I totally resonate with Ricky. I'm not walking on eggshells for anyone. They need to heal some part of themselves and get over it. Like he said, nothing happens when you are offended....lol
100% my philosophy too. I do not go out of my way to offend anyone, but if I have something to say, it's getting said. Just like with all this ID politics nonsense today, people won't say what they feel because they know the person to the side of them will disagree, how fooking weak arsed is that to silence yourself to not get a perpetually easily offended type triggered. If people can not debate or just laugh and talk about a topic where they will hear disagreeable views and opinions, then they need to move out of normal society and live in a cave alone.
This conversation encapsulates a critical choice in the evolution of human development. Control of thought and speech? Or celebration of open minds to learning, knowledge and debate? I love both these guys for different reasons. Lawrence exposes the actual universe to us. Ricky exposes both the strengths and weaknesses of humans. I love the way science and comedy contribute to the way we can think. The word is “can”. I live in hope.
When it comes to comedy, Ricky Gervais is always good for laughs! Jokes are jokes. Trying to push the "uncomfortable" subjects away and under the rug only enlarges denialism that eventually erupts in more harmful overt ways than comedy. Jokes are like a safety valve. They touch on what's going on with people pro or con or mixed, and give space for positive change in the laughing place. More Ricky Gervais!!!
Its fashionable to be offended at the moment. Its sought out, Its revered. Like Ricky says, Some folks jump in front of the bullet then ask why are you shooting at me?
4:42 The director of Repo Man (1984) had a bit of fun when producing the Bowdlerized TV edit of his film: "Flip you! Flip you, you flippin' melon farmer."
Funny to watch this the day after I watched his new special Super Nature. I was still thinking about it today and for more than the punch line. It’s such a good set.
Nea Emrys I think according to their perspective it's just jokes being a semantic exercise. In constructing a joke you're using words and ideas in a creative way to kind of poke and prod at your preconceived notions and worldview but the context of any joke is that humor is the ultimate goal and not to promote any amoral behaviors as one might perceive as being "offensive." There's nothing wrong with being offended, it's just their argument is that from a purely humorist standpoint, if you are offended, you've fundamentally mistaken the intention of any particular joke. What I find interesting is he said he wants people to say "I've found that offensive," as opposed to "that is offensive." Implying that to a certain degree he doesn't wish to diminish or dismiss any person's actual feelings. The notion he's arguing against is that he, the comedian, should be barred from certain topics or areas and infringe on his freedom of speech (which Gervais is huge on). So essentially he's saying you have every right to be offended, just don't mistake that feeling for his being offensive. Acknowledging your feelings is alright as long as you don't project them onto the comic. That is a dangerous exercise because you're misrepresenting your anger or emotions. If he makes a joke about rape and you feel offended, you're really just offended by the idea of rape and not the joke itself. An example he used in his last special, Humanity, "A woman walks into a police station and tells the officers, 'Help, please, I've been graped!' The officers say, 'You mean raped?' And she says, 'No, there was a bunch of them.'" You see here it is an exercise in semantics because you are not actually laughing about rape, although that is a component of the joke, you're laughing about the word play and perhaps even finding humor in the aspect that although the joke is not about rape, it's rape adjacent, and that feels almost wrong and messed up but ultimately you understand it's an exercise in word play. So while rape is the subject of the joke, the object of its humor is the word play and that sort of aura of wrongness laughing around rape. The same way you can talk about rape in any context as the subject, but it does not necessarily mean your objective is to condone or support rape itself, you're just talking around it. It's a tricky line to totter on but comedians often do this to sensitive topics so that we get a more well rounded perspective on things like when Chappell talks about Cosby for example. Love this topic.
