There's an old Bill Hicks bit where during his already awkward standup, he takes a moment to somehow dial the awkwardness up further: If you're of a certain age, you'll know the bit:

https://genius.com/Bill-hicks-on-advertisers-and-marketing-a...

It's awkward because you can feel how much he means every word. Of course it's part of the act and you're supposed to find it funny, but at the same time, he very much means what he's saying.

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a4isms 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9h9wStdPkQY

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Djrichsjdjdnxkd 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Funny, the video is on a service of the biggest advertiser in the world.

	▲	raffael_de 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		there would be nobody in his audience without some sort of marketing ...

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stingraycharles 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

One of the few times the video is easier to digest than text is comedy like this.

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adiabatichottub 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ah, the plea for sanity dollar! Huge Market!

Sadly, he was never able to rid the world of all these fevered egos tainting our collective unconscious and making us pay a higher psychic price than we imagine.

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oooyay 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Incredible, Bill Hicks on HN. My life has come full circle.

Ironically Bill smoked like a chimney and for that we can also largely thank marketers.

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BoingBoomTschak 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sounds very much like the South Park bit when they call the guy selling jewellery to the elderly via teleshopping!

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rglover 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Drink Coke