One of my favorite quotes is from Neil Hannon, “I believe in free speech, but I also very much believe in people's perfect right to remain completely silent on issues that they don't feel they can speak on. “
Whenever someone issues a non-apology apology, I assume it's because they truly stand behind what they said, but they're 'apologizing' to save their job or to keep from being sued.
To be fair the point of Liam Neeson telling that story was to point out how misguided he believes seeking revenge is in real life and that you only destroy yourself by doing so. He then gave an example of how his own demons led him to nearly do something terrible. This wasn't made clear here. He wasn't recounting something he was proud of but something he was saying he was deeply ashamed of. It would be better if people were judged on the full facts. If you remove the fact that he was recounting something he nearly did 40 years ago that he regrets, then you are acting ina an appalling way yourself.
Yes, he wen't all "Taken" Mode when one of his loved one was violated and i assume he wasn't the most rational man at this period. How funny empathy is supposed to help understand someone else perpsective & share their feelings...
@@ignitionfrn2223 Everyone glommed on to the "racist because he wanted misguided revenge on a black guy" and just blanks out the "misguided revenge" part entirely, yeah. I'm sure if the only information he would have been given was that the rapist had a wooden leg, he'd been staking out all the pirate watering holes instead.
I remembered hearing that fateful interview and understanding that Neesan regret his actions from 40 years ago. Unfortunately, I also knew people would completely ignore the regret and hyper focus on his words, some of which when taken out of context, sound absolutely terrible. Click bait websites only added fuel to the fire too.
Some people have a head that can do bald, some people do not. Simon’s head is (luckily for his sake) quite competent at pulling off the bald look. 🧑🏻🦲
I mean. People call men dicks all the time for being assertive. It’s about how you are assertive that allows you to walk away with a clean reputation. I only know a handful of people who do it well. I’m not one of them. I always come off like an asshole when I’m trying to get what my firm needs. I hired a woman to do this job for me. She does it with such grace you never know she’s taking you for all your worth, hell, some people thank her afterwards. It’s like magic to me.
@@jackroyaltea5034 A low level complaint that a man makes might take no notice, while the exact same words in the same tone from a woman get us called all kinds of terrible things. If we talk close to 50% (but not even 50%) of a meeting, people (including other women) will remember women speaking for MOST of the meeting. This is a proven sociological phenomenon.
Simon struggling to say Lochte’s name while simultaneously struggling to remember Michael Phelps, the man who overshadowed him so immensely, was hilarious. 😂
Don't write anything down that you wouldn't want read back to you in an open court, and more importantly, never take a picture of yourself that you wouldn't want broadcast to the entire Internet.
I work on a train station. My colleague and I were having a discussion about his ex who cheated on him which was littered with profanity and not so polite descriptions of his ex. Unknown to the two of us our microphone for the PA system was on. That is until a customer knocked on the door and informed us the whole station could hear everything.
Banter would have been them saying how the call is wrong and she doesnt know the rules and that shit. The moment they made it clear it was because she was a woman that she didnt know what she was doing, that was no longer just banter.
I know. You can say the ref is blind, doesn't know the rules, is biased against your team, got snookered by a dive, etc. When they say, terrible call, she should be in the kitchen instead of on the pitch then its sexist.
@@ImCaptainCabbage no one should ever talk like that.EVER and anyone that accepts it, is seriously a sexist AH. Do better as a human because that sort of outdated crap has long ago been delegated to stay in the past.
@@lijohnyoutube101 well I hate to tell you, but you walk into any local pub in a working class area, or a working man’s club or rugby club etc you will hear it in droves. And it ain’t gonna change anytime soon, and the more the woke crowd try to badger people into taking part in the modern moral panic about literally everything, the more I hear these guys taking the mick out of feminism amongst other things. And ps stop telling people how to think, make a point to try to change someone’s mind yes, but don’t be a fascist by literally trying to tell people what they must believe.
This script did seem subpar compared typical brain blaze. I feel that Danny typically writes in a more data-driven perspective, while this writer seemed to have a more emotionally driven perspective, nothing wrong with either perspective; I just typically expect more of a data driven from the (brain) blaze.
I think the two presenters definitely believed what they were saying at least a little bit because they were saying it when they were upset with her for making what they thought was a bad call. People don’t generally banter like that if they are actually frustrated with someone. Sports people really care about calls, and it is a pretty common thing for people to bitch about female referees
People bitch about all referees. I think it had more to do with her making a call they didn't like rather than because she was a woman. If a man made the same call they would've complained too.
@@justjukka if guys bitch about guys they bring up his weight, his anchestors or the suspected size of his dick. Guys and gals get different insults, that is all.
I don’t get the “just sounds like stupid dude banter” comment from Simon-yes, it does sound like stupid dude banter, but that’s not exculpatory. A lot of stupid dude banter is genuinely sexist. And a lot of “jokes” are people trying to present their actual beliefs in a way that dodges the social unacceptability of those beliefs.
@@aspidoscelis If you really do believe that people take it serious while blowing of steam then my advice NEVER listen to paramedics of booth genders shittalking. NEVER!
A common joke I heard when I was younger (referring to a hot mic) was a chaplain at a local church was wired up for his sermon. He had to make a quick restroom break. Only to discover afterwards that the entire congregation had been blessed with the gift of hearing him take a no. 2.
I definitely agree that people can change, but they have to WANT to change. They have to be able to look at what they've said or done and understand why it was wrong. I feel like too many people simply dig in their heels and choose to die as bastards. Not MOST people, but too many.
I think the difference is in the apology. If it's really just banter and you didn't mean it, your apology will reflect regret and show you understand who such words might hurt and how. If your apology justifies your words and minimizes their impact, then that betrays the mindset of a person that uses comedy to express thoughts that are damaging to other people yet refuses to improve.
But why do we accept this kind of toxic crap, ‘as a joke’. At the end of the day its not funny its just things immature people spout and then try to deflect as ‘just a joke’. We need to do better as a society and stop allowing any sort of ‘jokes/banter’ of this nature to continue.
@@lijohnyoutube101 You just declared dark comedy pretty much illegal. By this standard we soon have half the medical community and 9/10 of the military jailed.
@@brainblaze6526 it’s true. Loads of other off air stuff including when cameras where rolling when talking to Jamie redknapp for example. Asking him how many girls he must have ‘shagged’ or is shagging knowing full well he was married at the time for a long time to Louise redknapp. Google it. They thought they owned sky sports as they had been it’s presenters since it’s inception. About 20 yrs or so until they got sacked. More than deserved. Honestly, youtube or Google it. You will be wishing they not only lose their careers but were forced to pay back every penny of salary they got from sky.
Liam Neeson got into acting primarily due to being fired from his teaching job for knocking out a pupil, so he's got a history of flipping tables & losing his sh't in general.
If you said it a decade ago and feel bad for it, Or simply try to speak a fact that offends people , and get attacked by the masses and lose your job or ability to exist normally, it is "cancellation". If you said it yesterday and it is an opinion, not a fact, AND you stand by it, and are getting the same flak... it is a "consequence". Both exist and both Tribes are claiming that one is the other and vise versa.
well said. the term "cancelled" has run so far away from its actual meaning, and it's become little more than a buzzword people can use to brush of genuine criticism and deserved backlash. besides, most of the people who cry about being cancelled still have healthy fanbases, continue to find success in their careers, and remain wealthy and powerful to this day... so have they truly been cancelled? no! these people had a bad few weeks, but still came out the other side, yet still complain about it and call it "cancel culture" like it's a dumb fad they didn't deserve. just look at the Paul brothers, both confirmed grifters, both with a myriad of controversies following them around at every turn, yet they're still popular, making oodles of money, and seeing no true consequences for their actions, either criminally or socially. all attempts to "cancel" them have failed, and they continue to display no remorse for their behavior and treatment of others. it's just... it's nuts!
She's also not only assuming everyone is as eccertive as her but that people have the same influence and perceived value as she does. Sadly most people aren't very respected or treated with nearly as much value as they deserve.
I'm glad to hear someone else say that people can change. People should definitely be given second chances about things. Granted the rest of society shouldn't be so reactionary and quick to condemn for half the stuff they condemn. After all, if people aren't allowed to put their ideas out there, how could we ever discuss things to create better ideas?
What is that quote from Brandon Sandersson: "Sometimes a hypocrite is merely a man in the process of changing"? I wonder if he's going to stand for that one in a couple of years.
