“You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you’re not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.”
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As usual, Carlin nails it. Good one.
Absolutely. Thanks Jim!
Carlin and Carl Sagans words in one post, you are all too kind dear sir…
The Carlin video is one I sort of reluctantly included in my A George Carlin “Minithon” post. But after recent events, it seems all too true…
Was Carlin ever wrong?? Not that I can recall …
Neither can I PT, and you know I love my space travel fantasies!
I had taken a business trip to Montreal a few years back… in the middle of February. (not recommended… We landed and the pilot said “Have a great day if you can. The temp is 11 degrees below zero”.)
Anyway, after spending the day at work, I went back to the hotel room, and was delighted to find a George Carlin marathon on TV. I spent several hours watching, before I realized it was unusual to have such a marathon. Slowly, my stomach knotted as it dawned on me that he must have passed… I went to the internet and my suspicion was confirmed.
The comedy industry lost a great member, but so too did those who fight for logic over superstition. I felt like “Oh no, who is going to point out all the obvious stupidity now?!”
Guess it’s up to us!
Good grief Matt, what a way to get the bad news! But we did indeed lose one of our greatest voices against humanity’s nonsense when Carlin died. As for it being up to us now, you’re right on that as well, though I hardly feel up to the task. The thing they never mention in all that talk about that “standing on the shoulders of giants” is how “tall” you have to be just to climb up onto them!
Mars: “Get it off me! Get it off me! What the hell IS thata?!?!”
Poor Mars. It’s all over now. Never knew what hit ya.
It’s funny how they spent so much effort in describing Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror, but never gave even a moments thought to what it must have been like for poor Mars!
