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I graduated high school in 82 and there was no shortage of kids that wanted to be movie stars and rock stars and sport celebrities. The lure of being rich and famous is nothing new , it is just much easier now.
No it is not much easier now, its just that now common losers with zero talents or abilities apart from "good looks" can become instantly famous for no reason at all
yonathon: you just explained why it’s easier to become famous now
@@marambula not at all... there are so many more people now and a much lower percentage have that chance. Just that more assholes can gain visibility easier, not success
Yeah! You're right. Technology has made it significantly easier. If you wanted to be a rock star, a star athlete or a celebrity, there was at least some hard work involved. Wouldn't you say? Now a days it seems all you need is to have a cell phone and good wifi.
@@motorheadbanger90 Exactly. You really needed to have some talent that you had worked on. And then you create something of value.
Ehh. I’ve worked in jewels of our nation - places that you go when you finally retire. And I’ve watched the retirees suffer pain, discomfort, sleepiness, fogginess, and all sorts of things while trying to finally enjoy the places they spent their whole lives waiting for. I don’t really get the Insta influencer thing, but I do believe in having adventures while you can get the most out of them.
So true. I have done both. I managed to see some of the world while young. And I have worked my tail off supporting a family, having a mortgage, and now am retired. But, still not free of responsibilities. I have a frail 92 year old father and my only sibling with terminal cancer, so I can’t really enjoy hopping around the planet as would like. Also, Elvis is dead and I don’t feel that well myself. My advice to the younger generations is to work hard and play hard.
@@guitarmike37308 good and sound advice sir. Life doesn’t have to be an either/or.
wise advice
Truth. was anyone ever on their deathbed saying "I should have spent more time at the office"?
Exactly. While much the “content” these young people make is quite shallow and uninteresting I still believe it’s wise to live your life and have adventures while you’re young. Especially in the world we are in now, I would do the same if I were them
After I got my masters degree I traveled all throughout south east Asia and work there and did a lot of traveling. Then I came home later to settle down for a full-time job. I’m glad I did all my traveling as a young man. It also helped me to become bilingual
Lived in Nashville in my 20s a good bit. May not seem like traveling from Bama, but I was severely sheltered having grown up in a town of 1,000. Definitely glad I was young spirit wise.. but I was lacking in maturity which led to a bunch of squandered opportunities.
Marijuana tester ? Helll, yes !
Jesus, this is a text book example of a complete lack of self awareness.
Not with you on this one. In my corner of the UK, my income as a lab technician isn’t enough to rent anything more than a box with a bed and a shared bathroom.
I don’t have the guts to live out of a van, but I can absolutely see the appeal of doing away with the whole mortgage question by never getting one.
If you want us to live like your generation , the economy needs to be like it was for you guys. That means either the low level jobs have better salaries, or the housing market needs to crash hard, and stay that way.
Yup. Bill came too much across like the grumpy old fart on this one.
The problem is, as the population grows, land and space doesn't grow with it. Technology moves on and many jobs are increasingly obsolete. We are reaching an era where a lot of people simply don't really have to work to make society work. Technology and machines means jobs that required thousands of people now barely require a hundred.
It is yet another great disruption like the industrial age before it. Add wealth concentration in the mix and I'm not sure what the solution is.
Maybe universal basic income is the solution, maybe something else is. What we do know is this is something we haven't faced before, and I'm not sure anyone has any good answers on how this is supposed to work.
Nah he hit the "bullseye" with this one.
He wasn't talking about someone with an actual job and skills. He was talking about people trying to do van living and travel their occupation with hopes of other people with jobs paying for their recreation.
Not sure why this ruffled your feathers.
I think you misunderstood what he was saying. It was a commentary on influencers and the entitlement that comes with it, not someone opting for a semi unique lifestyle that is frugal so they can save or get by easier.
Naw. This is a ridiculous analysis, and I say that as a Gen Xer. Those jobs out there now... suck! After 20 years at a job that provides a lifesaving service to society, I'm barely making more than the people starting new. And the work conditions just keep getting worse. There is no "starter pay" period to get through anymore. All the money goes to the management. All the tax breaks are for the corporations. Not to mention how things devolve if you are not unionized. If someone can make a living being their own boss, good for them! Hopefully they'll end up with fewer ulcers and worn-out bodies.
So true. The United States is a sick country that needs a lot of change.....not Trumpism, but socialist policies that assure people decent lives and wages. Bees and ants have survived one helluva long time by being the ultimate socialists. We need to move closer to their lifestyle. Otherwise, The Hunger Games will soon be reality instead of just a movie.
Bill is often hit and miss, but usually at least funny when he misses. Good on these kids I say. Being at the bottom end of Gen X in my mid 40s I've worked in 3 factories that were moved out of country. I don't begrudge the people who got those jobs, but I do the people who moved them there to save a few bucks. I'm certified in three different trades, but again the Boomers won't go away and retire, so always crap pay doing crap work there. There is no more start at the bottom and work your way up. The Boomers put an end to that. I hope the future generations can turn this around, but for the most part it is our generation still getting the shit end of the deal here. College got too expensive to attend with no guarantee of a job when you were done. Housing costs are unfathomable when put in perspective of past generations. Last construction crew I worked with the foreman was freakin 80 years old. Sure I have a ton more experience and knowledge than most people in the field, but when someone who should be living on a beach and fishing somewhere is still working it leaves me competing with people half my age and my body can't hold out much longer.
I'm just lucky I've stayed healthy and not afraid to constantly be starting from the bottom. I've at least got a house on some land and not in poverty, but I'm never too far away. Lots in our generation have it much worse and it will continue to get worse for them in the next 15-20 years.
@@dzd2371
End of the roll gen x here (early 40s)
I've worked in the trades for 9+ years. 3 different employers. None "signed me up" for legit apprenticeship. One got fined 40k and laughed it off because they save twice that yearly in labour costs. Numerous regulators on sites just to see them walk away cuz theirs always an excuse. It's always gonna' happen next week. Boomers and connected people's kids wonder why my hope and patience run thin as I watch the years tick by doing work for half of what It's worth so the boss can buy another new truck and afford his kids sports car payment.
I feel like too much of the trades is going the way of college, rife with false promises by people who never had to suffer the same indignance.
@@hhiippiittyy That's a good point. I was probably in my late teens the last time I even heard of someone going through a legitimate apprenticeship. I'm sure you still can..plumbing/carpentry/etc, but they are awful hard to come by, or at the very least super rare.
I have a lot of experience dealing with "electricians" who have a 2-year associates they did have to spend a lot of money to get, so they expect a big payday. When in actuality someone coming out of a 2-3 month vo-tech class, or has just picked up things along the way, much like I had to do will have more knowledge that's actually useful in the job market.
It leads to them being frustrated as well as anyone that hires them when you still basically have to train them. It does nobody any good in the long run except those making money at the top of it. Guess I should of became a college administrator.
Shhhh. We gen Xers don't exist and aren't allowed an opinion.
I don't buy the 'all the great jobs' out there argument either. Part of the problem is that in order to get a good job, you have to pigeon hole yourself and rack up mountains of school debt, only to then be treated like the coffee boy at the firm, or treated like dirt in residency. I feel like influencers who can make a living at it, well good on 'em.
"It's hard for me to wrap my head around this level of narcissism of so many Gen Z's trying to make a living by taking pictures of themselves, like they are their own Paparazzi ."______Bill Maher
He's right though
@@geewhiz5926 he literally described himself, besides the idea that gen z is trying to "make a living" by posting on instagram is laughably out of touch
@Kirin Yardberry what he does for a living and what these "social media influencers" do for a living are not the same thing
@@geewhiz5926 thats such a vague assumption, "social media influencer" isn't one brand of person. It's like saying an engineer is more valuable than someone in the liberal arts... you're comparing a specific title to a general term to describe any activity in a huge space
@Kirin Yardberry an engineer is more important than someone in liberal arts in what they contribute to society as a whole
I like how Bill's first reaction to the horrible tragedy of a young woman getting murdered is "Young people trying to make a living in the 21st century are less deserving of life!"
No, he is just mocking making a living by fucking off. There are millions of people of my generation who actually work and dont go AWOL to make a living.
@@rajanraymond232 Hi Rajan. When was the last time you touched grass?
@@rajanraymond232 Can you please explain how traveling equates to "going AWOL"?
@@rajanraymond232
you're not very smart
@@rajanraymond232 lmao you’re in every comment thread. You a Bill Maher burner?
It's strange to watch one content creator criticize another group of content creators when the only difference I can see is that the latter is mostly self-employed and distributes the content via social media or video platforms.
Exactly.
