George Carlin - A place for my stuff
Why Hacker News recommends it
Posted as a humorous aside in threads about clutter, inheritance, and consumerism.
What it is
A short George Carlin stand-up bit about humanity's obsession with owning stuff and needing a place to put it. It satirizes consumerism and houses full of possessions.
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What Hacker News said
Cites anonu · 2025-03 · on “The Shitthropocene”
(Maybe TMI) Last week my wife was admiring a pair of Patagonia boxers she gave me over 10 years ago. I did note they still looked great after probably a few 100 cycles of washing and drying. I commented that Patagonia made great stuff and actually cared about their materials. So this video is timely. I'm reminded about what Scott Bessent, the new Treasury Secretary, said earlier this month: Cheap goods are not part of the American Dream [0]. In the US we love our big houses and we fill them up with crap. When the crap overflows it just gets stored in our big garages were we also put our oversized cars. [1] How we got here today is just the result of the post-WW2 world-order. Global trade was