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КОМЕНТАРІ • 1,7 тис.

  • @Kerrsartisticgifts
    @Kerrsartisticgifts 4 роки тому +652

    when my doctor asked me why I wasn't taking better care of my health, I said that good things don't happen to you when you're old and then asked rhetorically, who wants to live to be 90 anyway? He gave me a blast and said "An 89 Year Old"!

    • @russb24
      @russb24 4 роки тому +97

      Trying to stay healthy is not just a matter of what age you die, but how many of your last years will be spent confined to a bed.

    • @lzeph
      @lzeph 4 роки тому +40

      @@russb24
      Or how many will be spent confused and unable to identify loved ones.
      Genetically, I am in the highest risk category for Alzheimer's Disease. I sincerely hope to die before my mind goes.

    • @jackmack1061
      @jackmack1061 4 роки тому +10

      @@lzeph sorry to hear that. Do your best to be optimistic.

    • @L98fiero
      @L98fiero 4 роки тому +25

      @@lzeph On a positive note, you'll be able to read the same book and watch the same movie over and over and it's new every time!

    • @Argos517
      @Argos517 4 роки тому +5

      @@lzeph if you're under 50 pretty good chance you wont need to worry about that in do time. Medical advances hopefully will be able to bypass the issues that cause this.

  • @Bartenderhqcommunity
    @Bartenderhqcommunity 4 роки тому +587

    If in doubt, listen to Stephen Fry. Morgan Freeman is the voice of God, Stephen Fry is the voice of Reason.

    • @paulscottfilms
      @paulscottfilms 4 роки тому +8

      No, he's an establishment lackey.

    • @Czenda24
      @Czenda24 4 роки тому +32

      @@paulscottfilms Which establishment would that be? The one he's criticizing here?

    • @jeschinstad
      @jeschinstad 4 роки тому

      Search UA-cam for "Morgan Freeman man of god".

    • @WhichDoctor1
      @WhichDoctor1 4 роки тому +26

      @@Czenda24 They mean the communist, sjw, feminist, black lives matter establishment that is in charge of everything despite having no political or economic power. You know, the one that doesn't actually exist. But is such a big threat that we have to crackbdown on the people who would be in it, if it did exist.

    • @ianwylie9064
      @ianwylie9064 4 роки тому +2

      From god to reason. Progress?

  • @andrewclifton429
    @andrewclifton429 4 роки тому +67

    Honestly, I think my risk of death with Stephen Fry is already very low... Or am I missing the point here? ;)
    Update: The above was written in response to the original title, "Halve your risk of death w Stephen Fry". In case anyone's wondering!

    • @Kw-sv2mo
      @Kw-sv2mo 4 роки тому +2

      I was curious to try to work out the statistics to begin with but i wouldn't know where to start

    • @akimbo139
      @akimbo139 4 роки тому +1

      Then they changed the title to make it more click-baity... Bad boys, spoiled your joke and after watching this, spoiled Fry's reputation too...

    • @iangallager4091
      @iangallager4091 4 роки тому

      Andrew,if you do there's a chance that when they announce his passing you might well get a name check. It's worth considering!!!!!!

    • @andrewclifton429
      @andrewclifton429 4 роки тому +2

      ​@@iangallager4091 Honestly, I think I'd rather stay alive. Name-checks have little value to me, and postmortem ones, none at all!

  • @dgh469
    @dgh469 4 роки тому +66

    our dearest, lovely Stephen ...

  • @Viciousf
    @Viciousf 4 роки тому +243

    I've avoided certain social media for years to avoid misinformation, but sharing your videos is just as important to combating misinformation, as rejecting the bad sources of information is.

    • @Pindexsf
      @Pindexsf  4 роки тому +27

      Thanks, that's extremely kind and motivating.

    • @CasparMacRae
      @CasparMacRae 4 роки тому +14

      @@Pindexsf It's also true, much like your content. You're doing important work, more of "us" need to tell you that we really appreciate it.
      Basically, what @Viciousf said.

    • @Pindexsf
      @Pindexsf  4 роки тому +20

      Thanks Casper. I'm incredibly lucky to have the opportunity. The videos nearly all lose money, but getting positive, hopefully helpful info out to a good audience (sometimes millions) is a joy - it might save me a midlife crisis : ). Our patrons (at patreon.com/pindex) give me hope that this thing is sustainable, and we wouldn't have got far without Stephen's support - his heart is as big as his brain.

    • @CasparMacRae
      @CasparMacRae 4 роки тому +10

      @@Pindexsf Now you have another patreon - sorry I didn't do it sooner.

    • @Pindexsf
      @Pindexsf  4 роки тому +5

      Thanks so much!

  • @Maerahn
    @Maerahn 4 роки тому +6

    "There's never been a President even close that's been able to do what I've done..." Well, he's not wrong about THAT, unfortunately!

  • @CasparMacRae
    @CasparMacRae 4 роки тому +70

    Boris ignored the advice and does not deserve a milligram of sympathy for catching it nor forgiveness for his shambolic handling as a "leader" ... it's almost like he actively wanted to catch it in order to dodge responsibility

    • @7XHARDER
      @7XHARDER 4 роки тому +10

      Meanwhile, trump dodges ALL responsibility and is trying to convince people that they are SAFE. He is purposefully letting this disease spread in America so that people feel discouraged to vote at a booth. He is trying to block mail in voting, even though he himself had mail in voting when he lost by 3 million votes. The man is awful, worse than anyone on earth.

    • @LegacyFTW
      @LegacyFTW 4 роки тому +6

      Somehow I find myself disagreeing that he is the worst man on earth but only because I believe his pure incompetence prevents him from wreaking further havoc than he has. But yes, he is an absolute turd stain on the US’ history.

    • @Cefn
      @Cefn 4 роки тому +1

      ORANGE MAN BAD! 🤡 🌍 🤡 🌍 🤡 🌍 🤡 🌍 🤡 🌍 🤡 🌍 🤡 🌍 🤡 🌍 🤡

    • @xepic665
      @xepic665 4 роки тому +5

      @@Cefn Oh no you've startled my socialist brain with your bullshit. I'm actually triggered!
      People on the right ' yeah i just spout nonsense sentences and when people point out it's obvious bullshitry but then im just like ahhhhh ha got a reaction out of him hahaha stupid LIBS why do they care soo much! I'm actually the troll master!!'
      And Of course you did get a reaction out of me congratulations!

    • @tomblackwell5006
      @tomblackwell5006 4 роки тому

      CEF VENTURES you are correct sir

  • @mururoa7024
    @mururoa7024 4 роки тому +295

    What also helped the Germans was #2 their splendid health care system, and #1 Angela Merkel understands science: she studied physics, chemistry and has a Phd on quantum chemistry!
    How many heads of state do you know have a similar background and intellect?

    • @Jablicek
      @Jablicek 4 роки тому +41

      Scientific method and peer-review over "feelings" and opinion.

    • @mururoa7024
      @mururoa7024 4 роки тому +36

      @saladdogger IRL she did no such thing. Only in your twisted mind.

