Brit Reacts To GEORGE CARLIN - DUMB AMERICANS!
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Yes they absolutely lower the passing grades for kids. They've been doing it for a long time now, and the results speak for themselves.
Absolutely. I came up in the '80s and remember kids flunking out and having to repeat grades. By the time I got to high school in the early '90s, they were passing illiterate dopes just to get rid of them. Been going on for decades now.
100%. Throughout the past 40 years, American education has become all about standardized testing, which has been proven to be an inefficient system.
@@dner75-xh9le My mother is a teacher and she talks all the time about how there are so many kids who need more time in certain grades but the system refuses to hold them back.
Schools rely on funding based on those grades, so it's always a conflict of interest
They are passing kids now.
Can't fail kids anymore.
No such thing as a Grade F anymore
As an American, yes he's one hundred percent correct about Americans
well at least hes correct about you..
As a Canadian. Yeah he absolutely is.
George was right on with everything he said in all his standups. Wish he was here today because people are scared to speak the truth
The one & only George Carlin. No one will ever come close to this man’s brilliance.
To answer the obesity question, as someone who was formerly obese and was always hungry, consuming a lot of empty calories will do it. People in the US will make a meal out of stuff intended only for snacking, not realizing they're not getting protein and fiber things that help you stay full (not to mention any micronutrients). Foods high in sugar and low in fiber metabolize faster, giving you a burst of energy all at once and then you crash while foods higher in fiber release the energy slower over time. Because of the diet people are eating a lot of junk then getting tired, being tired people get less exercise. Then, because they aren't eating anything substantial, as soon as their stomach is empty in about an hour or two, they're eating again.
I once read that George Carlin wore plain, simple black clothing for two reasons. He didn't want to be a walking billboard and he didn't want brightly colored clothing to distract from his act.
Everything he said is true.
George Carlin was a national treasure.
I've said it before in other reactions to this video but my favorite line is the last one: "It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it".
Carlin always spoke the truth about the USA. This from an American.
I am 56 & I can’t stop watching reactions to this bit. Masterpiece!!!! I like to see young people learning about this stuff!👍
This is what I always loved about him! Facts and total truth!!! What he said back then is happening worse right now! I miss that guy!!
Yes it is true School districts lower test grade scores!
Carlin is the best!!
And now most of the shopping malls are gone. They just demolished the one in my hometown. And It’s all been replaced by people sitting on their asses at their computer all day refusing to leave the house and just shopping online, ordering their lazy ass food off of DoorDash, and pretending social media means they really have friends. I wonder what George Carlin would’ve thought of THAT!!!
He’d be rolling over in his grave. Smmfh
Didn't you sit on your ass to watch this?
Well Put Ryan ❗
There is a lot of truth to what you are saying I would rather shop by going to a store than having everything delivered. But, more and more, I am in the minority. I do shop online, but for products that is hard to find, especially locally.
I can't wait for the Amazon dictatorship version of America. Yippie.
George Carlin is never ever wrong! It is 100% true! My opinion is that most people are horridly depressed in the US. We don’t get out nearly enough imo. We have no health insurance, every food we have has sugar (even the water at McDonald’s has sugar, so do the salads), the internet and tv have caused depression loss of jobs and it’s impossible for us to go back. So it is a vicious cycle. Sad af.
Yup.. I’m afraid that he speaks for the vast majority of people in this country. Not all but definitely the majority!!
Yes, I think it is the American food more than anything, even exercise. The way we process our foods should be illegal. But we have a large population of people that spend money on food, as well as a significant population that take advantage of capitalism and produce a food product at the most effective cost. The result? Well you can see......
I remember when the short attention span thing was an issue, back when Mtv began, showing 3-4 minute music videos.
Max Headroom had, “blipverts” (Ya might wanna look that up.)
I’ve seen George perform LIVE 3 times. (Even got a brief meetup backstage, after his show at USC, back in ‘83-ish.😉)
If I may suggest…?
