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This is so sad with your generation. Not knowing when to laugh in case you offend someone. This is exactly what Gervais is fighting against. I am the same age as Gervais and it’s simple for us, if we find it funny we will laugh. We are honest with ourselves.
Well said! I feel sorry for this young generation.
@@ekanang7550this really isn't as big an issue as it's being made out to be not even for us younger people 😊
@@MohammedAli-hl4mr Glad to hear!!!😊
34 here, & I'm the same.
But people barely 10 years younger than me, just are caught up in such trivial bs.
It's so weird now, people I've known in the last decade just 7 years behind me, like, people that would've been in first year @ school with me when I was in last, just completely separate world views.
I mean you used to get right & wrong & get when you were wrong for reasons you know didn't understand at the time.
And now we in the english speaking world don't even know what men & women are, & worse t han that, now can't even talk about it, society is not in a good place when simply having the discussion is now impossible.
That's only a way of controlling people & nothing else
Thank christ for comedians who can keep these subjects on the table in an engaging humerous way.
Especially the way Gervais uses the explanation as his form of comedy, isn't observational comedy fantastic, love it when it gets self aware.
I find American’s, regardless of the generation they’re from, seem to be the most easily offend people in the world. It’s like they actually go out of their way to find something offensive. So what you’re offended!!! As the great comic Steve Hughes has said, nothing happens when your offended, you don’t wake up with leprosy!!! 🙄
Here in Ireland and I've never heard of anyone being afraid to laugh. But I think we and our neighbours over in England are happy to laugh at ourselves. If you can laugh at yourself you can laugh at anyone.
They seem to judge each other very strangely
Same here in Australia
Agreed 😊
It’s the same in most of the world except from America lol
MAGNIFICENT Comment,Old Son!
Ricky Gervais just says what 98% of the world thinks. He's brilliant
The 2% are the intelligent minority.
The 2% are the offended ones.
@@queenpoppy5189 This whole anti-woke shit is just BS. It's actually anti-woke superwokeness, so it's projection. Brains leaking stupid.
29/30 kids in the class will also tell you that bullying is actually fine. Doesn't make it true though.
@@Poetic_Justice1962SO BRAVE😂🥴
I'm a mental health nurse and have seen some terrible things. Away to cope with the things we see is to joke around. These jokes are often dark and would not necessarily "be funny" to some, but they are a way to make light of the bad we see.
Some of the funniest people I know have dark jobs, undertakers and policemen
I'm a behavioural psychologist who works with the police and social services in the UK, and have done for nearly 30 years, so chances are, the jokes you've heard are some of mine :)
I've noticed over the years that after any form of disaster, a rough benchmark that people are beginning to come to terms with the horror of it is when the jokes start to appear. A reflex action I suppose to cut the awfulness down to size, facing down the bogeyman. You don't scare me anymore, I'm laughing at you.
Hes also vegan, doesn't care about it feelings but also big heart .
@@lachlanmain6004 Exactly. It is a coping mechanism for many quite often and brings to mind the old saying of ' if you didn't laugh you'd cry '. This in turn then makes me wonder if some people trying to take away folks coping mechanisms in order to deliberately have them cry? If so, what does it say about THEM? My conclusion is that the whole world seems to have spun off its axis and sent half of the population as mad as hatters...but I could be wrong. 😂
If humour has to stop where the offence of the most sensitive person begins, we are basically doomed. I love Ricky, he tells it like it is and says what the silenced majority is too afraid to say.
He speaks for the majority of people.
They can only silence you if you consent to being silenced, Ricky and southpark are ample evidence of that.
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The art of humour is to get away with it. You can be offensive - but for people to laugh you have to be funny.
Humour should stop where significant harm begins. Of course you then have to ask "what counts as 'significant'?"
There are only a very small number of idiots who think humour should stop at offense. People like Gervais blow this problem massively out of proportion. Possibly he does this for comedic effect. It is in reality incredibly small. If it weren't, his career would have ended years ago.
The part where you were afraid to laugh is just so alien to me, its funny, have a laugh man. Don't let fear rule you.
There is a significant difference between being on your own or with friends etc compared to putting yourself in front of the world to be judged.
@@Jamie_D yeah, but once you start pandering to the left, you will become the oppressed, which is what they want. Control. Fuck all who try to tarnish and control the lives of others purely because they don't align with their own twisted ideologies. Fuck 'em, just fucking laugh.
Harden the fuq up mate enjoy life you only get one. screw everyone else whos offended@@Jamie_D
@@Jamie_DRG literally did that. Is possible.
For gods sake just laugh
There is a genre of jokes that is called gallows humour! Very prominent among first responders and armed forces everywhere! It keeps them sane. A soldier under mortar fire shouted “ I’ve lost my leg” the reply came back “ No you haven’t, it is over here!”
😂😂😂
this x
I have to admit, you got me with that one.
😂👏
Hahaha, brilliant. The world needs more of that and less hyper sensitive hysteria.
Yeah, people have definitely forgotten that you can just BE offended. It's not gonna kill you. If a comedian "offends" you, have the intelligence to realise that they aren't to your taste and don't watch them again. It's ridiculous to have the attitude of "I didn't like that so THEY shouldn't be allowed to say it and OTHERS shouldn't be allowed to listen to it"
Well their reasoning is that saying it leads to harmful attitudes and actions, which I disagree with, but oh well
it probably depends on what the joke is I guess
@@aotter19 People act like a terrible thing and a joke about a terrible thing are the same thing
To be honest I didn't like Ricky at first and never watched his stuff but then watched him at a friend's house and now I think he's brilliant, he's like me as i call a spade a spade
and you always have the radical option of leaving..
One of the best things for mental health is Comedy, let’s not forget that, and let’s not destroy such a great industry.