    • @Jablicek
      @Jablicek 4 роки тому +24

      @saladdogger Europe has food, safe water, jobs, and weather that probably won't kill you. But it's better the third world people stay where they are, yeah?
      Eejit.

    • @mururoa7024
      @mururoa7024 4 роки тому +18

      @saladdogger No she didn't. Look it up. 🖕

    • @Jablicek
      @Jablicek 4 роки тому +25

      @saladdogger You'd rather people die than come to Europe as refugees? It's really that black and white for some of them.

  • @maxximumb
    @maxximumb 4 роки тому +146

    There's never been a president that's been able to do what I've done... In the worst way possible, he's right.

    • @Snowy265
      @Snowy265 4 роки тому +15

      A+++ for complete incompetence.

    • @dodgyb2001
      @dodgyb2001 4 роки тому +4

      Dunning kruger in full effect...

    • @mitseraffej5812
      @mitseraffej5812 4 роки тому +1

      And maybe his crowning glory will be leading us all into a nuclear conflict. No one has done this, yet. He won’t be able to do this alone of course, he will need the other two megalomaniacs Putin and Xi.

    • @jeffsmith5787
      @jeffsmith5787 4 роки тому

      @@dodgyb2001 Dunning Kruger personified.

    • @jengsci8268
      @jengsci8268 4 роки тому +1

      Agree. It is sad, and unfortunately all too true.

  • @thomasoconnor2076
    @thomasoconnor2076 4 роки тому +307

    There's never been a president who loves himself as much as trump does

    • @rickkinsman7400
      @rickkinsman7400 4 роки тому +36

      There's never been a President who has achieved so much despite being handicapped by the Democrats and the Fake News Media.

    • @danielmapps7821
      @danielmapps7821 4 роки тому +53

      @@rickkinsman7400 he has achieved a lot, a lot of deaths.

    • @alexalexandrou99
      @alexalexandrou99 4 роки тому +18

      @@danielmapps7821 how did he make corona is it his fault and i havnt seen him invade any countrys like all before him.

    • @allosaurusfragilis7782
      @allosaurusfragilis7782 4 роки тому +41

      He projects his failings onto others. Everything he accuses others of, he does himself....x10. I m not sure if he does love himself, hes consumed by hatred and bitterness and jealousy. Not what youd expect from a rich successful guy. Whats the point if thats what it does to you? I think he knows hes not rich, successful, clever or a good person, deep down. And he spits ot out constantly. Absolute nightmare of a president.

    • @markoconnell2458
      @markoconnell2458 4 роки тому +12

      @@rickkinsman7400 I'm a lefty as you're probably going to call me what are his policies because i haven't heard a thing

  • @kyoshikozan1712
    @kyoshikozan1712 4 роки тому +214

    US really needs to reassess their citizen's access to healthcare. I come for a very humble country, yet in every pharmacy you can get your blood pressure measured for free.

    • @RudolfGraspointner
      @RudolfGraspointner 4 роки тому +9

      US and UK should "reassess" there efforts to help the immune-systems of citizens!

    • @nateb6899
      @nateb6899 4 роки тому +17

      The US Healthcare system has a lot of problems, but most grocery stores and department stores with a pharmacy do have free to use BP machines, as do most stand alone pharmacies.

    • @ozzy1243
      @ozzy1243 4 роки тому +3

      A lot of Americans are now practising veganism. The uk has to catch up.

    • @lzeph
      @lzeph 4 роки тому +25

      @@ozzy1243
      Just to be clear, it depends on how you define "a lot". I wouldn't have characterized 3% of the population as "a lot".

    • @TheRealUncensoredTravelGuide
      @TheRealUncensoredTravelGuide 4 роки тому +12

      Kyoshi Kozan It’s one of the main reasons I may go to work in Canada for my company or back to Asia with previous opportunities. America has some of the best technology, but hospital patients can’t afford it. Plus, if Trump cheats the system somehow and wins the election, I’m definitely moving and have already reached out respectfully to those places I’m welcome to work.

  • @edmills9160
    @edmills9160 4 роки тому +62

    Thank you Stephen Fry for being a voice of and for reason in these difficult times.

    • @seanmoran2743
      @seanmoran2743 2 роки тому

      Difficult times caused by man made mass hysteria 🙄
      Just wait for the economic hit !

  • @indoorgangster
    @indoorgangster 4 роки тому +51

    If Humanity ever faces imminent annihilation, have Stephen deliver the news.

    • @nelsonclub7722
      @nelsonclub7722 4 роки тому +4

      We are. And he just did.

    • @gavsmith1980
      @gavsmith1980 4 роки тому +2

      Watch Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, where he kinda does that.
      #solongandthanksforallthefish

    • @nelsonclub7722
      @nelsonclub7722 4 роки тому +2

      @@gavsmith1980 My fave book/TV series ever. What was interesting about Douglas Adams was his quote regarding Presidency. "It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

    • @normalizedinsanity4873
      @normalizedinsanity4873 4 роки тому

      We are, but not from the virus that is being used as a diversion and to implement police state repression.
      Collapse
      ua-cam.com/video/mQhjqCd7Eec/v-deo.html
      There's No Tomorrow (limits to growth & the future)
      ua-cam.com/video/VOMWzjrRiBg/v-deo.html

    • @burstcity3832
      @burstcity3832 3 роки тому

      Just make sure he uses his "serious" personality! His "humour" personality might get mischievous!

  • @MC_AU
    @MC_AU 4 роки тому +48

    I’ve become aware that the fall of educational standards have created a simplistic 2D-aware population.
    These people exist ‘in the moment’, without any concept of the causes or consequences of this moment.
    People that are 3D-aware, are frustrated at this blinding ignorance of how we got here, or where we are going. No easy fix if people don’t understand context.

    • @misanthropichumanist4782
      @misanthropichumanist4782 4 роки тому +2

      @Jeff Webb
      And just how do you suggest avoiding them? They're everywhere. They're multiplying. Even if they can be avoided, their effects cannot be. Worst of all, as frustration, fear, and despair start setting in, "3Ders," can *turn* 2D
      I know that last, because I can feel the symptoms in myself: Temptation to embrace contempt and hatred for significant swathes of humanity. Consigning millions as "beyond help."
      So much easier than wrestling with the fact that we share our humanity with these... things, isn't it? 🤔

    • @madshorn5826
      @madshorn5826 4 роки тому +1

      @@misanthropichumanist4782
      Let me inject some optimism here :-)
      The problem isn't 'people' it is politicians and businesses getting votes and profit from misinformation.
      When you interact respectfully with people you discover that the majority are open to arguments.
      A subset is outright denying reality, but in my experience they typically belongs to one of two groups: 1) the mentally ill and 2) the paid trolls deliberately spreading misinformation for governments or businesses.
      The mentally ill typically engage in "dialogs" where they don't listen and generally discredit their own standpoint by highlighting that there isn't any sane arguments :-)
      The latter is very vocal and rarely engage. They skew the picture considerably.
      If we get our politicians reigned in (I'm looking at you, Boris, and you, Trump) and step up the troll hunting we can turn the tide.
      Imagine what could be done if the advertising industry started to peddle reason instead of junk!

