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And the people stopped and prayed to the neon Gods they'd made...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AtK_YsVInw8 Carlin.

My kids roll their eyes when I continually use the phrase 'American cultural imperialism'... But I will hammer it home. Where are the stand ups today? Who is calling it out?

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funnily enough, i just came to my substack to search for a reference to carlin i made in one of my articles some time ago when i caught your comment.

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my grandfather calls carlin his "Patron Saint"

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Two things I’d never seen advertised before I tried them: weed and sex. Getting high and getting laid sell themself. If someone needs to convince me that I need or want something, its likely I neither need or want it.

I also saw the proliferation of tattoos happen without any help from Madison Avenue.

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