The greatest problem humanity faces, and has always faced, is the one of ‘taking offence’. Note ‘taking’. No one can be offended against their will. You are fully complicit in the act of ‘being offended’. The only long-term solution to this is obvious. Train oneself to not be offended. By anything. Don’t hitch yourself so tightly to this or that identity (family, tribe, nation, religion, sex, sports team etc) such that when someone else says something, anything, about the aforementioned it will be impossible for you to take offence, quite simply as you have refused to subsume so much of your identity in the perceived target another attacks.🤓
Loved that !. Hope im seeing a birth of a new tv/radio show. "Gervais and the Scientist's", if you don't make it all about You Ricky it's got legs for miles !. :) cheers BFHC.
I'm a massive Gervais fan, watched & heard pretty much everything he's done since the 11 oclock show. And I've never even thought of him as offensive, let alone been offended myself. Edit: Wait did Gervais just almost quote Ben Shapiro "Facts don't care about your feelings" ???
I think Ricky has been saying it longer, among other fellows, such as Hitchens. Also, the only time I was 'offended' by Ricky is when he said he hated The Lord of the Rings and it's the worst thing ever. I think it's the greatest thing ever which makes it hard to grasp his viewpoint, naturally.
One of the best things I ever heard Ricky say during a stand up routine was that if you think something is funny, regardless of the situation, you have to say it. It might bomb, but if you think it's funny, say it. The world would be full of laughter instead of full of misery. If I ever met Trump, out loud I'd say, "Yep, small hands, smells like cabbage, and running a circus. Yep, he's a carnie." I'm sure Trump wouldn't get the reference but I'm betting it would go viral in no time.
I'm having a hard time understanding what Ricky means by the difference between the "subject" and the "target". Can anyone explain with an example. TIA
I'm curious Which one is better Getting offended and cried out loud on Social Media asking for apology or Getting offended and then stalked the offender and planned to go SAW to them?
If the law is upheld and the second option lands you a fine or jail time for stalking (which is indeed a felony in the states) than id say go with that. Alternatively you could take your offense and shove it up your ass.
My goodness, my favourite movie while growing up was Langoliers and the first time I saw it I was about 6 (my mom put it on for me)....plus I was born In a country that doesn't exist anymore, in a city that doesn't exist anymore and the fucking education system changed way too much for my taste and I'm not even 35......so poor gen z can suck it
The infamous 'You m**g' comment when talking to a disabled woman. She later explained why she found it offensive, m**g is short for mongoloid which is an offensive term for down syndrome.
That law is so fxxking stupid. The problem is that human perception is so varied & conditioned by infinite possibilities that literally any and all possible combinations of words in an utterance could offend someone. I could potentially be triggered by your comment here (obviously I'm not but you know what I mean). The only response to these ridiculous laws is that we all remain silent.
People will always be offended by comedy. But their decision of what comedy is, is the issue. Check your feelings at the door. Comedy is comedy. If you’re offended, that’s your problem. Some comedians actually have to make this statement repeatedly on live recordings, because people still don’t get it. It’s not a statement or judgement on how you live your life. No one cares about that. We all support you. If Dave chappelle is the argument, that dude does not decide your life. All good. Move on and don’t give him your energy. But comedy is comedy. Most things are still just “fuck you, you’re from Toronto” or fuck you, go gamble in a town near me or something.” I forgot what was offensive. But honestly, be respectful. Appreciate people. Don’t be a monster. “Love ya, but get your head outta your ass.”
Yes, all that take them seriously garbage they were spouting a decade or two ago; it was jokes. They don't want to be examined or criticized, what they say and their little causes; none of that is of any importance; they're the funny ones who jump through hoops for us, ignore their point of view and laugh at them.
"If you're so fragile that you think that a joke about something can destroy it, you need something else, its nonsense." I think Gervais might have taken it a step too far here, for example, the collapse of the Warsaw Pact was at least partially caused by a campaign of satirization and humiliation, undertaken by poets/artists/musicians/filmmakers/comedians etc..