    • @captain007x
      @captain007x 4 роки тому +2

      Yes and may God help America come out of this nightmare.

    • @misanthropichumanist4782
      @misanthropichumanist4782 4 роки тому +1

      @@madshorn5826
      (Long post in coming)
      You make some decent points, thank you.
      However, I was mostly trying to point out the potential danger of Jeff's "don't waste your time with them," attitude. Also, that I *can* empathize with said attitude, if not worse ones, and find that fact unsettling. I definitely didn't express myself with optimal clarity, so apologies for that! 🤔
      Back to your points:
      I agree that the biggest problems are ringleaders, professional sycophants, etc. However, in addition to the conventionally mentally ill, you forgot the religiously motivated. These may or maynot count as ill. Either way, religious motivations are devilishly difficult to counter with reason, almost by definition. I know, religion can motivate good things, too! But at least in the U.S. there is a large segment of the population whose religion drives them to support the... well, makes them strong supporters of the current garbage fire the country is becoming. e.g. Anti-Choicers, Creationists(especially "Young Earth) and Biblical Literalists(all of whose ideas are definitely *unintelligently* designed!) and the Armageddon-seeking Christian Dominionists and Christian Zionists.
      And sure, their actual numbers may be relatively low, but they actually work to advance their agendas aggressively, and vote. I think a BIG part of the problem in the US is... sane(r) people don't vote in sufficient numbers. (Well that, and Electoral college, and the things that have given us such a vile stew of ideologies in the first place!)
      Also, the fact that we're in this situation proves that we (as a country/ies, or even as a species) had (and presumably still have) the *capacity* to put ourselves here. Looking at history, our current crisis didn't appear suddenly (Covid excepted, I guess.) It developed over decades, if not centuries. Nor is this the first time such things have happened. Indeed, if anything, they only stopped being the norm (at least, in some parts of the world) comparatively recently.
      This leads me to the ultimate source of our (humanity's) problems: Humans, ourselves. Not because we're "fallen," or originally sinful. It's because we're products of evolution, and because we are *necessarily* (due to thermodynamics, et al.) limited beings. We're *not* fallen. If anything, we're in the process of rising! But, that process is slow. It's difficult, especially when faced with the challenges of life, and... its outcome is uncertain. And, our ascension is ordained by absolutely noone and nothing. At least, as far as I can tell.
      Now, I'm not referring to any sort of spiritual or metaphysical concept. Simply the ability for our species to advance in our understanding of the universe, and our collective abilities to make life suck less for ourselves and each other.
      Sorry guess a tl;dr:
      I'm already as optimistic as I can be, because I see amazing potential in our kind. I'm just massively pissed off that said potential hasn't been more fully and universally realized. 🤔

    • @tambam7340
      @tambam7340 4 роки тому

      @@madshorn5826 governments aren't in control anymore... its the WEF (davos billionaires) silly

  • @alightvlogging
    @alightvlogging 4 роки тому +11

    Lovely video as always.
    One point that bugs me though is your graphs! i.e. 4:21 no labels on axis and using different scales when 2 graphs compared next to each other is quite duplicitous when trying to get people to listen & understand science.

  • @overimagination2812
    @overimagination2812 4 роки тому +248

    Trump: "Can't we just poke a hole in our bodies to relieve our high blood pressure? Ya know, like a tire?"

    • @Pindexsf
      @Pindexsf  4 роки тому +27

      This made me laugh : )

    • @autumncolours8602
      @autumncolours8602 4 роки тому +6

      Medieval blood letting!
      Trump leaching on his country?
      😷🌍💕❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🤍💕

    • @BrokenSymetry
      @BrokenSymetry 4 роки тому +10

      I had to think hard to decide this was satire

    • @liquidminds
      @liquidminds 4 роки тому +5

      @@autumncolours8602 I think medieval bloodletting was more "leeching" ;-)

    • @sugarXsnapXpea
      @sugarXsnapXpea 4 роки тому +4

      That would make you flat.

  • @ramblerandy2397
    @ramblerandy2397 4 роки тому +170

    As an essential worker who wears a facemask most of the time, and practices safe distancing, I'm often appalled at the cavalier attitude to wearing PPE and social distancing. As I also shop for several people who are isolating, I make sure I wear a mask in supermarkets. I'm in tiny minority.

    • @rowan8877
      @rowan8877 4 роки тому +13

      And how do you feel after breathing in your own carbon dioxide all day?

    • @ramblerandy2397
      @ramblerandy2397 4 роки тому +35

      @@rowan8877 Not the greatest. But I'm well used to it now. However, the important thing is that I am protecting others.
      There is a great misunderstanding involving wearing facemasks. In themselves they are not great protectors. What they do is protect others from the wearer's breath. Unfortunately, it unravels slightly if others do not wear facemasks. Wear them, and gloves if you can. The lockdown will be shortened and people's lives will be saved if people comply for this temporary time. It's not going to be forever.

    • @jackmack1061
      @jackmack1061 4 роки тому +17

      @@rowan8877 Be silent, fool.

    • @TheRealUncensoredTravelGuide
      @TheRealUncensoredTravelGuide 4 роки тому +11

      Rambler Andy if you were in Oregon, my state...people look at the person who’s not wearing a mask. A mask here is a sign of respect to fellow citizens, obviously for one’s health and we don’t want our death toll to increase. Post phase 1 reopening 2 weeks ago in all but 4 counties. The deaths went from 161 to 181. The governor said in a recent interview, “I rather people be upset about a lockdown than angry about not acting fast enough.” Many people know she has faults in her policies in the past, but most of the state (minus rural areas) agree with her stance and prefer not to return back to work.

    • @rowan8877
      @rowan8877 4 роки тому +2

      @@jackmack1061 I'm pretty sure no one was talking to you

  • @028prasath
    @028prasath 4 роки тому +69

    That heavy machinery drowning into water as Trump speaks is the perfect metaphor

    • @dougaltolan3017
      @dougaltolan3017 4 роки тому

      @Trigger Troll How many bites do you get?

    • @Alic4444
      @Alic4444 4 роки тому

      @Trigger Troll Most Americans now identify soy milk as the greatest threat to modern american life.

  • @valeriedhodson3014
    @valeriedhodson3014 3 роки тому +10

    The sound of the narrator is so comforting and soothing. He sounds so kind.

    • @adwarbarbar3722
      @adwarbarbar3722 3 роки тому +1

      He's very famous in the UK

    • @fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810
      @fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810 3 роки тому +1

      Stephen Fry.
      The man is an absolute legend.
      To see more of his acting look at Blackadder, Jeeves & Wooster, of his hosting of Qi.
      The epitome of roll model.