You should watch his entire show called, “You Are All Diseased”, from ‘99. (Saw him do that show at Bally’s in Vegas, & we were so close, my arm was on the stage! He didn’t seem to mind, especially when during his whole bit about “children”, I called out, “PREACH ON, BROTHER GEORGE!”, to which he pointed at me, & said, “Thank you!”)
Realizing do enjoy you & your videos! 😁
(Sorry I’m not able to support your channel financially, but I do wish you all the best, young man! Especially throughout the holiday season, & 2024!)
😁
We all know everything he said is true. We are stuck in this mode of bending the knee to capitalism at all costs and it is slowly killing us.
We make less, work more, and have been convinced unions are against workers' interests.
Yet when someone says we need to wrench control away from politicians and CEOs, you're suddenly "an extremist." Crazy how quick people lose a spine.
Imagine how bad it would be if we had communism
You can't say that man! They'll brand you a socialist or communist if you say something like that! But you know, end-stage capitalism still works - right? All the Elon Musk's in the world will save us! Trust in the BILLIONAIRE CEO's who obviously care about all us poors and only want us to be happy and healthy.
@LordLOC I have been an Anarcho-communist for like 30 years. They already hate me 😄
@@citizenbrain8065 I'm just a lowly progressive socialist don't mind me :D
@LordLOC Brother, we need all the allies we can get. ✊️
The obesity and diabetes epidemic in America correlates directly with the development of the USDA Food Pyramid in the late 70s. Americans went from eating mostly whole foods meat & potatoes diet with the very occasional dessert, to eating a diet that is 80% carbohydrates mostly processed self-stable foods because of the food pyramid that suggests eating 12 servings of grains, 4 to 6 servings of fruits & vegetables, and very little animal foods. This is exactly the opposite diet that sustained the evolution of mankind when we were hunters and gatherers. And over the years there has been much really bad dietary guidelines being developed like all of these so called "heart healthy" fats that it turns out are actually quite toxic and they are made by processing seeds and grains that contain no oils with Hexane (a neuro-toxin). Following that advice came the advice to eat 6 small meals a day rather than 3 meals a day with no snacking. Well, 6 small meals a day is the directions on how to make someone develop diabetes. Each time you eat carbohydrates, your blood sugar rises, and insulin rises to help process the glucose from what you have eaten and the energy you don't need - the insulin stores in your fat cells. When you eat several times a day, your blood sugar and insulin levels are kept high and this causes insulin resistance and diabetes over time - it also causes you to continually gain weight over time. You cannot lose weight when your blood sugar and insulin levels are high. If you google images of Americans at the beach in the 1960s or 1970s you will see very few fat people. The food pyramid wasn't created for a healthy population. The food pyramid was created and is still managed by the United States Department of Agriculture USDA - to support the farmers ability to sell their cereal crops to food manufacturers for a decent profit. To this day - their Dietary Panel is always comprised of members of Big Agriculture, Big Food, and Big Pharma. When Organizations like the Nutrition Coalition were allowed to present hard science to them last year, they gave them 3 days to present dozens of well documented studies and food trials for reversing disease with a proper human diet - and they were thanked and sent on their way and the committee ignored all of their recommendations.
Fantastic Narrative of FACTS ❗ Thank you. Well put❗
I agree with this, but it is hard to read. I recommend learning how to break your writing into paragraphs. It is much easier to read. For one if I turn away and have to find where I left off, it is difficult. When you want to express ideas, learn t break it down to one paragraph per idea.