No dude I'm tired of giving people chances giving people chance after chance is exactly why the world is so fucked up you KNOW sexism,racism, homophobia is wrong yet you do it you're a bad person and don't deserve another chance grow tf up and have some real sense of humor if you want to joke
To quote a certain character, "People can change, but they rarely do." Very few people change and grow, and it's important to support them in their growth, but the majority of humanity peaks sometime around middle school and doesn't shift from there for the rest of their lives, and giving them second-third-millionth chances is just masochism.
Yes he did. The whole point of him talking about it was that it's something he's deeply ashamed of, and how he's grown as a person following this incident. But naturally, the outrage addicts out there couldn't take the whole thing in context.
Is there a Liam Neeson film in which he DOESNT lose kid or child doesn’t turn out to be a genocidal Sith Lord??? Like seriously NEVER let that dude watch your kids… ever…
Being "canceled" is a ridiculous concept. Most of these people aren't religious, yet they fail to see "shaming" or "ostracizing" a person for not conforming to one political ideology is exactly the same as the church condemning "sinners." Disagreement is healthy, "canceling" is ignorant.
Imagine all the stupid stuff you wrote online 10, maybe 20 years ago. While drunk or high at 2am. Now if you're famous people will spend extraordinary effort to track down everything even slightly controversial that you've ever said. And remember, on the Internet people think you can never, ever change your mind on a subject. Even decades later.
I think it depends on how one handles that. If you’re deflecting or double-downing on the comment, then it comes across as something you still believe. If you recognize that that wasn’t appropriate and what was wrong about your beliefs, then people will be more inclined to believe you. That being said, one has to be VERY careful in how they convey that message. Liam Neeson could have gotten his point across by just talking about looking for someone fitting the description of his friend’s attacker.
His explanation made it kinda suspect. Like, a dark skinned dude had assaulted his sister. Of COURSE he went out looking for a dude that fit that very basic description in order to exact some revenge. It wouldn't matter what the description was, he was gonna take it and roll with it.
If we can't allow people to make mistakes and learn from them, what's even the point of worrying about people calling you out? Once you're wrong, you're just wrong forever, as if people don't go through transformation and change all their lives. The man made a mistake, realized his flaw, and worked to change himself for the better.
No one will ever admit something like that (even if these thoughts are of the past now and they regret them) thanks to what they did to Liam. He should have been praised for his opening up about how he USED TO feel and how he got over those feelings.
Its perfextly normal to feel that in the moment. Maybe even to go out that first time right after hearing about it. But to do it forcweeks on end? That is not normal or ok. And of cpurse it is misplaced to just want to hurt someone rather they did it out not as well. Again, in the heat of the moment having those thoughts is something anyone would do. But after having time to calm down and rationally consider it. And you still keep going out looking for any person of a specific race to hurt even though you know they will be innocent? That is inexcuasable. Its good he seems to have changed. But something was clearly wrong with him.
Simon, in response to your mentioning of JK Rowling's controversial stuff not being remembered: I'd like to point out HP Lovecraft HP Lovecraft is known for his contributions to horror media... but also for his EXTREME levels of racism. He literally had klansmen look at his stuff and whistle out a "yeah... you want to ease up on the gas peddle there?"
Regardless...Lovecraft wasn't a very good writer though he was groundbreaking in his imagination. Poe was the real McCoy and still stands up today while Lovecraft is largely lost the the dustbin of time.
might be important to note that Lovecraft is super dead and has no benefit from anything since a long time. JK Rowling is making history on twitter every few months at least, still. And she loves her money.
With regards to Stace Dash comments on pay. I always think it's wild when people who are allowed to negotiate pay, look down on people who are "not" allowed to negotiate pay. Talk about being disconnected.
@@BrettShadow Not really. If you try to negotiate, then employers will just hire someone who won't. There's a difference between being "legally allowed" to negotiate vs. having the "right" to negotiate.
@@BrettShadow the quotation marks around OP's word "not" suggest that what is meant is these people are unable to meaningfully negotiate pay, even if they have the right and ability to do so. they are considered replaceable and therefore their employers can simply dump them and hire someone else willing to work for the lower salary. There is only one Stace Dash, and if an employer wants HER for a job, she has the leverage to negotiate her pay. therefore, while everyone is technically allowed to negotiate pay, they might not be able to because it could jeopardize their job, and instead of earning a raise they might straight up lose their job. when your options are "keep a steady but low paying job" or "ask for higher pay and subsequently lose that income completely", i think i know what most people are going to pick. there's only one [insert influential celebrity here], there are a million shmucks like you and i out there. get the picture?
What is she funding? For me I really do think trans women and real women should be in separate categories. I don't think someone ought to be cancelled for that.
@@MilwaukeeWoman No, not at all. I see you're a TERF as well and I'm not going to get through to you but for the sake of anyone else reading this comment thread who's simply not in the know: 1. Keeping legitimate trans women out of women's spaces does not protect biological women because there is nothing to be protected against. It HARMS the trans women by putting them in danger by forcing them into men's spaces. Perverts like the cross-dressing murderer in Rowling's adult novels do not need the permission of bathroom laws to enter the spaces their target victims are in. They're going in anyway. 2. Working against care for trans youth is doing harm. Nobody is giving hormone replacement therapy to children who don't medically need it. Nobody is performing top or bottom surgery on minors who aren't in need to reconstruction for non-trans related reasons. None of this scary rushing babies into life-altering surgeries stuff is happening. What they're doing for trans youth is hitting pause on puberty, which we do for cis kids with precocious puberty all the time quite safely, so that they can go through the puberty that's right for them and need to make fewer surgical changes when they're adults who have been living as their self-identified gender for years.
I just finished reading "so you've been publicly shamed" my Jon Ronson. Simons reaction to that first story is very similar to the attitudes of the book.
Ryan Lochte's last name is pronounced like "lock-tee." I had a friend and coworker named Tim around 2008-2012ish who was very fit and quite good-looking. One day, he was grumbling about his girlfriend letting an old friend (guy) stay at her place while he was in town (Gainesville, FL). I told him that he had nothing to worry about, as he looked like a young, blonde Mel Gibson, a running joke among our crew. It was then that he asked me if I knew who Ryan Lochte was (I only knew of Michael Phelps, but Tim explained). We (myself and the other guys in the crew) were like "although you're a catch, we didn't realize that 'friend' was literally an Olympic athlete." I apologize, but I don't remember what happened of that situation. I do know their relationship didn't last much longer, which was a shame, because she made the best quesadillas whenever we were nearby during lunch.
@@tanderson6442 I actively try to be not awful now, which is the opposite of me ten years ago 😂 Well, not quite the opposite, I didn't *try* to be awful back then, I just didn't care much if I was. I care now. But I'm still human 😂 I still have awful moments.
@@pixiesouter9461 no worries, I was a absolute born criminal growing up, stole my first car when I was 14 stole many 4 wheelers and snowmobiles, robbed grow houses, just did awful crap. When I turned 18 I basically became a choir boy compared to my younger years. I couldn’t steal a dang thing nowadays without being riddled with guilt and shame so I know where you are coming from. I think I was just projecting with my comment if you know what I mean. 🙃
There are a lot of to all of them choose from. The only sensible solution is to be bald once you go bald in my opinion. The other options don't fool anyone, and they rarely look good.
The offside rule is so stupidly simple that my soccer-playing ex-bf was able to explain it to me in a half sentence while we were both drunk. I've been aware of and able to spot it ever since despite never having been interested in soccer. So of course whenever I hear that stupid joke I like to explain it in the same kind of half sentence to the other people in the room. Which makes the "joker" look stupid for thinking it's so complicated in the first place. ETA of course explaining all the details and edge cases takes a few more sentences but getting the gist of it is very simple.
I love Liam Neeson's acting and learning that he once WANTED to go out and fuck somebody up because his friend was attacked doesn't diminish that. The fact that he DID go out but never fucked anyone up doesn't change anything. If he really wanted to find someone to fuck up, he could have. But he didn't. So, he's got a temper. Lots of us do, and most of us are reasonably successful at keeping our anger under wraps, or at least holding back from publicly making a fool of ourselves. I could tell stories about the times I have lost control, and I am not proud of any of them. Also, I don't know how much publicity his remarks got because this is the first time I am hearing this story about him.
It was on Twitter for a couple of days and died down like all the stupid "controversies" there.The writer here seems to be one of the SJW's that are contantly preaching from their pulpit about how horrible everyone else is,fckn windbags
Glad you said what you did about how there always needs to be a path to redemption. One of my old coworkers had a beautiful tattoo of an American eagle and the flag. It was a cover up. He showed me a picture of what it used be, an iron eagle and swastika. He said he wasn't that person anymore and his first step to being a better person was the cover up. If he hadn't told me that I'd never have known what a dark past. He was a very cool dude.