    • @andybray9791
      @andybray9791 3 роки тому

      We have George monbiot who’s a mock Attenborough

    • @KelsaRavenlock
      @KelsaRavenlock 3 роки тому

      @@adwarbarbar3722 he is famous in the U.S. as well.

  • @sfperalta
    @sfperalta 4 роки тому +2

    Trump is the poster-boy for the Dunning-Kruger effect.

  • @JackShirley
    @JackShirley 4 роки тому +162

    Stephen Fry for PM!

    • @Pindexsf
      @Pindexsf  4 роки тому +26

      How different things would be : )

    • @petermarshall1784
      @petermarshall1784 4 роки тому +6

      @@Pindexsf Which leads to the question: Why do we end up with people with seemingly the least appropriate qualifications and backgrounds in positions of most control?
      We live (or lived) in a highly technical, rapidly changing multi cultural society. Our governing organisations ought to reflect that situation in terms of backgrounds and qualifications etc. It doesn't look that way. Perhaps I'm wrong and the back benches are teeming doctors, nurses, surgeons, teachers, technologists, scientists, engineers etc.

    • @mikeblatzheim2797
      @mikeblatzheim2797 4 роки тому +15

      @@petermarshall1784
      That's because generally the more intelligent a person, the more aware of what they don't know they are. So soneone who would do a decent job might consider the task and say 'I'm not the best person for this, and I have no personal reason to do so', whilst a very stupid person thinks more along the lines of 'I'm the best, how hard can it be, everyone will love me'.
      I've forgotten who the quote was from, but it reads something like 'A stupid person thinks they know everything, but it takes a genius to realize how little one knows'.

    • @Pindexsf
      @Pindexsf  4 роки тому +10

      You've probably noticed, we made a video about the the Dunning-Kruger effect : ) ua-cam.com/video/rW9R6jgE7SQ/v-deo.html

    • @KingDomIV
      @KingDomIV 4 роки тому

      But ive already said all this and i just got attacked for it. No-one for PM. Death to humanity.

  • @alejandrosoto6162
    @alejandrosoto6162 3 роки тому +4

    I may be conditioned by his audiobooks but Stephen’s voice delivers information to my ears like a lover spoon-feeding me ice cream.

  • @Gribbo9999
    @Gribbo9999 4 роки тому +10

    The mask question is interesting. Australia and New Zealand have done a good job (so far) on control of Covid and masks were a rare site even during the first wave peak and never recommended for general use in public.

    • @denisdaly1708
      @denisdaly1708 4 роки тому +7

      When the numbers are really low, masks effects are small. But when the numbers are bigger, masks become essential. That's why.

    • @Deschutron
      @Deschutron 4 роки тому

      Maybe they could have done it faster with masks.

    • @mytwocents848
      @mytwocents848 4 роки тому +3

      I'm American and I agree with everything you said. Most of us are appalled and embarrassed about this POTUS, not to mention horrified that such a criminal is still in office. But not for long!

  • @Outside85
    @Outside85 4 роки тому +34

    I have to admit that Stephen sounds a lot like Sir Attenborough in this.

    • @Moamanly
      @Moamanly 4 роки тому

      EXACTLY what I was thinking.

    • @jmc4975
      @jmc4975 4 роки тому

      Definitely on par with their pronunciations and pitches 👍

    • @metalzonemt-2
      @metalzonemt-2 4 роки тому +2

      It's Sir David or Sir David Attenborough, not Sir Attenborough.

    • @tabularasa0606
      @tabularasa0606 4 роки тому

      @@metalzonemt-2
      Or just David, titles are stupid ancient nonsense.

  • @morganrowell1373
    @morganrowell1373 4 роки тому +4

    I got to say Stephen' narration was informative and pleasing to listen to. I dare say that his voice can give Morgan Freemans narration a good run for his money, maybe even better.

  • @daniellepearsall4978
    @daniellepearsall4978 4 роки тому +70

    Anytime I see the name Stephen Fry, I click. He is absolutely a treasure.

    • @originalbadboy32
      @originalbadboy32 4 роки тому

      @J and M ??? Lol what

    • @originalbadboy32
      @originalbadboy32 4 роки тому +1

      @J and M unfounded? Tell that to the Nissan Sunderland workers and their families when a no deal Brexit happens..
      But of course that's project fear, even though it isn't

    • @originalbadboy32
      @originalbadboy32 4 роки тому +3

      @J and M come on are you really that thick? ... (Rhetorical) Trump himself and his government goons have said that even the NHS wasn't off the table in trade talks. Then of course there are the current multiple cabinet members that wrote a book several years ago which included parts about scrapping the NHS.
      Remind me who gave the biggest political donation to leave.eu ? And remind me what his main business is? If you can't put 2 and 2 together and get 4 that's your problem.
      It's not a conspiracy, because they are doing it in front of your very eyes. And it's not a theory because there are cold hard facts to back it up.
      Educate yourself before it's too late.

    • @damianbylightning6823
      @damianbylightning6823 4 роки тому

      Yes, he should be buried and the location known only to a few.

  • @jackmack1061
    @jackmack1061 4 роки тому +88

    I think I could listen to Stephen Fry counting to a million.

    • @Deschutron
      @Deschutron 4 роки тому +4

      I could listen to General Melchett devising a coronavirus response plan..

    • @ThePlutarch44
      @ThePlutarch44 4 роки тому +3

      He has what Brits call a "posh" accent. "Posh" means educated or rich or both. Stephen is educated, certainly. I've no idea as to whether he's rich or not. Anyhow, he's a pleasure to listen to.

    • @4vesta255
      @4vesta255 4 роки тому +1

      William MacKenzie We call it an RP accent.

    • @PercivalBlakeney
      @PercivalBlakeney 4 роки тому +1

      @@Deschutron
      Baaaaaah!
      😁

    • @Panbaneesha
      @Panbaneesha 4 роки тому

      Let him read the phone book, I'll listen. :D

  • @derricksimpson2643
    @derricksimpson2643 3 роки тому +5

    Hearing Stephen Fry's voice helps me reflect on life and reminds me of the very famous words "We don't make mistakes just happy accidents"

  • @ammoboots9050
    @ammoboots9050 4 роки тому +7

    Had an interesting experience re wearing mask in public in NZ when we were locked-down over Easter. Went into a dairy and no-one was wearing a mask in line. I was wearing a mask (admittingly also wearing fire service t-shirt). When I came out and people saw me wearing a mask they all started lifting their T-shirts up to cover their faces or got a handkerchief out to do the same!

    • @limacnaughton3352
      @limacnaughton3352 4 роки тому

      I have friends who are nurses (working in community nursing not hospital...) Who said the same thing happened when they were wearing uniform...

    • @siljrath
      @siljrath 4 роки тому

      readily led. fear induces obedience and conformity.

  • @kurtreznor
    @kurtreznor 4 роки тому +10

    Optimism?
    Well, crap. I better go get my will written up.