The destruction of "mental elf" is all part of the elitist plot to crush and reduce humanity.
My father died of Motor Neurone Disease at the age of 42, in 2005. I have heard a boatload of jokes about Stephen Hawking and having to speak through a computer since then. Not once did I ever feel "Offended", because I don't let that one bad thing define my entire identity. Some people are just incapable of laughing.
Tell me about it. I lost my uncle to dementia when he was a fairly young age and people had the cheek to tell me that what i’m saying is wrong and offensive when I made a joke about dementia. Takes the piss lol.
Gervais is the biggest comic genius since Carlin. Hands down. Chapelle and Robin Williams...wonderful, but they bring an attitude and energy to things. Gervais and Carlin are just genius writers, 100%
I was thinking the same thing.
Chapelle is there too
Never stop laughing at something for fear of what reaction you will get from others. They cannot dictate how you think. It is not sustainable to go through life self censoring through fear of offending someone. Your right to offend is equal to the right to be offended.
as Mill said, your right to swing your fist ends at the point of my chin
Never keep laughter inside, it has to come out and make others laugh too. Thank you.
Woke is the new Nazism
The things that won't go down well in the US are so manifold. Really..... USA ... land of the free and home of the offended. .
Ricky's satirising of crucial issues does more to make society think about them rationally than all the viral tut-tutting.
Funny thing about that: we're not all that free, and most of us aren't too brave and are afraid of everything.
USA land of the not so free and home of the dramatic and offended 😂
Take notes from Ricky. It IS simple, my friend. Stop worrying more about what other people think of you, rather than having and voicing your own opinions. The need to be liked and inoffensive outweighing one's own values, integrity, and strength of character is what got this country to where we are today.
When my uncle died I got called to the house with my family by my aunt (he lived with her - he was 43). For some reason the coroner/police took about 4 hours to turn up (major communication errors apparently). Long story short it wound up with around 10 of us basically sat around his body laughing and joking with cups of tea whilst we had to wait. We went between crying and laughing for hours and I mean belly roaring laughter. It is just how we cope. Massively so. Meant a hell of a lot of agro when the police officer finally turned up but like I said. Very long story. Point is - laughter is essential, especially in tough situations.
Absolutely agree. At practically every family funeral we hv had we hv cried but also laughed so hard at memories.....and bad jokes. As u say, it's a coping system.
That's why irish families have a wake, to laugh and chat at great memories of the deceased.
I am an English white male person in his 60s. I have been following your reactions for a long time now, and I find you to be just about the most pleasant and well-balanced person on TH-cam your kind nature stands out, so please don't change but my advice, if it's worth anything, is if you find yourself struggling with modern WOKE ideology just simply rely on science and facts to guide you as they are not sexist, racists or judgmental in any way they are factual and proven and what ever happens please don't lose your sense of humour, after all its one of the few things in life that is free. Good luck buddy.
Absolutely! That's what I fall back on. Facts are things that exist on their own, outside of interpretation or opinion. You can't be biased when stating facts. You can ADD bias to facts, but facts in and of themselves are not biased, they just simply are.
If someone is a transgender man (previously a woman) Yes their dna is still female, if they leave their dna at a crime scene it will be tested and be female. it cannot not be any more clear as that it is fact
@@Ciara-ASMR Most people believe that science doesn't support trans people, until you learn past the "basic biology".
For example, intersex is far more common that what people believe (between 1% and 2% of the population is intersex, which is about the same percentage of the population that's ginger, or has green eyes, it's really not a new shocking thing). Some examples of different ways someone could be intersex: They could be born with XX chromosomes and assigned male at birth; they could be born with XY chromosomes and assigned female at birth; they could be born with an ovotestes, they could be born with an ovary and a teste, they can be born with all kinds of variations of different sex characteristics, and I think that's awesome and beautiful! Also, fun fact, the gene that "holds" the teste blueprint (if you will), is not even on a sex chromosome! It's on chromosome 17 - which everyone has! Furthermore, a gene on an X chromosome that [I believe produces a protein that] stops that initial gene from working. On a Y chromosome, there's a gene that will stop the gene on the X chromosome working that would have stopped the "teste blueprint" holding gene from working, so the "teste blueprint" holding gene can go ahead with it's intended plan. Kind of crazy how the teste gene is typically intended to work, and just shows how many steps can vary from the initial intention.
Also, it's found that trans people's brains are more closely aligned with brains of their cis (not trans) peers' brains of the same gender (for example a trans man's brain is closer to a cis man's brain than of a cis woman's brain, and for trans women, it's closer to a cis women's brain of a cis man). This shows that there is a very real and underlying scientific basis for the existence of trans people (literally on Wiki if you want more info about this - it links to the actual studies and research papers as well).
The reasons saying certain things can be so harmful for a community that is so significantly marginalised, is it helps perpetuate false beliefs about trans people that feed in to harmful stereotypes and misinformation. It creates an atmosphere of "this is totally acceptable" and then the line gets pushed and keeps on being pushed, even when it gets to physical harm (see recent case of Brianna Ghey in the UK).
Also, saying things when there is so much hate towards a community already, makes it tougher for people to live. Just look at the suicide rates, suicide ideation, and self harm of trans people, especially trans youth.
The "cancelling" of Gervais is other people using their right to free speech to call him out on it. Freedom of speech is not freedom of consequences.
One time I was talking to a coworker who had cancer and was going through chemo. It was rough for her. I don’t know what she said, but in my own outrageous style of humor said something over the top OFFENSIVE about her condition. She broke into tears crying from laughter and hugged me and thanked me for making her laugh so hard which she had not been able to do in so long.
