers on topics we'd encounter in the real world.
They're still different things; quarantine refers to being completely separated from the group (ie; staying home upon exposure or showing symptoms). Social distancing allows for interaction with the group, just not engaging in direct physical contact and keeping some space between parties. Ted has to stay home for two weeks because he was with a lady of the evening (again! Geeze Ted!) and might have been exposed to tuberculosis; he needs to await a clear test. That's quarantine. Bill and Joe run into each other in the Home Depot, chat while keeping a few feet away from each other, and never shake hands or hug. They're social distancing. And if people hadn't have been frickin' stupid about them and related matters over the last two years, the Pandemic would be over by now.
Shell Shock, Battle Fatigue, Operational Exhaustion, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder... This guys observation was insane! In George Orwells 1984 he spoke in the end of the book about convoluted language.
This whole thing is about the softening of language, yet it edits out the part where he says “they’re fuckin’ broke!” Whose feelings are we protecting by editing that?
I’m not saying I disagree with him, because he makes really good points, but PTSD applies to much more than veterans. Not everyone with PTSD has “she’ll shock.”
That’s the point. Rather than being able to hear the term and immediately relate it to what the person went through, any teen with a mild form of anxiety can claim it as a result of “post traumatic stress.”
"Shell Shock" as used in the First World War was a medical misnomer. It was hypothesized, especially early in the war, that the constant concussions from the exploding artillery shells was actually causing neurological damage. Essentially the idea that modern warfare was doing horrible things to the soldiers in the trenches (well, technically, they weren't wrong). Common symptoms like tremors, motor function impairment, and speech problems lent some credence to the idea. The data of the time didn't quite support the base hypothesis in the long run, but the brass also used the term as an assault on the character of sufferers. Turning it into a synonym for fear or simply being crazy. The term actually made something of a comeback for brain injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
I have a feeling if I had the chance to meet George if he was alive now that me and him would get along because I drew most of my world view/opinions/beliefs from his specials
Well, this only becomes more relevant as time moves forward. Did you guys get the memo? We can't call homeless people homeless anymore. They're "unhoused".
James Lindsay on Joe Rogan brought me here. How we, as a society, miss George. I feel sure he would have a ton of material with the woke nuts nowadays.
My grandparents were in Vietnam 66-68, my dad Desert 🏜, and other places, I was in Afghanistan, Army Captain. PTSD, is real. I don't have it, my grandparents and father don't ha e these issues either. PTSD, When guys herea car backfire, they dive under the bed. Again, this is real.
What he said about "CRIPPLED" originally then became, "PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED", Now today is called: "MOBILITY IMPAIRED!" Just one more "B/S CHANGE" That NEVER HAS, STILL ISN'T, and NEVER WILL. CHANGE, LET ALONE FIX THE PROBLEM.
That one's driving me nuts. It's just standard physical distancing but 95% of humanity was dumb enough to jump onto the new phrase and freak out wagon.
FYI, conservatives- Carlin is pro-choice, anti-religion, anti-consumerism, anti-boomer, and anti-tyranny. Take notes, because he's sure not on your side lmao
I continue to engage in IPPS's in your honor. GC is the Marcus Aurelius of our age (and perchance the last, as the earth "shakes us off like a bad case of fleas," again, per GC.
Yeah and the reason they called it shell-shock is because they thought the concussive force of the artillery barrages was temporarily shutting down portions of their brain, not exactly. So to be fair, calling it Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a whole lot more informative, especially when the cause isn't high explosives detonating in one's vicinity. And it becomes a handy little acronym to boot, PTSD, 4 letters down from 10.
Shell shock is still a better description. It makes the condition sound as awful as it really is to have to endure. PTSD sounds like something that you can take a pill and be fine.
PTSD is the scientific term, which makes sense considering people don't have to fight in a war to have it. Still works way better than calling it "battle fatigue" or something which just blows the whole thing off and sounds like you're just tired.
"Shell Shock" made something of a comeback for brain injuries suffered during the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Though it was a bit more accurate; stemming from rocket attacks and IEDs.
Just would love to point out the LiveLeak logo. I don't know what happened for this kind of great intellect to have that kind of shit slapped on it, but someone probably got offended along the way.