He was brought up in a Christian family in a Christian area of a Christian country. If he needs to provide a religious example, Christianity is naturally the first religion for him to talk about. Anyway, he talks about Allah, among all of the other gods, when saying that they're all unproven. I don't think he'd shy away from making jokes about Allah, but he isn't gonna just make a joke about Islam just for the sake of it. Islam is unlikely to be a very big part in his life, when most of his comedy revolves around things that are commonplace in his life.
@@johankarlsson5732 I mean it depends on the situation. They shouldn't be out of bounds at all and I think most people don't consider them to be, Islam just doesn't particularly come up naturally in conversation. I think most of the fear isn't because they're afraid of Muslims harming them, it's purely because Muslims on the whole take their believes so seriously that they really can't take a joke about their religion, so joking about it just causes too much backlash to bother with.
I hate that Dave Chappelle is the poster child for this fake culture war shit. Some people think all jokes about transgender people are wrong but that’s stupid. That being said Dave definitely is weirded out by transgender people and chooses to mock them like Ricky said Dave is kinda targeting them lmao. Punching down is a ok if you’re poking fun and not trying to actively oppress someone.
this reminds me of all the annoying people, who cried, when Pluto lost it's planet-status... it's a matter of DEFINITION! And Pluto didn't meet that definition.. and when you're looking at it it's kind of weird it ever was called 'planet'...
Gervais did a good series - The Office.-Unfortunately he has become a narcissist with no self respect at all. The fact that he has millions is not impressive either.
He’s saying that some people will find that joke offensive, and other won’t. So the joke is no inherently offensive. Instead, people should say “I find that joke offensive” which is 100% valid.
@@Fudgepuddlez and I’m saying it’s ironic that a comedian who stands up for free speech will also then go and try and force people to say things in the way they think is best. Ur all doing the same shit to each other lmao
@@gummybe4rrs35 i understood what you were trying to say. The point he’s making is that jokes are not inherently offensive, which is a fact it isn’t subjective. So by saying “this joke is offensive” people are arguing against a fact. If people said “I find this joke offensive” that is 100% valid, and if he argued against that I would disagree with him. I’m with you on the fact that both sides often are doing the same things to each other though.
Nah I disagree, people don’t have to craft sentences in the formula which you have deemed acceptable in order to practice free speech. And definitely didn’t say both sides lol I personally think the majority of white male comedians just want to protect their ability to be an asshole to ppl (which in the end is stupid because there’s no law against being a comedian so what are you even fighting for lol)
I was a big fan of Ricky but the past decade or so he's lost that humorous way he had in interviews and just rambles on about offence. Stuttering his way to an explanation about how he's right and the audience is wrong. Why is he so upset that people get offended by his material (which over recent years is more offensive than he used to be). He's an intelligent bloke but an utter moron when it comes to the subject of offensive behaviour. Like the whole mong/ Susan Boyle thing. Clearly offensive. Yet he digs his heels in and come out with utter nonsense about how "bullut-proof" his jokes are. They're not bullet proof, and they're often very poor jokes too. It's just he has a big enough fan following to keep his job regardless of some of the offensive shit he comes out with.
Just out curiosity, do you think that a joke is objectively funny or objectively not funny in the same way that you think it's objectively offensive? If two people, who share a certain circumstance, hear the same joke and one finds it offensive and the other doesn't, who is right? Now subsitute 'offensive' for 'funny' and what's your answer.
I think Ricky is taking the opportunity in interviews to try and correct the overcorrection that has put comedians in the hot seat and worried about what jokes they tell. Comedians have had the job to comment on modern culture and putting it in a way that is relatable for the masses. What he is doing here is no different except for the lack of a punchline.
The only difference I see is a 60 year old too tired to care as opposed to the guy who cleaned up his act for the Golden Globes, oh wait, he didn't clean it up at all. 4 times. With possibly $millions at stake if he gets blackballed he went after everyone and every thing wrong with Celebrity-ism. 4 Times. Yeah, I guess I see no difference at all...