Hi again. I've already replied to your outstanding comment and someone else approved my few supportive words today. I wanted to add this observation. I was fortunate enough to have traveled all over the 🌎 World many years ago. Europe, Mid East and Central America. They do NOT have obesity problems. Their diets, the walking they do, not drinking sodas and eating junk food.Even walking while eating is unheard of. A meal time is precious to them. French public schools give their children a nutritious delicious 4 course meal. Lunch time is one hour. In fact, the countries that started opening American fast food restaurants were alarmed at how quickly their population started gaining weight. It was so refreshing to see healthy hair, skin and body weight in the 16 countries I visited. Even their restaurant food portions were HALF what we serve here. ( The whole leftovers " doggy bag" "take home " phenomenon is an AMERICAN thing. As is "All you can eat " BUFFETS. Absurd. Of course Obese people love buffets and go back for seconds or thirds. I'm so tired of hearing health care professionals call obesity a " Disease ". No...it's just overeating "more than your fair share" and it's just an undisciplined person lacking self love. I live in a city with a great downtown District with loads of restaurants of all kinds of cuisine. I don't eat out anymore. I always get sick the next day. Always. Clearly they are using processed foods out the can or jar in everything they prepare. This is crazy. Plus non stop pharmaceutical commercials to reverse the damage we do to our bodies. You don't even see commercials like that in other countries. Life expectancy in our country will surely decline. Again, thank you for your narrative. P.S. my mother never kept candy or sweets in the house. A 1960's Mom that knew better. We weren't even allowed to go Trick or Treating. She said it's all garbage and bad for you. We never complained. She made sense. Happy New Year. Best wishes.
One of the things we have that you don't have in the UK is unlimited refills on soft drinks. If one drinks a 1/2 gallon of virtually pure sugar a couple of times a day, it leads to obesity.
I believe the obesity problem is a combination of wrong foods, portions size, & inactivity.
Canada has more food regulations than the US, but we have a lot of our food imported from the US, and I would suggest the additives and preservatives in a lot of premade food or canned food can damage your metabolism, in addition to all the sugar and salt in virtually everything. You can't even buy a can of chickpeas for a hummus without having to make sure you've got the "low sodium" kind. It's hard to escape, even if you're technically making everything from scratch. We don't have "pink slime" here because it's banned, but there are plenty of other imported things from down south and even things that are allowed here that are full of chemicals. My guess is that those chemicals do things like lower your metabolism, and increase your appetite so you don't know when you've had enough, in addition to lowering energy levels so you don't exercise as much. The world has also changed. More people have jobs sitting at a desk than actual physical labor. I used to be a competitive swimmer and I've always had weight problems. Very often I don't eat very much at all because I get teased. I also have chronic pain and a physical disability, so just getting out of bed is hard for me. I'd love to eat organic salads every day, but I'm not rich and sometimes a package of noodles that costs me a little over a dollar Canadian is what I'm doing just to save money. It's brutal.
I just love how quickly he can recover from a mistake. “Belt beer belt buckle,” is honestly one of the cleanest recoveries I’ve ever seen.
The median reading level in the USA is 7th to 8th grade level. We spend more money per student on education with massive under performance. Its a country where the top 10% carry the rest.
18 years and it still touches TRUE.
I'm American. He's correct.
I don't know if anyone answered "Why did he mostly wear black?”, but something I learned from Drama class is you wear black on a dark stage to draw the audience's attention to the performer's face and hands because that's what the performer is using to communicate.
As an American and a Texan, he is 💯 percent absolutely correct. You can usually tell the Americans anytime you travel to another country. We are dumb, obese, lazy and walk around in sneakers. We need him now more than ever
Yes. Everything he's saying is true. People just don't want to hear it.
I live in Texas and we have a 72 oz steak, but it can also be free if you finish it with all the fixings within an hour. If not, the meal is gonna be about $85 with tax.
What he's saying about the schools is ABSOLUTELY TRUE. When I was in elementary, the grades were MUCH different than the grades in high school. It has changed. The schools don't want to look bad for not passing students. So they lower the grades to pass more, as he's said.
All of this to make the schools look good.
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They don't care about giving children education they only care about what makes them look good.
He apparently got really angry about life in general after his wife died. If I'm not mistaken, he died about 3 years after this aired.
Not only do they make the passing grade lower, they continue to make the tests easier.
George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Burr, and Dave Chappelle....the Mount Rushmore of Comedy.
Apparently Bill Burr's wife calls the shots in their dynamic now. Burr can officially turn in his Mancard...