I know a few old punks who have iron crosses/swastikas and they are the most anti racist people you will ever meet. They got them back in the days when it was just anti establishment and funny to offend conservatives. Now they look like Conservatives.. Funny how things change eh?
Absolutely! Good on him. I was raised to be a racist and a bigot. I fought that tooth and nail. I've grown tremendously just in the last 5 years, imagine what's changed in the last 40.
Why are we protending that biology is controversial. Men can't menstrate. That isn't an opinion. It's a biological fact. People freaking out at Rowling are the ones who are going to end up looking stupid. She isn't encouraging violence. She is simply stating a face of science.
stating science.....funny how conservatives are so selective about what science they go by. Nobody has been arguing about how the physical body itself has developed, the problem is the development of the brain not matching it. Synesthesia, for example, is the brain not processing the senses in the usual way. Do you apply the same logic to them?
Stupid dude banter is used to justify misogyny. As someone who has had to put up with that shit all my life, it is not harmless. How many times has this sort of 'banter' ended a woman's career or barred them from it in the first place?
"When I was a child I acted as a child and when I became a man I put aside childish things" is one of the most famous quotes that I believe represents the growth and change a person goes through in a lifetime
There's millions of people who have horrible ideas about things. If you don't like thier thinking, don't support them. Ruining a life, often over something they said 20 years ago when drunk, is not ok. Things are taken out of context MOST of the time on social media & hardly ever fact checked. I feel sorry for our children that will be too scared to speak up for fear of being "canceled" to find out that everyone else actually feels the same way.
Full agreement from me, but I fear (from browsing this comment section) that quite a few in Simon's audience tend towards "cancel NOW, ask questions later." 🙁
@@wile-e-coyote8371 the thing is society will always swing like a pendulum sometimes we're happy go lucky then we'll swing back into nonsense. The thing that really becomes a problem is that when we fight each other & are distracted these divides(real & simply perceived alike) we all lose.
Also Ambien sucks! Mps on an army base found me in a tree at 3am. I told them i was a koala going to sleep. They said get down.. i let go and fell out of tree. They took me to er. I wasnt hurt, but my hubby got a copy of the police report for memory sake.🤦🏻♀️
I'm so glad every time I hear Simon say he has no idea who someone is. Makes me feel a bit less out of touch, since I didn't know most of these people either.
I was born in 1964 and met my only transwoman, as far as I know at a cousins wedding when I was about 14, because I can remember about a conversation about the bridegrooms mother picking her out because apparently she may of had an adams apple. Many years later I saw her at another cousins wedding and kissed her goodbye because we had a very nice conversation. Accept people for who they are, you do not have to sleep with them because I am sure the majority of them would say fine enough. Anyone who says different is most likely trying to manipulate you and trying to hide the damage they or their donors are doing too you.
the first trans person I met was an American singer called Jayne County with her band The Electric Chairs. Back in the 70's I was a hardcore punk frequenting clubs in Liverpool and Manchester. I'd met Jayne when she was Wayne after a gig, he was a super nice chatty bloke. I got talking to Jayne after a gig in Liverpool the following year and was trying to get my head around the whole transsexual thing but Jayne put it in simple terms, she said "imagine having size nine feet but having to wear size seven shoes all day, no matter what you do those shoes don't fit and it hurts, well right now my shoes finally fit". in it's own way it was quite a profound moment and It's something that has stuck with me over the years. I don't judge people, we all have a right to be comfortable in our own skin and if peoples life choices do not physically impact on me it's none of my business.
Funny thing is, you may have met many other trans people, and just never realized it. So many people for years, living in denial or in hiding. Glad you had that conversation. It can sure change one's perception, can't it?
Yeah, the football presenters and swimmers are "Cancelled Due to their Own Stupidity". Everyone else mentioned in this video are either not meaningfully canceled in any way, or don't really deserve to be canceled at all.
Here's the thing about Rowling. She's a feminist. As a man, I can completely understand a woman who is extremely invested in women's rights and who has the entire history of women's struggles in mind, not being ok with a trans person claiming everything that goes with being a woman. A person born a man who transitions to female gender is simply not a part of the group who Rowling is an advocate of in light of the thousands of years of women being treated as less than a man. Can people not see that a man transitioning into a woman and then saying "I am a woman, feminists must acknowledge me and fight for my rights too" would be negatively viewed by a Women's Activist? Trans rights are also a thing, and they have their own long battles with discrimination, but it is not the same battle.
Rights aren't zero-sum game. Whites don't lose any rights when blacks gain them. Straights don't gain anything by taking away gay rights. Advocating against trans rights does nothing to advance women's rights.
@@thirteenthandy Well she does, just hides it behind "concerns" and "just asking questions". Here's a video explaining that: ua-cam.com/video/Ou_xvXJJk7k/v-deo.html
Trans Healthcare..... While in theory doctors are supposed to do their due diligence before suggesting invasive solutions to gender disphoria or prescribing drugs, in practice this is often not what actually happens. Just listen to one of the many formerly Trans people who are speaking out against the medical and pharmaceutical industrys. Don't listen to me or anyone else listen to the people who went through it and can share their first hand experiences. It turns out when there are millions of dollars to be made morally questionable things tend to start taking place no matter the industry.
I have a friend who is transitioning into a man and even he thinks the way trans people are acting is ridiculous. I wish people could remember that you don’t have to agree with everything someone says and still have respect for them.
I have a friend who is black who.... I have a friend who is gay who.... Please stop speaking for your "friend" that none of us know even exists. Speak for yourself, or stfu. Seriously, I don't believe you. No one does. And no one cares what your invisible, made up "friend" thinks, even if such a person existed and told you that, how the f would we know they meant it, and weren't just polishing your apple? Eh? Speak. For. Yourself. Trans people can speak for themselves.
JK Rowling has said things extremely controversial. Not only on Twitter. I don't even use Twitter. She's said them in writing in newspapers, magazines, AND Twitter. She has claimed that trans people are a danger to women, which they are not, factually. She has said trans people are trying to turn other trans. They are not. She has said that kids can be tricked into thinking they are trans. They can't. SHe has said that common trans treatment is potentially harmful to kids. It has been demonstrated to be helpful with few risks. She has claimed that kids are more likely to commit suicide after gender affirming care when the opposite has been repeatedly demonstrated scientifically. She has lied about the effects of estrogen and testosterone. She has lied about trans athletes. And she has supported a woman who called to lynch all trans women. Seriously. She has called trans people animals and monsters and suggested they are faking just to get into women's restrooms and changing rooms. She has spent money to block legislation or to get legislation passed, which is a hell of a lot more important. She has gotten people fired. She does that when people say anything negative about her. If you didn't know, now you do. So don't defend her bullshit anymore.
@@Gos1234567 Trans men can have periods. INTERSEX people, who are either both male and female, or neither male nor female, can often have periods. Trans women sometimes have a "period" brought on by hormones. Many cis women like myself do NOT have periods. She's wrong, and you're ignorant and proud of your ignorance enough to attack others who are more educated and care more about their fellow human beings.
thank you for this. the "it was a different time" type argument and similar references to the past being "the worst", as Simon often says, really drives me up the wall. trans people have always existed, it's not like this is some new world thing she's experiencing for the first time as an elderly crone who's too stubborn to change and too set in her ways. there are plenty of trans people who are HER AGE, or even older! and plenty of people her age who are at least tolerant enough to say "live and let live", or even fully allying themselves with queer people and actively participating in efforts to aid them. it's well past time to excuse ignorance and indeed full blown bigotry with "oh she's a product of her time". she has enormous power and influence she could be using for the greater good, she lives in the modern age where information is instantly at her fingertips, she absolutely able to speak with trans people and open her mind to experiences which are unlike her own, but she's very much choosing not to do any of things things. CHOOSING to harm those people, some of whom were once her adoring readers and fans - many in fact! it's despicable, dare i say evil, and there's no justifying it. both of my grandmothers were fully supportive of myself and my trans brother right from the moment they learned about such concepts, one going so far as to declare that my brother was her "favorite grandson". so if an 80yo woman who grew up far removed from queer culture can still wrap her mind around the concept and embrace it lovingly, what excuse does Rowling have, when she has more access to queer culture than any of our forbearers could even dream of?
JK Rowling is worth BILLIONS…with a “B”. If she got cancelled tomorrow and never earned another dime, she’d still be able to heat her mansion with nothing but piles of cash for the rest of her life and stay warm until she passes through track 15 1/2 to the other side.
