George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
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George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
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Re: George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
#2George Carlin should be studied, translated and dubbed in every possible language.
Re: George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
#3My favourite one in Dutch: People with a disability used to be called "handicapped".
At some point, that was no longer acceptable. The correct term to use became "invalid".
So it was better to say "that person is invalid" than "that person is handicapped".
Re: George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
#4George Carlin should be studied, translated and dubbed in every possible language.
The better stand-up comedians are hard to distinguish from philosophers. Carlin is right up there. It's a pity he's gone, we kind of need him right now.
Re: George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
#5Re: George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
#6Link to the bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25I2fzFGoY
Re: George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
#7The idea comes straight out of modern Academia.
It’s also called linguistic relativity, and critical theory, literary theory, and postmodernism all have roots in it. The idea is that if you believe hard enough, for example a duck can actually be a goose depending on what “lens” you see it though
Obviously, this is ridiculous. But this has invaded our culture like a cancer and is responsible for the proliferation of PC language in the last few years.
Re: George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
#8George Carlin should be studied, translated and dubbed in every possible language.
The better stand-up comedians are hard to distinguish from philosophers. Carlin is right up there. It's a pity he's gone, we kind of need him right now.
> The better stand-up comedians are hard to distinguish from philosophers.
Re: George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
#9What’s the effect here? I don’t think I like soft language, but can’t really pinpoint why I don’t like it. Is it bad that some company came up with toilet paper and now it’s bathroom tissue? Shell shock is now PTSD?
Who cares?
Re: George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
#10George Carlin should be studied, translated and dubbed in every possible language.
The better stand-up comedians are hard to distinguish from philosophers. Carlin is right up there. It's a pity he's gone, we kind of need him right now.
He would have had a field day if he was alive. It is a loss for all of us that he is gone.
Still, we now have Chapelle, who is building similiar legacy and potentially Bill Burr one day.
Absolute agreement on the philosopher/jester vibes.