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George Carlin Talks About "Stuff"
George Carlin's classic stand-up routine about 'stuff' and how much of life is spent accumulating and storing it, from Comic Relief 1986. It satirizes American consumerism and possessions.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN keeps linking it in threads on clutter, storage units, real estate and consumerism as a perfectly apt comic take.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CappyNJ
- Topic
- consumerism comedy
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 7
- HN mentions in dataset
- 14
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2010–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Have you noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff? - George Carlin If you have some free time, do watch this. [VIDEO]
saurabh on Hacker News · 2010-09
In Ask HN: What's the big deal with startups anyways...If you haven't seen it, a link I think worthy of a listen, George Carlin Talks About "Stuff": [VIDEO]
adolph on Hacker News · 2013-10
In How to get rid of old stuff, sell it for more, and use Amazon as cheap storage> "you don't own stuff; the stuff owns you" Reminds me of the George Carlin bit on "stuff". Brilliant commentary on the American way, as always: [VIDEO]
cfallin on Hacker News · 2016-02
In Why I don't want stuff
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