I am a "Unfiltered " working class East Ender ( I was in the same class as Micky Flannagan at school ) who spent his early life in the meat trade & the past 19 yrs in the construction trade. I have American/Canadian In-Laws who I know absolutely dread the thought of me visiting. Not because I am rude or use course language , but because I tend to be honest and unrepressed in my humour and their culture is totally the opposite. Example: Vancouver Island Campbell River. Lovely place & very quiet apart from the gang of Red Indian women stoned out their heads on Opioids and all fighting near the mariner square while a open air charity auction is happening. I am pissing myself laughing as boobs were out and girls rolling around and screaming abuse at each other and remembering how just a few hours ago my father in law was telling me how peaceful life is there. When we get home my In-Laws are " FUMING " with me ?.... How DARE I call those women " Red Indian's " ! WTF ?.......No mention of the fight the crowd awkwardly ignored for 20mns, no mention of kids seeing boobies or foul language used. It was all about " Me " laughing and using racist language, as we are suppose to call the Red Indian's , " Aborigines " or " First Nation "........🤔🤭🤣😂
south east londoner here, you'd get f'ed up if you brought that racism here.
Why is it racist? Define racism.
@@mataform erm... ok, but you could just look it up. racism is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism against a race. the term 'red indian' is racist because its a historic derogatory term (no different from using the n word) - that's why the in-laws were uncomfortable with it. the OP wouldnt like it if we called him an inbred brainless shit-shoveler instead of 'meat and construction worker'. Any other questions?
@@mataformRacism - when one race acts superior to another race.
@@cjr-en4wr Would it 2hurt" your feelings ?
Humour is a coping method for the brain to be able to deal with horrible things. To give it a place when things are too horrible to fathom. When I found out I had brain cancer, I called my sister and I explained what the situation was. Then I said, "I'm just sad I can't use my favourite Schwarzenegger quote anymore" (It's not a tumor!).
Ricky Gervais is always bang on. 👏 It is simple never be scared to call out bullshit and declare the truth. If you constantly worry about what other people might think you’re living your life in a prison.
The bullshit part is to think there is a woke culture and to actually hijack the word woke to try to make it represent anything and nothing your don't like, instead of its original intentions, of by politicians who can't wait to find yet another way for us to divide each other. Blaming "woke" sounds absolutely stupid, even coming from a man like him. Educate yourselves.
A friend asked me if I had a transistor and I replied "no mate, but I have a brother who is a bit camp!" It's a pun before you let rip and the spelling is not an auto correct mistake
Thats the point Ricky is making- if a person takes offence dont listen then!
You shouldn't feel guilty about finding something funny. If its funny, laugh - it makes you feel good. If you can take something terrible and give yourself a little chuckle - it doesn't mean you are a bad person, its a hell of a coping mechanism.
I know it wasn’t intentional of you, but the whole premise underlying what you’ve just said (particularly “it doesn’t mean you are a bad person”) gives the impression that you shouldn’t really be laughing.
@@BlueShadow777 I think you can joke about anything, just not with anyone. People seem to confuse a joke about a thing as being as bad as the thing the joke is about.
@@BlueShadow777He was talking on behalf of the fragile wokes.
There are two things we need more of in this world: love and humour. The ability to find something funny and it brighten up our day is an amazing thing. We should be able to laugh at ourselves and those around us without meaning any malice.
Joel, I’d echo the message not to hold back on laughing at things you find funny in these videos. I certainly laughed at his trans jokes and, whilst I do have my views on the subject, it doesn’t mean I hold any malice towards trans people in any way. As is so often said, it’s just a joke.
The more satire and irony the fewer mental health problems.
Exactly as long as there's no malice behind it . We'll said .
"I certainly laughed at his trans jokes and, whilst I do have my views on the subject, it doesn’t mean I hold any malice towards trans people in any way. As is so often said, it’s just a joke."
So, you'd be thrilled if the jokes were always at YOUR expense AND you'd be physically threatened because "comedians" tell everyone it's, "just a joke". Sure sounds like gaslighting to me.
@@tracylf5409 I’m a gay man in my 40s. I’ve spent the past 30-40 years having jokes at my expense. From comedians, work colleagues, friends (lighthearted digs). So yes, I know exactly what it’s like. Physical threats, less so personally (although I’ve close friends who have had this).
But I have this thing called a sense of humour. As I have already stated, if there’s no malice meant, then what’s the problem? Take yourself too seriously and others will too.
Gaslighting? The definition of gaslighting (Oxford English Dictionary) is: “To manipulate (a person) by psychological means into questioning his or her own sanity.” Now if a joke without malice or genuine ill-feeling meets this criteria in your head, I’d argue that the joke isn’t the thing you should be focusing your immediate attention on.
@@Neil_TheShiningMile There are two things we need more of in this world: love and humour. Well Ricky Gervaise fucking fails at providing both. Has it crossed your mind that Joel just thinks he's shit, that's maybe why he's not laughing. Cause if you think Gervaise is a spreader of love and humour, your a fucking idiot.
Hi Joel , my sons transmale and he does not care what people joke about or say he knows who he is and is confident in that , it's those trans people who get offended that will get offended about anything .
So does that mean your son was born female? I'm so confused.
@@philjones45 I know , it was for me too , yes born female but always felt like he was in the wrong body . He's now 18 yrs still has female parts etc but will eventually get surgery , we wanted to advise him not to transition too early . He's never changed He's feelings on it and never will but we accept it and love him unconditionally. Sorry went on a bit .
As delighted as I am that your sons transition was relatively easy for him, I'm sure made alot easier by having such a supportive parent as yourself. Not every trans person has had the same experience as your son. Writing off everyone else's experience because your son didn't experience the same, is well... Stupid.
Wtf is Transmale?