My wife today was looking at motorbike helmets and was looking at a pink accented one. She cracked the shits because the ones in those colours are always a small size. I said "because women's heads are smaller, they don't need as much space for their little brains". She got I was messing about. I'd be cancelled if I was famous and recording it though
I despise cancelling to my core. You have a bone to pick with someone? Debate them intellectually. Appealing to the net masses with the express goal of killing one's means to live as revenge for disagreeing with their point of view is as societal toxic as it is degrading for the one pursuing it.
I look at it this way: people need to be able to make a living. You might disagree with someone's political views or personal beliefs, but they should be employed. There are exceptions of course. Crimes of a sexual nature, severe abuse, anything bad with kids or animals should all be cancel worthy offenses. There's plenty of actors I love that I know a greatly disagree with politically. Tom Selleck and Kurt Russell are both right wing 2nd ammendment guys. Love their work, but I hate guns. You can choose not to watch, read, listen or purchase things created by people you don't like. Canceling them is just ridiculous.
@@christinebenson518 For the crimes you mentioned we have laws and courts. Cancelling is a regression to a more barbarous time. As to rest of what you wrote, i agree.
At the same time boycotting is a valid tactic that can be chosen on an individual level. This isn't generally groupthink, just how the group is thinking.
Their business is publicity, maybe dont say obscene shit if your literally in the public eye? unless of course they are doing it to get more engagement, but nah they wouldnt do that
Y'know, hearing someone's opinions on stupid shit celebs have said is a great litmus test for allyship, and I'm incredibly glad to say that Simon, you've passed the vibe check; keep it up my dude 👍
Always enjoy these. Small feedback for the editor - the duck quack to cover expletives gets a bit obnoxious. I know it's necessary to monetize the video but a different sound would be welcome. Hearing a quack every 8 seconds makes me feel like I'm watching a show aimed at 9-year-olds.
as a person of color, I wholeheartedly understand Liam Neeson's rage at the time and later regret looking back. it's kinda a human reaction, and when the rage subsides, we regret not being more than simply human. 🤷♂
@@targetdemographic1257 thing is labels really don't matter, so I will call myself whichever form seems appropriate or funny or advantageous at the time as the situation merits. the point it that it is a human reaction even if it is not an aspirational one.
The JK Rowling thing is a perfect example of how sensationalism affects the facts of these stories and blinds people to what's really going on. She's not transphobic. Anyone who took the time to actually look into it would realize that
@@BigHenFor ah yes, a reasoned and we'll thought out response. I'll take that into consideration moving forward. And may I also take this time to compliment you on how articulate you are! Edit: *well
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #1 НАЧАЛО ПУТЕШЕСТВИЯ [Новый сезон] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/380Q7gLWGvk/mqdefault.jpg)
One of my favorite quotes is from Neil Hannon, “I believe in free speech, but I also very much believe in people's perfect right to remain completely silent on issues that they don't feel they can speak on. “
Whenever someone issues a non-apology apology, I assume it's because they truly stand behind what they said, but they're 'apologizing' to save their job or to keep from being sued.
Honestly in today's society there's no point in apologizing anyway because it's never enough.
This is why I never apologize, consequences be damned
Which is fucking pathetic.
@@Hromovlad1 not the takeaway you should have from this.
@@Dizz2K7 don't worry he'll get the wrong end of the stick shortly.
"If you told me I'd know it immediately," yes Simon, that's how telling someone works.
Unless they are dealing with short term memory problems. ;)
Ha! But I as an older human immediately agreed. Just wait…you’ll 4get words too
😂
Probably Mark Spitz, although Michael Phelps has won a lot more.
@@iankirk3537 he blanked on Michael Phelps. And if anyone is unsure on how to pronounce Ryan's last name, phonetically, it's "lock-tea".
To be fair the point of Liam Neeson telling that story was to point out how misguided he believes seeking revenge is in real life and that you only destroy yourself by doing so. He then gave an example of how his own demons led him to nearly do something terrible.
This wasn't made clear here. He wasn't recounting something he was proud of but something he was saying he was deeply ashamed of.
It would be better if people were judged on the full facts. If you remove the fact that he was recounting something he nearly did 40 years ago that he regrets, then you are acting ina an appalling way yourself.
Yes, he wen't all "Taken" Mode when one of his loved one was violated and i assume he wasn't the most rational man at this period.
How funny empathy is supposed to help understand someone else perpsective & share their feelings...
the interviewer was probably looking for a fun anecdote about how we fell over once skiing
The brainless mob didn't care, it never does. They want to see heads rolling.
@@ignitionfrn2223 Everyone glommed on to the "racist because he wanted misguided revenge on a black guy" and just blanks out the "misguided revenge" part entirely, yeah. I'm sure if the only information he would have been given was that the rapist had a wooden leg, he'd been staking out all the pirate watering holes instead.
I remembered hearing that fateful interview and understanding that Neesan regret his actions from 40 years ago. Unfortunately, I also knew people would completely ignore the regret and hyper focus on his words, some of which when taken out of context, sound absolutely terrible. Click bait websites only added fuel to the fire too.
“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”
I love that quote.
Unless he keeps being the same jerk has time and mentalities go by, and he stays the same jerk! I know a lot of them...
@@jtiagosd
" Fate leads the willing and drags the reluctant. "
Brilliant
Nice 👍
My boy saw me watching a recent episode and said "he has a nice head"
So, congratulations, Simon, 11 year old kids are admiring your head.
Some people have a head that can do bald, some people do not. Simon’s head is (luckily for his sake) quite competent at pulling off the bald look. 🧑🏻🦲
@@radgaming8437 I totally agree. My head, not so much.
This comment needs to be pinned.
@@pyrix If only I had that kind of power
Hear all that, Simon? Badly-summarized tl;dr:
Youngsters think your head is competent and should be pinned.
Simon, the dude with the dozen gold Olympic medals you're trying to remember is Michael Phelps
I was shouting that at my phone too. 😂
And Lochte is pronounced Lock-tee
Or he meant Mark Spitz
Greg Louganis was good, too
Even I knew ffs 😂
To be fair, when women are more assertive, people have a tendency to call them bitches and other pejoratives.
I was thinking this. An assertive woman is often seen as a nagging bitch, a spoiled princess, or high maintenance
There’s different ways of being assertive, there’s being a bitch for women and the male form of that would be being a dick.
I dont differentiate between men and women in that regard. I would even say thay some men can more bitchy and only got their position by sucking ****.
I mean. People call men dicks all the time for being assertive.
It’s about how you are assertive that allows you to walk away with a clean reputation.
I only know a handful of people who do it well. I’m not one of them. I always come off like an asshole when I’m trying to get what my firm needs.
I hired a woman to do this job for me. She does it with such grace you never know she’s taking you for all your worth, hell, some people thank her afterwards. It’s like magic to me.
@@jackroyaltea5034 A low level complaint that a man makes might take no notice, while the exact same words in the same tone from a woman get us called all kinds of terrible things. If we talk close to 50% (but not even 50%) of a meeting, people (including other women) will remember women speaking for MOST of the meeting. This is a proven sociological phenomenon.
"The end of someone's Korea." I laughed OUT LOUD for 5 minutes.
That had me absolutely creasing
That is "career" with a British accent, my dea!
Simon struggling to say Lochte’s name while simultaneously struggling to remember Michael Phelps, the man who overshadowed him so immensely, was hilarious. 😂
The end of someone's Korea, Sam you truly are a absolute gem
that made me laugh more then i expected thb 😲🤣
Especially with the additional Saddened & Tearful Korean picture to follow through... lmao, Brilliant stuff, Sam!
Don't write anything down that you wouldn't want read back to you in an open court, and more importantly, never take a picture of yourself that you wouldn't want broadcast to the entire Internet.
"Just assume any microphone is turned on..." including Alexa and Siri.
"I'm a celeb and I'm digging a hole. Diggy, diggy hole."
"I don't know what she does, I know she sings music" is such a Simon thing to say 😆 x
A quote from my life: "Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one. Nobody is interested in hearing from one other than their own."
I work on a train station. My colleague and I were having a discussion about his ex who cheated on him which was littered with profanity and not so polite descriptions of his ex. Unknown to the two of us our microphone for the PA system was on. That is until a customer knocked on the door and informed us the whole station could hear everything.
Did you get fired?
That is so funny dude thanks for sharing this.
Tbh if I was waiting for a train and that happened it would be amazing and make my day
Banter would have been them saying how the call is wrong and she doesnt know the rules and that shit. The moment they made it clear it was because she was a woman that she didnt know what she was doing, that was no longer just banter.
I know. You can say the ref is blind, doesn't know the rules, is biased against your team, got snookered by a dive, etc. When they say, terrible call, she should be in the kitchen instead of on the pitch then its sexist.
Yes it was just banter, that’s how dudes talk.
