A Comedian's View on Postmodernism

luccaskunk Says:

Jan 22, 2012 - I'm sure you're rather knowledgable on one or a number of subjects. Can you think of anything where you've seen a newbie come into it, they think they know everything, and all you can really say about it is "it's a lot more complicated than you think it is."A first year grad student will confidently assert they know their subject. A senior will discuss it with you over lunch, a professor will need a cup of coffee and a long afternoon.

wildabeast11235 Says:

Jan 23, 2012 - Conviction? Well, how can we separate the reproduction of the image of conviction from the production itself? Indeed, was there ever an original conviction in the first place? Or did the simulation produce the production?

LightWthoutTheStatic Says:

Jan 24, 2012 - I don't mean to step into this argument, but I just wanted to interject the side note that arrogance is essentially confidence with a foundation of ignorance. It's the "supposing to know" merely by self assertion. It is interesting that the more one knows about a subject, the more wary they become of saying that they really 'know', but that may actually be the image of confidence without ignorance. They no longer self assert, but confidently and humbly move forward.

luccaskunk Says:

Jan 24, 2012 - That's kind of my point. The more knowledgeable someone is, the less conviction they speak with on the subject. And all I asked originally, which started the argument, is "why is admitting that you don't know everything, and choosing your words to qualify that, a bad thing?"

hb0x Says:

Jan 30, 2012 - this was shown in a lecture i attended last week in my uni. Awkwardly, not a single soul laughed. OO

WiggyWittgenstein Says:

Feb 20, 2012 - go back to your Baudrillardian blah-blah, pseud.

wildabeast11235 Says:

Feb 21, 2012 - LOL. Well, why don't you go back to tractatus Mc Fatass! hahahaha!

ahjapink Says:

Feb 28, 2012 - I knew about this guy before he got all mainstream. Sell out.

omariam05 Says:

Mar 19, 2012 - Thanks for the video. What the comedian said marks the underlying spirit of postmodernism, namely relativism. It's not the only distinctive mark of postmodernism though. The sad thing in these days is that people don't hold values at esteem anymore. Being "tolerant" is the vogue these days, even to stupidity and immorality. This is the age of postmodernism that we live in. Nothing but spineless creatures that the only link they have with humans is ability of speech but without the intellect.

kutkinderen Says:

Apr 7, 2012 - Independent thinking and individualism is what is lacking this day's

kennethkahn Says:

Apr 24, 2012 - Matter of fact, the comedians you don't know are getting older too. "Ya know." Lol.

Poonard Says:

Apr 26, 2012 - you cuz like it was "funny".

Poonard Says:

Apr 26, 2012 - god damnit, we are stupid... :( and i just proved it with my "like" typo.

Poonard Says:

Apr 26, 2012 - like, isn't everyone getting older ya know?

Kidzilla99 Says:

Apr 26, 2012 - You know I really like like this.

thedreamisstilldead Says:

Apr 28, 2012 - Sorry, but this has nothing to do with postmodernism.

SuperSonicSickle Says:

Apr 29, 2012 - "Nothing but spineless creatures that the only link they have with humans is ability of speech but without the intellect."Very true, post-modernism is a disease of imposed irrationality and the concept that there is no such thing as objective knowledge. This ignorant viewpoint is destroying society and making this generation into a bunch of easily manipulated and feeble minded cattle. "god is dead", now society worships celebrity and social trends.

TodayistTv Says:

Apr 30, 2012 - post modernism is a made up list of things by dumb peopel who wants to be important but are boring and have destroyed reasoning and pursuit of truth and jsutify everything

thecriticalg Says:

May 3, 2012 - What a champion

CzechRiot Says:

May 4, 2012 - I am positive at least 90% of the audience didn't really understand shit.

Fcno Says:

May 7, 2012 - @Czechroit oh yeah? Do you think its because they're black? .....smh racist

TheHumanPsyche101 Says:

May 13, 2012 - you ignorant fuck, open your eyes society was made by the same values you are trying to hold without the name post modernism its the same as philosophy or religion its an idea made from an attempt at understanding something "god is dead" fuck man society has evolved nothing stays the same forever what was before religion I do not usually use negativity but when I see a person with a closed imaginary barrier around there head I tend to get pissed at them for wasting what space is left on earth

greenghost2008 Says:

May 14, 2012 - fuck this guy

Irreligious Sikh Says:

May 29, 2012 - Post-modernism said there are no absolute truths. So people started being less sure about everything. Lack of conviction(even when needed) is what he is complaining about.