Anyone here in 2023? I just read the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative from Stanford University. Dear Mr Carlin, you must be turning in your grave. Trust me, things have all gotten worse.
Playing devil's advocate, disabled is a better word than handicapped or crippled. I'm all for honest language, but not when it's mean-spirited, and because people are crass often so too are the words they use.
Notice Nowadays ..HANDICAP .parking signs ..NO LONGER show a person sitting stationary in a wheelchair! .. it shows a person in a wheelchair racing along at high speed 😂
As an English major only about 20% of his jokes landed. Almost all languages have multiple ways to say something. Not to mention most of his examples could still be referred to as the former, e.g. house trailer/mobile home, medicine/medication.. all are totally usable. I'm all for simple direct language but one of the beauties of the English language is how specific you can get by adding a word or two.
His point is that there are multiple ways to say something and some of them are worse, because they conceal the reality of the situation and keep people from having to think or feel things about it.
Poor thing, Carlin's main point went right over your head. Being an English Major doesn't make you automatically smarter than the rest more so in common sense.
![George Carlin - Flying [Live from NYC '92]](/img/n.gif)
Carlin was a veteran too. He wasn't combat, he never once brought up his time in the Air Force, but he was a veteran. People forget that.
He joined to use the GI bill. was generally discharged. instead of dishonorably. He was deemed an unproductive airman and court martialed three times. Carlin still one of the best comedians.
He mentioned it during his appearance on Inside the Actor's Studio. He described his discharge as (somewhat paraphrased) the Air Force saying "If you don't mention that you were here, we won't say anything either."
Although at the time, he would have also been subject to the draft...
@@KonElKent Hahaha!! Classic Carlin!
What does that have to do with his comedic accomplishments
The term gun violence is one of the worst euphonisms in the United States today, There is no such thing as gun violence, only people violence
George Carlin is undisputed , one of America's greatest Wordsmith / Comedian ever. Rest In Peace George ( Though I know you would have spat on those words ) We still miss you at a time when your humour is the precise prescription people need these days.
Peace Y
He's "down there", screaming up at us!
injoying it right now june 2 2022!!!
If it's undisputed what's all the fighting about?
George Carlin was a very wise and intelligent person whose observations on the human condition are both relevant and extremely accurate. I miss George. RIP
What a brilliant man and how right he was. Miss you brother rip
I would've loved to see him share a stage with Bill Hicks
Omg I didn’t know he was gone🙏🏼
You're actually offering prayers on a George Carlin video?
Fucking moron...
George was definitely ahead of his time.
and timeless at the same
Ahead of his time, or society never changes?
He was right on time. Always.
i wish i couldve seen him live
I'd give my left tit to be able to go back and see him at his peak.
George Carlin was such a talented comedian with the mission to open up your brain at his expense. He gave it up for a better humanity through profane language. His legacy is so relevant these days.
You mean he was swearing?
George Carlin will never not be relevant.
Bee Gee And it's a damn shame, too.
I still reference him to this day, especially this particular one when people bitch about words.
More relevant every year
Carlin would have a field day today.
Meaning?
@@Viking_Luchador he said what he said - if you know you know
I don’t know man, he was so disillusioned towards the end because everything kept getting more ridiculous and harder to comment on or parody for any comedians because of how surface-level the bullshit and hypocrisy became. Back then he was breaking down the bullshit for audiences, now it’s so in your face and unsubtle. Idk, I’m overthinking it but when he said he’d given up on humanity and was just enjoying watching it circling the drain I think he meant it.
His comment about the Vietnam vets not getting help cause PTSD name is so true. The government and social groups always find a way to foul up helping people
No profit incentive sadly
George, COME BACK as we need you more than ever now!!
@johnNiemsMusic we need him even more now than your 9 years ago. Who would have thought 😂
I deal with the minimally exceptional every single day.
We all do, darlin. There's a LOT of them.
Birds of a feather crash together
Me " Cartoon Violence is now Cartoon Mischief "
George "facepalms"
Artists became content creators.
TheKrensada *INFLUENCERS. By far the word I HATE.
Artists are *not* influences. Influencers are whores of corporations and unlike actual artists, create nothing of value and possess zero talent.