@@ImCaptainCabbage *assholes
@@ImCaptainCabbage no one should ever talk like that.EVER and anyone that accepts it, is seriously a sexist AH. Do better as a human because that sort of outdated crap has long ago been delegated to stay in the past.
@@lijohnyoutube101 well I hate to tell you, but you walk into any local pub in a working class area, or a working man’s club or rugby club etc you will hear it in droves. And it ain’t gonna change anytime soon, and the more the woke crowd try to badger people into taking part in the modern moral panic about literally everything, the more I hear these guys taking the mick out of feminism amongst other things. And ps stop telling people how to think, make a point to try to change someone’s mind yes, but don’t be a fascist by literally trying to tell people what they must believe.
I miss Danny. Did Simon not give him enough vegemite in the dungeon?
He writes for his other shows too, Simon just has like 3 or 4 writers for scripts now
@@Mikecars2319 nope. Something is seriously wrong. AM I RIGHT PETER!
This script did seem subpar compared typical brain blaze. I feel that Danny typically writes in a more data-driven perspective, while this writer seemed to have a more emotionally driven perspective, nothing wrong with either perspective; I just typically expect more of a data driven from the (brain) blaze.
Simon lives in a country with internet speeds Americans can only dream of and yet hasn't heard any news in two decades. Kind of impressive, really.
To be fair, about 50% of the local internet traffic there is Simon uploading his shows to UA-cam.
@@edwardphilibin3151 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Internet speeds in America are better than most British cities.
@@thebeatnumber Maybe that's why he moved to Prague. 🤣
Simon, as one parent to another, you will start learning who pop culture icons are again. Unfortunately. 😂
Yeah. I never asked for the biography of each Blackpink member. 😟
9:37 Simon corrects his mispronounciation of "linguistic pedantry" by being linguistically pedantic.
I think the two presenters definitely believed what they were saying at least a little bit because they were saying it when they were upset with her for making what they thought was a bad call. People don’t generally banter like that if they are actually frustrated with someone. Sports people really care about calls, and it is a pretty common thing for people to bitch about female referees
People bitch about all referees. I think it had more to do with her making a call they didn't like rather than because she was a woman. If a man made the same call they would've complained too.
@@TheEvilCommenter They wouldn't have brought up his gender, though. That's the underlying difference.
@@justjukka if guys bitch about guys they bring up his weight, his anchestors or the suspected size of his dick.
Guys and gals get different insults, that is all.
I don’t get the “just sounds like stupid dude banter” comment from Simon-yes, it does sound like stupid dude banter, but that’s not exculpatory. A lot of stupid dude banter is genuinely sexist. And a lot of “jokes” are people trying to present their actual beliefs in a way that dodges the social unacceptability of those beliefs.
@@aspidoscelis If you really do believe that people take it serious while blowing of steam then my advice NEVER listen to paramedics of booth genders shittalking.
NEVER!
10 years from now simon will be fully enveloped by a gigantic beard. It will evolve sentients. Each new channel makes it grow in strength.
A common joke I heard when I was younger (referring to a hot mic) was a chaplain at a local church was wired up for his sermon. He had to make a quick restroom break. Only to discover afterwards that the entire congregation had been blessed with the gift of hearing him take a no. 2.
God truly works in mysterious ways…
It was a Holy Shit moment.
I definitely agree that people can change, but they have to WANT to change. They have to be able to look at what they've said or done and understand why it was wrong. I feel like too many people simply dig in their heels and choose to die as bastards. Not MOST people, but too many.
I think the difference is in the apology. If it's really just banter and you didn't mean it, your apology will reflect regret and show you understand who such words might hurt and how. If your apology justifies your words and minimizes their impact, then that betrays the mindset of a person that uses comedy to express thoughts that are damaging to other people yet refuses to improve.
Perfectly said.
But why do we accept this kind of toxic crap, ‘as a joke’. At the end of the day its not funny its just things immature people spout and then try to deflect as ‘just a joke’. We need to do better as a society and stop allowing any sort of ‘jokes/banter’ of this nature to continue.
@@lijohnyoutube101 You just declared dark comedy pretty much illegal.
By this standard we soon have half the medical community and 9/10 of the military jailed.
@@lijohnyoutube101 I'm truly sorry you feel that way.
Unless you’ve heard the audio, we don’t know the tone. Their tone may have been far from comedic.
I’ve met Andy Gray a few times. He is a proper bell! He definitely was not joking, it’s just the way he is unfortunately.
lol
@@brainblaze6526 lol
@@brainblaze6526 Your glib take on JK Rowling is disingenuous
@@brainblaze6526 it’s true. Loads of other off air stuff including when cameras where rolling when talking to Jamie redknapp for example. Asking him how many girls he must have ‘shagged’ or is shagging knowing full well he was married at the time for a long time to Louise redknapp. Google it. They thought they owned sky sports as they had been it’s presenters since it’s inception. About 20 yrs or so until they got sacked. More than deserved. Honestly, youtube or Google it. You will be wishing they not only lose their careers but were forced to pay back every penny of salary they got from sky.
Ummmm false.
Liam Neeson got into acting primarily due to being fired from his teaching job for knocking out a pupil, so he's got a history of flipping tables & losing his sh't in general.
Ah, type casting at it's finest, then 🤣
I know teachers who weigh up if it's worth it to smack the teenage shit giving you trouble. It's a close decision
@@RickLowerboy84 yeah he really hate mace windu 🤣🤣🤣
Based Liam Neeson.
He doesn't know who you are, he doesn't know where you live, but Liam's got some very special skills...
If you said it a decade ago and feel bad for it, Or simply try to speak a fact that offends people , and get attacked by the masses and lose your job or ability to exist normally, it is "cancellation". If you said it yesterday and it is an opinion, not a fact, AND you stand by it, and are getting the same flak... it is a "consequence". Both exist and both Tribes are claiming that one is the other and vise versa.
What?????
well said. the term "cancelled" has run so far away from its actual meaning, and it's become little more than a buzzword people can use to brush of genuine criticism and deserved backlash. besides, most of the people who cry about being cancelled still have healthy fanbases, continue to find success in their careers, and remain wealthy and powerful to this day... so have they truly been cancelled? no! these people had a bad few weeks, but still came out the other side, yet still complain about it and call it "cancel culture" like it's a dumb fad they didn't deserve.
just look at the Paul brothers, both confirmed grifters, both with a myriad of controversies following them around at every turn, yet they're still popular, making oodles of money, and seeing no true consequences for their actions, either criminally or socially. all attempts to "cancel" them have failed, and they continue to display no remorse for their behavior and treatment of others. it's just... it's nuts!
I love your editor 😂😂😂 “the end of someone’s Korea” took me out
Yeah, of course you aren't going to remember the bad shit Rowling does. You aren't affected by it.
I feel like social media should come with a Miranda warning- anything you tweet can and will be used against you.
That would be a disclaimer, considering those Miranda rights are read AFTER you've been arrested for doing something suspected of being a crime.
Amen, sister. Amen!
Add addendum: For the rest of your life.
social media is like Mos Eisley
a wretched hive of scum and villainy
@@Vaeldarg so it would just show up when twitter knows you fed up
The swimmer you're looking for is Michael Phelps, Simon
She's also not only assuming everyone is as eccertive as her but that people have the same influence and perceived value as she does. Sadly most people aren't very respected or treated with nearly as much value as they deserve.
"Opinions are like genitals". I'm dying from laughing. Brilliant!
Who shaves their opinions? 🥚
I'm glad to hear someone else say that people can change. People should definitely be given second chances about things. Granted the rest of society shouldn't be so reactionary and quick to condemn for half the stuff they condemn. After all, if people aren't allowed to put their ideas out there, how could we ever discuss things to create better ideas?
What is that quote from Brandon Sandersson: "Sometimes a hypocrite is merely a man in the process of changing"?
I wonder if he's going to stand for that one in a couple of years.
Two virtues the left does not posses: Forgiveness and mercy.
No dude I'm tired of giving people chances giving people chance after chance is exactly why the world is so fucked up you KNOW sexism,racism, homophobia is wrong yet you do it you're a bad person and don't deserve another chance grow tf up and have some real sense of humor if you want to joke
To quote a certain character, "People can change, but they rarely do." Very few people change and grow, and it's important to support them in their growth, but the majority of humanity peaks sometime around middle school and doesn't shift from there for the rest of their lives, and giving them second-third-millionth chances is just masochism.
Yeah, but, I don't think a person can conveniently change the day after the controversy trends on Twitter.
Also, didn’t he say he was ashamed of it? Kudos to Neesom.