He's so misguided regarding "everything should be made fun of"... Maybe to some a joke about child rape is funny, but the bigger question is why on earth would you want to make that joke, and says more about that "comedian" than it does regarding the joke. Ricky is basically saying he can never do wrong, I can say anything and I'm still right, regardless of whether you're offended or not, and he'll take zero responsibility for any action. If you're so confident Ricky, why not just go and make fun of black culture, and call them all the N word, wrap it in a joke and you'll be justified right? There's a reason being racist is clearly not acceptable, so why would you think certain comedy should be treated any differently, becuase it's offensive to the masses, not the small minority of morons that attend your shows.
Not sure you actually watched the video properly with how off the mark you are 😂. “there’s nothing you can’t joke about, it depends on the joke and sometimes people are offended when they mistake the subject of the joke for the target.” You can joke about racism and the holocaust without being racist, in the same way you can discuss both of those things without being racist. It all depends on the joke.
"Maybe to some a joke about child rape is funny, but the bigger question is why on earth would you want to make that joke," Because making fun of kiddie fiddling priests is funny, for instance. I think you missed him saying "It depends what the joke is", he never talked about being wrong or right as an absolute.
“How arrogant are you that you think you deserve to go through life
with no one ever saying anything that you don’t agree with or like”
The Incredible Chowdhury your comment is offensive
@@experiment54 I'm offended that you found The Incredible Chowdhury's comment offensive.
@@Mawds69 it looks like we have an offensive comment stand off haha
@@experiment54 I'm offended by your assumption.
xenophanes another to the fight! Offence away my good man!
I could spend the rest of my days watching podcasts with a physicist and a comedian... somehow it makes both sides of my brain resonate.
This video needs to be broadcasted in every classroom in the world everyday.
I totally resonate with Ricky. I'm not walking on eggshells for anyone. They need to heal some part of themselves and get over it. Like he said, nothing happens when you are offended....lol
100% my philosophy too. I do not go out of my way to offend anyone, but if I have something to say, it's getting said. Just like with all this ID politics nonsense today, people won't say what they feel because they know the person to the side of them will disagree, how fooking weak arsed is that to silence yourself to not get a perpetually easily offended type triggered. If people can not debate or just laugh and talk about a topic where they will hear disagreeable views and opinions, then they need to move out of normal society and live in a cave alone.
This conversation encapsulates a critical choice in the evolution of human development. Control of thought and speech? Or celebration of open minds to learning, knowledge and debate? I love both these guys for different reasons. Lawrence exposes the actual universe to us. Ricky exposes both the strengths and weaknesses of humans. I love the way science and comedy contribute to the way we can think. The word is “can”. I live in hope.
Absolutely love both of these guys. Great video and subject is terrific.
I bet they had a blast doing this
@RhondaH: You beat me to it! Love both of these guys!
When it comes to comedy, Ricky Gervais is always good for laughs! Jokes are jokes. Trying to push the "uncomfortable" subjects away and under the rug only enlarges denialism that eventually erupts in more harmful overt ways than comedy. Jokes are like a safety valve. They touch on what's going on with people pro or con or mixed, and give space for positive change in the laughing place. More Ricky Gervais!!!
Its not demanding equality, its demanding privilege. Thats a great thought.
Its fashionable to be offended at the moment. Its sought out, Its revered. Like Ricky says, Some folks jump in front of the bullet then ask why are you shooting at me?
Offence cannot be given it can only be taken so whoever gets offended chose to be offended..
That's exactly it.
People love being offended,just to moan and complain and feel superior!!
‘There’s a weight of intellect behind my comedy’
Haha "some comedians"
Ricky should be talking to educators and youngsters…
They need to have this perspective
Brilliant
‘Just grow a pair and have a laugh about it’ - literally an entire generation needs to follow this very simple advice
Anyone has the right to be offended.
No one has the right to not be offended.