    • @insanityrulestheday
      @insanityrulestheday 4 роки тому +1

      As a wise Woman once said, "If YOU knew what You were being born into this MAD World for, You'd ask not to COME". :-(

  • @R-Mc-3
    @R-Mc-3 4 роки тому +12

    Thank you Pindex and Mr.Fry.

  • @williamgeorgefraser
    @williamgeorgefraser 4 роки тому +3

    I'm 68 years old, I see a doctor about once every 10 years and friends tell me I don't eat enough. I've never been fat, always been active and capable of working in small spaces where others can't. I eat what I need to survive. I don't eat to gorge myself and become obese. I'm one of the lucky ones who are rarely ill and never overweight. My friends can look after their own obesity problems, not mine.

  • @whataloadofbollox
    @whataloadofbollox 4 роки тому +12

    I wonder if Boris still loves shaking hands !

    • @niniv2706
      @niniv2706 3 роки тому

      The problem is NOT shaking hands ... It is circulating in the public area with symptoms . Boris is the biggest Dud in years . He could make a difference but has bowed to allah, sorry ... Globalist agenda . Shaking hands is not the problem .

    • @niniv2706
      @niniv2706 3 роки тому

      That clip presenting mr Biden has on the proper side of science ... Is false . Democrats opposed travel bans - mask wearing - and most restrictions from the beginning . Nancy Pelosi opposed publically mr Trump's reaction to early signs of a crisis .
      Mr Biden presented as on the good side of history ... Is a lie .
      WHO was from the start the public mouthpiece for the Chinese gov . Mid January it was still relating the virus was NOT transmissible humans to humans .
      That clip is a fraud just like the latest election in USA . When science is politicized ... It ceases to be science . Most cities where C19 did most damages were and are under ... Yeah ... Democrats control and admn . Food for thought . It would take serious balls of steel to "claim" NY city did good in managing the C19 crisis ... But it is easier to blame Trump because ... Orange man bad . Right ?

  • @edwardharrop5819
    @edwardharrop5819 4 роки тому +6

    The presentation was early in the cycle of the pandemic. Perhaps it is time to update it based on current evens. Thank you

    • @annoyedaussie3942
      @annoyedaussie3942 3 роки тому +3

      You mean it would be more damming now. Yep tend to agree.

  • @robertalker652
    @robertalker652 4 роки тому +67

    Stephen Fry is a treasure; a man steeped in humanity. He's even a source of optimism for me - of all things!

    • @onepalproductions
      @onepalproductions 4 роки тому

      He's a worthless, state-sponsored flunky, who in the eyes of intellectually-feckless simpletons, appears grandiose and knowledgeable as he spouts ineffable twaddle.

    • @hejla4524
      @hejla4524 4 роки тому +1

      @@onepalproductions His voice gets on my nerves with its pompous self-importance.

    • @seanmoran2743
      @seanmoran2743 2 роки тому

      Yeah right
      What’s he’s bias ?
      Utopia is only reached through a sea of blood and you never get there !

  • @mn4169
    @mn4169 4 роки тому +2

    Very good and full of facts not the usual political rubbish blurring the minds of the people.

  • @theGoogol
    @theGoogol 4 роки тому +6

    So THIS is where Stephen Fry is hiding! :)
    Subscribed (within a heart beat)! TY

  • @apenza4304
    @apenza4304 4 роки тому +48

    The US has a health sick and not a health care system. We get some care after we get sick. We are as good at preventing sickness as we are in preventing the spread of COVID-19

    • @peetsnort
      @peetsnort 4 роки тому +4

      I have been taking zinc and vitamin d3 3000 iu since October and copper and manganese will protect your endothelial lining protecting your cells from the penertration by the virus. I'm 60 and I'm fighting fit and I have taken care of my health and am now being crippled by the government say so by being unemployed and I won't get any money like that 1200 chickenfeed shit they're placating the Americans with

    • @craigporter8873
      @craigporter8873 4 роки тому +2

      @@peetsnort Have you ever heard of the placebo effect mate ?

    • @peetsnort
      @peetsnort 4 роки тому +1

      @@craigporter8873 I have studied virology and I totally aware of the placebo.

    • @peetsnort
      @peetsnort 4 роки тому +1

      @@craigporter8873 skip to the 15 minute mark if it's too complicated. It explains the building blocks of the endothelial lining. ua-cam.com/video/Aj2vB_VITXQ/v-deo.html

    • @ArmourRules
      @ArmourRules 4 роки тому

      You're right. People need to see their doctor at least once a year! I've been getting a physical and full blood work done every year for the past 9 years now. I'm now 46. Unfortunately I'm overweight and my HDL is a little high but there's no family history of heart disease or stroke so my doctor isn't that concerned about it.

  • @clarissagafoor5222
    @clarissagafoor5222 4 роки тому +18

    Although it was horrible, SARS was a great teacher for us here in Hong Kong, despite being very, very harsh!

    • @spinalcrackerbox
      @spinalcrackerbox 4 роки тому

      I lived in Bangkok at that time and it left a big impression on me as well. I listened to the experts saying it will be back one day (and probably better adapted to us hosts).
      It was only last year I re-watched a SARS documentary, trying to understand better how it had spread within Hong Kong so fast.

  • @1jotun136
    @1jotun136 4 роки тому +4

    Steven, some friends and I were doing a thought experiment, with the question being, who would you want to make first contact if aliens some day appeared in our sky. You were in the top three consistently. That's how much your thoughtfulness and demeanor is valued.

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 4 роки тому +1

      Brilliant. 😊👍

  • @jimparr01Utube
    @jimparr01Utube 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you Stephen. A couple of good laughs among the serious subject you address.

  • @Tahoza
    @Tahoza 4 роки тому +6

    You should put your patreon link in the description so people can find it.

    • @Pindexsf
      @Pindexsf  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks, it's there.

  • @Jenifer_R_
    @Jenifer_R_ 4 роки тому +2

    This is one of those clips where I don't know whether to "Like" or "Dislike"... Because it is ALL Appalling!!

  • @epictetus9766
    @epictetus9766 4 роки тому +21

    Another great video, thanks.

  • @BardedWyrm
    @BardedWyrm 4 роки тому +1

    Pessimism is a learned trait of individuals whose lives have sucked due to events and conditions beyond their control. Of course that learned trait would be correlated to a reduced life expectancy.

  • @lost_boy
    @lost_boy 4 роки тому +6

    From now on, I’m only going to do things Stephen Fry says I should do.

    • @CasparMacRae
      @CasparMacRae 4 роки тому +2

      Much better that what "Simon Says" - far too much toe touching :-P

  • @olivergilpin
    @olivergilpin 4 роки тому +19

    Feedback for the video - the storyline wasn’t too clear, and title didn’t align with the first few minutes

    • @tambam7340
      @tambam7340 4 роки тому

      You didn't get a heart from Stephen!!!