Yes he did. The whole point of him talking about it was that it's something he's deeply ashamed of, and how he's grown as a person following this incident. But naturally, the outrage addicts out there couldn't take the whole thing in context.
Is there a Liam Neeson film in which he DOESNT lose kid or child doesn’t turn out to be a genocidal Sith Lord??? Like seriously NEVER let that dude watch your kids… ever…
Krull. Love Actually. A Million Ways To Die In The West.
The Other Man, Kinsey, Nell.
When you've acted in over 130 films/TV shows your bound to have some range.
The Grey, I think?
@@the_once-and-future_king. Wait, who tf was he in Krull?? The cyclops guy is all in coming up with
@@TitularHeroine he played Kegan, one of the outlaws.
Simon saying Ryan Lochte, is like hearing a Dutch guy say his son Ryan, didn't win
Being "canceled" is a ridiculous concept. Most of these people aren't religious, yet they fail to see "shaming" or "ostracizing" a person for not conforming to one political ideology is exactly the same as the church condemning "sinners." Disagreement is healthy, "canceling" is ignorant.
Imagine all the stupid stuff you wrote online 10, maybe 20 years ago. While drunk or high at 2am. Now if you're famous people will spend extraordinary effort to track down everything even slightly controversial that you've ever said.
And remember, on the Internet people think you can never, ever change your mind on a subject. Even decades later.
I think it depends on how one handles that. If you’re deflecting or double-downing on the comment, then it comes across as something you still believe. If you recognize that that wasn’t appropriate and what was wrong about your beliefs, then people will be more inclined to believe you.
That being said, one has to be VERY careful in how they convey that message. Liam Neeson could have gotten his point across by just talking about looking for someone fitting the description of his friend’s attacker.
I think if Liam Neeson still felt the same thoughts now he wouldn't have admitted it. An eye for an eye is a human reaction as old as time.
His explanation made it kinda suspect. Like, a dark skinned dude had assaulted his sister. Of COURSE he went out looking for a dude that fit that very basic description in order to exact some revenge. It wouldn't matter what the description was, he was gonna take it and roll with it.
If we can't allow people to make mistakes and learn from them, what's even the point of worrying about people calling you out? Once you're wrong, you're just wrong forever, as if people don't go through transformation and change all their lives. The man made a mistake, realized his flaw, and worked to change himself for the better.
No one will ever admit something like that (even if these thoughts are of the past now and they regret them) thanks to what they did to Liam. He should have been praised for his opening up about how he USED TO feel and how he got over those feelings.
People should take it easy on Neeson. He was born in Northern Ireland in 1952. He easily could have ended up blowing up shops and bars.
Its perfextly normal to feel that in the moment. Maybe even to go out that first time right after hearing about it. But to do it forcweeks on end? That is not normal or ok. And of cpurse it is misplaced to just want to hurt someone rather they did it out not as well. Again, in the heat of the moment having those thoughts is something anyone would do. But after having time to calm down and rationally consider it. And you still keep going out looking for any person of a specific race to hurt even though you know they will be innocent? That is inexcuasable. Its good he seems to have changed. But something was clearly wrong with him.
Simon, in response to your mentioning of JK Rowling's controversial stuff not being remembered: I'd like to point out HP Lovecraft
HP Lovecraft is known for his contributions to horror media... but also for his EXTREME levels of racism. He literally had klansmen look at his stuff and whistle out a "yeah... you want to ease up on the gas peddle there?"
he was an excellent writer, but a truely horrible person.
Regardless...Lovecraft wasn't a very good writer though he was groundbreaking in his imagination. Poe was the real McCoy and still stands up today while Lovecraft is largely lost the the dustbin of time.
You also forgot classist, if you were his same hue but poor/working class obviously, you are a cultist. The Necronomicon was an extremely hard read.
Nothing of what that woman ever uttered should be considered controversial or offensive lmao
might be important to note that Lovecraft is super dead and has no benefit from anything since a long time.
JK Rowling is making history on twitter every few months at least, still. And she loves her money.
6:35 "the end of someones Korea" 😂
With regards to Stace Dash comments on pay.
I always think it's wild when people who are allowed to negotiate pay, look down on people who are "not" allowed to negotiate pay.
Talk about being disconnected.
If you live in the United States, you are allowed to negotiate pay
@@BrettShadow Not really. If you try to negotiate, then employers will just hire someone who won't.
There's a difference between being "legally allowed" to negotiate vs. having the "right" to negotiate.
@@BrettShadow the quotation marks around OP's word "not" suggest that what is meant is these people are unable to meaningfully negotiate pay, even if they have the right and ability to do so. they are considered replaceable and therefore their employers can simply dump them and hire someone else willing to work for the lower salary. There is only one Stace Dash, and if an employer wants HER for a job, she has the leverage to negotiate her pay. therefore, while everyone is technically allowed to negotiate pay, they might not be able to because it could jeopardize their job, and instead of earning a raise they might straight up lose their job. when your options are "keep a steady but low paying job" or "ask for higher pay and subsequently lose that income completely", i think i know what most people are going to pick. there's only one [insert influential celebrity here], there are a million shmucks like you and i out there. get the picture?
"The turning of a career, in Korea, being insincere" ------- Everything Counts, Depeche Mode, 1983.
Gonna have to disagree with Simon on Rowling. It's not just what she SAID anymore, it's what she's funding.
What is she funding?
For me I really do think trans women and real women should be in separate categories. I don't think someone ought to be cancelled for that.
If she's funding things that safeguard biological women and children then she's doing the right thing.
@@MilwaukeeWoman No, not at all. I see you're a TERF as well and I'm not going to get through to you but for the sake of anyone else reading this comment thread who's simply not in the know:
1. Keeping legitimate trans women out of women's spaces does not protect biological women because there is nothing to be protected against. It HARMS the trans women by putting them in danger by forcing them into men's spaces. Perverts like the cross-dressing murderer in Rowling's adult novels do not need the permission of bathroom laws to enter the spaces their target victims are in. They're going in anyway.
2. Working against care for trans youth is doing harm. Nobody is giving hormone replacement therapy to children who don't medically need it. Nobody is performing top or bottom surgery on minors who aren't in need to reconstruction for non-trans related reasons. None of this scary rushing babies into life-altering surgeries stuff is happening. What they're doing for trans youth is hitting pause on puberty, which we do for cis kids with precocious puberty all the time quite safely, so that they can go through the puberty that's right for them and need to make fewer surgical changes when they're adults who have been living as their self-identified gender for years.
Simon: 'I think of myself 10 years ago...' hand goes straight to his beard. I feel you mate.
The number of times I've paused to both laugh and shake my head at the actions and things said by famous people is beyond glorious hahaha
I just finished reading "so you've been publicly shamed" my Jon Ronson. Simons reaction to that first story is very similar to the attitudes of the book.
The comments section is going to be extra spicy this go-around.
I wonder if Simon knows that Rowling is only 57 and really not that much older than him.
21-22 years is kind of significant. That put her between 1.5 and 2x his age.
Simon is like 40 right?
She's more than 20 years older. That's old enough.
@@mrs.h.l.g-b5814 I think Simon is just past 30. Like 32 or something?
@@bilistooka_go_boom he’s 35
Ryan Lochte's last name is pronounced like "lock-tee."
I had a friend and coworker named Tim around 2008-2012ish who was very fit and quite good-looking. One day, he was grumbling about his girlfriend letting an old friend (guy) stay at her place while he was in town (Gainesville, FL).
I told him that he had nothing to worry about, as he looked like a young, blonde Mel Gibson, a running joke among our crew.
It was then that he asked me if I knew who Ryan Lochte was (I only knew of Michael Phelps, but Tim explained). We (myself and the other guys in the crew) were like "although you're a catch, we didn't realize that 'friend' was literally an Olympic athlete."
I apologize, but I don't remember what happened of that situation. I do know their relationship didn't last much longer, which was a shame, because she made the best quesadillas whenever we were nearby during lunch.
that Liam Neeson rap got me
bravo Sam
I listened to it a few times
Lochte is pronounced 'lock-tea', and the other swimmer you were trying to think of is Michael Phelps.
Losht😂😂
"You're damned right I eat meat and I love it! You want to cancel me? Good, I can enjoy my bacon cheeseburger in peace!"
Now I want to see "Star Wars: The Dark Knight Rises" - where Batman travels back in time to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
The Joker could easily be a Sith Lord tbf
I think batinthesun had a beatdown episode between Darth Vader and Batman.
I was an awful person ten years ago. I'm truly glad I wasn't too active on social media.
You’re still awful, just do a better job of hiding it 😉
@@tanderson6442 I actively try to be not awful now, which is the opposite of me ten years ago 😂
Well, not quite the opposite, I didn't *try* to be awful back then, I just didn't care much if I was. I care now.