Also, the continual disrespect he shows to his own live audience is distracting. He's so often annoyed by reactions to his 'bits' and remarks that it seems to me he was happier doing the show from his back yard.
he's having a hard time trying to find "maids".
@@ApologyToYou Yeah but his audience also hasn't known how to react to a lot of stuff regardless. I get the groan at them applauding something stupid
"The only difference". "Only". You sure bout that one.
I’ve been in finance since 2007. I am 39 years old. I have a good career and I am a head of a department. I own a very mediocre condo, a 2011 honda, a very small saving account. Due to stress I have eating disorder, a bald head. My working cycle some weeks goes up to 70 hour/week. There is almost no justice and ethics in my work environment. Instead of millenial if I were a boomer my life would be much much better than it is now. I do not judge gen z to not go through the path I choose which would yield much less results then even mine when they reach to 40s. So it is not them wanting to be Kim K. It is them NOT wanting to be ME.
As a teacher it was hell to deal with these students and parents who totally made their kids accountable for NOTHING and so did the school system.
Yeah things are so bad, that only those otherwise unemployable even try teaching as a profession, creating a loop of Garbage in Garbage out generation.
I really had only one teacher who never had a problem with it. not with the parents and not with the mean students :D
She wrote every hour we had her a test. Did some stuff and then another. until the class and parents shut the fuck up.
Teaching isn't a child's play. It's work.
First you have to grow up, and then you can be a teacher. I remember it from university and see it nearly every time I meet teachers for my kids. They never grew up.
@@stemill1569 And yet somehow you would rather teach through the comments section of TH-cam rather than become a teacher irl. Wonder who needs growing up.
Pretty odd syntax for a teacher
We need to reverse the undeniable deficit of male educators.
Working a terrible job sucked back then like it sucks now. But what you got went so much further. People use to be able to afford housing and buy a car and still have some left over to save. Not anymore. If basically living like a homeless person is more desireable then working a regular job, it is because society is failing to provide basic security and insentives to continue functioning. Why continue to feed the machine if your screwed no matter what.
I also sense that people would rather not work for nothing than work for a little more than nothing. our dollar is worth nothing with constant inflation and it's not getting better.
Even if terrible jobs did pay more, why is Bill acting like his generation didnt go around in vans in their youth? Hippie trail anyone?
@@travisethridge4062 And our inflation should be so much worse than it is. We've been artificially deflating it. Just as we've been hating on China for doing the same
US jobs do pay a lot more than 3rd world countries like mine. But US is getting more expensive now than even Eurozone countries. Speaking from experience. Too many regulations giving excuse of quality are being used to intentionally keep the prices high, same in europe and US. But increasing in US
@@civilengineer3349 Excellent point!
I’ll disagree with Bill on one thing. He thinks a surplus of jobs has magically transformed the labour market. It hasn’t. The pay hasn’t risen like it should have if market forces were the primary factor, job hours are no more convenient and bosses still treat people like expendable crap. I don’t blame people for wanting to become influencers.
Yes, like Bill him self
The pay has increased tho! Fast food is paying at least 12 an hour in Alabama.
@@Jakob_DK i thought that during the video. He’s ranting about people wanting to become famous in front of a camera, while that’s literally his life.
They pay HAS risen actually. Target and most places here offer you $15 to start, even warehouses are offering $16 to $20 in my area.
Ultimately, there is nothing wrong with wanting to become an influencer. But just like real life, millions of people plan on becoming music stars, rappers, professional athletes and millionaires.
Only a handful will realistically ever accomplish that however...
the first words out his mouth say it all- "the part of life where you enjoy life is supposed to come after you work for a living." mans really can't imagine a world without capitalism, i wonder if he knows that ancient societies (and indeed, most of the modern world that isn't america) work and enjoy themselves at the same time. it's called "an actual human life," and from what i hear it's pretty nice.
no, they did not, do you think ordinary poor peasants in feudalism had so much fun, working all day in almost slavery conditions to benefit some fat ass king or feudal lord (? that was life before capitalism and that is life in societies without capitalism...
Lol you are delusional
@@marshallc.t.2554 i love getting called delusional for having a take inspired by my family in Europe and my time studying fr multiple degrees in a field relevant to my point. y'all rly owned me, everything i know abt the world was wrong and u were right all along, thank u for showing me the light 🙏
@@SeattlePioneer see previous reply, i cant be bothered to make a special little reply fr each of u individually
"I hate how this generation just sits on their ass and talks to a camera all day."
- Bill Maher (Host of a show where he sits on his ass and talks to a camera all day)
He’s also been doing stand-up for 40 years!
He is a famous comedian. What about these clowns?
I was born in the 50's too Bill but I seem to remember especially in the 60's, young people in buses out looking for America. Most of them seem to have ended up in California, they were called Hippies --- does any of this ring a bell, Bill?
Considering how much you've made off telling people your opinion, are these new ones competition? A few might be.
Goin' up the country.
Exactly. The guy sounds like a butt-hurt boomer who's also out of touch with the new economy. It's kind of hilarious to see him mock and ridicule influencers when that machine is generating millions of dollars right now. Not sure if this rant was necessary.
Drifting has always held some fascination for me, but it never occurred to me to finance it by filming it. Probably because it wasn't possible. I guess you could write a book. I would say that it might be interesting to see the edited adventures of some drifters, but not a ton of them.
YES!!! SO TRUE!! Bill’s an angry Boomer!!
I hear Route 66 was popular
Why does Bill constantly forget that Generation Xers even exist? He talks about Boomers like he's unaware that they're in their 60s and 70s and that most people in their 40s and 50s today are Generation X.
It feels like somewhere along the line GenX got thrown in with Boomers. Which is crazy because we were the first generation to call them out for their bullshit.
No one ever remembers us. We are the forgotten generation. Too old to be pioneering the latest trends, too young to be The Man.
Possibly because he's highlighting a generation gap, and we in "Generation X" (who comes up with these stupid names?) are in the middle. I was 37 when the smartphone was invented, and except for occasionally googling something while I'm away from my laptop, I could get by with an old, "dumb" cellphone.
Yes, we get no respect. We're not boomers. We're more tech savvy and less bigoted. LOL
Alzheimer's ?
The audience seems to clap more when he's laying into the younger generation then what he does when he breaks down the hideous shit going on in the world. If people can make a living off travelling and being themsleves then good for them. Go for it. I do agree it doesn't seem sustainable but definitely beats working in any sort of retail so why not try.
Yea but every kid under the age of 25 wants to be an influencer. Remember that when you have long lines every where you go
@@kylem2693 Thats never going to be the case. Not everyone can do that sort of work and not everyone will make a living from it Don't worry there will still be people around to serve you in the shops. If not I'm sure we'll get robots to do it considering how much is self service this is now anyway.
So Stephen , you're obviously lazy
@@kylem2693 that’s literally not true? nobody I know wants to be an influencer. you’re just listening to some out-of-context statistics that confirm your biases.
Who can afford HBO, he’s selling to who’s buying. I like him, but sometimes he just sounds old.
The dirty little secret is most of these van people either had careers that paid well or some sort of financial windfall that allowed them to finance their do nothing lives. There's a guy on youtube who lives in an RV but he's a merchant mariner and spends 8 months out of the year at sea. The people who made their money truly being lazy are few and far between. Most of them either worked to afford that life, or have the time to live that life while still maintaining a career.
I feel like Bill's missing some of the irony in what he's saying...
For real. He quite literally is an influencer himself.
Matt Taibbi spotted the irony. And for anybody that also missed it, Bill Maher is hammering kids for doing exactly the same thing he is doing. Trying to make a living through entertainment, subscribe and like. They are all entertainers and not like...real workers doing real work.
His willful ignorance knows no bounds. I used to be a big fan, until I dove deeper into the message and saw the hidden agenda. The guy is ONLY concerned with keeping the money flowing in, so he can enjoy his cabanas and cigars while he sunbathes in Monaco. Straight up...no rich person is EVER allowed to knock poor people for trying to enjoy life. It is reckless and heartless and demands condemnation.
Exactly. He just hasn't evolved to see there are celebrities created outside of "showbiz"
This is just such a boomer take from a dude that doesn't even have a "real" job like the one's he's suggesting these influencers get
Bill: I don't get to fuck around and do nothing! I work for a living!
Also Bill: And we're off for the next 2 months this summer. And don't miss pre-ordering tickets for my 4 month long comedy tour starting Novemeber. Where I hop on a bus and go city to city across the nation, spending only a few hours every few days getting ready and telling jokes to people before moving on and visiting another town every 4-8 days.