@@KernowWarrior you just saying stupid does not make it so. Lol nobody or no group of people, the immune from comedy or anything else. Great comedians have jokes about pretty much every race, gender, religion, size or any other differences people have. Not one group, no matter how “ oppressed, or where they fall on the victim pyramid” is above anyone else and somehow off-limits
If you can’t laugh at yourself, then that’s on you. If the opinion of strangers on the Internet, and what other people think and say about you is more important to you than the opinions that was closest to you and your opinion of yourself, and you need to get off social media and start working on yourself. If you don’t like a comedian or a song don’t listen. Nobody has a right to say that you open up my protected class. Life is hard for everybody and nobody knows what’s going on in somebody else’s life. Laughter and humor can be healing and a way to connect with others.
People need to get over this I’m a victim and I’m oppressed crap When did that become popular? Blaming others for your failures, or things just don’t turn out the way you want doesn’t really help anybody does it?
We have a serious accountability issue here in America
The freedom of speech is for all of us, it doesn’t have a special oppressed victimhood amendment clause.
I could care less what people say about me on the Internet or who don’t even know me. I think it’s hilarious when people call me names is it triggered because somebody doesn’t agree with them. Lol.
Maybe if people laughed more and worked on themselves and making their dreams come true and stopped expecting everybody else to conform and go along with the changing of definitions and societal norms just to avoid hurting somebody’s feelings, they would accomplish more and live a happier life. We do not. I’ll have to agree with everyone. That would be boring.
Like who are you to invalidate someone else’s, because you think it’s stupid. Lol. Maybe instead of. Pushing hate and looking for someone to insult, maybe we should try some kindness, and encouragement. I love walking around getting random compliments to people I don’t know. Makes them smile and it makes me feel good.
Nobody needs somebody to stick up for them all the time
I feel sad for your generation Joel. Why are you allowing your humour to be censored????? Youth bang on about freedom whilst destroying every last vestige of freedoms !!!! Im 70 and am so glad i truly did live with EVERY freedom. I roamed freely as a child, i loved freely as a young person, there were little or no hang ups, there were wars, famine, ugly shit in many places but we laughed, played, lived, loved and died eventually......your generation appears dead inside already😢😢😢😢😢😢
70 years ago they were burning black people in the States and sending postcards. Today we have more, and better, comedians than ever before, but sure, dead inside..
Now ask yourself who is to blame.
Ricky is my favourite comedian, he's very funny, articulate and intelligent and know's exactly what he's doing. He's also showing us what a ridulous world we are living in at this time. He has a voice on the world stage that we don't. There's many a time you want to say something but then stop yourself because of fear of offending someone or being ridiculed for saying something. What happened to free speech that we fought so long for.
Old Scottish lady here . I've worked in health care for decades . A good colleague of mine referred to me as ' Jock ' ( which is a perfectly acceptable way to refer to a Scottish person ) . My colleague was pulled up into the office and asked if I might have been offended 😥 Nobody asked me if I was offended ! Of course I wasn't in the slightest bit bothered by being called ' Jock ' . Just the day before I had called my friend and colleague a fat bitch ! ( Which we had both laughed about due to the fact she was on a successful weight loss plan ) . I work with a colleague who has dwarfism , hardest little worker ever . Her nickname is Midge . She loves it . Banter is good as long as it isn't a cover for bullying behaviour . We both laugh means we both get the joke . Today one of my colleagues grabbed me and hugged me explaining ' she is Scottish and doesn't like hugs.... it's a running joke that I started ' was I offended 😶 I started that joke ten years ago in my workplace . I love that joke
British here living in Spain. I had to get my English friend to explain to me what woke meant.
Keep laughing it's all funny.
And what does it mean?
@SpenceJS87 it doesn't mean anything, it is a dog whistle for a culture war. Basically no one in real life cares, but people in the media keep talking about it and are terrified of being "cancelled" when neither things are actually true or happening.
I know what you mean, Brit in Germany here. Was so busy raising my kids I missed out on the past 10 years with culture. Shock to the system. Three years ago my 12 year old asked me what my pronouns were. Lockdown meant she was on TH-cam so I to find out what was going on. It’s obviously not as extreme by far in Germany. Asking pronouns is also not compatible with the German language luckily
Your lucky mate its Lunacy in london
@@renoverrin9624 How so?
The fact that you were having to hesitate speaks volumes about your generation. There are no doubts. There can be no hesitation. How can there be? It's simple common sense, with no room for hesitation or doubt. Gervais is hilarious and nothing he says is "offensive" or "out of line". And it is really as simple as that.
All i can say to Joel is never go to a Ricky Gervais or Jimmy Carr gig if your torn about laughing at this type of comedy
That's what we've come too people are so scared to upset anyone, you end up continually double guessing yourself.
Humor among other things, is a way of society discussing difficult issues without the tension of a serious conversation. It is a healthy and necessary part of society. If your beliefs on something don't hold up to a bit of ridicule, then it can be a sign that what you believe in is not as solid as you think.
He's spot on as always! No one dare hoes near him as he's got the answers and far too Clever for them all...he outwits everyone.!!❤ 😊😊😊😂
don't hesitate to laugh. that is Ricky's point. They control you. You are free to laugh.
It is so simple Joel, you have the right to be offended therefore you also have right to Offend, you can not have one without the other all speak your mind and hold your ground.
Just be yourself, if it’s funny to you it’s likely funny, it’s not right or wrong when it’s comedy. Comedy is a way for people to relax, unwind and have fun, it’s not meant to be serious. If people are offended they need to learn about context. What made British Comedy so great is their ability to laugh at themselves.
He not Amazing he’s English, lol, no but seriously he is very talented.