    • @brianlaroche8856
      @brianlaroche8856 3 роки тому

      I agree, its all over the place, bad president, = epidemic, didnt say china = origin virus, , never said there is hundreds of corona strains, 19 just means a date. What is more disturbing is the 1) accident vs infection rate comparison, and the asertion that 2) most carriers not showing symptoms are infecting most fatalities.... waith a sec... stroke heart dissease is part of life. Bad habits or genetics etc... accidents people take unecessary risks thats any football F1 ski sport etc , now that leaves more imposible burden of proof to say. 1)No dont have simptoms but may be positive
      2) maybe positive infect someone at risk induce fatality. How is this data valid from where how??
      3) thats nuts, anyone unknowingly cand cause death to somebody unhealthy or old ,??
      What, its like saying there is 1000 deaths a minute from natural disease accident deaths a day in the world and somebody is responsible, guilty lets stop this big brother...lets sell this is good ratings on the tele somebody out there is bound to be guilty about those 1000 deats that are inevitable , i tell ya nobody get no repect, Dr. Laugh Dangerfield

  • @leomatthis-dickson8326
    @leomatthis-dickson8326 4 роки тому +30

    "optimism extends life" holy shit I'm gonna be dead within a week

    • @PassiveSmoking
      @PassiveSmoking 4 роки тому +2

      The only thing that would make me optimistic at this point is the news that Trump and Pence are both dying of coronavirus.

    • @dougaltolan3017
      @dougaltolan3017 4 роки тому

      And that comment just tool another day off...
      Oh, why reply? His week was up a while back.

    • @kindleaccount8176
      @kindleaccount8176 3 роки тому

      Still here bud?

  • @madmatmp
    @madmatmp 4 роки тому +10

    I had a mask from day one. I knew in January that this was going to be devastating. Know one needs to tell me what to do, I am a human being that can understand prevailing conditions and adapt to them. The WHO told everyone, including the Surgeon General that masks were unnecessary. Yes, people who are paid $500k per year to protect human life told everyone not to wear a mask. I ignored this stupid fad, because I think and act independently. I feel sorry for those who listened to others. You should always listen and think for yourself. The political spin never stops and governments around the world are very clever at creating a false narrative in order to hide their failings. And people will fall for it. It’s only South Korea that has come out on top. They understood that you don’t wait and see what happens, you act with face masks and quarantine orders. What was the problem with most countries that they couldn’t do that. And when they eventually did, it was too late. I write this for the poor people who have died, God Bless you all.

    • @siljrath
      @siljrath 4 роки тому +1

      I'll never wear a mask for the reasons offered. I knew in November/December, from event201, that this was going to be a an epic scam (and years earlier had heard leaks from insiders "we're going to have people running scared of a disease without symptoms"). I am a human being often aware all perception is gamble, and try avoid ignorance-inducing arrogant-identifications. The WHO have been getting funded by which ruthless monopolist sociopaths? They, like the CDCs and governments and even corporate media, have been peddling mixed and changing messages. That they're payed absurd amounts, does not encourage confidence in their intellectual integrity and wisdom. I read the instructions/advisories on the medical masks (e.g. lines like "offers no protection"), and listened to a variety of perspectives investigating masks' effects. I feel scared of those who willfully and pridefully only listen to single sources. You should always listen and think for everybody (with that enlightened self interest (respecting other people's freedom is as your own), rather than the unenlightened self interest (succumbing to unconscious greed and separation illusion)). The political spin never stops and governments around the world are very obedient at parroting the false narrative in order to hide their funders. And yet we're still under economic duress to impair ourselves, making us more susceptible to the hypnotic repetition and controlled narrative in the 24/7 media. It's only Sweden that has come out on top, some might say if they were inclined to such epistemological hyperbole faux-pas. But indeed, Sweden seemed better broadly aware of the danger and consequences, and that a trajectory of putting everyone in a bubble would weaken immunity, cause more infectious spread and death, opted instead for a more "herd immunity" tactic, and didn't terrorize people into stress-induced ill-health. That we've been held hostage by these banker, aristocrat, oligarch crooks and old nazis for so long feeds into not only the direct ploy, but also the diminished capacity for emancipation and empowerment by the "little people", such as denial of spaceships for everybody, lending to the credence behind "the bigger the fraud, the more you'll get away with it", in face of the chorus entraining everybody to a homogenized ("new") normal in which anything outside the accepted norms is dismissed as implausible, without investigation, caught in the inducted dunning-kruger mount-stupid's certainty. Maybe instead of authoritarian kleptocratic assaults on people, we should eliminate these germ weapons labs, and dismantle the monopolist and banking empires that so hold control, and that 10,000ft dehumanizing psycho view that allows them to curate hierarchies of desk-killers. I write this for those who enjoy alternative perspective parodies, and for psyche-health therapists, such that they might manage to reach out to the sociopaths/psychopaths/apaths and those they've manipulated and blackmailed, to help heal what has them cause so much intentional death and suffering. All the best.

    • @relentlessmadman
      @relentlessmadman 3 роки тому

      Do you know how to spell no? I wear a mask, to show that I care about other people! no one told, me I had to! care about other people!

  • @LegacyFTW
    @LegacyFTW 4 роки тому +4

    I have missed you on QI, Stephen. Don’t get me wrong, I love Sandi but you’re you!

  • @WinChun78
    @WinChun78 3 роки тому +2

    There was a naked streaker ran across the beach in Blackpool this summer and one old lady had a stroke when she saw him, because she was so surprised. Her friend, however, couldn't quite reach....

  • @hughjanus900
    @hughjanus900 4 роки тому +4

    Ahh come on it’s a trump rally, surely a super duper spreader

  • @carltaylor4942
    @carltaylor4942 4 роки тому +1

    You say twice as many deaths are caused by strokes than by accidents. The very next graph you show has accidents (466) causing more deaths than strokes (401). So which are we to believe, if any? Big thumbs down for contradicting yourselves. :(

    • @drsnova7313
      @drsnova7313 4 роки тому

      Huh, well spotted. I just checked - yearly deaths through stroke in the US is around 140.000, yearly deaths by "unintentional injury" is 170.000. I guess it depends on what you consider an accident (is shooting yourself with your gun an "accident"? A "suicide"? A "gun-related death"?), and they did not make this clear.

  • @StarkRG
    @StarkRG 4 роки тому +10

    I'd like to nominate Stephen Fry to narrate everything. Morgan Freeman can narrate American things, Stephen Fry can narrate everything else. Given the way things are going, though, I'd like him to at least narrate the eulogy for Homo sapiens.

    • @gamesandfun781
      @gamesandfun781 4 роки тому

      Not making fun of their ages but let us hope they are still here this time next year to do so

  • @Pindexsf
    @Pindexsf  4 роки тому +10

    Join us and watch our next video now, at patreon.com/pindex (or subscribe to watch it here soon).

  • @bryank5523
    @bryank5523 4 роки тому +3

    I was NOT pleased to know he shook hands with everybody, thank you Boris

    • @plerpplerp5599
      @plerpplerp5599 4 роки тому +1

      Yes. And the bastard survived! That is, if actually contracted it.

  • @JohnnieHougaardNielsen
    @JohnnieHougaardNielsen 4 роки тому +4

    While personal optimism is indeed a healthy choice, optimism on behalf of others may be disastrously unhealthy for them.