4:42 The director of Repo Man (1984) had a bit of fun when producing the Bowdlerized TV edit of his film: "Flip you! Flip you, you flippin' melon farmer."
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER TO THE ALPS LARRY
This man spits straight facts
Funny to watch this the day after I watched his new special Super Nature. I was still thinking about it today and for more than the punch line. It’s such a good set.
Be offended.
Nothing happens.
It doesn't mean you're right.
Great Podcast.... Two fantastic men here.
Why shouldn't jokes be offensive? Why is being offended so bad? No, really.
Nea Emrys I think according to their perspective it's just jokes being a semantic exercise. In constructing a joke you're using words and ideas in a creative way to kind of poke and prod at your preconceived notions and worldview but the context of any joke is that humor is the ultimate goal and not to promote any amoral behaviors as one might perceive as being "offensive." There's nothing wrong with being offended, it's just their argument is that from a purely humorist standpoint, if you are offended, you've fundamentally mistaken the intention of any particular joke. What I find interesting is he said he wants people to say "I've found that offensive," as opposed to "that is offensive." Implying that to a certain degree he doesn't wish to diminish or dismiss any person's actual feelings. The notion he's arguing against is that he, the comedian, should be barred from certain topics or areas and infringe on his freedom of speech (which Gervais is huge on). So essentially he's saying you have every right to be offended, just don't mistake that feeling for his being offensive. Acknowledging your feelings is alright as long as you don't project them onto the comic. That is a dangerous exercise because you're misrepresenting your anger or emotions. If he makes a joke about rape and you feel offended, you're really just offended by the idea of rape and not the joke itself. An example he used in his last special, Humanity, "A woman walks into a police station and tells the officers, 'Help, please, I've been graped!' The officers say, 'You mean raped?' And she says, 'No, there was a bunch of them.'" You see here it is an exercise in semantics because you are not actually laughing about rape, although that is a component of the joke, you're laughing about the word play and perhaps even finding humor in the aspect that although the joke is not about rape, it's rape adjacent, and that feels almost wrong and messed up but ultimately you understand it's an exercise in word play. So while rape is the subject of the joke, the object of its humor is the word play and that sort of aura of wrongness laughing around rape. The same way you can talk about rape in any context as the subject, but it does not necessarily mean your objective is to condone or support rape itself, you're just talking around it. It's a tricky line to totter on but comedians often do this to sensitive topics so that we get a more well rounded perspective on things like when Chappell talks about Cosby for example.
Love this topic.
2pm in the morning
just watched this clip and at 4.37 it sounded like a classic..glad to see i wasnt the first
Thank you for this! I couldn't agree more!
People learn best when they are having fun, learning. Comedians are artists - good ones are, anyway - guys like Ricky and Seinfeld.
"I've often said....."
Yes, you fucking have, Ricky!
Demanding equality is actually demanding privilege - profound
"demanding equality by not being part of humour is actually demanding privilege" take care, get the quote rigt
Give Lawrence Krauss a hat and he’s the drummer from the Pixies
The greatest problem humanity faces, and has always faced, is the one of ‘taking offence’. Note ‘taking’. No one can be offended against their will. You are fully complicit in the act of ‘being offended’. The only long-term solution to this is obvious. Train oneself to not be offended. By anything. Don’t hitch yourself so tightly to this or that identity (family, tribe, nation, religion, sex, sports team etc) such that when someone else says something, anything, about the aforementioned it will be impossible for you to take offence, quite simply as you have refused to subsume so much of your identity in the perceived target another attacks.🤓
Loved that !. Hope im seeing a birth of a new tv/radio show. "Gervais and the Scientist's", if you don't make it all about You Ricky it's got legs for miles !. :) cheers BFHC.
I'm a massive Gervais fan, watched & heard pretty much everything he's done since the 11 oclock show. And I've never even thought of him as offensive, let alone been offended myself.
Edit: Wait did Gervais just almost quote Ben Shapiro "Facts don't care about your feelings" ???