Dude's a fucking hypocrit to the max. He simply hates younger people because they have the *GAWL!* to question him and his antiquated views on modern day life that haven't aged well in the 30+ years he's been on tv.
3:37 this is your entire job description, like word for word my dude
"I want my job to be, I'm me, and people pay to watch that," Bill said, with no trace of irony.
Oh yeah it’s so ironic to listen to that take from someone whose main attractive point isn’t his life or who he is or how he looks but what he says… Wait something is wrong here…
People pay to watch Bill Maher? I don't think so.
Glad I wasn't the only one to catch that.
Bill Maher’s primary job is being a standup comedian. He tells jokes for a living and those jokes can either be impersonal (eg Jimmy Carr or George Carlin) or personal (eg Kevin Hart). Bill’s success at being a court jester for the masses has allowed him to become the host of a popular late night show and he’s still incredibly impersonal on his show since it’s primary focus is political humor. His private life, however, is primarily discussed on a seperate podcast.
He said that on purpose thats why he let out that sly look at then end. Its not hypocrisy because he is entertaining, working, writing jokes, having guests talk, etc. Content creators dont do any of that.
I'll put it to you like this. I'd much rather pay for an education, a house and to raise a family in 1970 than in 2023. Younger generations aren't lazy, many of them are working two jobs then driving Uber on the side just to make ends meet. The generation who got to own a house and vacation every year on a single income shouldn't horn in with their criticisms. The prosperity boomers took for granted has been worn down to a trickle. Things NEED to change!
I wonder if Bill realizes he sounds exactly like his parents' generation talking about hippie kids.
Yeah. I think he and others are a bit salty about younger folks realizing that life is short and worth enjoying.
And yet, he goes on these anti-everyone younger than him rants every episode.
Lol!! Do you know any influencers or aspiring influencers? They are not really “enjoying” life. Most of them are doing everything for the likes and followers. You obviously don’t know anyone who is/wants to be an influencer and have definitely never traveled with one. The ones I know of are a miserable lot, who travel to “perform” for the cameras, and don’t even enjoy the places they are visiting once the camera is off. It’s all about likes and followers. There are, of course, plenty of young people who travel for fun and to enjoy life, but you don’t know about them because they aren’t putting up everything on social media for public consumption and likes/followers. No one should feel salty about any of the phony garbage people post on social media to try to influence others. It’s hilarious that you think rich, famous, can travel anywhere he wants Bill Maher is salty about young people traveling. Which brings me to another topic about all the people who throw out “salty” or “jealous” anytime anyone criticizes anything. Nope.
But that's the echo effect of aging ... becoming are complaining parents.
@@sarahfoxx3381 your premise is absurd. It relies on the idea that no influencers are enjoying life. That’s simply asinine.
College professor here. My Gen Z students are curious, driven, and admirably optimistic despite knowing that this economy will completely screw them over. They know that this economy isn't the one that gave their grandparents prosperity, yet they press on and work their tails off. They also have the kindness and sense not to stereotype entire generations.
Professors like you who tell them that the economy or the system is going to completely screw them are the problem. Absolutely all of my friends have great, high paying jobs with awesome benefits. The economy in US is banging on all cylinders. You just need to have marketable skills.
Professors brainwashing students with this commie nonsense of "you're poor because of the system" after they spent 4 years and acquired student loans to get a degree in dance therapy aren't helping.
Well said professor! Bill maher...another millionaire telling the prols to get back to work and make his French fries. That's why clowns like this are on TV. He is there serve the donor class. How bout his generation?...George Carlins bit summed it up well.
@@Mercurystars4202 Here in Europe people who fail Bachelor in Computer science still get Jobs.
You can get paid, 20 Buck an hours for driving a Truck.
But they still choose sociology Philosophie or AS Said danke Therapie and dir with BA Ma and PhD and compete with 10 other for the Same Jobs.
@@ranndino I don't tell them anything of the sort. It's great that all your friends have high-paying jobs. But tell me: How much of their salary goes to housing, which has skyrocketed and far outpaced wages? It's probably somewhere around double to triple compared to their grandparents. Healthcare costs? Retirement plans? Of course a lot of people can live very comfortably in this economy. But to say that this generation has the same opportunities as the boomers? Not even close.
That's actually a pretty solid analysis of people tendency to confuse fame with fame-worthyness.
Celebrity before the 1950s was restricted to people with major achievements. Shakespeare, Newton, Mandela, Gandhi, Alexander the Great, Neitzshe, Tesla and Darwin all actually did something worthwhile before they got recognition. We would not remember them otherwise.
“I’m me and people pay to watch me” isn’t that what he does lmao
"Van Life" = In the late 70's / early '80's we piled into the van & went on Grateful Dead tour, sold tie dyes, bumperstickers, grilled cheese, & drugs. But that was during breaks & summers while we pursued college degrees &/or worked crappy hard labor jobs.
@@richardshortall5987 I think a lot of people are jealous.. jealous that they didn't think of that.. that they are stuck in a cubical with vapid management and only getting 1 week a year "vacations" .. and are not driving around the country experiencing LIFE!
Keep in mind... that we have been brainwashed to "work hard until you are 65 then "retire" and move to florida OR if you are lucky travel the world. Most folks die by 70-75 so .... VOILA!
and Bill is from that generation.. "work hard and "be useful" and THEN retire.... some folks are like WTF? Also keep in mind.. younger people can't afford to BUY a house or think about expensive traditional vacations.. they see the material world bullshit sold to us by Corporations as ... bullshit.. so they are seeing the world and doing for themselves instead of being a cog in the machine and seeing the illusion of "working hard, climbing the corporate ladder " and whatever.. that is a bullshit life anymore. I am a Gen Xr and I got caught in this limbo state... sucks..
@@caelidhg6261Yeah. 'European Vanlife' is a smaller movement. Why? Europeans get 5 - 6 weeks paid leave off per year. And they don't even have to be pregnant.
It's about Quality Of Life. How to maintain a strong economy and still have a better quality of life.
@@caelidhg6261 spoken like a true lazy bum
My siblings are in a similar mindset of taking lavish vacations and traveling even though they don't have a stable income.
Their justification for it is that they have accepted that they have absolutely no future, regardless of how hard they work. So they are trying to enjoy their lives now before the world basically ends.
I've noticed that a lot of people in my generation are super defeatists, and I can't exactly argue that they are wrong.
I mean they are working for nothing the housing market is so screwed up from the generations before
hell the payment on you avg suv is out of the range of the median household income level the boomers really screwed thing up before if a women wanted to work or be a house wife it was her choice by the time the 90's and genx they needed to work in order for the family to pay the bills and prices have gone up and income has not for the last 50 years so untill its standard for 3 people to be a relationship they can't make ends meet working and only getting more in debt nothing to show for it I wonder why they are rejecting the "normal life"
They are right to travel when they're young! Even if the world doesn't go to Hell, it basically happens to us all when the body wears down. Don't hate. Congratulate. Participate.
No way, we are the coolest generation X.
I have had so curve balls thrown at me by life.
And I just keep getting better and stronger.
Depression and all that is for some,but not for me.
I love a good challenge.
School of hard knocks
That was Generation X
You're crying WALK IT OFF.
As an old guy, I'm there too. The future is increasingly only good for families who are already well off and stable. Without old money, you may never catch a break. The best alternative now is to do something "extreme", and try to profit off of it. Thus the vlog.
And this attitude perpetuates the growing rich/poor gap; on average the economy is still growing just fine, they're being left behind. There's great money to be had for people with skills. Even trades that only require a 1-year diploma can earn 6 figures easily now, but most people prefer to go into a lifetime of student loan debt, it's the extortion of people with big dreams and no common sense.
Wow! A video with no dislikes! I’m certain that means that this video is full of great and insightful takes from Bill Maher!
"Hmm, a woman was murdered. How do I turn this into a rant about how I hate young people?"
“If you think having a job is so terrible, why do you keep trying to get people fired?” 👏
Yeah, he saved the best line for last -- it just wouldn't be Bill Maher in the 2020's without another swipe at cancel culture.
The hypocrisy of the statement is absolutely astounding.
That literally aligns.
One of the dumbest if not the dumbest sentence to come out of Bill Maher's mouth in the past few years. Anyone at all who doesn't see why it is dumb I am not sure if I can put it into words...
"If you hate the nazis so much why do you keep arresting them?" --- "If you think murderers are so terrible why do you keep putting them in prison?"
@@Thunderwalker87 woke much?
I'm saying this as someone who goes to school fulltime while working 2 jobs, before someone wants to jump in and call me some lazy entitled millenial. People don't not want to work because they want to be internet famous? That's such a ridiculous idea, honestly I've only met a handful of people around my age who legitimately want to get famous and even then they usually still work. I assume it was similar before the internet with young people wanting to get into acting or music.
