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A Message by George Carlin

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways ,but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

If you don't share this with anyone....Who cares?

George Carlin

Fail, Dude. Carlin did not write that sappy shit. He said so on his own web site (via archive.org), and Snopes has an article about it, too. It's just not the sort of thing Carlin would write, and it's not in his style. He was far more clever with words and never sappy.

Quote from: RighteousDude on December 30, 2012, 08:41:09 PM
Fail, Dude. Carlin did not write that sappy shit. He said so on his own web site (via archive.org), and Snopes has an article about it, too. It's just not the sort of thing Carlin would write, and it's not in his style. He was far more clever with words and never sappy.

It really doesn't matter who wrote it, hell, could have been the Dude himself. I don't give too much credibility to Snopes; no matter what you find online, Snopes will claim that it's fake; that's how they get their hits. I have seen verified facts discredited on Snopes; their material is just like their opinion, man.

Quote from: DigitalBuddha on December 30, 2012, 09:09:31 PMI don't give too much credibility to Snopes; no matter what you find online, Snopes will claim that it's fake; that's how they get their hits. I have seen verified facts discredited on Snopes; their material is just like their opinion, man.

Okay... but Carlin himself said it wasn't his. The poor fucker can't get a break even after he's dead! 

Quote from: RighteousDude on December 30, 2012, 09:31:35 PM

Quote from: DigitalBuddha on December 30, 2012, 09:09:31 PMI don't give too much credibility to Snopes; no matter what you find online, Snopes will claim that it's fake; that's how they get their hits. I have seen verified facts discredited on Snopes; their material is just like their opinion, man.

Okay... but Carlin himself said it wasn't his. The poor fucker can't get a break even after he's dead! 

May he rest in dudely peace.

That does not sound at all like GC.

This does...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8RXqyZDsk

Quote from: BikerDude on December 31, 2012, 10:16:08 AM
That does not sound at all like GC.

This does...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8RXqyZDsk

BINGO! I sometimes like to watch a bunch of Carlin clips, and then the movie Network. Paddy Chayefsky was a prescient dude, a fucking prophet, even, and on a different track, one of his own, Carlin caught that groove and became our real life angry prophet denouncing the hypocrisies of our times. A little demonstration of the parallels:

Network: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiT30N6ti4
Carlin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5dBZDSSky0

Added bonus, available here for a limited time only:

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Gf0VKXk5Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Gf0VKXk5Q[/url]

I've been digging Doug Stanhope now the GC is gone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2noFZhLAVvU

Quote from: BikerDude on December 31, 2012, 10:16:08 AM
That does not sound at all like GC.

This does...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8RXqyZDsk

The dude was a fucking genius! ALAS; but R.I.D.P.