But I'm still human 😂 I still have awful moments.
@@pixiesouter9461 no worries, I was a absolute born criminal growing up, stole my first car when I was 14 stole many 4 wheelers and snowmobiles, robbed grow houses, just did awful crap. When I turned 18 I basically became a choir boy compared to my younger years. I couldn’t steal a dang thing nowadays without being riddled with guilt and shame so I know where you are coming from. I think I was just projecting with my comment if you know what I mean. 🙃
Nicola Grande was the best thing I have heard and seen this year. Bless you, you legend.
From one bald man to another, can we get a Brain Blaze on bad hair pieces? (Or horrible comb overs)
There are a lot of to all of them choose from. The only sensible solution is to be bald once you go bald in my opinion. The other options don't fool anyone, and they rarely look good.
And he could caption it: "Hell Toupeé"...I'll see myself out.
@@fauxpinkytoo That is a *great* idea! (also it was the name of a band in an early Ted McKeever comic; "Eddy Current" I believ
Not knowing who's currently famous is going to get exponentially worse as you go forward in life. 😝 It balances out as you also won't care.
I stopped caring after I switched to rock music in 12 grade.
I stopped caring when I got depressed, as I find any news channel depressing. Even with medicine, avoiding things that trigger me is a good idea.
5:30 Simon may want to hold on to that part just for general apology use.
The offside rule is so stupidly simple that my soccer-playing ex-bf was able to explain it to me in a half sentence while we were both drunk. I've been aware of and able to spot it ever since despite never having been interested in soccer.
So of course whenever I hear that stupid joke I like to explain it in the same kind of half sentence to the other people in the room. Which makes the "joker" look stupid for thinking it's so complicated in the first place.
ETA of course explaining all the details and edge cases takes a few more sentences but getting the gist of it is very simple.
I love Liam Neeson's acting and learning that he once WANTED to go out and fuck somebody up because his friend was attacked doesn't diminish that. The fact that he DID go out but never fucked anyone up doesn't change anything. If he really wanted to find someone to fuck up, he could have. But he didn't. So, he's got a temper. Lots of us do, and most of us are reasonably successful at keeping our anger under wraps, or at least holding back from publicly making a fool of ourselves. I could tell stories about the times I have lost control, and I am not proud of any of them. Also, I don't know how much publicity his remarks got because this is the first time I am hearing this story about him.
It was on Twitter for a couple of days and died down like all the stupid "controversies" there.The writer here seems to be one of the SJW's that are contantly preaching from their pulpit about how horrible everyone else is,fckn windbags
Simon, people were worried cuz Romney is Mormon.
And a complete fake. He’s proven he’s just a typical garbage politician.
Glad you said what you did about how there always needs to be a path to redemption. One of my old coworkers had a beautiful tattoo of an American eagle and the flag. It was a cover up. He showed me a picture of what it used be, an iron eagle and swastika. He said he wasn't that person anymore and his first step to being a better person was the cover up. If he hadn't told me that I'd never have known what a dark past. He was a very cool dude.
I know a few old punks who have iron crosses/swastikas and they are the most anti racist people you will ever meet. They got them back in the days when it was just anti establishment and funny to offend conservatives.
Now they look like Conservatives.. Funny how things change eh?
When was this
@@colejosephalexanderkashay683 It was about 15 years ago.
Absolutely! Good on him. I was raised to be a racist and a bigot. I fought that tooth and nail. I've grown tremendously just in the last 5 years, imagine what's changed in the last 40.
Why are we protending that biology is controversial. Men can't menstrate. That isn't an opinion. It's a biological fact. People freaking out at Rowling are the ones who are going to end up looking stupid. She isn't encouraging violence. She is simply stating a face of science.
stating science.....funny how conservatives are so selective about what science they go by. Nobody has been arguing about how the physical body itself has developed, the problem is the development of the brain not matching it. Synesthesia, for example, is the brain not processing the senses in the usual way. Do you apply the same logic to them?
Some women also can't menstruate, so by your definition they're men?
@@Vaeldarg funny how liberals want to kill babies and groom the ones that live. Oh wait that’s not funny it’s fucking disgusting.
@@tanderson6442 It's a disgust you created for yourself, wanting those lies to be true to justify the ugliness done by conservatives.
@@Vaeldarg what ugliness would that be? Please do explain.
Stupid dude banter is used to justify misogyny. As someone who has had to put up with that shit all my life, it is not harmless. How many times has this sort of 'banter' ended a woman's career or barred them from it in the first place?
"When I was a child I acted as a child and when I became a man I put aside childish things" is one of the most famous quotes that I believe represents the growth and change a person goes through in a lifetime
“Do people remember controversy”
I mean… look at the author for the Cthulu mythos.
There's millions of people who have horrible ideas about things. If you don't like thier thinking, don't support them. Ruining a life, often over something they said 20 years ago when drunk, is not ok. Things are taken out of context MOST of the time on social media & hardly ever fact checked. I feel sorry for our children that will be too scared to speak up for fear of being "canceled" to find out that everyone else actually feels the same way.
Full agreement from me, but I fear (from browsing this comment section) that quite a few in Simon's audience tend towards "cancel NOW, ask questions later." 🙁
@@wile-e-coyote8371 the thing is society will always swing like a pendulum sometimes we're happy go lucky then we'll swing back into nonsense. The thing that really becomes a problem is that when we fight each other & are distracted these divides(real & simply perceived alike) we all lose.
"I don't know what she does."
Trust me, Whistle Boy, you didn't miss out on much...or anything at all. 🙄
Gotta love Hollywood elite. Having differing opinions makes you end up on a “stupid” person list
Some are stupid opinions tho? Can also leave it to Hollywood elite to be kinda Dumb??
Given how many women are now pundits and presenters in sport.. I was glad to see the back of gray and keys!!
Also Ambien sucks! Mps on an army base found me in a tree at 3am. I told them i was a koala going to sleep. They said get down.. i let go and fell out of tree. They took me to er. I wasnt hurt, but my hubby got a copy of the police report for memory sake.🤦🏻♀️
I was MP, this woulda been a fun call 😂, a call I did have though, I apprehended a reborn vampire…. Or at least that’s what she thought she was 😂🤣😂
@@toyyatoy 🤣
Simon, you are such a nice person who expects the best in people. It's adorable. Never change.
I'm so glad every time I hear Simon say he has no idea who someone is. Makes me feel a bit less out of touch, since I didn't know most of these people either.
I think "cancel culture" shouldn't stick around for your entire life. I have said stupid stuff 10-20 years ago that probably shouldn't be shared, too.
Too true !:-) 🙏💜
I was born in 1964 and met my only transwoman, as far as I know at a cousins wedding when I was about 14, because I can remember about a conversation about the bridegrooms mother picking her out because apparently she may of had an adams apple. Many years later I saw her at another cousins wedding and kissed her goodbye because we had a very nice conversation. Accept people for who they are, you do not have to sleep with them because I am sure the majority of them would say fine enough. Anyone who says different is most likely trying to manipulate you and trying to hide the damage they or their donors are doing too you.
the first trans person I met was an American singer called Jayne County with her band The Electric Chairs. Back in the 70's I was a hardcore punk frequenting clubs in Liverpool and Manchester. I'd met Jayne when she was Wayne after a gig, he was a super nice chatty bloke. I got talking to Jayne after a gig in Liverpool the following year and was trying to get my head around the whole transsexual thing but Jayne put it in simple terms, she said "imagine having size nine feet but having to wear size seven shoes all day, no matter what you do those shoes don't fit and it hurts, well right now my shoes finally fit". in it's own way it was quite a profound moment and It's something that has stuck with me over the years. I don't judge people, we all have a right to be comfortable in our own skin and if peoples life choices do not physically impact on me it's none of my business.
Funny thing is, you may have met many other trans people, and just never realized it. So many people for years, living in denial or in hiding. Glad you had that conversation. It can sure change one's perception, can't it?
Yeah, the football presenters and swimmers are "Cancelled Due to their Own Stupidity". Everyone else mentioned in this video are either not meaningfully canceled in any way, or don't really deserve to be canceled at all.
I love it how at first Simon is like "nooo I said the words!!" then a raft of ducks just made themselves known throughout the video
Liam Neeson was in Batman Begins, not Dark Knight Rises. That's it! You're CANCELLED, Whistle Boy!
The irony of Simon talking about celebrity stupidity is just too delicious.
