Generation X Life Support

Yeah, I know it’s been a while since he died, but I really miss him.  Besides, this site wasn’t up when he died.

Who am I talking about?  Well George Carlin, of course…

No, I never met him.  He could have been a huge prick for all I know.  But that doesn’t change the fact that he was one of the greatest minds I’ve ever had the pleasure of learning from. 

So I guess this where I share some snippets of dialogue or pull a video from YouTube to show you my favorite bits from his stand ups.  Nope.  No need to.  You all know his stuff, and have your own favorite memories of him.  Why push my (questionable) tastes on you?

Instead, I’ll just say that the biggest reason why I’ll miss him is because no one else called “Bullshit!” like him.  He could find bullshit in anything and everything, not because he thought something might be full of shit, but because it actually was bullshit.  In media, manners, sex, race, legislation, politics, death – you name it.  He never worried about hurt feelings, censors or any other “sanity checks” we deem necessary to govern our lives.  He just lived his life, spoke his mind and called bullshit when he saw it.  And we loved him for it.

So as I finally come to the end of this little dedication to a great mind, the last thing I’ll put out there is – Who do we trust enough to call “Bullshit!” now that he’s gone?