George Carlin - Idiot and Maniac

Luis Rodrigues0 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
132K views · comedy · evergreen · Uploaded 2012-06-21

A very short clip of George Carlin's bit on idiots and maniacs, about the other drivers on the road.

HN uses it only as a joke reference when talking about bad drivers or poor code.

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3 comments from Hacker News

@perceptronas2020 · in “New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots”

Everyone who drives slower than me is an idiot, everyone who drives faster than me is a maniac [1] [1] - [VIDEO] (George Carlin)

@quesera2024 · in “Practical Railway-Oriented Pipelines in Ruby”

Attribution is not only for living people. You got the quote close enough for a plagiarism complaint. :) [VIDEO]

@TZubiri2026 · in “NullFramework: A no-op framework (for Python)”

I operate at just the right level of abstraction, anyone higher is a script kiddie and anyone lower is a toolchain developer. [VIDEO] That said, not sure about assembly, but there may be a case for prototyping in C before yielding to some python ex machina. Same thing with assembly, but I am a mere mortal and know my limits