I‘m going to disagree with you here to some extent. Good comedy is VERY SERIOUS! It is biting, stinging, it puts the finger in the wound and, by making us laugh, helps us to realize just how ridiculous our ideas and beliefs can be. I also agree with Joel‘s friend: there are some things that are so horrifying and so frightening that the only way to deal with them without going mad is to laugh. I have also heard jokes about the Holocaust (and I live in Germany; you can imagine how sensitive people can be about that subject!). They turn the tables and turn the oppressors into the idiots and the victims into the victors without, however, making light of the horrors that were experienced.
I also understand Mr Gervais very well when he says people become offended sometimes because they don‘t understand the concept of irony.
@@michaelmedlinger6399 being English myself, we live on comedy, and what May no longer be acceptable for prime time now, never did anyone any harm when I was growing up, an example being a tv show mind your language. Another one which has people making fun of English stereotypes was Auf Wiedersehen Pet. It is true there is a time and a place, but unless there is malice, people do need to lighten up there is a difference between taking the piss and insulting or attacking people and having a laugh (Comedy).
Everything Ricky days is funny! If he isn't you will know very quickly he is not joking. When a comedian gets serious it's obvious. Gervais would be dangerous if he gets serious! A living legend.
How funny I was watching his gig last night! love Gervais I'm a Gay Man and he cracks me up with Gay Transgender stuff! Joel you said you don't know how to react it's simple if you find it funny laugh! It doesn't mean you are anti whatever the joke is about! it means you have a sense of humour! I once had an incident in a pub where the police were present and we had this customer going mad! He shouted at me You are a Stupid Fat Poof the pub went quiet and I replied I'm not Stupid! the pub erupted in Laughter! and he took a swing at me and was arrested! I just love Humour!
Hi Joel, I have watched a large number of your videos , but never felt like commenting as most of my thoughts would be repeating those below.
I genuinely feel that you are allowing your mind to look, both beyond your usual cultural boundaries, and within yourself to understand and reflect.
It is a joy to follow your journey.
Here's a thought, if you feel you should hold back your natural response because of cancel culture or the horrible way that the woke mobs go after people, then who is the one actually being oppressed?
I've heard this from several intelligent commentators: "If you think, you have to risk offending people"
As I've grown older and learned the value of being true to myself, I've found that ignoring my fears, and doing what I know to be right serves me better in my overall well being, than doing what other people tell me to do.
If I'm not true to myself, how can I be true to anyone else?
I'm not saying that you have to do the same, but I would recommend thinking through the impact on yourself of surrendering to fears versus doing the thing that your inner self knows to be right.
Someone doesn't understand the meaning of oppression
@@BifonacciGet a grip 🥺
Im UK love the reviews jtp, im surprised Ricky G has lasted so long with success in USA , I love his humour , a joke is a joke and no one should be exempt from having the piss taken , we are all arse holes at one point or another 😅
Hey a**hole, greetings from the US!😂👍
The thing is Joel you will always offend someone whatever you say, you can’t please everyone, just be true to yourself. ❤️🇬🇧
Ricky is genius. You know exactly what you are going to get when he talks and I agree with his observations 100% 🙂
What is happening of late, is those who like to complain have been given a platform to talk about it.
If you don't like something, don't watch it.
Recently a documentary on King Charles' Coronation got lots of complaints for being too biased towards the monarchy, ITS ABOUT A CORONATION O A KING, OF COURSE ITS ABOUT THE MONARCHY!!
I'm not a Ricky fan but I appreciate that he's dealing with wokeness.
He like the vast majority of middle aged white people have absolutely no idea what woke means. They’ve heard a word taken from AAVE and given it their own definition. The word woke is now a synonym for anything that isn’t straight, white and male or anything they don’t like.
"That offends me!" responded with "What's you're point?" Love it!
I remember working at a bakery in the 80s in Manchester, I started at 5am,
Anyway I arrived at work the morning after the Kings Cross underground fire. I was told the joke : what's the difference between cockneys and Smarties?
Smarties don't melt in the Tube.
Thats how quick someone makes a sick joke at work.
Hilarious
Hey Joel - your response to the rosa parks joke is indicative of the younger generation’s inability to see the humour in something they feel could be deemed inappropriate to a small minority. It also reflects that British humour is levels above most. Gervais is perfect for this time, to see ourselves as absurd can be freeing!
I used to work as a nurse and the funniest jokes we had, were always about the bodies in the morgue or on the table in the operation theatre. Don't be afraid to laugh!
I think that some people just can't differentiate between a joke and a reality. I like dark humor, I laugh at it, but then in reality I take those things seriously and they make me really sad. It's two different contexts and two different reactions. And I have noticed that people who get offended because of jokes, can't really tell the difference between reality and fiction, that's their problem. And then you can hear them bashing a tv show or a movie for something a character said, because they treat it as if it was real and not scripted with certain purpose behind it. It's art, it only reflects reality, but it's not reality and can't be treated as if it was.
I agree with the demonetisation stuff.
It's the same for some video games shown on here if it has music in it [even it's own music].
You would think the publisher would be happy for views which could lead to purchase, but no some like to give a strike.
We live in a bad/sad world run by money grubbing evil!
I think the awkwardness people feel confronted with Gervais' caliber of jokes is they are unable to recognize the self-satire and -irony he raises awareness of especially among those not comfortable representing the line of thinking his jokes divulge.
To be so afraid of laughing because it might offend someone is exactly what Ricky is pointing out. Laughing at ourselves and how ridiculous we are is what makes us human. It seems the world has become so precious now about their feelings it's frankly stupid. Comedy is the pressure release valve that binds us, not divides us.