Bill Hicks needs a spot
A combination of fast food diets and lack of activity makes us obese++! In the US parents and adults themselves order food delivered and sit in front of their video games and computers. In my day when we got out of school, we changed into play clothes and went outside and played with the neighbor kids until the street lights came on then went into dinner, did homework, maybe 1 hour of TV, then to bed. There were no cell phones, computers, or video games, h*ll we only had 5 TV channels and needed rabbit ears (TV antennae on the back of the TV!) to get those channels. I'm 65yo and have seen these changes come to pass. It saddens me.❤
The problem is that everyone drives everywhere. You don't really need to get out of the car, they just go through the drive thru.
Hi, American here. So, diet is 85% responsible for weight issues. Activity is great for cardiovascular health, mental health, really anything internal. But as far as weight gain goes, it's the food. Here in the US, quantity is king. It's appalling how much food you get at restaurants. It seems great because of its value, but who needs to eat that much in one sitting? And I am, unfortunately, also a member of the Clean Plate Club. I'm working on it.
Another factor is industrial farming. Even "whole foods" are becoming less nutritionally dense than foods from 50-plus years ago because of farming practices. The animals we eat are being fed hormones and antibiotics at an astounding rate. The veggies are less nutritious because industrial farms plant too densely and don't rotate crops.
But mostly, we eat an insane amount of food here.
I love how hard he goes in. I’m American. He’s 100000% correct. Add that butter!
Imagine what George would have written today...
Hi Kabir! What he says about the testing is 100% true! It's one of the reasons I got out of the teaching profession. In the years they do the testing, you basically spend all of your class time teaching how to take the test. While you don't give your students the actual test to study, you use the same questions that will appear on it, just in a different order. After the test is finally given, you are weeks behind where you should be in your curriculum because you spent all that time "teaching the test" Another problem teachers face is being caught in a three way vice. You have the parents, the students and the administration all blaming you for the kids not learning. I was fortunate enough to have smart kids (my own kids) who were able to qualify for more challenging programs offered by the school district.
As for fat people, they are always trying to put the blame on the food, not the people who eat it! You get fat by taking in more calories than you burn. It's true that some folks have sluggish metabolisms, but just think of it as being more cost efficient. It's like having a car that gets 40 miles to the gallon vs one that gets 20 mpg. You don't keep trying to put gas in a car that already has a full tank. Luckily, I'm very active and have a physically demanding job, so I don't have to worry too much about my weight, which is a blessing during the holiday season!
One of the main contributers to obesity in the United States is that starting in the 1970s food manufacturers found high fructose corn syrup. It was 1/4 the cost of sugar and so they started using it to replace sugar. As a result of the highly processed sweeteners people started eating and drinking more and more empty calories and exercising less. Diabetes was almost unheard-of back then and now there are 34 million diabetics in the country. Countries that have limited or outlawed high fructose corn syrup have much healthier citizens and a much lower percentage of diabetes and related ailments.
Fructose is fruit sugar, it's no worse than maltose, glucose, sucrose, dextrose, lactose or any of the other -oses. It being a monosaccharide enters the bloodstream a little quicker than a disaccharide but only by a short amount of time. With or without sugars, the only way to keep from getting fat is to take in no more calories than you expend.
Sadly, it's cheaper to lower the passing grades than to pay teachers what they deserve to go above and beyond. Teachers in this country already get a raw deal. Asking them to put in even more extra hours and effort for what they're paid is unreasonable.
They're paid plenty, and they also get a nice, long vacation that the rest of us don't get. Give me a break. They also get carte blanche to push their sick ideologies on kids who have no means of countering it. Let me guess - you're a teacher? Yeah? Then do your job and actually teach...
George, we miss you soooo much!!! thanks for keeping his memory alive❤
Food, sugar, portion sizes, lack of exercise, poor education and poor to non-existent government services.
But but, big government bad - right? Poor education?? But we pay our teachers top salaries and treat them so well!
Our country is so boned at this point it isn't even funny anymore. I'm not even sure we can come back from the precipice so to speak we seem to be balancing on right now.
@@LordLOC nothing wrong with big government, so long as they look after the people and not big business
@@alwynemcintyre2184 I know, that was my point more or less. These conservatives who scream that government has to be as small as possible, I'm not sure they realize how complicated governments really are in the 21st century and especially with technology being so ingrained in our society as it is now. But, citizens united made so that corporations are people too, and are seemingly more important than actual people.
