Dark Humor is Good Humor
George Carlin and Past Political Humorists Used a Dark Sense of Humor — Surely I Can Relocate Mine
Dark humor may be all we have for at least four years
I haven’t written ANY type of humor since the 2024 election — Not my usual dark humor, and certainly nothing light. My funny bone may be broken.
Maybe if I try to channel George Carlin and other prescient humorists who inspired me in my youth through older adulthood — and no, I won’t tell you how old I am — I can get back on the satire horse I’m usually adept at riding.
George Carlin on the United States Bill of Rights: (Click the link to watch Carlin’s standup routine on YouTube.)
“But let’s say…let’s say God gave us the original 10. He gave the British 13. The British Bill of Rights has 13 stipulations. The Germans have 29, the Belgians have 25, the Swedish have only 6, and some people in the world have no rights at all. What kind of a fuckin’ god damn god given deal is that!?…NO RIGHTS AT ALL!? Why would God give different…
