Pale imitation of Oscar Wilde unfortunately. He's nowhere near as talented as the media consensus suggests. Have any of you actually read his novels? The Liar is especially bad. He's capable of dishing out criticism but when somebody dared to do criticise him in Twitter, he threatened to leave the site like a petulant child. A couple of bad reviews and he tries to commit suicide!
Fry is a stupid man's idea of what an intelligent person sounds like. Far too much in love with his own voice
@Bastiat90 Perhaps you should learn how to construct a sentence with proper syntax free of the many dangling participles in your post, then you may warrant criticizing a genius like Mr Fry. Semantics isn't the measure of intelligence, so i'll leave my criticism of the utter drivel you've posted at that.
What is important, is to have profound cognitive faculties and critical thinking, whilst conveying these thoughts with brilliant eloquence, which is prevalent with Mr Fry and lacking in you.
@Bastiat90 I agree take away the posh accent and there's not much substance there in anything he says and does. Or at least nothing that your everyday average person couldn't say or do.
What Fry says towards the end of this 1st part is very true, and it's related to man's evolutionary propensity towards risk taking, seen all through history, even when that meant a great deal of sacrifice, in the forms of time spent, resources, or even human lives. A good example is the risks (see Japan) of maintaining a thermonuclear reactor for energy purposes.
@Fredman5551 So far up your own ass, really. Just back off of people. You're here watching this video and you seem not to get the point at all. Just because you know Point A and someone doesn't, you think you're somehow superior. There's a huge chance you don't know many things this other person knows.
@Fredman5551 I want to clarify something I thought was rather obvious here: I'm defending a principle--one for which you've no respect. ...uh, I'm finished here now.
Like anything, the more important something becomes to your routine, the more you rely on it for day to day activity. I like my computer, but I could never see myself on facebook or twitter or anything. My youtube profile is the only thing I have like that, and it doesn't have my life splashed across it.
i'm 20 and love stephen on most things, i must say though that i am not as optimistic as him about this. all the evidence suggests that our generation's concentration is lacking in the extreme, bombarded, as we are by constant information. anyone else find they can't walk along without music, for example? of course he's right that people can do both things though and i generally consider the internet to be a positive thing (clearly lol)
There are many social animals besides humans who need connection: pack animals, social insects, schooling fish, etc.
As far as chat-speak is concerned, I do think it spills from casual chat into more formal, serious areas of expression. Many modern books are filled with obvious grammatical and spelling errors, and formal workplace communication has suffered as well.
Stephen, sequence your eloquence/common sense genes, harvest them, propagate them, then sell the bastards. I'd buy them by the bucket to distribute to all. This may be not so far fetched.
@Keracher94 I'm sure he knew in advance that he'd be talking about social media, but notes I doubt. If you're aware of who he is you'd be aware that he does interviews and speaking engagements constantly, don't underestimate his articulacy.
@Keracher94 Okay, dunno how you get a lack of calmness from my response. I'll agree to disagree. Four responses is my limit for youtube comment responses, you're probably 16 for all I know. Good Luck!
Within the space of a few years, Stephen Fry has downgraded himself from comedy legend (ie on blackadder or a bit of fry and laurie) into an histrionic and melodramatic old fool who seemingly clings onto his ever growing string of sycophantic pseudo-intellectual wannabes in order to boost his self worth. Even a quick glance at his regular self-indulgent dramatics on 'twitter' can prove this.
@Kaelisra440 Don't worry I already said good old Stephen Fry is a highly talented comic actor. But the fact is that he is (or has become) a prima donna. A man posted on twitter: 'I adore and admire Stephen but I do find his tweets a bit boring(sorry stephen!!)' and Frys response is to moan and then exclaim he is quitting the site because he was insulted. Thousands of people told him they 'loved' him and that they were 'worried' - and he returned. He did very very similar a week or so ago too.
Is it weird I like the way he says 'Hmm' whilst listening to someone else? It shows pure care and concentration, that he's really focused on what they're saying.
As always, agree with him 100% - Although I might be slightly biased, as I am a teenager who enjoys learning about the english language, I was brought up with the internet and I do have friends I met online.
I wouldn't call Stephen Fry a household name. The only people aware of him are mostly fans. Compare that to someone like Tom Cruise. Even people who live under rocks know of him. I'm not saying Stephen isn't famous, I'm just saying he isn't a household name.
@lisambofoh he's only famous in britain...... hardly any one has even heard the name in north america (at least the ages 25 and under) and if they have its cause of hugh laurie
@lisambofoh Yes, actually it does still exist. Each country still has their own entertainment which isn't internationally known. It's just easier to find these things.
Watching him talk about kids make me think it's a shame he never had kids, I reckon he would have made a great father, also when, horrible thought, he's gone, none of his genes will have been passed on. Great shame.
C'mon Stephen, you must now at least one woman happy to take your turkey baster for the good of mankind! ;)
i love how Fry detractors talk about his self-importance. what they've got mixed up is that they think he's being self-important when in actual fact it's that there's a large amount of people who think he is important.
if you've followed fry before he became a household name, you'd know he's always been like this, its just he's never been asked outright before now.