    • @lzeph
      @lzeph 4 роки тому +1

      How so?
      Not arguing at all here; I'm interested in how you came to that conclusion.

    • @JohnnieHougaardNielsen
      @JohnnieHougaardNielsen 4 роки тому +1

      @@lzeph Like when telling people that the current pandemic virus is just a little flu they don't need to worry about. Most likely that have greatly contributed to the current exponential spread in Brazil. Other country leaders have also been known to be excessively optimistic about what effect the virus would have on their population, and delayed steps which could have brought down the death toll significantly.

    • @lzeph
      @lzeph 4 роки тому

      @@JohnnieHougaardNielsen
      Thanks for clarifying. I'd not characterize the expression of ignorance as 'optimism' but I understand what you're saying.

    • @CasparMacRae
      @CasparMacRae 4 роки тому +1

      @@lzeph I love the Pindex comment section - rationale people honestly querying each other's statements - not shutting each other down with vile replies but opening up discussion. Thank you

  • @jonminton3574
    @jonminton3574 4 роки тому +11

    Those masks at the end are terrifying. The Island of Dr Moreau isn't a look to aspire to!

    • @ArmourRules
      @ArmourRules 4 роки тому

      I was thinking the same thing. They're something you'd see in a horror movie!

  • @squishydafishy
    @squishydafishy 4 роки тому +3

    Stephen Fry is the one man I can honestly say I am in love with. 😁 Stay healthy, happy, safe and successful wherever you are Mr. Fry

  • @FrederickFokker
    @FrederickFokker 4 роки тому +3

    I'm optimistic...that we're all doomed.

  • @nickp1548
    @nickp1548 4 роки тому +4

    According to the chart, Spain has negative 'average new deaths'. How does that work? Are people coming back to life?

    • @razzle1964
      @razzle1964 4 роки тому +2

      I'm just guessing/speculating but, the 'average' is derived from available data, up to a given date ...
      ... so if, for example, the average daily death rate by the end of May was, say, 200 - if the number of deaths on the 1st June was 100, then maybe THIS would be judged as 'negative' as it's below the latest average.
      Dunno, though. Was just a guess. Spain DID have a bloody strict lockdown, though. The rate could'a dropped thru' the floor, I suppose?!

    • @akimbo139
      @akimbo139 4 роки тому +3

      @@razzle1964 Super strict lockdown yet high per capita deaths. The numbers are down as it's pretty much run its course and they have herd immunity.

    • @pynn1000
      @pynn1000 4 роки тому +2

      It's supposed to be a three day average i.e. deaths in one day averaged over that day and the 2 previous. This dip was on 25 May (Ascension) and next two days, followed by the steepest rise in the whole of Spain's covid-19 history. I'd like to know more these figures and about the "average" they used - Razzle may be right -or it may be several days of missing or incomplete data. (The direct source, Our World in Data, has great goals and is reliable.)

    • @razzle1964
      @razzle1964 4 роки тому +1

      @@pynn1000 Always open to understanding the correct interpretation.
      In essence, I suppose discussion of any stats is moot, given that the deaths are more important than how raw data is conveyed.
      That said, accuracy IS pretty bloody important too, lol!

    • @insanityrulestheday
      @insanityrulestheday 4 роки тому +1

      What as? Zombies. :-(

  • @cmdrtianyilin8107
    @cmdrtianyilin8107 4 роки тому +13

    I'd sell my soul to Mephistopheles just to get Stephen Fry's voice stuck in my head.

  • @chrismckellar9350
    @chrismckellar9350 4 роки тому +2

    Here in New Zealand, after 8 weeks of lock downs, closed boarders and 23 day of no new COVID19 cases, 2 new cases of COVID19 have been recorded. Don't under estimate the ongoing effects of COVID19.

    • @zumamaya2396
      @zumamaya2396 4 роки тому

      My son was at a funeral today with an American who had just landed in NZ and did not quarantine before attending???

    • @em_pen
      @em_pen 4 роки тому +1

      @@zumamaya2396 We keep hearing stories like that :( Especially now we have our 3rd new case, looks like lots of other potential cases are about to hit us. We knew it was coming, but that was far too easy... there were quarantine rules and even those with exemptions had super strict rules to follow. People were just stupid.

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella 4 роки тому +3

      NZ's borders are not closed.
      65 thousand people (mostly kiwis) have entered NZ since entry was restricted.
      And the new cases are not of domestic origin.
      So the lockdown does seem to have eliminated community transmission.

  • @abdullahchhab2325
    @abdullahchhab2325 4 роки тому +17

    Love Stephen from Syria

  • @pamelaclarke5062
    @pamelaclarke5062 4 роки тому +4

    This is an advert...do people not realise?

  • @ianl1052
    @ianl1052 4 роки тому +3

    Stephen, have you considered going into politics? I would give you my vote no matter which Party you were leader of.

    • @billywillis47
      @billywillis47 3 роки тому

      Yes and we would ignore your vote just like he wants to do on brexit!

  • @joshmarden9933
    @joshmarden9933 3 роки тому +1

    So we know the Republicans closed travel in Jan, and we know the Democrats wouldn't have closed until March.
    So Republicans saved 2 million + lives? Crazy, not to mention the drug, alchohol and suicide deaths caused by extended lockdowns and job loss.

  • @milton7763
    @milton7763 4 роки тому +9

    Still, Boris was right: I was pleased to know he was shaking coronavirus patients’ hands

  • @SirMegaManNeoX
    @SirMegaManNeoX 3 роки тому +1

    It Was The Anime No-Rin That Taught Me Why We Programed To Eat Lead Cause It's Tasty And Look At Broccoli Like It'll Kill Us? Also Love How Spain Resurrected The Dead. 4:02

  • @thathobbitlife
    @thathobbitlife 4 роки тому +3

    Love ya Stephen Fry! Thank you for this.. I am imagining the Master of The Lake telling me about risks 😀😃😂 (The HOBBIT)

  • @browsfarmpartnership6790
    @browsfarmpartnership6790 4 роки тому +1

    This is so typical of Steven Fry. So many who died of COVID 19 did so because of their own poor lifestyle chooses. Eat too much, drink too much no exercise. But no don’t blame the individual it has to be the governments fault. “The lord helps them that helps themselves” Sadly if many of those that died took full responsibility for their own well being by not over indulging they would be alive today. My 94 year old mother survived COVID. 19 because she has just done that, stayed fit and healthy!!

  • @trinaholman4083
    @trinaholman4083 4 роки тому +19

    Thanks for intelligent information presented in a clear and concise manner. The graphics are perfect. And the proof of your words is right here in Australia. And NZ, where opening up after being declared covid free now has 2 new cases. This bug is not going away without a fight. A very long fight.

    • @Gribbo9999
      @Gribbo9999 4 роки тому +2

      Well they were 2 poorly managed imported cases let out of quarantine incorrectly but yeah I get your point.

