{"id":2266,"date":"2016-12-24T07:48:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T07:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2016-12-24T07:51:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T07:51:19","slug":"bill-hicks-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/bill-hicks-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Is Like an Amusement Park&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The late <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Hicks\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Hicks<\/a> (December 16, 1961 \u2013 February 26, 1994)\u00a0\u00a0\u2014 a stand-up comedian, satirist, and musician\u00a0\u2014 was the most legitimate (uncensored and raw) social critic of the 1990s: <strong>a renegade <\/strong>(risky)<strong> thinker\u00a0<\/strong>who tried to make people laugh, but usually ended up pissing them off, or drawing blank stares.<\/p>\n<p>Well la-di-da, how &#8217;bout that:\u00a0 another guy speaking out against mediocrity, incompetency, and the proliferation of so-called leaders <em>getting in their own way<\/em>&#8230; yet, because they (the masses) associate intensity and biting language with negativity and unenlightenment, Bill figuratively caused most to &#8220;run for the hills.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In this clip, you&#8217;ll hear his take on the ever-changing, impermanence of the life we live.. accept, adore, love it, deal with it. <em><strong>Boom!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"The World Is Like an Amusement Park&#8230;\" \/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/risky.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/er6uv2xtucg.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The late Bill Hicks (December 16, 1961 \u2013 February 26, 1994)\u00a0\u00a0\u2014 a stand-up comedian, satirist, and musician\u00a0\u2014 was the most legitimate (uncensored and raw) social critic of the 1990s: a renegade (risky) thinker\u00a0who tried to make people laugh, but usually ended up pissing them off, or drawing blank sta\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-12-24T07:48:53+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ER6uv2xtuCg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M39S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"isFamilyFriendly\" content=\"false\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Bill Hicks (December 16, 1961 \u2013 February 26, 1994)\u00a0\u00a0\u2014 a stand-up comedian, satirist, and musician\u00a0\u2014 was the most legitimate (uncensored and raw) social critic of the 1990s: a renegade (risky) thinker\u00a0who tried to make people laugh, but usually ended up pissing them off, or drawing blank stares. 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