I like him and agree with a lot of what he says, however I do know people who social networking has had a negative effect on. I've known couples who spend their evenings sat next to each with a laptop typing away and speaking very little to each other. Also people who feel the need to broadcast all their thoughts to the world (on facebook), without thinking about what they're saying. Not everyone is as educated as Mr Fry, so can't use the technology as intelligently as he does.
@kevvie100 And those would probably be the same couples who in years past would be reading separate copies of the newspaper beside each other or something similar.
@Nakashii I know what you mean, but still I've seen people take it to more of an extreme than that. The Internet is different to a paper, as you are able to search constantly, there's always "something else" to read. It's very easy to become hooked on it.
As long as people have self-control it shouldn't be a problem, but self-control is hard for many.
Fry is just being the lovely optimist that he is. He's probably right about the Internet though. But I'd say it's not the Internet but video/computer games that have toasted the brains of younger people.
Sage, fatherly and wise. There is no trace of pedantry or self importance, only a desire to share knowledge. A active campaigner for charity, rights, promoter of musicians and literature and speaking out on injustice he is a well rounded human being. This man for Prime Minister!
Wow. I have wished I could talk to him, and hang out with him for ages, but now I realize I would sound like a total brain dead idiot next to him. He would probably be thinking, 'What the hell is she mentally deficient?'
@VamLoveAndKisses But that's the lovely thing about Fry. He WOULDN'T. He'd sit and talk with everyone if he could. The major problem is that there's so many millions of us "Small Frys" that he doesn't have the time.
I love his frank way of delivering his knowledge. He doesn't do it self-importantly, he does it in a way that he understands other people might not know it; and he never EVER acts like he might have a better insight into it just because he already knows about it. He seems like the kind of man who would always be interested in others' opinions, far above his own thinkings. :)
I disagree - as an over-educated smart ass my self I can attest that one reason I enjoy his humour so much is how it is so much informed by his intellect
He is actually good sociologist too, seems to me. I am pleasantly surprised for s.t. he talks a bit too conservative for my taste. It is very important (and adorable) to be openminded, aspecially in higher age.
One of the best videos ive seen on Youtube, ever. This should be shown to all parents, adults. To open there mind and stop putting a brick wall up for there kids because it's obvious, the more you stop a child from doing something in there adolescent years, the grater chance they will go ahead and do it. So why destroy something they are trying to build by using technologies. I personally have learnt more using technology, then I have from normal standards such as school.
Was going to listen to him in the background...I just cant. Love this Man he commands respect, so intelligent and is certainly not a background person.You just have to stop what your doing and enjoy his candid wisdom. :))
Like hell you shall! He wouldn't like to have fans that cannot or will not think for themselves. That's his merit, he questions things that seem ' fixed' and 'true' and encourages you to do the same.
No, he isn't full of his own self academic importance. He knows what he's talking about, people ask him about it, and he answers them - no shame in that.
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I disagree with what he says about Generation Web. I wonder how many 19 or 20 year olds Stephen Fry knows in real life. His view of this demographic is very narrow. I know too many 19 and 20 year olds at uni. Most cannot construct a decent sentence. Most google for courswork essays. Many can't even speak English properly. And they are all doing Eng Lit ! Fry ought to get to know real young men and women of Generation Web. Then, he'll know that very few of that generation read Waugh.
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Yes he is charming and erudite. But he is also a happy dweller of the ivory tower. "Connection" to young people on the internet is not the best way to comment about the Generation Web. Most 10 to 20 year olds who grew up on the net are shy of reading and studying. Most of you are taken in too much by Fry. But don't forget that a multi-millionaire like Fry is unlikely to know what the majority of 20 year olds live. I am at a uni. He ought to visit places other than Oxbridge.
Stephen is such a lovely guy..and a true genius..great to know he is such a public figure and spokesman...he ranks as prob the all time great intellectuals and at the same time such a bl**dy common sense guy with real life values and feelings we can all relate and understand.....long live and speak..Stephen Fry!...a great guy!
Well, I do not need that much of the "connecting to others" thing. I am completely ok when I am alone. I ever crave to be alone most of the time. Sometimes when the need to "bond" arises and I go out among people, I usually am disappointed in the end. Most of the time is really difficult to squeeze out something constructive and knowledge-enlarging thing from most conversations. People has no ideas to share nowadays. If this lack of desire to bond makes me less human, so be it, I can bear that.
And yet you have felt the need to write this to people so that they can read it and understand your point of view and comment back. In a way is that not connecting or reaching out with humans to make a bond simply by expressing and opinion? If that sounds even the slightest bit rude it wasn't supposed to have been, just a thought.
Stephen Fry is wonderful..a great orator , and what a revelation, I had totally forgotten how in the past that so many were not allowed to communicate to the outside world..
Well said! I suggest we start an online forum, engage in chat room and start a facebook group damning isolation of the digital world. You've clearly made the first step with this online comment. If you don't like it go away
Stephen Fry saying "lol" is a fantastic thing.