Anyways people don't want to work because the jobs available treat you like trash. The ones you can get without experience have super low, barely livable wages. For someone who is as rich as he is I doubt he understands this..but with the pandemic and everything people don't want to go back to work because they realize how awful it was. He brings up teacher as a good job, but I've heard in some places in the US teachers get treated so unfairly. Paying for school supplies out of their own pocket on a super low wage for the amount of education they have. Doctors and nurses being worked to death on crazy long shifts.
I really we need reform on how jobs function...I like working, I like making money. But everyone deserves to be treated fairly. And so many crappy jobs I've worked don't even treat you like a person. Even 'respectable' well paying jobs have major flaws. That's why people don't want to work.
It's as if he googled "working class jobs" and just listed off the first 5 he found. My parents are teachers and that job is an utter nightmare. I would've killed to do what I like for pay versus working 3 shit jobs to pay for college. I'm happy that people now have that option.
Low paying jobs need to suck to motivate people to seek more challenging jobs like doctors, engineers, and programmers. Low paying jobs should remain open to the entry level job seekers, not turn into a career with health benefits and paid time off.
@@plinyelder8156 low paying jobs don't have to suck and even higher paying jobs suck, I'm motivated by making more money. I think most people are.
It's work. Somedays I enjoy what I do some I despise it. It's work we do it to be productive, get shit done and earn money to survive not hold hands with the other guys sing coombaya and enjoy the fuck out of ourselves. Also in order to get to a better job or career you're gonna have to do some shit you don't want to do.
Best comment on here.
Apparently there's a pretty large community of young nomads. I know several who travel the 'drifting' community and go all over the country camping and racing. They're now about 30 and still doing it. I have no idea how they make money.
I don't know how Bill is shitting on traveling the country.... It's beautiful. I was fortunate enough to work remotely during COVID so i road tripped the states in 2021... One of the best experiences I've had.
"Us normies." Says the multi- millionaire owner of the Mets.
He works for his money …. So yes !
@@egbukwuprince he literally makes money off of sitting there and making fun of people because he saw a woman die
@@egbukwuprince as do all other content creators? How is he different?
He bought a minority stake... if you spent more time in the business world and less time being butthurt over videos on TH-cam you might understand the distinction
@@kshaur13 Yea, a stake worth $70 million is not insignificant, you're prolly some 14 year old that just watched the Wolf of Wall Street and Ben Shapiro, and now think you know the inns and outs of the business world. Stop defending the hyper wealthy and realise how they're fucking you
Does Bill not understand the irony of saying that it's stupid to want to be a celebrity, when he's been a celebrity for decades that doesn't do much other than give his opinions?
This show went down the gutter quite a while ago.
He's got talent, unlike millions of spoiled influencers.
@@Polydeuces559 and yet, Bill is making millions and you are still here commenting on his channel
Bill's job is not easy. He just makes it look easy because he's good at it. He's funny, well-informed, has interesting round table discussions and does good interviews. Most popular TH-camrs, on the other hand, are peddling mind-numbing, narcissistic drivel.
Marijuana tester? Oh yeah. Sign me up for that!
"I'm out of touch" must be playing on repeat in his head 24/7
It seems to me every new rule lately is Bill just having a senior moment. Superhero movies are the problem. Wanting to go to Mars is the problem. Smart phones are the problem. Now young people trying for a career as content creators online is the problem.
And this is from a guy who gets paid millions to do a talk show, which is basically being himself and telling the world what he thinks about shit and from time to time turning to guest and saying "tell them how right I am".
Come on, let's be real here, you're not exactly working in a mine, ok?
I had those crappy McJobs during my teens and twenties and I wish there was an option to be a content creator back then because I would have totally done that if I could.
Now, personally I don't find the content young creators are making interesting, I'm too old for that. I never understood why would anyone want to watch other people play video games or open boxes, and I didn't even know that van living vlogs were a thing (I guess it's mostly an American thing?) - but I don't think only the things that I like and find interesting should exist. I don't need to understand everything. I'm fine with not liking something that other people like and just not watch it.
You're like a grumpy old man complaining about kids not behaving exactly like your generation did, just because it is unfamiliar. In fact, I take back the "like". That is exactly what you are at this point.
Yes, kids today find content creation as a possible easy, well paying and fun career. Much like I thought being a rock star was exactly that. I was wrong, they are wrong, most of them will realise and move on with their lives, that's just life and being young.
But those who succeed in doing that, if they hold enough of an interest and make money out of it - good for them! Even if I personally don't care for the content they make.
If they create a product that enough people find useful or entertaining to spend money on, who am I to tell them not to do it or to feel bad about it?
And if they won't be interesting enough for people or won't know how to monetise it, which is what will happen in the vast majority of cases, they will grow out of it and look for something else.
As it always was.
Believe it or not, Bill, but a LOT of kids from your generation wanted to be comedians and travel the country (and other countries) telling jokes for a living, and then maybe make millions from hosting or acting. You are one of the few who made it. Most of them fell by the sideways and had to give up. They eventually became small business owners, lawyers, teachers or whatever. What exactly is the difference? You provided content on stage, these kids provide different type of content online because that is now an option.
If you had said something like "we need to to have an education system that creates a society where young people aren't interested in cheap generic vlogs because their bar for quality entertainment is higher to begin with", I would have thought you made an interesting point.
But this, like many of the rants in latest years, just sounds like "Get off my lawn, you damn kids, and get a job!"
This is one of the best-written and most thoughtful TH-cam comments I've read in a long time 👏
@@makeadifference4all Thank you!
This is such an excellent and thoughtful take on this segment. As someone in their mid-twenties who doesn't enjoy super-hero movies or understands most of the comedy and entertainment of my age cohort and the younger generation, I believe your last point, in particular, hits the nail right on the head. Allow people to enjoy the content they're interested in as long as it's not harming anyone. It's not affecting one's own interests or the content they enjoy. And if anything needs fixing, it's the standards of quality that the entertainment industry has allowed to slip so far.
Back in the late 80's and 90's Asian tourists - Japanese, Southern Korean were ridiculed for their obsession with the cameras. All of them would visit Europe or US and take pictures of everything. Back then people thought that its a weird Asian quirk. And it wasn't a stereotype, I remember going to visit my sister in Brussels some time in the early noughties and while I was waiting for her to pick me up me and my friend sat on a curb when a bus with Japanese tourists arrived. I suggested jokingly that we count how many come out with their cameras ready. 41 out of 42 is the answer. Back then we thought they are weird and obsessed with cameras. Time has shown that the only thing that separated us was the fact that they had access to the technology earlier than we did. When you watch some 80's or 90's comedies you can see how they were ridiculed. Now that's all of us.
@Jezzy Klein Right on target! Westerners didn't have cameras in the 1980's/90's.
See Caddyshack "Hey Wang what's with the pictures, it's a parking lot"
Actually, that was going back to the 50s and 60s - tourists with their YashicaFlex or Nikons!
japanese workers typically get 1 week of vacation per year. travel photos help them get through the other 51
There is a big difference between taking pictures to preserve memories of historic sights/places, and taking pictures of tonights dinner.
Love watching Bill, but let's be honest, Bill is a "content creator" as well. Difference is he has a nice paying contract from HBO the van wooks don't.
Good content on TH-cam IS work and there are a ton of channels that actually show useful and interesting content -- how to videos, art, music, building stuff, technical videos.
He’s not talking about everyone who is a social media influencer. He’s talking about the untalented ones who don’t do anything but act stupid on camera, who takes pictures of themselves. The ones who are like the kardashians. Im sure he doesn’t mean that everyone who is a social media influencer is lazy and stupid, etc. Yes there is so many talented people who are very intelligent who work, and is a social media influencer who use their platforms for good things to show their talents to get somewhere in life. He’s not talking about those people. He’s talking about the ones who are like Kylie Jenner. Who takes pictures of herself and brags and shows off their life style who doesn’t do anything important or interesting. Which there is more of those influencers than the ones we want to see. Let’s be honest those types are the most popular and have the most followers instead of the talented ones. I’ve seen many talented artists who are social media influencer but they don’t have a lot of followers or views but the ones that are like the kardashians have millions. It is true that most people who are on social media find those influencers interesting than the ones that are hard working and talented. Get what I mean?
Yes those types content are work. I don’t think he’s talking about those types of influencers. The ones he is only bashing in this video are the ones are like the kardashians. Just takes photos of themselves and show off their stuff. Like he said the ones that are not interesting.
