#George carlin youtube movie#

And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself. So, next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. As they lay there, completely vulnerable to their enemies, their only movements were to occasionally shift from one position to another or, if one of the 'mind adventures' got too real, they would sit up and scream and be glad they weren't unconscious anymore. They would stop functioning almost completely, except deep in their minds they would have adventures and experiences that were completely impossible in real life. They had these people, you know? And they would walk around all day and be OK? And then, once a day, usually after dark, they would lie down on these special platforms and become unconscious.

#George carlin youtube movie#

If you didn't know what sleep was, and you had only seen it in a science fiction movie, you would think it was weird and tell all your friends about the movie you'd seen. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.' 'For the next several hours, while the sun is gone, I'm going to become unconscious, temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. (George Carlin, Napalm & Silly Putty.вЂњPeople say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. 'But it didnвЂ™t happen, and one of the reasons is soft language the language that takes the life out of life. IвЂ™ll bet if they had still been calling it 'shell shock,' some of those Vietnam veterans might have received the attention they needed. 'Then, barely fifteen years later, we got into Vietnam, and, thanks to the deceptions surrounding that war, itвЂ™s no surprise that the very same condition was referred to as ' post-traumatic stress disorder.' Still eight syllables, but weвЂ™ve added a hyphen, and the pain is completely buried under jargon: post-traumatic stress disorder. There are lucky shits, dumb shits, and crazy shits. Some people know their shit, while others can't tell the difference between shit and shineola. You can smoke shit, buy shit, sell shit, lose shit, find shit, forget shit, and tell others to eat shit. Like something that might happen to your car. Shit may just be the most functional word in the English language. It was absolutely sterile: operational exhaustion. 'By the early 1950s, the Korean War had come along, and the very same condition was being called 'operational exhaustion.' The phrase was up to eight syllables now, and any last traces of humanity had been completely squeezed out of it. 'Fatigue' is a nicer word than 'shock.' Shell shock! Battle fatigue. 'Then a generation passed, and in World War II the same combat condition was called 'battle fatigue.' Four syllables now takes a little longer to say. It almost sounds like the guns themselves. In World War I it was called 'shell shock.' Simple, honest, direct language. ThereвЂ™s a condition in combat that occurs when a soldier is completely stressed out and is on the verge of a nervous collapse. George Carlin on 'Shell Shock' and 'Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder' Giridharadas, 'Language as a Blunt Tool of the Digital Age.' The New York Times, Jan. But when they call you, even at dinnertime, then itвЂ™s a 'courtesy call.'' When you dial into 'customer care,' they care very little. When it 'manages stakeholders,' it could be lobbying or bribing. When it is 'right-sizing' or finding 'synergies,' it may well be firing people.

'When a company is 'levering up,' it often means, in regular language, that it is spending money it doesnвЂ™t have.

(George Carlin, 'Euphemisms.' Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics, 1990)

Constipation became occasional irregularity.вЂ‹' The CIA doesn't kill anybody anymore. Used cars became previously owned transportation.

'Sometime during my life toilet paper became bathroom tissue.