Sadly George is so right on so many things about this country. It still applies today unfortunately. It’s the sugar plus the inactivity. We have quite a few products in much of our food that other countries have banned due to negative health effects, yet not much has been done to get these products out. It’s so maddening much of the time, and yet we’ll fight to the end to keep these things. Btw, I remember the days when George wore suits during his acts, in his very early days . He’s so right on who runs this country too.
Yep! Lowering the passing grades has been going on for a long time.
As an American I can proudly say that George Carlin is one of the best ever and a national treasure. The issues in America today is why he’s “hot” again. Because he tells the truth. And we love him for it. The ones that don’t are afforded their incorrect opinion. But truth is truth. There isn’t an alternative one. Those are called points of view. And he wore black because the attention was on the message.
Would be cool for you to react to George Carlin's opening monologue from "Life is Worth Losing" (2005). It's his opening bit from this special, and ole George spits fire like a rapper. It's unbelievable.
George has his unique way of saying things, but he right over the target as usual.
The education system is definitely true.
It's all about looking better for money. And if you don't do well, they make it look like you do and warp the stats to show more graduates.
George takes it to the eddge BUT he's spot on about the education system . I went through in the 70'&80's and we had accellerated programs for the "Brains" even my daughter benefitted from a "Gifted" program however all those are gone for fear of making the others feel bad. it's sad really the dumbing down of America and many other countries
It's the truth. That's why George is so funny, he tells the truth.
It is a mix of the following, food, exercise, portion sizes and last but not least certain health issues. Such as Thyroid problems which slow down the metabolism.
I think the world needs more people like George Carlin. People who tell you how it is, without caring if you offend or not. There are too many people nowdays who take offence of anything and everything.
George was a prophet. Everything he said was true then, and even truer now. And it doesn't end well. Some of us will feel the blade.
I'm 75 yrs. old so obviously I've been eating American food a long time. I was a little too thin most of my life inspite of drinking a soft drink and eating a candy bar every afternoon and having dessert. Part of the reason is heredity, but I believe its mostly about exercise. Children played outside until dark. We had mandatory physical education for an hour in school. As an elderly person my weight is normal but I have never been obese. I walk or hike with my dogs every day.
When I went to school you had to sit down, shut up and do as you were told. Now it seems to be about entertaining the children. In higher grades they don't memorize anything or learn to spell but are allowed to use their iPhones or tablets instead of learning. Only self motivated children learn anything.
Journalists on tv knew proper grammar and pronunciation because it was a requirement of their job. Anything written for public publication was edited for grammar and spelling. I cringe at what I hear and read now.
Bill Hicks also always wore black. He called himself a dark poet. And George is from the same form and genotype. He just lived longer. It's dark humour, after all.
I love George Carlin! Love your videos too❣️😄
I'm 54. When I i was in school, the lowest passing grade was a 70. Now, it's a 60.
George Carlin poet philosopher saint of America who made telling the truth funny
Problem is fairly simple tbh. Large portions, variety of options, and we drive everywhere. Everything is much more spread out here so we don't walk anywhere.
Lewis Black is another comedian who interweaves philosophy and politics into his comedy.
It’s a mixture of the food and the inactivity. The giant portions, plus all the sodium and sugar in 99% of our food. Plus, people don’t exercise enough. You need to exercise a lot to stay healhty.
His final special where he talks about "rights". You've got to check that out.
You Have No Rights!!
He really told the truth!!
I believe the obesity problem stems from a combination of unhealthy food and a sedentary lifestyle. Nowadays, food is laden with excessive sugar, starches, and processed ingredients containing various chemicals, contributing to the issue.
This is how he felt in 2005 I can’t imagine what he’d say now .