I think Ricky has been saying it longer, among other fellows, such as Hitchens. Also, the only time I was 'offended' by Ricky is when he said he hated The Lord of the Rings and it's the worst thing ever. I think it's the greatest thing ever which makes it hard to grasp his viewpoint, naturally.
@@TheClassicWorld Have to agree on that one mate, I love Lord of the rings!
Bit of irony that he gets offended by people getting offended.
One of the best things I ever heard Ricky say during a stand up routine was that if you think something is funny, regardless of the situation, you have to say it. It might bomb, but if you think it's funny, say it. The world would be full of laughter instead of full of misery. If I ever met Trump, out loud I'd say, "Yep, small hands, smells like cabbage, and running a circus. Yep, he's a carnie." I'm sure Trump wouldn't get the reference but I'm betting it would go viral in no time.
Nipples? No! Decapitation? Yep cool! Two people kissing? No! A person getting shot? Yep!
I'm having a hard time understanding what Ricky means by the difference between the "subject" and the "target". Can anyone explain with an example. TIA
They talked about this 3 years ago... Imagine what they'd say today
4:34 .. wait.. 2pm ..in the morning?
I'm tickling myself with a feather
I'm curious
Which one is better
Getting offended and cried out loud on Social Media asking for apology
or
Getting offended and then stalked the offender and planned to go SAW to them?
If the law is upheld and the second option lands you a fine or jail time for stalking (which is indeed a felony in the states) than id say go with that.
Alternatively you could take your offense and shove it up your ass.
Is there a full episode about to drop soon??
^ this
uhhh, read the message at the end of the video. You can only get the full interview on patreon, it is presumably behind a paywall.
I am offended by the fact that Lawewnce Krauss' head is half off from the view, and Ricky Gervais is too zoomed. Get your filming together.
I hope Will Smith checks this video.
My goodness, my favourite movie while growing up was Langoliers and the first time I saw it I was about 6 (my mom put it on for me)....plus I was born In a country that doesn't exist anymore, in a city that doesn't exist anymore and the fucking education system changed way too much for my taste and I'm not even 35......so poor gen z can suck it
I’m offended by the fact that every fucking video has ads
love it
Can someone give an example of target vs subject of a joke please. I understand it but I can't for the life of me explain it
I know you commented this months ago but if you watch Ricky's Netflix special called "Humanity" he goes into more detail on that subject 😊
@@BOSSXist cheers
The infamous 'You m**g' comment when talking to a disabled woman. She later explained why she found it offensive, m**g is short for mongoloid which is an offensive term for down syndrome.
2:18
Uk sends police to your house for saying things other people don't like online.
That law is so fxxking stupid. The problem is that human perception is so varied & conditioned by infinite possibilities that literally any and all possible combinations of words in an utterance could offend someone.
I could potentially be triggered by your comment here (obviously I'm not but you know what I mean).
The only response to these ridiculous laws is that we all remain silent.
People will always be offended by comedy. But their decision of what comedy is, is the issue. Check your feelings at the door. Comedy is comedy. If you’re offended, that’s your problem. Some comedians actually have to make this statement repeatedly on live recordings, because people still don’t get it. It’s not a statement or judgement on how you live your life. No one cares about that. We all support you. If Dave chappelle is the argument, that dude does not decide your life. All good. Move on and don’t give him your energy. But comedy is comedy. Most things are still just “fuck you, you’re from Toronto” or fuck you, go gamble in a town near me or something.” I forgot what was offensive. But honestly, be respectful. Appreciate people. Don’t be a monster. “Love ya, but get your head outta your ass.”
Alison Chabloz has just been jailed for offending Jews.
if you get OFFENDED easily DONT WATCH OUR SHOW!
Should a person be held accountable for his words?
How do I see the whole thing??
patreon for the video, or any podcast hosting site for the audio
Appreciated
Kris Adams insert “that’s what she said” joke here
@@experiment54 Well played....very well played.....
