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remember, regardless of how outspoken you are in life, nothing will stop the capitalists from reanimating your defiled corpse into a shitheaded centrist zombie if there’s a buck in it:

“I'd just like to say that as much as I think billionaires are destroying the fabric of society with unchecked greed and blatant self-interest at the expense of basic human rights for everyone else, it is a little strange to me that people get mad at them. People are the ones who gave them the money in the first place," the AI Carlin said.

(editor’s note: the above is supposed to be a joke from the comedy special these fucking assholes hijacked Carlin’s corpse to promote. I can’t find the punchline, but it’s supposed to be a joke)

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

that was what he was good at, but he was good because he'd spent decades as a comedian going through about four distinct styles. I heartily recommend Carlin's autobiography.

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@dgerard @themeatbridge yeah, early stoner-hippy Class Clown Carlin is *very different* to righteously-furious post-Bill-Hicks Old Carlin

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

and before that, Actually Family-Friendly TV Comedian George Carlin

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 4 points 10 months ago

@dgerard and then of course you've got yer Bill and Ted Carlin