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What does it mean?
Carlin broadly dismisses current affairs or systems as worthless.
In plain terms
Everything is nonsense and harmful.
What can you take from it?
A nihilistic view that modern structures lack value.

Where it applies

  • venting frustration
  • closing a routine

Putting it to work

  • questioning systems
  • venting

Questions to consider

  • Is there any good left?
  • Why do we trust systems?

Another view

It is overly broad and lacks specificity.

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