Someone tell Will Smith.
It is not just from the parents... it is from the colleges and the democrats.
WTF is the full interview a pay wall interview? Did Ricky agree to his interview only being watchable if you pay ?
The interviewer feels the need to chime in every 3 secs while Ricky talks. Smh
It's because it's a discussion, not an interview brother.
Yes, all that take them seriously garbage they were spouting a decade or two ago; it was jokes. They don't want to be examined or criticized, what they say and their little causes; none of that is of any importance; they're the funny ones who jump through hoops for us, ignore their point of view and laugh at them.
Im here because of will smith
Has Ricky ever joked about Muhammad? Just asking...
"If you're so fragile that you think that a joke about something can destroy it, you need something else, its nonsense."
I think Gervais might have taken it a step too far here, for example, the collapse of the Warsaw Pact was at least partially caused by a campaign of satirization and humiliation, undertaken by poets/artists/musicians/filmmakers/comedians etc..
You can joke about everything,,, but Islam
He was brought up in a Christian family in a Christian area of a Christian country. If he needs to provide a religious example, Christianity is naturally the first religion for him to talk about. Anyway, he talks about Allah, among all of the other gods, when saying that they're all unproven. I don't think he'd shy away from making jokes about Allah, but he isn't gonna just make a joke about Islam just for the sake of it. Islam is unlikely to be a very big part in his life, when most of his comedy revolves around things that are commonplace in his life.
@@PoissonVisageStudios you can make jokes about everything in the world but not the prophet,,,that is just how it is
@@johankarlsson5732 I mean it depends on the situation. They shouldn't be out of bounds at all and I think most people don't consider them to be, Islam just doesn't particularly come up naturally in conversation. I think most of the fear isn't because they're afraid of Muslims harming them, it's purely because Muslims on the whole take their believes so seriously that they really can't take a joke about their religion, so joking about it just causes too much backlash to bother with.
@@PoissonVisageStudios In the video they say that we could joke about anything,, but we cant about Allah
I hate that Dave Chappelle is the poster child for this fake culture war shit. Some people think all jokes about transgender people are wrong but that’s stupid. That being said Dave definitely is weirded out by transgender people and chooses to mock them like Ricky said Dave is kinda targeting them lmao. Punching down is a ok if you’re poking fun and not trying to actively oppress someone.
It seems to be a little more incidental he has a problem with some people and some happen to be trans but he is a comedian and a legend
You're not oppressed nor have you ever been
this reminds me of all the annoying people, who cried, when Pluto lost it's planet-status... it's a matter of DEFINITION! And Pluto didn't meet that definition.. and when you're looking at it it's kind of weird it ever was called 'planet'...
To bad comedian's don't stand up for everyone's Free Speech like they do with there own profession.
A two-minute spiel stretched out to five.
I'm a fan of Ricky but it really is getting tiresome hearing him bang on about the same topics over and over
Fionn MacNamara I’m a fan of Gordon Ramsay but it really is getting tiresome watching him cook the same proteins over and over
You have the choice to stop listening to him.
Can I insult your disable daughter in front of you?
Just because you can something doesn't mean you should.
Gervais did a good series - The Office.-Unfortunately he has become a narcissist with no self respect at all. The fact that he has millions is not impressive either.
“I want people to stop saying that’s offensive”
Well how arrogant are you that no one should ever say something you don’t agree with
He’s saying that some people will find that joke offensive, and other won’t. So the joke is no inherently offensive. Instead, people should say “I find that joke offensive” which is 100% valid.
@@Fudgepuddlez and I’m saying it’s ironic that a comedian who stands up for free speech will also then go and try and force people to say things in the way they think is best. Ur all doing the same shit to each other lmao
@@gummybe4rrs35 i understood what you were trying to say. The point he’s making is that jokes are not inherently offensive, which is a fact it isn’t subjective. So by saying “this joke is offensive” people are arguing against a fact. If people said “I find this joke offensive” that is 100% valid, and if he argued against that I would disagree with him. I’m with you on the fact that both sides often are doing the same things to each other though.