Here's the thing about Rowling. She's a feminist. As a man, I can completely understand a woman who is extremely invested in women's rights and who has the entire history of women's struggles in mind, not being ok with a trans person claiming everything that goes with being a woman. A person born a man who transitions to female gender is simply not a part of the group who Rowling is an advocate of in light of the thousands of years of women being treated as less than a man. Can people not see that a man transitioning into a woman and then saying "I am a woman, feminists must acknowledge me and fight for my rights too" would be negatively viewed by a Women's Activist? Trans rights are also a thing, and they have their own long battles with discrimination, but it is not the same battle.
Rowling has written some pretty shitty stuff under another name in regards to trans ppl. giving more rights doesnt take away others lol
Rights aren't zero-sum game. Whites don't lose any rights when blacks gain them. Straights don't gain anything by taking away gay rights. Advocating against trans rights does nothing to advance women's rights.
@@IvanBaturaChannel Who's advocating against trans rights? Certainly not me, and not JK Rowling from anything I've ever seen.
@@thirteenthandy Well she does, just hides it behind "concerns" and "just asking questions".
Here's a video explaining that: ua-cam.com/video/Ou_xvXJJk7k/v-deo.html
@@IvanBaturaChannel I'll watch it shortly.
I would dispute that JK Rowling has been canceled. The new Hogwarts Legacy game is a top-rated game. Anything Harry Potter is money in her pocket.
Trans Healthcare..... While in theory doctors are supposed to do their due diligence before suggesting invasive solutions to gender disphoria or prescribing drugs, in practice this is often not what actually happens. Just listen to one of the many formerly Trans people who are speaking out against the medical and pharmaceutical industrys. Don't listen to me or anyone else listen to the people who went through it and can share their first hand experiences. It turns out when there are millions of dollars to be made morally questionable things tend to start taking place no matter the industry.
Frankly it’s absurd that Simon hasn’t seen Clueless.
I have a friend who is transitioning into a man and even he thinks the way trans people are acting is ridiculous. I wish people could remember that you don’t have to agree with everything someone says and still have respect for them.
I have a friend who is black who....
I have a friend who is gay who....
Please stop speaking for your "friend" that none of us know even exists. Speak for yourself, or stfu. Seriously, I don't believe you. No one does. And no one cares what your invisible, made up "friend" thinks, even if such a person existed and told you that, how the f would we know they meant it, and weren't just polishing your apple? Eh? Speak. For. Yourself. Trans people can speak for themselves.
J.K. Rowling didn't say anything that controversial. Nor was she cancelled. People need to stop treating twitter as the whole world.
She said men cant have periods,that is only controversial to absolute lunatics.
JK Rowling has said things extremely controversial. Not only on Twitter. I don't even use Twitter. She's said them in writing in newspapers, magazines, AND Twitter. She has claimed that trans people are a danger to women, which they are not, factually. She has said trans people are trying to turn other trans. They are not. She has said that kids can be tricked into thinking they are trans. They can't. SHe has said that common trans treatment is potentially harmful to kids. It has been demonstrated to be helpful with few risks. She has claimed that kids are more likely to commit suicide after gender affirming care when the opposite has been repeatedly demonstrated scientifically. She has lied about the effects of estrogen and testosterone. She has lied about trans athletes. And she has supported a woman who called to lynch all trans women. Seriously. She has called trans people animals and monsters and suggested they are faking just to get into women's restrooms and changing rooms. She has spent money to block legislation or to get legislation passed, which is a hell of a lot more important. She has gotten people fired. She does that when people say anything negative about her. If you didn't know, now you do. So don't defend her bullshit anymore.
@@Gos1234567 Trans men can have periods. INTERSEX people, who are either both male and female, or neither male nor female, can often have periods. Trans women sometimes have a "period" brought on by hormones. Many cis women like myself do NOT have periods. She's wrong, and you're ignorant and proud of your ignorance enough to attack others who are more educated and care more about their fellow human beings.
@@SplotPublishing sources please
J.K. Rowling is only 57. She's not some old lady who grew up in the 1930's.
thank you for this. the "it was a different time" type argument and similar references to the past being "the worst", as Simon often says, really drives me up the wall. trans people have always existed, it's not like this is some new world thing she's experiencing for the first time as an elderly crone who's too stubborn to change and too set in her ways. there are plenty of trans people who are HER AGE, or even older! and plenty of people her age who are at least tolerant enough to say "live and let live", or even fully allying themselves with queer people and actively participating in efforts to aid them. it's well past time to excuse ignorance and indeed full blown bigotry with "oh she's a product of her time". she has enormous power and influence she could be using for the greater good, she lives in the modern age where information is instantly at her fingertips, she absolutely able to speak with trans people and open her mind to experiences which are unlike her own, but she's very much choosing not to do any of things things. CHOOSING to harm those people, some of whom were once her adoring readers and fans - many in fact! it's despicable, dare i say evil, and there's no justifying it. both of my grandmothers were fully supportive of myself and my trans brother right from the moment they learned about such concepts, one going so far as to declare that my brother was her "favorite grandson". so if an 80yo woman who grew up far removed from queer culture can still wrap her mind around the concept and embrace it lovingly, what excuse does Rowling have, when she has more access to queer culture than any of our forbearers could even dream of?
JK Rowling is worth BILLIONS…with a “B”. If she got cancelled tomorrow and never earned another dime, she’d still be able to heat her mansion with nothing but piles of cash for the rest of her life and stay warm until she passes through track 15 1/2 to the other side.
Mansions, plural. She can heat all her mansions with piles of cash from now until forever, amen.🙏💜
And because of that, we should be giving her MORE money?
My wife today was looking at motorbike helmets and was looking at a pink accented one. She cracked the shits because the ones in those colours are always a small size. I said "because women's heads are smaller, they don't need as much space for their little brains". She got I was messing about. I'd be cancelled if I was famous and recording it though
Simon your comment about mics being on. Reminds me of the old Aussie country saying that is the guns is always loaded and the horse always kicks.
Fun fact Taken was inspired from real life stories of the life of Liam Neeson, but everything happens in Belfast
I despise cancelling to my core. You have a bone to pick with someone? Debate them intellectually. Appealing to the net masses with the express goal of killing one's means to live as revenge for disagreeing with their point of view is as societal toxic as it is degrading for the one pursuing it.
I look at it this way: people need to be able to make a living. You might disagree with someone's political views or personal beliefs, but they should be employed. There are exceptions of course. Crimes of a sexual nature, severe abuse, anything bad with kids or animals should all be cancel worthy offenses.
There's plenty of actors I love that I know a greatly disagree with politically. Tom Selleck and Kurt Russell are both right wing 2nd ammendment guys. Love their work, but I hate guns.
You can choose not to watch, read, listen or purchase things created by people you don't like. Canceling them is just ridiculous.
@@christinebenson518 For the crimes you mentioned we have laws and courts. Cancelling is a regression to a more barbarous time. As to rest of what you wrote, i agree.
At the same time boycotting is a valid tactic that can be chosen on an individual level. This isn't generally groupthink, just how the group is thinking.
@@oxylepy2 We're not dealing with companies now, this isn't boycotting. This is character and economic assassination, don't try to justify it.
Their business is publicity, maybe dont say obscene shit if your literally in the public eye? unless of course they are doing it to get more engagement, but nah they wouldnt do that
Y'know, hearing someone's opinions on stupid shit celebs have said is a great litmus test for allyship, and I'm incredibly glad to say that Simon, you've passed the vibe check; keep it up my dude 👍
Always enjoy these. Small feedback for the editor - the duck quack to cover expletives gets a bit obnoxious. I know it's necessary to monetize the video but a different sound would be welcome. Hearing a quack every 8 seconds makes me feel like I'm watching a show aimed at 9-year-olds.
There are plenty of people who were racist 60 years ago that are racist now, but I don't think he's one of them
as a person of color, I wholeheartedly understand Liam Neeson's rage at the time and later regret looking back.
it's kinda a human reaction, and when the rage subsides, we regret not being more than simply human.
🤷♂
plus he made up for it in his appearance in Atlanta
Don’t call yourself that
@@targetdemographic1257 thing is labels really don't matter, so I will call myself whichever form seems appropriate or funny or advantageous at the time as the situation merits.
the point it that it is a human reaction even if it is not an aspirational one.
The JK Rowling thing is a perfect example of how sensationalism affects the facts of these stories and blinds people to what's really going on. She's not transphobic. Anyone who took the time to actually look into it would realize that
Sorry, but no.
@@BigHenFor ah yes, a reasoned and we'll thought out response. I'll take that into consideration moving forward. And may I also take this time to compliment you on how articulate you are!
Edit: *well
@@theBATgoesUPoh You didn't defend your point, they shouldn't have to either. They were just more succinct in their empty statement.