Bill actually was a comedian, and not just famous by being famous!
Sometimes he is so sharp and funny and sometimes he just sounds like angry grandpa 😂
So glad to see Bill Maher, on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” a show where Bill Maher talks about Bill Maher’s opinions, is speaking out against people making self-important content where they just talk in front of a camera.
The difference is, his presentation is worth paying for.
@@rajanraymond232 Says you and your money, and the money of people who watch him on HBO. I happen to find him supremely unwatchable, and I’m only here because I had a hard time believing that even he could stoop so low as to talk shit about a recently murdered woman.
Your money votes. My money votes. People who can afford to keep producing content (be they videos, photos, articles, etc.) will continue to do that. But what Bill Maher does is not substantially different than what he’s making fun of. He literally called himself a “normie” even though he has a show on prime time cable and is a partial owner of the Mets. How is that not the most transparent BS?
@@AdamODell Dude, he called himself normie ironically. Do you believe the part where he says he had to sell drugs too?
Come on man. We conservatives know how to take a joke. 200 years back, liberalism was all about accepting the contrary opinion, now you guys can't even take a joke ? The world does turn upside down, it seems.
@@rajanraymond232 Who said I was a liberal? And I don’t really care if he’s joking or not. He’s just complaining about a media trend that hurts his bottom line. He just comes off as insecure and unfunny.
@@rajanraymond232 you say 'we conservatives know how to take a joke' yet all you do is vehemently defend bill maher in this comment section, get a life
He's such a hypocrite. He is a content creator. He looks at himself all day. He is literally an influencer (a bad one, but still one). This is so idiotic.
He is all those things, true. But because he has mastered a very precious skill in life. If you didn't hear the line which he specifically focused on, ( the part where he talks about how the influencers these days dont do the one thing they need to influence, that is, get a skill worth having) , you are ignorant. Don't blame your ignorance on him.
@@rajanraymond232 he used data from a ye s or no poll, also how does he have a skill if he doesn't write his own lines
@@treehunter4006 How are you sure he does not. For most such late night talk shows, they add their own inputs to the material they get.
@@rajanraymond232 all he is is a talking head literal thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of other peoples work go into trying to make him funny but drastically fails
@@rajanraymond232 are u in love with bill maher
Nobody toes the line between good humor and biting, even profound social commentary, better than Bill Maher.
He's absolutely hilarious, and brilliant at the same time.
One second you're laughing, while still wincing from the worrisome phenomenon he's just indicted.
This guy's a national treasure, really.
Over eight thousand comments and they're mostly from 20 and 30 somethings who took this segment personally and seemed to completely miss Bill's point: you have to suffer through the shitty jobs to rise up the ranks to get the job you dream of-- no one is going to hire you out of college to be the CEO.
"Doesn’t anyone in this country just stop and look at things anymore, sort of take them in, maybe even … remember them? Is that such a strange notion? Does experience have to be documented and brought home and saved on a shelf? And do people really watch this shit? Are people’s lives so bankrupt they sit at home looking at things they already did?" -- George Carlin
I have work at 1 I don't have time to look at trees. Loser
I can think of maybe two times in the past year where I really wish I had taken a picture and didn't. It is at least a weekly occurrence that people around me are taking pictures and I just take in the moment and enjoy it.
The trade-off is worth it.
I recently watched that special again not too long ago. All I could think was thankfully George didn't have to deal with everyone having a smartphone. Those truly were prophetic words when he was still talking about shoulder mounted camcorders.
Tell me you're lame without telling me you're lame.
@@UPedits...
I don't think that many christians ever went to George Carlin shows. I mean, it's not like he was an unknown quantity. It not like he was changing his material every week. He was a known brand since the 60s and I suspect that the only christians who would ever go to his shows were either masochistic, or who wanted to write complaints against it.
I'm a little surprised that the dislike ratio is not higher, especially considering the comments of the video.
It’s really suspicious isn’t it?
its because those that agree with him are working and dont have the time to reply to vids all day. tho I just did, so getting the irony... :)
@@jobkuhnke And what "work" does Bill do?
@@haileyr4027 His talent or his craft did not just appear he worked at it loooong and hard......practice can be work, it's how you get good at something that in turn gives you leverage to ask or demand more....sorry if your work or lack of it is not a labor of love you sound bitter
@@lindateasley5815 yes and you just described an influencer. Influencers can be bakers, musicians, artists, photographers. They “practice” and work too!
Missed the mark on this one Bill.
Gig economy is a gift. Being able to travel the world and still have a job used to be just for executives. Now an insurance biller for UW Medical can see our country without cramming it into 2 weeks a year.
The problem is, those shitty apartments they payed for with shitty jobs, is now the most you can hope for, if you worked your way up to a mid level job. Dear Bill, things changed a lot since the last time you actually hat to work for a living.
"You figured out a way to monetize fucking off"
Ngl Bill that sounds INCREDIBLY American.
Sounds like an incredible tool for environmental sustainability
@@RiverogueLander its not sustainable its a result of 60 years of cost going up and wages staying the same
my mom bought a ford mustang gt convertible in 69 from working at a fast food place now a days the medium house hold can't afford payments on your avg suv
owning a house isn't possible anymore rent takes %70 of your income or more in the 90's women went to work because house holds couldn't make it anymore for the boomers if the wife wanted to work it was a choice now its even worse so untill its standard to have 3 people in a relationship they just work for nothing but more debt and you wonder why they are rejecting it people are drawn to van life because they are tried of having 2 jobs just to pay rent
@@joejacko1587 Boo hoo. I like living out of my van. My buddy offers me an apartment to live in for a few months each year. I park there, but I dont use the apartment. Id rather use my van. I do use about 30 gallons of petro per month, but I would use it even more if I was in a studio apartment and commuting to work everyday instead of social media influencing. When you live in a van, you buy a 100 times less stuff than if you lived in a house. My annual climate control and cooking cost is $10 of propane.
@@RiverogueLander You stole my point. Following the corporate path to success is likely to doom the planet. Also, maybe it's time the kids went on a general strike, rather than just becoming a cog in a machine that feeds the uber rich. When you get old, the for profit healthcare system will take what you have left, unless you're lucky.
@@kennethedwards1677 due to my lifestyle, I will most likely die prematurely: eaten alive by a grizzly bear, drowning in a river while whitewater packrafting, or starving/freezing to death in the wild after a broken leg. I am ok with this. At least I am living the life that I want to live, and I will also leave a smaller footprint. I may die no different than trillions of other wild animals. I was awarded a small veteran pension to allow this lifestyle
These guy really sounds like an out of touch rich old guy lmao
Because he is 😅
10 million per year and worth 140 million, he's not even a billionaire, what a loser.
All the comments here sound like a bunch of whiny, narcissistic, envious millennials and zoomers out of touch with reality and have never had a brutally hard job in their life. Literally proving Bill's point.
@@Nsaishie the thing is, he IS that guy. Has the easiest job in the world. He is an influencer. The funny thing is that he dosent like influencers without realizing that he literally is one of them
@@benc.3128 Big difference with internet content creators is that he has a big team behind him, doing all sorts of things. A marketing department that watches trends and make visuals/ads, scriptwriters that write what he needs to say, camera people that record everything and have the knowledge and skill to get a good shot, sound people, light people, a team to edit all the video's and way more.
A popular content creator on the internet often does all of those things themselves, in addition to presenting, preparing episodes and more. The content itself can be a job in itself, depending on the channel. Many people on TH-cam are straight up teachers (of things like history, politics, craftsmenship, languages, Computers and networking, programming and so on)
, travel guides, comedians, newsoutlets or something else.
And they have to consistently keep making quality content, or their channel will drop down the algorithm FAST.
Looking at the comments it's obvious our generation is not ready to swallow this one yet 😂
From South Africa. I have followed, loved and been amazed with Bill Maher for more than 6 years.... although I see myself in the right wing of politics. What a guy. It's been an honour and a privilege
This isn't new. You shame "Content creators", but there's little difference between that and wanting to grow to be a movie star, late night host, or stand up comedian. You can't mock "content creators" when you are one.. Getting pretty sick of this, "Young people today..." shtick..
Yeah he got old and jaded quick. Miss when he used to trash Conservatives and Democrats it’s like he’s so content with Biden being boring that he refuses to address the impending GOP take over of democracy.
A-fucking-men, brother.
Old people legalized weed to fight the Nazis.
Watch the 1942 USDA video, *Hemp For Victory.*
The license to grow hemp that is shown in the film reads, "Producer of Marihuana."
creating "content" can be done by anyone with a smart phone. Creating a TV comedy show and still be relevant after 30 years is called talent.
