Ricky Gervais

Now you fire off a tweet and that tweet goes on the fucking news because someone else argued with it. So it's... It's this road rage. It's things happening too fast that you can't take back. And people dig in and people want to be heard. People want to feel that they had an effect. It's why people heckle a comedian. They want to feel they were there. I was here. And so now people are heard.

Yes, an idiot stands next to a genius on Twitter and it looks the same. It's the same font and exactly, yeah.

Yes, an idiot stands next to a genius on Twitter and it looks the same. It's the same font and exactly, yeah.

Yes, an idiot stands next to a genius on Twitter and it looks the same. It's the same font and exactly, yeah.

Well, exactly. And it comes back to what we said at the beginning. Just because you're offended, it doesn't mean you're right. And in recent years, we've had this thing where people would say, my opinion is worth as much as the next person's. And that's true. But recently, we had my opinion is worth as much as your fact. And that's simply not true. Now people are offended by facts.

Well, exactly. And it comes back to what we said at the beginning. Just because you're offended, it doesn't mean you're right. And in recent years, we've had this thing where people would say, my opinion is worth as much as the next person's. And that's true. But recently, we had my opinion is worth as much as your fact. And that's simply not true. Now people are offended by facts.

Well, exactly. And it comes back to what we said at the beginning. Just because you're offended, it doesn't mean you're right. And in recent years, we've had this thing where people would say, my opinion is worth as much as the next person's. And that's true. But recently, we had my opinion is worth as much as your fact. And that's simply not true. Now people are offended by facts.

People now know that when I do happy birthday, Earth, 4.6 billion years old, I'm having a go at fundamentalists. And they know. They go, why are you having a go?

People now know that when I do happy birthday, Earth, 4.6 billion years old, I'm having a go at fundamentalists. And they know. They go, why are you having a go?

People now know that when I do happy birthday, Earth, 4.6 billion years old, I'm having a go at fundamentalists. And they know. They go, why are you having a go?

Because they take facts personally.

Because they take facts personally.

Because they take facts personally.

You said that sort of that idea of people being offended or online or on social media was the equivalent of running down to the town square and... Oh, where people... Yeah, I do it in Humanity when this woman's arguing with me, getting offended by a tweet. Like, I was tweeting them. Like, I'm just tweeting. I don't know who's following me. That's like going into a town square...

You said that sort of that idea of people being offended or online or on social media was the equivalent of running down to the town square and... Oh, where people... Yeah, I do it in Humanity when this woman's arguing with me, getting offended by a tweet. Like, I was tweeting them. Like, I'm just tweeting. I don't know who's following me. That's like going into a town square...

You said that sort of that idea of people being offended or online or on social media was the equivalent of running down to the town square and... Oh, where people... Yeah, I do it in Humanity when this woman's arguing with me, getting offended by a tweet. Like, I was tweeting them. Like, I'm just tweeting. I don't know who's following me. That's like going into a town square...

and seeing a message that says guitar lessons. And you go, I don't fucking want guitar lessons. It wasn't to you. People jump in the way of a bullet and say, why are you shouting at me? And people have done that on purpose. They've tried to give ideas a human right. That's why. So if you criticize Christianity, people say, well, why are you criticizing Christians? And I go, I'm not.

and seeing a message that says guitar lessons. And you go, I don't fucking want guitar lessons. It wasn't to you. People jump in the way of a bullet and say, why are you shouting at me? And people have done that on purpose. They've tried to give ideas a human right. That's why. So if you criticize Christianity, people say, well, why are you criticizing Christians? And I go, I'm not.

and seeing a message that says guitar lessons. And you go, I don't fucking want guitar lessons. It wasn't to you. People jump in the way of a bullet and say, why are you shouting at me? And people have done that on purpose. They've tried to give ideas a human right. That's why. So if you criticize Christianity, people say, well, why are you criticizing Christians? And I go, I'm not.

I'm criticizing the idea or I'm, you know, I'm discussing an idea. It's like me getting offended where someone hates maths and it's not mine. Maths isn't mine. It's a, it's a concept. It's an idea. So, but anyway, this is for our, this is for our nine hour podcast.