Ricky isn’t afraid to call bullshit bullshit. And his political views are always shown through his brilliant humour. He’s an idol of mine because of that, and because he’s so utterly hilarious. 🇬🇧
Exposure to other cultures, to other ways of thinking and doing things is truly the value of traveling, in my opinion, especially for young people. Yes, it's really cool to see the sights that are different from what's in your own city, state or country; to see mountains and oceans and lakes; to see great temples and fantastic architecture; to see wild animals and plants whose size, shape and functions in the food chain were something you knew nothing about! And those experiences are valuable moments in themselves. But what truly impacts your life is the realization that other ways of thinking, other ways of living that make people think and feel the way they do. That is what brings growth to your mind. Lots of young people have their small-town minds blown when they leave home to attend college and meet people from other states who do things differently than they do. You've taken it that big step further by visiting another continent and embracing the fact that other ways of thinking are not necessarily always right or wrong, not necessarily better or worse; they're simply different. And being open to that is huge!
I wholeheartedly agree. How can comedy exist without us having the ability to laugh at ourselves.
I agree
But Gervaise is shit tier comedy.
You lot just like him cause he demonises certain people.
@@MrTheevilmagehe does not demonise anyone, why should anyone or anything be above criticism in the first place? I'm going to bet every worldly possession I have that you have no idea of Ricky's actual worldview. He is a left wing, vegan animal rights activist who deeply cares about social justice issues. I bet you knew none of that but still chose to judge his worldview based on a few jokes he doesn't even believe himself. A comedians jokes are not indicative of their real life worldview.
Because its not laughing at ourselves its laughing at a minority thats already seen violent attacks up 90%
@@martynnotman3467 90%?
Where are you getting those statistics from?
@@jackwhitbread4583 Ricky Gervaise does not give a single fuck about social justice issues thats actually funnier than his stand up that you beleive that insane shit you've just written.
Plus if his jokes don't fit his world view why does he hang out with people who actually have those world views?
Because Ricky does not give a shit about "Social Justice" issues he gives a shit about looking cool infront of people who think their controversial because they think gay people want to fuck kids.
I like this kid, speaks sense and the fact you have been to our beautiful island means you know first hand - unlike a lot of you less travelled counterparts! Keep up the good videos broski
I'm a big fan of Ricky Gervais. As a person who has looked after many foster children, I find jokes about children difficult. When Ricky makes those jokes I find them difficult, but it's important for people to be able to laugh about all subjects. Some people seem to think that it makes you uncaring if you laugh at something bad happening. I care deeply about people in general, but I laugh about the most horrendous things. Humour is an essential thing that allows us to think difficult subjects through in a safe space.
I love this Guys content been watching for ages especially coming from the UK it’s great to see a perspective from your view
Don't let other people scare you into being silent. Surrender the right to think and speak for yourself and you have nothing.
You're allowed to risk being wrong or offensive.
It's good to see that a young American like you is watching this. There's more in the world than the way of life in the American bubble. Maybe you and other young Americans can make a change. Of course there are jokes where it takes me a bit to laugh out loud, but in general I'm very happy about these comedians, especially Ricky Gervais! Just saw him live in Munich about a month ago. It was hilarious 😂 I think I've seen a video where you're commenting the German "Heute Show". If not, have a look into it, it's worth it!
The beauty of comedy is that anything, everyone and everything has the Mickey taken out of them, you just have to wait your turn.....and laugh!!😂😂🇬🇧
What’s great with Ricky is that you don’t have to agree or disagree with what he says but makes you think and I find that brilliant when comedy brings you to reflect on your personal opinion.
Ricky is a comic genius!
I am 66 years old, and tell anyone today I would not want to be born now if it meant I would have to give up on the freedoms I have had in my life. Adults today must give back to our children the right to have a life without fear.
Someone identifying themselves is their right AND me identifying someone else is my right.
I love your videos! I live in the UK and absolutely adore Ricky Gervais. He's mastered the art of saying uncomfortable things in the most endearing and funny manner.
The woke culture is getting pretty bad here too. I get your stance that the subject of trans is complex, but honestly, I really wonder whether the current climate is actually benefiting trans people, or anyone for that matter. Yes, they have more visibility now, but the debate is so hardened, people can't say what they think and what they worry about anymore. Here in the UK, a female musician with a history of having endured sexual abuse by men was canceled and a company refused to pay her money they owed her, because she said she worried about feeling safe in a women's space like a bathroom where trans people were allowed.
My nan (grandmother)'s neighbour and friend was trans and they got on so well. The word trans was never even mentioned, there was no fuss. Never did I think of her as a man, she was just a lovely human being. I would hate for her to feel excluded in any way, but I don't think the harsh current climate is doing anyone any good.
As Ricky explains you can’t help what you find funny, so laugh, it’s good for you.
I think you have the perfect approach! It's SO ok to say "I don't know enough to give you an answer about wether i agree or not". Some people seem to think that you HAVE to have a set opinion on EVERYTHING. How could you tho??
Comedy is the best way to shine a light on "crazy" things that happen without them making you depressed etc
Comedy is supposed to push boundaries and be edgy. It is the last frontier against compelled speech
It pushes boundries but a lot of you people just think that means you can just blatanly insult marginalsied groups...which is not pushing Boundries your just being offensive and unfunny. Which is what Gervaise is.
If I want Boundry Pushing I'll watch Doug Stanhope.....an actual boundry pusher.
@@MrTheevilmage how can boundaries be pushed if you can’t risk offending at least somebody?
@@kackjelly97 Your suppose to joke about everything except what I find offensive but of course I shouldn't explain myself and assume you knew and make joke to purposely offend me /s
@@kackjelly97most of you people really don't understand the difference between pushing boundaries and being offensive. Its not 2 of the same thing. If I just straight up lie in a joke and pretend its a cultural truth when its just not that's just offense. Not that I expect any of you people to actually understand that about comedy.
