George Carlin - Stupid people
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters drop it as a punchline whenever a thread turns to average people's judgment or competence, such as AI-generated menus, scam victims, or AI matching human coders.
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What it is
A 1m41s clip of George Carlin's stand-up bit about how stupid the average person is, and how half of all people are even stupider than that. It is a short excerpt from one of his comedy routines, posted by a fan channel.
What people said
Cites netsharc · 2026-08 · Hacker News · on “Your AI Generated Menu Triggered My Trypophobia”
Fuuuckkking hell, is the Carlinesque "average person"(1) restaurant operator blind to how ugly these fucking things look? At least give me some obviously painting food images like [LINK] , rather than obviously AI images of disgusting proto-food... As sibling comment said, maybe this is a good "brown M&M" for restaurants. (1) For the unaware: [this video]