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George Carlin - advertising and bull shit

killtheweak · 9.6M views · 2009-08-19 · 9:44

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Overview

A clip of George Carlin riffing on advertising and the nonsense around it, taken from a longer piece tied to the Zeitgeist movie.

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Brought up as a comic touchstone in discussions of advertising, usually with a joke or a quick reference.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2015–2025

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Stand-up & sketch comedyProduct, marketing & sales
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What people said

numair · 2015-09 · Recommendation

George Carlin's skit is helpful here: [VIDEO] It's just another ad. Advertising is mental cancer. Ignore it.

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latexr · 2025-07 · Joke / meme

> in the land of the free which is not the land of no cost. Maybe it is exactly what that means, and we’ve just been interpreting it wrong all this time. [VIDEO] > Free installation. Free admission, free appraisal, free alterations, free delivery, free estimates, free home trial, and free parking.

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SoftTalker · 2025-05 · Joke / meme

The whole "price lock" concept is a blatant marketing ploy in the first place. As always, "buyer beware" and read the fine print. "Certain exclusions may apply." [VIDEO]

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