As for the "content creator" part, I can see where OP is coming from.
@@AeromaticXD Ditto. And why would anyone want to be "influenced" by said "influencers" in the first place? No original thought process?
@@gregdebaggis5032 and if i may add, as a kid (i'm 39) i was taught heavily that "under the influence" was never a good thing. Now it appears to be a status symbol and euphemism for someone who is followed for doing absolutely nothing.
@@javierdaniel1429 Perfectly stated! Refreshing to hear your younger person perspective.
Carlin may seem like he doesn’t give two shits about anyone, but moments like 2:10 show that he actually does care about people who deserve it.
Tim Pool brought me here. Been awhile since I've watched some Carlin. We need Carlin in these times.
Brought me here and I love this, I swear my generation makes me feel like a boomer
The man was a prophet.
Same here. We need more millennials to have this kind of common sense!!
Good now that you have found carlin again, I hope you have abandoned Tim 'trump will win 50 states' pool
Normie
Nobody dies in a fire, they "perish" in a "blaze".
George Carlin WARNED us of this craziness! Whatever happened to common sense??? Thanks @Timcast for bringing me here!
Talking about Common sense, watching Tim Pool and not realizing George Carlin was dunking on your bullshit before you every touched a keyboard.
Grade A: Moron
Frank Zappa (Spin Magazine July, 1991)
Civics was a class that used to be required before you could graduate from high school. You were taught what was in the U.S. Constitution. And after all the student rebellions in the 60’s, civics was banished from the student curriculum and was replaced by something called social studies. Here we live in a country that has a fabulous constitution and all these guarantees, a contract between the citizens and the government - nobody knows what’s in it. It’s one of the best kept secrets. And so, IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHTS ARE, HOW CAN YOU STAND UP FOR THEM?
Just be grateful your constitution is a single, clearly set out document. Here in the UK, our constitution is spread over hundreds of individual acts, collected over the course of 800 years. There's no safeguard to prevent parliament from trampling over all our basic liberties, and in the last 20 years, they've done just that.
Social studies has a very similar curriculum than civics had then. Don't portray this as this kind of insanely dangerous conspiracy against democracy, it was just a renaming of a class without any major change of its content.
My high school combined English and the Social Studies into one course called "Block" which was 90 minutes every day for all four years; ninth grade was focused on State History, tenth grade was "world cultures" (sarcastic quotes required, it was a lot of Reader's Digest overviews with a LOT of "white guilt" tossed in. My first degree is in Anthropology, I have little tolerance for the overly sanitized view of spiritually pure cultures that were ultimately corrupted by the colonial powers. But I'm getting off on a tangent...) Eleventh grade was US History and Government. Twelfth grade was "Modern Civics".
It's been 19 years, and I can still remember Mr. Kreutz, my eleventh grade Block teacher, making us go line by line through the Constitution and Amendments, and randomly assigning us research papers on topics we'd encounter in the real world.
@@mardasman428 It depends on where you live. But all curricula have been dumbed down over the past century or so; and it’s getting worse.
“They’re fucking broke!” -- Where has that bit gone?
I noticed that too.
George Carlin was so ahead of his time
No topic was to controversial for him, and I thank him for opening my eyes more to the world around me
I feel the person who had taking his place is Ricky Gervais !!!
@@fabiennejauncey9746 Oh yeah, Gervais definitely took inspiration from Carlin
Brilliant genius! wellness centres, like the ones they have built in Australia, this man knew all
Loved his routine on needing more stuff so we need larger houses to hold more stuff. Etc..
This bit hits harder every time I come back to it
My favorite bit by him. Geez I miss him.
Damn, I miss his HBO specials. In the 1990's it was a holiday when his new hour was on HBO.
1990's comedy was just brilliant. Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock & Carlin had their best specials in the 90's.
@@detnemt9571 link please
saying like it is, feel great listening to him
Quarantine has become Socially Distanced....
They're still different things; quarantine refers to being completely separated from the group (ie; staying home upon exposure or showing symptoms). Social distancing allows for interaction with the group, just not engaging in direct physical contact and keeping some space between parties. Ted has to stay home for two weeks because he was with a lady of the evening (again! Geeze Ted!) and might have been exposed to tuberculosis; he needs to await a clear test. That's quarantine. Bill and Joe run into each other in the Home Depot, chat while keeping a few feet away from each other, and never shake hands or hug. They're social distancing.