Missed a few points that formed his argument. When people aspired to be actors, comedians or musicians, they had to cultivate a talent and the cream generally rose to the top.
72% of Gen Zers aspire to this vague job title of influencer. The talent required there is for many women to simply look pretty (countless examples, although he mentions Kardashians) and many men to talk a lot of shjt (The Paul brothers). In many ways it's a race to the bottom to achieve this. And there's a heightened level of ego and narcissism required to get there. All these things combined are worthy of the criticism he makes - he's got a point.
Actually Bill. The truth is that most of the jobs people can get do not pay enough to actually allow you to have a job. I had a full-time job at a hotel as a desk clerk. I made about 9 dollars per hour. That embarrasses me because I do have a college degree. I also have spotty work history because spent the last 6 years sporadically caring for elderly ill family members.
The job I had was the job I could get, and 9/hr did note pay enough for me to pay rent, getting to and from work, food, insurance, prescriptions, electricity...
So no, we don't necessarily just want to be insta-famous. Sometimes, those are the only jobs we can afford to get so we do have a van to live in. Because being unwashed and homeless is not conducive to showering, shaving, pressing your work clothes, and making out to work on time.
There's a lot of jobs now. You should def be looking and applying
@@jens8223 Are you under the impression I am currently unemployed? Why would you assume that?
Are you also under the impression that people who were homeless, and with no resources, have somehow had there circumstances elevated by a pandemic? If they were homeless and unwashed before, why do you think closing down shelters and homes has somehow helped?
@@matthewhines9787 um no you just said you worked at a hotel yet have a college degree. I was just saying there's a lot of opportunities now and you should try applying. 🙄
@@jens8223 But what causes you to believe I'm unemployed now?
@@matthewhines9787 bro who said you're unemployed 😭🤣 even if you are employed there's always better opportunities and that doesn't mean you have to settle and stop looking. Are you sure you went to college?
Lol if you are comparing Bill’s show and being “Insta famous”, Bill is talking about YOU!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He is also a content provider??? That’s what he’s been his whole life???? Bill missed the mark here.
Bill : “us normies…”
Said the part owner of a baseball team while laughing nervously
I to like an average guy sit on my arse in a TV studio getting paid a fortune to criticise other people. I mean there's one of us in every street. 🤷
Yeah made cringe. This dude never had a real job
And in addition to that, he's a content creator himself.
@@MrDagren HAHA yea thats not the same. Having a job on TV for over 20 years is not the same as a 18 year old making a tictoq dancing for 30 seconds thinking that she is exactly the same as the person on TV for 20 years... like you do i guess.
It’s a fucking joke 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Not everyone knows for a fact that they’re going to reach retirement age, Bill
And few trust that the systems in place now won't be dissolved by greedy bastards voted in by terrified reactionaries.
By the time I reach retirement age eligibility will be pushed back to 85.
blah, blah, blah... The exact same stupid, vapid, inbred thinking that has been around for at least 100 years now and yet very little has changed, IT NEVER DOES!!!
Hell, I'm a Millennial, and the way things are going, I fully expect not to survive to past 50.
@@guffmuff90 I’m 60 & I made a decent living without ever finishing high school. Decent enough to pay off 2 homes & 7 vehicles in less than 10 years. An astronaut might be able to accomplish that today, but not a fireman nor a teacher.
But statistically the vast majority will reach retirement age.
Always funny watching a talk show host telling other people to "get a real job"
The word narcissist could not be used enough in this segment
They wouldn’t hire someone out of work for more than a year, Bill. Lower the bar and raise the pay and people will surely work.
You know, Z gen’s obsession with taking pictures of themselves and showing their lives online isn’t related to narcissism, it’s actually related to the feeling of insignificance.
@Sebastian oh yes because US corporate culture and its customers are known for treating its employees well, LOL
What a sob story. Don't kids watch "Power of Tens" in school anymore that shows how massive the universe is?
Stop whining, quit social media, buckle down, learn, think, master a real skill, help others, make the world better, create meaning in your own life, earn a living. our ancestors always had to work hard. it’s not a new thing.
@@glennthompson1971 damn right. Many jobs suck, but that's how you generate money for yourself, *_while keeping the world going._*
Being an influencer is not essential, aspirational jobs and goals used to serve some global purpose at least, although you could say that the "i wanna be famous/rich" goals have always been there, and being an athlete or musician might not serve a whole lot of purpose in terms of logistics and farming etc., but taking pictures of yourself, that you probably don't even look at anymore 1 second later, aside from checking the likes on it, is not something that contributes to society, arguably it results in the opposite.
I like to make music and record some video's sporadically, but yeah, i do that as a hobby, i still have my (essential) job to pay the bills.
Working sucks, but it does ground you, success should be earned, not given.
And sure, knowing the right angles and filters for taking pictures does require skill, but you could also just show a nipple and money will come your way, it doesn't NEED to require skill, people on OnlyFans could tell you something about that, they're like the Uber of Porn, amateurs taking jobs from the pro's, but yeah, that's a whole different can of worms.
Feeling insignificant or inferior is nothing new, but the way to, as you suggest, exploit it has become easier.
So what are you saying? They inflate their image so that they can get likes and feel significant?
What's that for weak shit... i don't wanna sound like a Repugnicunt, but... pull yourself up by your bootstraps, join life, it sucks.
Isn't that basically what you do? As a comedian all we do is travel and tell jokes.
Dude down the street from me living in a van in his mom's driveway with an "Off the Grid" sticker next to his "Van Life" sticker.
I'd rather travel in a van and get paid to post pictures and videos about it than work minimum wage at some crap job living paycheck to paycheck while getting yelled at by rude, entitled customers
who wants to live like this. I'd rather sell fucking drugs. might be illegal but you dont depend on some old boomers.
If everyone thought like that, nothing would ever be produced, and we'd all be in poverty.
Time for people to just grow up and do things they don't like for the good of the community.
@@Mechaghostman2 Time for people to cook their own fucking food.
😂
Escapism is fun.
"If you think having a job is so terrible, how come you're always trying to get people fired? " - Bill Maher, 2021
Maybe I'm slow here, but if you think having a job is so terrible, then wouldn't it stand to reason you would want others not to have jobs and thus, get them fired? I think I'm missing the point here? Help internet!
@@danielstoddard8681 basically if working is hard and the worst option in life, you would want that person to keep having to work there (as if it’s their own prison) instead of “freeing” them by getting them fired.
@@cbhitman1174 your grammar is somewhat convoluted. Are you saying getting people fired is a positive thing?
@@cbhitman1174 I'm with Daniel, and I still can't wrap my head around the logic of Bill Mahr's sentence.
@@pdcdesign9632 I’m explaining Bill’s joke to the person that in the lazy nimwit’s point of view, it wouldn’t be in their best interest to have someone get fired from a job if in their eyes the concept of work is such a bad proposition.
Psych nurse here. Ask a patient under 30 what their life plan is after discharge, nearly all of them have some component that involves creating content. Ask them if they have a special skill, experience, insight . . . 😦 wuh?!
It's perfectly acceptable for a youngin' to take off in whatever mode of transportation is convenient to them and see the world/country/wilderness on their own. It ain't always sustainable, or permanent. But you learn a lot about the world out there traveling alone. I'm with B about the annoyances of the lack of work ethic/understanding/instaLAMOUS. But the intro bit shittin' on those that take a moment to explore... naaaaah. But lordy, i am definitely sick of folks going on the exploration and telling me about it all the time. We ain't all Kerouac!
I get the feeling if kids accidentally hit any baseballs into Bill’s backyard, they’re not getting them back.
Ironically, he's a part owner of the Mets. He'd give it back to 'em.
@@chrisb8655 I pretty much adore Bill but I highly doubt that if the ball came from a kid.
Bill is a common sense guy… he said what needed to be said
@@itsmeprasad1987 nope. He said what old grumpy people would say. Only difference is, he is rich and never really experienced hard labour. If you can get by doing what you want to do and have people watch it, by all means do it. None of his or anyones business... he isnt doing anything else really, only that he gets paid millions and airs on HBO.
@@Ganiscol Yeah, Bill here is the height of hypocrisy. Talking about not everyone can be the Truman show, while hes had 3 decades of shows with his name in it. This sounds more like a guy who doesn't understand the current flow, and is yelling at the clouds with grandpa simpson.
Getting paid to do nothing has always been every generation's highest goal. Read what the ancient Greeks wrote about their young people. The desire to work less and earn more has driven every new invention since the wheel.
And all these no-talents hitting the big time thanks to this thing known as pure dumb luck gives them every reason to want to chase it!