@@thomaselwood12once again another person not understand the difference between Boundary pushing and just being offensive...You Gervaise fans really are as thick as pig shit
Ricky once again proving how clever and funny Stephen Merchant is
After Life is a must watch. It’s brilliant 😂
You're right about coping mechanism, when I was young (40+ yrs ago) there was a joke about a space shuttle tragedy that involved 7 people and a teacher, and the joke was 'what's an astronaut's favourite drink - 7up with a dash of Teachers' (a UK soft drink and a brand of whisky), it's always been that way, nobody thought it was any less tragic an incident....
Just laugh bro, the world needs a backbone. We need to stop catering for the few and get back to catering for the masses
It always surprises me how Americans can get their knickers in a knot about something relatively trivial while accepting things in their society which I find horrific. If you don't like a comedian, don't watch them.
Great reaction! I’ve just come across your channel and I’m from northwest England near Manchester and you’re spot on with a lot of stuff. Absolutely love Ricky and he doesn’t give a toss about offending the woke brigade! I’d definitely say react to Peter Kay. He’s definitely Britain’s best loved comedian. He’s been away for a few years and announced his live stand up tour and released 10 shows and the demand went off the chart ! Ticketmaster crashed several times and was so insane he had to add over a hundred more dates which all sold out too ! I was 8 hours and got tickets almost two years after. At his first show he got a 10 minute standing ovation and was in tears. You will absolutely love him. He’s from Bolton ( northwest England) and he’s absolutely hilarious!
‘I don’t give offence, you choose to take it’
Gervais is very good on this subject. I wish he would discuss it more - less obliquely - in his stand-up (if it could be made funny, which it could). The threat to freedom of speech posed by the cult of critical social justice which has infested pretty much all national and international institutions is way up the top of things responsible for our impending dystopia.
that's just not true though is it.
@@cjr-en4wr 🤣🤣🤣 A ludicrous and unevidenced claim.
Great video, JPS. It is cool that you now feel confident enough to express your own feelings about these matters. Comedy is a great way to process challenging information and Ricky Gervais has done so much to explore this topic. For me, being offended by a joke is a signal to examine my feelings more closely and I am grateful to Ricky for giving me an intellectual basis for this process. I do not know how you cope with all that 'woke' stuff around you. The right clearly uses 'woke' to deflect from their complete lack of ideas to make better for the American people while the left just appear to want to colonise some spurious moral high ground. Both are to be resisted in the name of freedom of thought. Wtf is 'woke' anyway: I have not yet heard a satisfactory definition
Merriam-Webster defines 'woke' as 'aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)'
'Anti-woke', which is clearly quite fashionable with rightists at the moment, seems to imply the exact opposite - that you shouldn't be aware and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues pertaining to racial and social justice. So what does that mean? Carte blanche for racists, homophobes, transphobes and attacks on civil rights and freedoms? I think some people should think a little harder on this issue.
I'm British!! I'm laughing my bollocks off! 😂😂😂
Laughter and humour can literally be life saving. I worked for 3 decades in the military and the emergency services and had to deal with sights and situations that defied belief.
Our teams utilized " black humour " to it's maximum to divert our brains from the smell, sound, feel and sights of what we were doing....no disrespect to the person ( often deceased )....but a way to protect our own mental health, when you recall the comradeship and inappropriate joking and not so much the horror.
The thing is Joel, someone will ALWAYS be offended. But, and this is the important bit, just try and be respectful.
If someone wants to have X, Y, or Z pronouns, so what. Good for them. What difference does it make to my or your life? None. It could make them happier, and frankly every little helps. So just respect that.
The whole transgender thing is blown WAY out of proportion. The percentage of people in that situation is tiny. But their struggle is real, and they should be respected.
Literally NOBODY wants to have their gentials removed to have a better chance at some sport, so that BS argument needs to stop.
The amazing weirdness about which bathrooms they use just baffles me. Unless you have an organ to pee standing up, you're going into a stall anyway, at which point nobody can see anyway, so what's the problem? I'll not get into the number of unisex bathrooms I've been in, nobody cares then because there are stalls. Hell, I've been in a mens bathroom when a woman has come in because it's quicker. She goes into a stall and nothing is said. This particular argument seems to say more about the perverts complaining because THEY would sexually harass the opposite sex, than it does about trans people who don't do anything like that.
The main take-away is: Just be respectful to others, whatever their assigned or perceived sex, colour, religion (or lack there of), sexual orientation, .... The world would be a way better place if people just stopped being egotistical busybodies, and just "loved thy neighbour"... you know, like that dude in the made-up book said.
The "respect" should come from ALL sides. With people who wish to "identify" as one thing or another, we should all respect their wish to pretend to be something else. They in turn should ALSO respect everyone else's wish to not take a part in that pretence.
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 That would be YOU not respecting them. If you had bothered reading what I wrote, I mentioned something about what difference does it make to you if they want to be called by X,; Y, or Z pronoun? It doesn't make any difference to you, so grow up and try being respectful (for a change apparently).
His jokes go over really well in the United States. Except for the small group of people who are either offended on the behalf of others, who may or may not be offended, and those who, somehow think they are special, and above, having jokes be made it their expense, even though the really good comedians, go after everything. Being able to laugh at yourself is kinda important. It’s nasty I’m a victim and oppressed and everything that’s gone wrong in my life is all because of other people because I’m not going to take accountability mentality.
At 46 growing up in America, I will never understand this, oppressed victim, hood Olympics we have going on these days. Who cares what somebody else thinks about you especially strangers on the Internet
Grow a pair and learn to laugh or just don’t watch comedy , or movies that might offend you or listen to songs that hurt your little feelings. Lol.
It’s truly sad that we actually live in a day. People are afraid to laugh at jokes
That they find humorous, because they’re afraid of what a small group of idiots might think.
What’s the worst thing that’s gonna happen you might get a mean comment? lol who cares. Do you.
Your spot on…
This is why i came to comment, never stop laughing because some twat might you call you out on it, tell them to FO and lighten up.