Nah I disagree, people don’t have to craft sentences in the formula which you have deemed acceptable in order to practice free speech. And definitely didn’t say both sides lol I personally think the majority of white male comedians just want to protect their ability to be an asshole to ppl (which in the end is stupid because there’s no law against being a comedian so what are you even fighting for lol)
I was a big fan of Ricky but the past decade or so he's lost that humorous way he had in interviews and just rambles on about offence. Stuttering his way to an explanation about how he's right and the audience is wrong. Why is he so upset that people get offended by his material (which over recent years is more offensive than he used to be). He's an intelligent bloke but an utter moron when it comes to the subject of offensive behaviour. Like the whole mong/ Susan Boyle thing. Clearly offensive. Yet he digs his heels in and come out with utter nonsense about how "bullut-proof" his jokes are. They're not bullet proof, and they're often very poor jokes too. It's just he has a big enough fan following to keep his job regardless of some of the offensive shit he comes out with.
Just out curiosity, do you think that a joke is objectively funny or objectively not funny in the same way that you think it's objectively offensive?
If two people, who share a certain circumstance, hear the same joke and one finds it offensive and the other doesn't, who is right?
Now subsitute 'offensive' for 'funny' and what's your answer.
I'm offended by your comments
I think Ricky is taking the opportunity in interviews to try and correct the overcorrection that has put comedians in the hot seat and worried about what jokes they tell. Comedians have had the job to comment on modern culture and putting it in a way that is relatable for the masses. What he is doing here is no different except for the lack of a punchline.
We found the one the needs a safe place people!!
@@koadydolson6575 you can't even get the terminology correct you cretin. It's "safe space". Get it right scaly if you're tryna impress.
"Them"? Is it just me or does anyone else sense that Ricky has become superior and condescending?
Has he drunk the Hollywood kool-aid?
Nah, it's just you.
If you're always on the lookout for some minor offense, you will always find one.
Only an open mind can be liberating. Control of speech leads downwards for the human race. Make a choice for the sake of intellectual progress.
The only difference I see is a 60 year old too tired to care as opposed to the guy who cleaned up his act for the Golden Globes, oh wait, he didn't clean it up at all. 4 times. With possibly $millions at stake if he gets blackballed he went after everyone and every thing wrong with Celebrity-ism. 4 Times.
Yeah, I guess I see no difference at all...
What? He’s clearly saying them because he’s not like those people...
He's so misguided regarding "everything should be made fun of"... Maybe to some a joke about child rape is funny, but the bigger question is why on earth would you want to make that joke, and says more about that "comedian" than it does regarding the joke. Ricky is basically saying he can never do wrong, I can say anything and I'm still right, regardless of whether you're offended or not, and he'll take zero responsibility for any action. If you're so confident Ricky, why not just go and make fun of black culture, and call them all the N word, wrap it in a joke and you'll be justified right? There's a reason being racist is clearly not acceptable, so why would you think certain comedy should be treated any differently, becuase it's offensive to the masses, not the small minority of morons that attend your shows.
So you just completely missed the point then yeah?
Jesus you failed so many times.
Not sure you actually watched the video properly with how off the mark you are 😂.
“there’s nothing you can’t joke about, it depends on the joke and sometimes people are offended when they mistake the subject of the joke for the target.”
You can joke about racism and the holocaust without being racist, in the same way you can discuss both of those things without being racist. It all depends on the joke.
"Maybe to some a joke about child rape is funny, but the bigger question is why on earth would you want to make that joke," Because making fun of kiddie fiddling priests is funny, for instance. I think you missed him saying "It depends what the joke is", he never talked about being wrong or right as an absolute.
what is black culture? what does it consist of?
@@podjun80 Google it.
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