I saw him a few times live and he’s great
Here in the US, I think there are three issues that have led to the obesity levels. 1) The food pyramid was really poorly designed and misinterpreted by most people. The way it was presented, you were supposed to have mostly eat Carbohydrates & avoid fats. 2) we haven’t learned to NOT mess with our damn food supply. We add this, take out that (fats), and then add sugars to make it still palatable. And 3) we use Sugar in waaaay too many things. Sugar is in almost every food we purchase.
Education: when I was a student in the 80s & 90s, passing was above 70%. When my daughter started middle school, I was blown away that the passing grades were above 60%. Worse, I remember taking Algebra I & II, geometry, and intro to Trig & Calculus in high school. When m y daughter was in high school, they were only required to have Algebra I & Geometry for “high level” maths. They only offered Algebra II as a class for CP classes. A high school diploma used to actually be worth something, now it just means you are able to go to college to learn what you should have learned in HS.
Yes it's true! When No Child Left Behind was passed, Texas and I'm sure other states lowered the passing levels so that they could continue to get federal money. The only reason I know is because I served on a State education council at the time
You're right about that!
He wasn't lying
Check out George’s routine called People are Boring 😂
He was on point in the 90’s before he passed, and that makes his rhetoric more impressive as the days travel on and on.
he always hit the nail on the head
100% TRUTH!
They’re still lowering passing grades here in the states. Idiocracy in the making!!!
I think he always wore black because he wanted people focused on his words.
This is the realest George Carlin there ever was.
In my opinion, it's the convenience of everything that plays a major part in an unhealthy lifestyle.
100% true on education
It's true about the grades, there was a study conducted in Baltimore this year. 13 high schools were in that and non of them had students that were proficient in their own grade. It didn't matter if it was math or reading they all faild.
It is true about schools lowering the passing grade, and schools are way worse now in 2023.
It's sad but very true. Nothing has changed; just gets worse every year. People have to choose whether to make their house payment or get a medical procedure done - even though they may have health insurance - the costs are crazy.
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”
Drinking anything while listening to George Carlin! You are very brave.
I'm going to be in England for week or two . Going to Visit Grand Children in Hull . Will Fly out of London . Missed You in Vegas .
It is truly that lack of Hard Labor, we Set Way to Much and when we do physical labor it isn't more than a couple of hours
…As a full flowing red blooded American, home of the brave supporting, Bud Light drinking advocate, I can attest that Mr. Carlin is the best that ever did it. ‘Nuff said.
Inactivity and the Portions. Ad The Sugars and Carbs .
Got to see Carlin in the late 90s. First time I ever heard the golf bit and also the football and baseball comparison.
RIP.. he was instrumental in our first amendment rights with Lenny Bruce.
Not only is our portions absurd in the states, but it's pretty common for friends to make fun of you if you can't finish our triple bacon cheeseburger, large milk shake, and 16 ounces of french fries.
It's the inactivity and access to high octane food. I'm 43, 5'7", I've been between 120-130lbs my entire adult life. My best friend is the same height, he was 250lbs when me met and, although he's dropping weight now, he topped the scales at well over 400lbs at one point. It's a choice when your means to purchase are the only thing stopping you.
Keep the populace in a complacent and inert state with "bread and circuses." Often credited to Roman poet Juvenal.
There is a bit of truth in all great comedy.
Federal funding in schools is based on test results
Everything he says is true. It isn't only Corporations that fund the politicians, the unions do also - the Teacher's unions are among the worst. And now that the libs are pushing DEI, they no longer have to provide better schools in urban areas - rather than smaller classes, tutors, better qualified teachers they simply removed testing and grades in many areas. If you show up you pass - no need to study and no accountability for the teachers actually teaching students. Less than 15% of all students in the United States that attend Public Schools graduate from high school at grade level, most don't even graduate at the 8th grade level. To make matters worse - the democrats what to abolish home schooling, private schools, and charter schools. I don't know how to wake people up.
It’s the higher processed foods…hidden sugars you don’t have high fructose sugar in your foods…and inactivity to blame for weight gain.
The cheapest food is the unhealthiest
Carlin goes hard!!!!
Depends on where in the country you are. Down south they eat deep-fried mayonnaise balls. Read it out loud and really think about that.