And if people hadn't have been frickin' stupid about them and related matters over the last two years, the Pandemic would be over by now.
A brilliant routine...very true,especially regarding war jargon!!!!
I wish I could have seen him live
And when you "pass away" you can "rest in power".
These are just brilliant remarks on human development and progress that numbs language.
I seen him at the Alabama theater,he was better than you imagine!
I love him, him being the PBS fake actor to this actual true actor showing he was educating even till 2022, at the age of 39
Carlin's the man.
Shell Shock, Battle Fatigue, Operational Exhaustion, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder...
This guys observation was insane!
In George Orwells 1984 he spoke in the end of the book about convoluted language.
although it sounded funny decade ago, GC standup comedies are now reality and truth
Omg that lil doggie at end was so cute!
Before shell - shock it was called ' cowardous in the face of the enemy'
That's 8
Incredibly clever guy, a joy to watch.
This whole thing is about the softening of language, yet it edits out the part where he says “they’re fuckin’ broke!” Whose feelings are we protecting by editing that?
I’m not saying I disagree with him, because he makes really good points, but PTSD applies to much more than veterans. Not everyone with PTSD has “she’ll shock.”
That’s the point. Rather than being able to hear the term and immediately relate it to what the person went through, any teen with a mild form of anxiety can claim it as a result of “post traumatic stress.”
"Shell Shock" as used in the First World War was a medical misnomer. It was hypothesized, especially early in the war, that the constant concussions from the exploding artillery shells was actually causing neurological damage. Essentially the idea that modern warfare was doing horrible things to the soldiers in the trenches (well, technically, they weren't wrong). Common symptoms like tremors, motor function impairment, and speech problems lent some credence to the idea. The data of the time didn't quite support the base hypothesis in the long run, but the brass also used the term as an assault on the character of sufferers. Turning it into a synonym for fear or simply being crazy.
The term actually made something of a comeback for brain injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
I miss George Carlin and his brand of comedy. He was raunchy, but funny as hell.
If only we listened
i feel like there were some "fucks" taken out of this. the layers of irony aren't lost on me.
I have a feeling if I had the chance to meet George if he was alive now that me and him would get along because I drew most of my world view/opinions/beliefs from his specials
Well, this only becomes more relevant as time moves forward. Did you guys get the memo? We can't call homeless people homeless anymore. They're "unhoused".
James Lindsay on Joe Rogan brought me here. How we, as a society, miss George. I feel sure he would have a ton of material with the woke nuts nowadays.
More relevant now than ever before
Kind of odd that the vid is from Liveleak and no one was “unalived” from inappropriate machete engagement
we need CARLIN these days, who will replace him (if it is at all possible)?
Good lord, he'd literally cry today.
My grandparents were in Vietnam 66-68, my dad Desert 🏜, and other places, I was in Afghanistan, Army Captain. PTSD, is real. I don't have it, my grandparents and father don't ha e these issues either. PTSD, When guys herea car backfire, they dive under the bed. Again, this is real.
Brilliant! I wonder what he would have said about some of today's euphemisms such as: ethnic-cleansing, collateral damage, miss-speak etc,
the best
What he said about
"CRIPPLED" originally then became,
"PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED",
Now today is called:
"MOBILITY IMPAIRED!"
Just one more "B/S CHANGE"
That
NEVER HAS,
STILL ISN'T, and
NEVER WILL.
CHANGE, LET ALONE
FIX THE PROBLEM.
“Social Distancing”
That one's driving me nuts. It's just standard physical distancing but 95% of humanity was dumb enough to jump onto the new phrase and freak out wagon.
@@louiepooh1510 Not quite, the "social" aspect is supposed to highlight the removal of social norms like shaking hands and hugging.
I'd kill to be the new George Carlin.
Came here after seeing a tweet that said "people of color" needs to be changed to "people of the global majority"....
FYI, conservatives- Carlin is pro-choice, anti-religion, anti-consumerism, anti-boomer, and anti-tyranny. Take notes, because he's sure not on your side lmao
Why should I care? He was a fellow human being.
