Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
Sunday, July 28, 2013
How Did George Carlin Stay So Bitter?
George Carlin built his comedic-career on making his stand-up delivery bitter and angry. I think once a comic reaches the pinnacle of success, like George Carlin eventually did, you'd move on from being angry, and reach a plateau of satisfaction. I can kind of understand the bitterness George Carlin displays early in his career, because he had to struggle to achieve fame. George Carlin had to work extremely hard to continue his angst, or maybe he was just angry by nature. His angst comes off as very contrived when I watch his later stand-ups.
Friday, July 26, 2013
What Provokes Angst?: Do Genetics cause Bitterness, Or Did George Carlin Just Get Made Fun Of a Lot For Being Ugly?
I watch a George Carlin stand-up routine at night before I fall asleep, and most of his humor centers around hatred towards a clandestine group of businessman who "own" people. Abraham Lincoln (I think) abolished slavery. In America, one person can't literally own another person. For some reason, George Carlin had a lot of built up angst.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Who's the Man?
I really respect no limit poker. You risk money on the fact you can read other peoples' minds. Succeding in real-money poker (fake-money poker isn't real poker, because that game has no risk involved) makes you the man.
Please, Follow Logic
I have a "Sports Illustrated" magazine in my bathroom, and, on the cover, one of the headlines states "The Strangest but Truest Story of the Summer". If you break down the logic of this headline, you'll realize the headline makes no sense. The statement "the Truest Story" assumes that every other story has some falsehood in it. I have a very simple story. In the story, I only state the laws of gravity govern humans. The "Sports Illustrated" magazine headline states this story has a falsehood. Acepting the "Sports Illustrated" magazine headline, the laws of gravity don't govern humans. Then, gravity doesn't anchor one single person to the ground. The story that goes along with headline tells a story under which gravity anchors people to the ground, and therefore the headline makes no sense. I hate it when magazine editors don't consider logic.
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