Maher is getting paid for his content and influence. The hypocrisy of this piece of shit has really broken a new level.
@@codediporpal But bill Maher has a show with guests, does political analysis, does stand up. That's different than simply recording yourself living your life like a lot of other people.
@@codediporpal Try DOING his job for a while and then complain. Oh, and try it for about three decades without being cancelled.
Come back and tell how that went.
@@codediporpal Bill Maher has become such a sarcastic cynical whiner - and narrow minded fuddy-duddy
that he is almost to old for his own show... More and more out of touch each week...
He has turned into a low grade Rodney Dangerfield impersonator...
Half of bills audience wishes they were in the van and the other half are slaves to watching every episode and yet they still applaude
He's partially right. "Influencers" are ridiculous. But, you should try to live a life filled with meaning, no matter what your age. 💖
"Someone tragically gets murdered"
Bill: That's what's wrong with this generation, they're not willing to work
Bill has ALWAYS been a P.O.S.
This whole segment reeks of boomer
Had they been working, maybe he wouldn't have killed her.
@@TheJuanh911 are you seriously that insensitive... someone has died, tf is wrong with you
I really get old man yells at clouds vibes from him. And I'm old too.
@@stanis083 yesssss
Why do Bills arguments all sound like, "Old man yells at clouds."
Love the Simpsons reference!
Because they are exactly that.
don't compare him to grampa simpson - grampa is a nice person.
He’s in the last psychological stage of his life and rather than feeling fulfilled, he feels regret and despair. He’ll only get more cruel
Because you don't have a sense of humour and apparently doesn't know what sarcasms is ... before say, "Ok Boomer" I am going to let you know that I am milleninal, and I just see as much as the generation before us how stupid this world is about to become .. Watch Idiocracy and you will see where this world is heading.
Hey Bill, it's not about doing nothing all day and not working, it's about not having to worry about paying bills.
¬Sincerely, us normies who *don't* have a net worth of more than 10^8 dollars
WtF??? What you wrote makes no sense 😕
@@wazgoodjj Shut up, you don't know how powers if 10 work
To be fair, I spend about three months on the road every year. I like working but I certainly don’t want to be working myself into the ground in a system that is designed to crush the human spirit. 😊
I'm in my 50's, I spent 30 years grinding out a living in America only to be bankrupted by my 'for profit' healthcare provider while also losing my job and career during the crash in 2008. I was a lead pressman and now I'm a truck driver and I am also online singing and playing guitar and gaming and trying to be a content creator too. F*ck being a donkey pulling a cart. These young kids are on to something. I don't look back and think, "Wow, I really achieved something the last 30 years." I look back and think, "Why did I waste all those years being just another cog in the wheel?" Bill has no clue what many of us have been through.
Yep. I'm still paying off a finance degree I stopped using in 2008 when the crash wrecked the industry and forced me to go another way.
@@orange_blossoms_sunset If people don't do the crap jobs, he might actually have to, instead of talking down to everyone.
I've been screwed by so many shitty jobs because that's all I'm qualified to do. Getting yelled at for the last 16 years by people who think they're better than us
Who will do all the work then. Guess the system can just collapse. Do you think all the food power and gas get made with a magic wand.
@@hillbillyhippie3164so kids are supposed be miserable to prop up the system? If someone finds a way to make their hobby into a living more power to them.
"America right now has more job openings than at any time in its history"
But do the jobs pay a livable wage?
So true, and what counts as a 'job opening', 28 hours a week , 32 hours? We have a small chain of high priced grocery stores here that is hiring and the pay looks ok until you realize it is not 40 hours which will yank $100 a week out of your potential pay. The whole store is staffed like that, just a precious few people actually getting 40 hours.
$7 per hour #winning
They do if you have the right skills. There are high paying jobs in a myriad of fields. Those companies however will not break down your door and drag you to the office. You have to actually apply for them, be qualified and show up when hired...
yeah, i love how when capitalism fails bc companies are too cheap to offer a livable wage it suddenly turns into socialism's fault. this is capitalism at its finest. If companies want to give employees a fair salary, they'll find the employment they need.
@@crackills1 True. Companies lobbied for years to get Right to Work laws passed. You are an at will employee, you can be fired at any time for any reason, and your worth is zero anytime we decide it is worth zero.
Today, employees are quitting at a moments notice, not showing up, or blowing off a job for another one paying more. Yet the same companies that pushed for and abused that system for years are now crying foul when the shoe is on the other foot.
Enjoy corporate America. You know what they say. Be careful what you wish for. You may just get it...
Actually, I'd say the most visibly popular game during the pandemic was "Among Us." I was never into it but that was basically one of those 2020 trends that everyone was talking about then. Just the classic game "Mafia" but in online space-computer form. Never appealed to me for some reason.
I think the real argument is “why have I wasted my life away in studio with a live studio audience and complain about the world while that software engineer in his RV can work from anywhere there is internet/data access” or “wow! I’m stuck here and those nurses go anywhere there is a need”…
But admit it Bill, a lot of the businesses bitc*hing about labor shortages aren't hiring a lot of people that are applying for the jobs...Too old, too young, to inexperienced, too qualified...When businesses start using all that help they got to pay their workers...to start actually paying their workers ...I think the "Content creators" have a point.
You are not wrong of course. You make a lot of valid points. But lets not pretend being a content creator is a viable path to financial success for vast majority of people.
There are a select few that can make it work. Most can't. You may as well have millions of people aspiring to become astronauts. The actual number is in the 4 digit range...
I live in Southern California, and at least here, there are for hire signs at almost every eatery, gyms, stores, etc. They're hiring, people just aren't coming back to work or holding out for something beyond entry level. Pretty sure the government made it too comfortable to not work.
Businesses are losing money by having to keep short hours or not being able to take on additional volume of costumers, so believe it, they'd take applicants to work.
Meanwhile, this place is a Mecca for influencer wannabes. People drive around in cars with their IG names in windows, you can just assume that if you're talking to an attractive woman that before they decide if they're interested, they will find out what social media presence you have and even if they decide they're not, they'll still give you their handle so you can follow them lol
You're literally making a false subjective based on nothing. It's a huge "well, BUT' ism that is completely based on nothing. Defense mechanism to cover for how truly lazy a lot of people are now. We spent the past year and a half literally paying people 50 THOUSAND A YEAR to sit on their PS4 all day and conditioning them to get used to that. That might have something to do with it.
The net result of paying more for labor would be that my subs i eat for lunch at the local deli just went from $6.99 to $9.99....and now i pass the deli headed to the frozen food section. Well played deli.....
Or, they're only offering part time. My daughter has been looking for months.
In Dick Cheney's defense, he just wants to shoot something. Remember that guy he shot?
Why did not the state of Texas cite
Cheney for violations of hunting/shooting protocols-regulations ?
Yes, I remember the guy apologized to Cheney.
Wasn't so terrible. He shot a lawyer, after all.
And. ” Bubba” Clinton said: “last time I shot somebody in the face, I got impeached. 🤣🤪😆
@@sunshine3914 Yup. The guy said he was sorry for the hurt he caused towards Cheney and his family.
That was insane. Cheney shoots someone, and the guy he shoots apologizes to Cheney?
I was just thinking about Brian Laundry before you mentioned him. Murder is often the quickest path to fame!
lol gotta luv the pause for the applause 😸
Older generations recovered rather quickly from the Great Recession, the brunt of it was born by Millennials who never recovered economically, wages stagnated and costs skyrocketed, and that endurance period Bill refers to, it never ended, so people gave up.
The wealth will eventually be transferred from those older generations to the younger one's. No matter how successful you become, and how many toys you accumulate, you still can take them with you when you die.
Great recession of the 1930s? Born by the millennials? You need to brush up on your history, young man.
@@redbaron6805 the Healthcare industry is going to get that inheritance long before any millennial gets it.
@@leok7193 He was presumably referring to the '08 recession (AKA Great Recession), not the Great Depression of the late 20s/30s
@@benjamindover4337 I would say that claim is pretty doubtful. The estimates are the wealth transfer will be over $30 Trillion over the next two decades. Some of that will go to healthcare and other things, most of it will not.
I loved living and traveling out of my van in the nineties before the internet when it was literally off grid free camping supported by working seasonal jobs where you saved as much money as possible so you could take months off at a time.
Did you ever stay down by the river?
(sorry, I couldn't resist)
😂
Ah key words: You WORKED. While doing "van life". Good on ya!
That's a fine way to travel. I'm happy doing grunt work for 18 months at a time if the pay off is 2-3 months in Nepal or Cambodia or Vietnam. Working hard is that much easier when there's an objective. I'm pushing 60, and it's still a great way to live.