    • @trinaholman4083
      @trinaholman4083 4 роки тому +3

      @@Gribbo9999 Exactly. All it takes is one person refusing to follow the rules, in this case a politician pulling strings, to set the whole thing off again. This is far from over.

  • @amywalker7515
    @amywalker7515 3 роки тому +1

    Interesting they compare entire nations to just New York City. Do Europeans realize the entire US is not New York City? When I tell people I'm from NY, they instantly assume I live in Manhattan.

  • @TheDreadfulCurtain
    @TheDreadfulCurtain 4 роки тому +10

    I love these videos they are simultaneously calming and informative.

  • @nicktreleaven4119
    @nicktreleaven4119 4 роки тому +1

    Actually there is good scientific evidence for time restricted eating and the 5:2 diet that participants don't regain the weight, particularly if they eat the traditional Mediterranean diet as well. The NHS no longer says all rapid weight loss is regained and mentions these diets. TRE and Med are also easier to stick to permanently. Evidence cited in Michael Mosley's Fast 800 book.

  • @joeschmoe7952
    @joeschmoe7952 4 роки тому +10

    Absolutely, nobody's destroyed our country as he has.

    • @magistrumartium
      @magistrumartium 4 роки тому

      Jefferson Davis and his team nearly did it.

  • @renojurkovic4751
    @renojurkovic4751 4 роки тому +2

    Oh Steven. Everything you say must be right because you have such a lovely speaking voice

  • @danremenyi1179
    @danremenyi1179 4 роки тому +3

    Stephen's voice inspires confidence.

  • @r.b.l.5841
    @r.b.l.5841 4 роки тому +1

    i did a great job, so many people called to congradulate me and a lot of them are pretty smart people, i did better than any other president in our history and some of them called me and i spoke to some and they said i did it better than they did - way better than Obama and we knew we were doing a good job and many people around the world think so, and some of them called me to say they wished they did such a great job. - self congradulations by Trump.

  • @renojurkovic4751
    @renojurkovic4751 4 роки тому +12

    So being positive is great so long as you’re not Trump. Good one

    • @renojurkovic4751
      @renojurkovic4751 4 роки тому

      maxx mabemwe yeah and who’s that buddy ?

    • @renojurkovic4751
      @renojurkovic4751 4 роки тому

      maxx mabemwe you would probably know

    • @Amy-qc2qq
      @Amy-qc2qq 4 роки тому

      Being optimistic is good for your life expectancy - Trump might well live well into old age. That doesn't mean it's good for the country when he's President - keeping people safe requires realism and a solid understanding of the facts, as well as a bit of optimism - without hope people wouldn't try at all, with too much hope they don't even think there's a problem.

    • @tambam7340
      @tambam7340 4 роки тому

      Yeah right. Let's be positive about the UN taking over... bloody great
      Stephen lovers abound... no actual analysis of what's really going on.. pah

  • @Gumbasification
    @Gumbasification 4 роки тому +1

    Brilliant. All models are wrong to some degree. Could not agree more. There is no silver bullet, it is not all black or white. But, can also understand why people crave for simplicity, as the truth is always more complex and way more uncomfortable to bear.

  • @Competitive_Antagonist
    @Competitive_Antagonist 4 роки тому +4

    8:10
    This is why I'm critical of optimism.

    • @Godhelpus62
      @Godhelpus62 3 роки тому

      There may appear at times to be a fine line between optimism and denial, as demonstrated by DJT. I wouldn’t characterize Trump’s delusional self-agrandisement and utilization of the media to spread propaganda and control his followers as optimism.

  • @rickabyg7914
    @rickabyg7914 3 роки тому +1

    So, in other words, to get healthy I need to unsubscribe from this channel (or just be very picky about which of your videos to watch).

  • @elizdonovan5650
    @elizdonovan5650 4 роки тому +7

    Stephen Fry. Immediate click. He always speaks rationally with well researched information to underpin whatever he is saying.
    Yes I’m biased in favor of Stephen Fry. Thank you.
    🌲🌝☘️

  • @ladyjatheist2763
    @ladyjatheist2763 3 роки тому +2

    ahhh Stephen I love your voice! It's so incredibly soothing and comforting... you help us find hope... I am sending love and wishes for your continued health and happiness!

  • @joebibby4463
    @joebibby4463 4 роки тому +3

    Was this a mask advertisement?

    • @insanityrulestheday
      @insanityrulestheday 4 роки тому +2

      It would be better if it was a Brain advertisement, as there's a lot of people who don't have a Brain that functions, instead readily obeying Orders, Orders which must be obeyed at all times in Planet of the Braindead. :-(

  • @lbarbato6425
    @lbarbato6425 4 роки тому +1

    Extreme far right populist leader no better than the opposite far left but, wasn’t it common sense that Trump was unfit for the job, just his behaviour and what he said prior to the elections told me that.

  • @DB-xq3yn
    @DB-xq3yn 4 роки тому +3

    Brilliant as allways. Thank you.

  • @frankday1234
    @frankday1234 3 роки тому +1

    I think it was the Readers Digest that first proposed laughter to be the best medicine. It works for me, but I have to work harder at seeing the funny side sometimes.

  • @byronbrimstone5163
    @byronbrimstone5163 4 роки тому +5

    Heart disease is NOT the leading cause of death for humans worldwide. State is.

  • @evanpage2855
    @evanpage2855 4 роки тому +1

    Oh Steven, haven't you looked around the world lately? I'm begging for something to kill me.

  • @alexportiiii6414
    @alexportiiii6414 4 роки тому +3

    Beautiful, thanks.

  • @otteottema6839
    @otteottema6839 Рік тому +1

    Stephen Fry Is used to Tell us this nonsense, because he is popular. I am sorry that he is doing this.

  • @gga5360
    @gga5360 4 роки тому +10

    Stephen Fry is a candle in the dark!

    • @insanityrulestheday
      @insanityrulestheday 4 роки тому +1

      Either that, or Edgar Allan Poe's, "Masque of the Red Death".

  • @kendallkahl8725
    @kendallkahl8725 4 роки тому +1

    The lock down only saves lives if a cure is found. Otherwise its just dragging out the misery.

  • @calebcarpenter421
    @calebcarpenter421 4 роки тому +4

    Just so you are all warned: I'm pretty confident that our (America's) response to climate change is just a slower version of our response to coronavirus. Brace yourselves.

  • @delisaster
    @delisaster 4 роки тому +1

    Can I find some non politicised fact based analysis? This one is obviously pro democrat by its own assessment.

  • @grahampilkington252
    @grahampilkington252 3 роки тому +3

    More spin. Let’s have the truth with the scientific data.

  • @craigcorson3036
    @craigcorson3036 3 роки тому +1

    I like Stephen Fry a lot, but no matter what he says, I'm not wearing a damn mosque.

  • @gamesturbator
    @gamesturbator 2 роки тому +3

    "There's never been a president even close to do what I've done." What? Betray your country and allies over and over and get away with it? He really nailed it there.