Great video Joel, I love your thoughts and comments after RG's vid ended :)
I really enjoy your contributions. Keep up the good work. You are a great guy.
Why the hell are you hesitating to laugh? God give me strength, here's a tip, if you feel like laughing, laugh, if you don't....then just give up. Anyone who doesn't find Ricky Gervais funny is no use to the world.
Well done Joel. A century from now, how will people look back at this period? Society went crazy, painting each other into corners. Best, John
I saw Ricky Gervais live in October last year. He was excellent and thoroughly enjoyed the show. I love his jokes.
We call it gallows humour here in the UK. We do it so well.
Hmmm . . .I'm in the minority. I listen to Ricky Gervais and barely find the guy funny at all. To me he's little more than a fouled-mouthed narcissist. However, I'm not holding back, I'm speaking my mind so I should be admired also ...right?
Maybe not "admired", bur yeah, you're absolutely free to view him as you wish. More power to you.
And Ricky would champion your right to do so
I don't think so. I think he would throw a vulgar insult at me couched in vague 'cleverness' and get a resounding laugh from everyone. Everyone laughs at pretty much anything these days as long as it's wrapped in vulgarity. I don't know how the older comedians managed to survive back in the day simply with humor.
By the way, I really DO appreciate the huge majority of Joel's videos. I just wanted to put that out there. @@CarolWoosey-ck2rg
@@CarolWoosey-ck2rg I don't think so. I think he would retaliate with a vulgar remark couched in what his audience believes is 'clever humor'. He would be rewarded with laughter and wild applause which in turn would feed his narcissism. Incidentally, my remarks are aimed at Ricky Gervais and not Joel whose videos I normally enjoy and appreciate.
@@sequencerman5 how can you judge a persons character on the jokes they make in front of an audience? I really think you're reaching bro, you're gonna pull a muscle.
Hey hey beautiful man
I am British but lived in America for almost 50 years of my life. I completely understand the hesitation in you about whether to laugh or not and it's so INCREDIBLY sad. In the UK - we don't care. Honestly, the first person we're going to make fun of is ourselves and Americans can't do that, they take themselves too seriously. You're also young, and I think it's even harder for your generation that didn't grow up with Archie Bunker and all the other things that would be SO BANNED today. Laugh at Ricky's jokes - it's ok. It's a survival tactic and nowhere is it needed more than in America... truly. If anyone gives you crap, tell them you have English roots....;) BTW, check out Tim Minchin (Aussie) - incredibly talented musician who just happens to by insanely funny (and he's always a bit nervous performing in the US...) xx
I come from South Africa and in our culture we make jokes about tragic events or situations as a way of coping with the situation. It's a way of dealing with the trauma. It's a human coping mechanism. As Candice Owens says " life is tough, get a helmet".
You have a choice.
Be a sheep and be bullied
Or be a realist and simply use logic and common sense to beat the woke bullies! 😉
pls enlighten us with your logic and common sense
Gervais has seen an easy target and is making jokes about them. Its neither original nor brave of him to do so.
then you're missing the point. I've followed his career since the radio. He's a pro-everything leftie who gives to charities, it's a joke, not about a target. Don't get offended on someone else's behalf. Disabilities and gender issues are a thing and they laugh at themselves. Have a visit to a deaf group - they all tell (usually dirty) jokes. Living with a disability, you tell jokes. You may feel awkward, but that's fine.
@@markgoldspink5109 im not offended on someone elses behalf im offended on behalf of the numerous trans friends i have who detest the man. Hes only "leftie" when it suits him to be.
The more serious, searing and devastating the topic the more important it is to laugh about it and examine it through laughter. It is a coping mechanism . If you have comedy you will have fewer mental health problems. This is perhaps why the older generation is sturdier . Jokes always brought the country and people together. Gervais gives his audience a relief valve on the difficulties and cares we face and a sense of oneness in the relief.
@@kaywhy245 absolute tosh. Theres comedy that brings people together by being inclusive and there is singling out a minority to poke fun at. Gervais does the latter.
@@martynnotman3467 I just see it differently. I am epileptic and have people say I am disgusting because I am drunk. Now if Gervais were to make a joke about epileptics , people in the audience might think for the first time about what epilepsy is like. I have several hidden disabilities and instead of lecturing people ( the horrible disabled) , which i would not do, or ignoring the antipathy, I would love Gervais to open up the topics. I come from an age and family where black humour is the norm. It is a healthy way to release.
I’m generation x. I was blown away at how sad it is for your generation not knowing when to laugh or scared to laugh for fear of backlash. I live the UK, like America we have amazing diversity and cultures here. However, it’s become sad that we are having to adapt or apologise for our culture. Woke culture is on a scary increase. But in human made sad world, we have to laugh, there is a difference between a joke or something that’s a personal attack. So please laugh. We’re not human without it.
Afterlife is a masterpiece
Ricky Gervais at this point is just a whiny diva with a mic acting like this ‘free speech warrior’ scared of being curbed but we all know that he will never face consequences and even if he gets in trouble, he will be rehabilitated almost instantaneously.
P.S. Just because some people are impervious to his content doesn’t make the problem go away. Punching down is the problem no matter who it is aimed at.
Nobody is "punching down" on trans people besides themselves. I'm sorry but that's the truth, play the victim and you will become the victim. Just live your life, nobody gives a fuck, just keep to yourself and don't get upset when people don't bow down to your ideologies.
The only way we can survive and examine dreadful , searing or just problematic circumstances is through laughter. It is the release valve. It relieves mental health problems. When we have laughed about it and the tension ( raised blood pressure ) has subsided we can think more clearly and calmly and pull together. We can go into a pub and talk the issue through or just go home and think . Gervais is wanting us to survive. I guess he is a very kind man.