Would you mind sharing what you did to earn money? I'm planning on taking some time off after my current boss retires and travel around with someone, but I have no idea what I can do to earn money. I've got enough saved up, but I still want to fully embrace things, maybe make it permanent. My travel partner does contract work, and can literally go anywhere and find a construction gig at minimum. While I have no problem with physical labor, most people would look at me, a skinny woman, and opt for someone else. I just got back from I'm a "trial run" and was offered a spot as an assistant to my friend's current boss, but that's not realistic to do everywhere. I can't do hair, I'm not artistic, I can't/don't blog, I just don't know what my marketable skills are and it's the real thing holding me back from fully embracing the opportunity.
It is scary. This is why there’s a shortage in every important industry
This guy is the reason why Seinfeld airs more than South Park or Futurama on Comedy Central.
when I was a child, every single kid in my class wanted to be a professional athlete of some kind. Now, everyone wants to be a content creator. It's a similar kind of aspiration I suppose, just a different generation. Kids growing up wanting to be the personalities they see on TV or online.
At least one required some work and skill. The other is just "look at my posts and adore me for being me!"
Good insight!
Yes.. other's fame drives own aspirations for most people.
@@leok7193 which is the skill which traditional entertainers also use, right? Just because it's not on TV, does it make it a lower skill?
@@richardshortall5987 but How many athletes do make it? 10 out of 1000? And what does success mean in athletics? Getting one of the three coveted medals. What has happened to the rest who worked hard and never reached that goal? Hard work is hard work. Let's stop dividing the population even more than what we already are. Let people try anything they wish to try to make their lives better.
The best thing about online content is being able to vote with my dollar by cherry picking creators I align with and want to support. Unfortunately if I want to continue to watch HBO a part of my subscription money goes to Bill.
Ironically this. And when he speaks of fighting for the working-class to rip on content-creating Millenials especially one who was tragically murdered, it's a bit tone-deaf as he is not only a content creator but also has a purchased minority ownership interest in the New York Mets.
@@rickardkaufman3988He's a hypocrite because he invests his money in something?...or maybe simply because he's successful. I, and millions of others, are minority shareholders of Apple. I guess we're hypocrites too.. I'd buy a piece of a professional sports team tomorrow if I could afford it because it's a very high odds, lucrative investment. You can't make a large, smart investment and care for the average person at the same time, can you?
@@markladenheim5352 he's a hypocrite because he's talking about how people don't want to work and are so self absorbed when he basically does the same things as them but the only difference is that he's rich
@@desulek7835 How do you think he got rich? You think he inherited his money? He's worked his ass off in the entertainment/comedy business for 40 years, and, because people love his work, he's now paid extremely well. If it's so easy you should try it.
@@markladenheim5352 i never said it was easy but the fact that he's going after people now for basically trying to do what he did just online and also complaining about how people want better jobs while he's rich and 'famous' seems a bit hypocritical
As much as I enjoy slaving my life away for our corporate overlords, I think it would be cool to travel around in a van and see stuff. I can't afford to do that now, but given the current economy, I probably won't be able to afford to do so when I'm old either. Don't get me wrong, life is good and all, but many people (like my dad) can't even afford to retire, and so they work until they drop.
Moral of the story - enjoy life as much as you can when you can! Because chances are if you are born past a certain year you won't be able to afford retirement!
Why not start your own business?
@@user-jc4mn2ox8q You say that like it doesn't cost half your organs to do so in this day and age. Last time I checked, it's nigh impossible to afford a house, let alone start up a business.
I've always wondered this as well as the flipper shows. How, exactly, did all of these people get all of this money by 25-26 so they could literally travel around the world and film it? The travel industry is the #1 financial gains industry on the planet. There is a reason for this, traveling is f'n expensive.
Well... I backpacked and lived in a van and travelled around on a shoestring when I was young. Now I'm in my 40s and settled into an everyday job and my friends now want to go to music festivals or backpacking and I'm like - I'm too old now, can't afford it and I don't know these bands anyway :D Why not do it when you're young or whenever you're ready?
Because the whole country comes to a standstill. the government runs out the debt while we look for lost retards in the national parks.
Did you pay for it by making others waste their time and money watching your videos?
Or did you pay for it with money you or your parents saved? They aren't the same thing.
Exactly! Enjoy your youth while you have it. If you wait until your sixties, it won't be as worthwhile.
But how sad is that you spend your 30s and some of your 40s trying to get some sense rather than starting out with some??
@@awesomewxyz7083 I worked, saved, spent it and started over. Heheh, I confess that I don’t understand the appeal of following someone else’s adventures on social media, but it’s not really my place to judge others’ entertainment. Or maybe it is, I dunno.
I did the travel thing since my teens and am SOOOOOO glad I did....TO go after a career, get married have kids and start paying bills at 20-25 yrs old was ridiculous to me....and now more people are getting that part...lol.
To wait after your 65, and hope you're not sick, or have enough money was too big a risk for me....to put a lifetime on hold to bet you can do it later is INSANE to me. Do it now. Tomorrow was never promised..
That's just how I did it....now at 46, I look at things differently and am in my settling down phase....I will never have the FOMO attitude because I slept on beautiful beaches, lived in Europe, went to Egypt, met strangers in different lands and had drinks and laughs..Rode a beat down bicycle to catch my bus that was leaving in a few hours to get to the next town...snorkeled in the caribbean, drank hot cocoa in the Swiss Alps...Got drunk flying KLM with friends, smoked Hash in France while catching a subway to get to the English Pub.....I lived it and with little money....It can be done....=)
I wouldn't trade those experiences for all the money in the world....hell no.
Imagine if everybody did that. There would be nobody to drive the bus you caught. Nobody to serve you your ale in the pub. Nobody to fly the plane which you were getting drunk on. If everybody were an "influencer", exactly who would there be for them to influence? Other influencers?
@Yellahboiii exactly,
@@kristopherloviska9042 you've argued against your own point.
You: imagine if everyone did this thing that would make it impossible to do this thing if everyone did it.
But did you raise any kids.....hmmmm probably not....did you make a humanitarian contribution....probably not...did you do ANYTHING to take care of the next generation like they did for you...hmmmm probably not. What you have done is cool for a small slice.....but not for most
@@kristopherloviska9042 yes exactly what thos guy said. Preach!
The appeal of van life is best expressed as escapism. As productivity demands increase now a young couple are both working and more than ever to be able to afford much less than our parents. Not as influencers but traditionally “good” 9-to-5 (or really 8-to-9) jobs. We’re quickly approaching an inflection where the juice ain’t worth the squeeze, on education and work. The key was when you said “what we endure on the way to something better.” Many of us in our 20s and especially 30s are seeing that the shitty apartment and flipping burgers isn’t a stepping stone for many but the end of the line. It’s a crisis of hope, not a naive assumption but born of years and maybe decades of a frustrating lack of progress. And that’s coming from the hard working ones, not the ones playing Xbox in their moms basement at 35.
You are so right. Slovenia here, but experience very very similar.
And even proffesions that pay well, like into the 6-figures don't afford anything close to what they did 20-30 years ago. $150k in San Francisco is scraping by, if you have kids? lol forget about it. The middle class can't afford anything anymore. There was a time when a decent house was maybe twice that of someones annual income. A car was under 10 grand and a Rolex cost $500. That was when the Boomers were in their 20's and climbing the ladder. They had the opportunities to see their hard work rewarded. These days not so much, if at all.
3:37 Bill Maher's apparent lack of self-awareness in this moment is staggering, but funny on a kind of meta level.
He gets it. He nodded and smirked. The audience got it and laughed.
This wasn’t my favorite Maher rant by any stretch but I think he gets the irony. I do think he thinks it’s different with him though because he talks “important stuff”.
@@chrispineo1979 i think he says « they don’t want to work they us normies » when he’s literally worth a shitload of money definitely wasn’t self aware
Bill makes people laugh. he works on his comedy and has talent. he doesn't get his views by filming himself waking up in the morning. so your logic is flawed.
@@giltuito1545 If you think Maher writes his own segments, that's adorable. I promise you that the typical vlogger puts more actual work into their craft than Maher does; Show hosts rely on writing staff, camera staff, show directors, etc to do all the heavy lifting. Vloggers, along with most other independent content creators, are preforming as entertainers, camera operators, video editors, and sound directors all on their own. If you don't like that type of content, that's absolutely fine. But don't be ignorant about it everything it entails.
Or talks at all, as in « has things to say », whether insightful or not, whereas so many of the people he’s gunning at want to be famous without having to work for it and can’t bear not being the interesting thing in and of themselves wherever they go.