Always stupendous
This was just in USA, now is everywhere.
Stupid times.
Oh George, you're gone too soon 😢
We need another George Carlin to speak about current presidents, woke BS, LGBTQ+WD40 etc!
Yup
I continue to engage in IPPS's in your honor. GC is the Marcus Aurelius of our age (and perchance the last, as the earth "shakes us off like a bad case of fleas," again, per GC.
That's STILL a problem, the VA claim process is tooooo much "in triplicate"
I wonder how the woke community would react to George Carlin today had he been alive.
I think conservative would try to cancel him. Pro-Choice, anti-religion, anti-consumerism
The same as they are reacting to Ricky Gervais !!!
Yeah and the reason they called it shell-shock is because they thought the concussive force of the artillery barrages was temporarily shutting down portions of their brain, not exactly. So to be fair, calling it Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a whole lot more informative, especially when the cause isn't high explosives detonating in one's vicinity. And it becomes a handy little acronym to boot, PTSD, 4 letters down from 10.
Shell shock is still a better description. It makes the condition sound as awful as it really is to have to endure. PTSD sounds like something that you can take a pill and be fine.
PTSD is the scientific term, which makes sense considering people don't have to fight in a war to have it.
Still works way better than calling it "battle fatigue" or something which just blows the whole thing off and sounds like you're just tired.
"Shell Shock" made something of a comeback for brain injuries suffered during the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Though it was a bit more accurate; stemming from rocket attacks and IEDs.
I think of “unhoused” to describe homeless people
Just would love to point out the LiveLeak logo. I don't know what happened for this kind of great intellect to have that kind of shit slapped on it, but someone probably got offended along the way.
Anyone here in 2023? I just read the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative from Stanford University. Dear Mr Carlin, you must be turning in your grave. Trust me, things have all gotten worse.
Playing devil's advocate, disabled is a better word than handicapped or crippled. I'm all for honest language, but not when it's mean-spirited, and because people are crass often so too are the words they use.
2021 Wake The Fuck Up Sorry for Snapping... Credere
he would love inclusive language
Lol at all the normies who came here from Tim Pool. You guys are realizing what we've been seeing for years (if not decades).
Notice Nowadays ..HANDICAP .parking signs ..NO LONGER show a person sitting stationary in a wheelchair! .. it shows a person in a wheelchair racing along at high speed 😂
George Carlin is rolling in his grave. 3 syllables to 12, what a fucking leap.
New Speech.
*
Battlefield Deaths have become CASUALTIES.
(In my way of thinking there's nothing Casual about Dying!)
Wouldn't he love the term"Alternative facts"
But we've added a hyphen!
Why is this on live leak?
Cause this man is murdering our post-industrial society, and rightfully so
Edited!?
When was this ?
1988
"Live Leak"
I just evacuated my "Mucus Apparatus"
I told you not to go to that sketchy taco stand!
Soft language for a country creating soft people.
Yes, no one wanted to admit that war causes trauma - shel shock
A
Louis C.K. But he ain't a funny philosopher like Carlin is.
jawad itani also, he’s a sexual harasser. There’s always that.
Colonialism humm I can relate
I quoted this today when describing how "whores" became "sex workers"
Shell shock, battle fatigue, operational exhaustion, post- traumatic stress disorder...George Carlin on "soft language". Keeps getting worse every generation. 😑
Now we have the vaccine hesitant…
Why is this on LiveLeak??? Lmao
As an English major only about 20% of his jokes landed. Almost all languages have multiple ways to say something. Not to mention most of his examples could still be referred to as the former, e.g. house trailer/mobile home, medicine/medication.. all are totally usable. I'm all for simple direct language but one of the beauties of the English language is how specific you can get by adding a word or two.
His point is that there are multiple ways to say something and some of them are worse, because they conceal the reality of the situation and keep people from having to think or feel things about it.
Poor thing, Carlin's main point went right over your head. Being an English Major doesn't make you automatically smarter than the rest more so in common sense.
You edited out “fuckin broke!” Nice! Wtf is this world coming to…
Don't censor his jokes man, very uncool. Thumb down
4:56 - Introducing sjw-s.