EffingAndJeffing 1 month ago
Pale imitation of Oscar Wilde unfortunately. He's nowhere near as talented as the media consensus suggests. Have any of you actually read his novels? The Liar is especially bad. He's capable of dishing out criticism but when somebody dared to do criticise him in Twitter, he threatened to leave the site like a petulant child. A couple of bad reviews and he tries to commit suicide!
Fry is a stupid man's idea of what an intelligent person sounds like. Far too much in love with his own voice
Bastiat90 4 months ago
@Bastiat90 Perhaps you should learn how to construct a sentence with proper syntax free of the many dangling participles in your post, then you may warrant criticizing a genius like Mr Fry. Semantics isn't the measure of intelligence, so i'll leave my criticism of the utter drivel you've posted at that.
What is important, is to have profound cognitive faculties and critical thinking, whilst conveying these thoughts with brilliant eloquence, which is prevalent with Mr Fry and lacking in you.
DavyBrando 4 months ago
Once again, a denizen of youtube is there to prick the balloon of my pomposity!
Can you relay any of Mr Fry's original thoughts or ideas?
Bastiat90 4 months ago
@Bastiat90 I agree take away the posh accent and there's not much substance there in anything he says and does. Or at least nothing that your everyday average person couldn't say or do.
gravitybongo 1 week ago
3:28 who's the novelist? Evelyn......??
bagwa5 6 months ago
@bagwa5 Evelyn Waugh :)
icecoldlily 6 months ago
@icecoldlily arigato gozaimasu!
bagwa5 6 months ago
@bagwa5 Evelyn Waugh. Best known for writing "Brideshead Revisited"
limesuperman 5 months ago
@bagwa5 Evelyn Waugh is one of the grestest novelists of all time. I, for one, love his novels.
324wilson 1 month ago
lol, bebo
Sodhats 6 months ago
This man is incredible. I'd love to be able to be the kind of person who deserves as much respect as Stephen Fry.
iamtheboulder 6 months ago
the 15 year old of today can dis your mum better nowadays too
hurmpfff 7 months ago
"LOL"
hahaha
benvegnuzito 8 months ago
I want to hug him.
MaxReinsch 8 months ago 14
this guy is hypnotic, i can't stop listening =O
ec123456789able 8 months ago 2
My youtube comrades, I love you all. However bad your comments may ever be. Let us troll forever.
zzzzJAGJEETzzzz 8 months ago
Hey #UN#,
This was a pretty cool vid.
IMProductsReviewed1 9 months ago
Now if you open your Poppit....
TokyoScarab 9 months ago
What Fry says towards the end of this 1st part is very true, and it's related to man's evolutionary propensity towards risk taking, seen all through history, even when that meant a great deal of sacrifice, in the forms of time spent, resources, or even human lives. A good example is the risks (see Japan) of maintaining a thermonuclear reactor for energy purposes.
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hippotoast 10 months ago
what does he say at 1:06 ? and why?
ProfsrAJ 10 months ago
@ProfsrAJ
he said "amo amas amat amamus amatus amant"
which is the different conjugated forms of the word "love" in latin. Fucking noob
Fredman5551 10 months ago
@Fredman5551 Thanx. English is my second language, so I guess I'm a "fucking noob" Cheers to geniuses like u.
ProfsrAJ 10 months ago
@ProfsrAJ
English could be youre 16th language, doesnt matter because he spoke in Latin, not english. nub
Fredman5551 10 months ago
@Fredman5551 So far up your own ass, really. Just back off of people. You're here watching this video and you seem not to get the point at all. Just because you know Point A and someone doesn't, you think you're somehow superior. There's a huge chance you don't know many things this other person knows.
LeftyHandedGuns 10 months ago
@LeftyHandedGuns
Your defending a guy who got mad after he was called a "noob" on the internet. I'll let you think that one through nubcakes
Fredman5551 10 months ago
@Fredman5551 I want to clarify something I thought was rather obvious here: I'm defending a principle--one for which you've no respect. ...uh, I'm finished here now.
LeftyHandedGuns 10 months ago
@LeftyHandedGuns
Telling someone on the internet they have no respect. lol. you might as well piss in a bucket of piss, youll get farther with that.
good day noobsicle
Fredman5551 10 months ago
Fantastic! Absolutely brilliant monologue. Love hearing this man speak!!
elektrobank55 10 months ago
Here is the exact kind of video infromation I'm in need of, really appreciate your help
ThaHotCoolDude 11 months ago
How great would it be to have Stephen as your lecturer, I could listen to him for hours.
busbybrit58 11 months ago
the interviewer is cracking up. Be so hard to talk to this guy witha straight face.
nyran125 11 months ago
Inspiring.
BAMitsLOR 11 months ago
43,100 people have watched this. I think that's damn beautiful.
monkeypoks 1 year ago 2
not on your nelly!
romosupportsmota 1 year ago 28
i'm so jealous of the 12 year old who had the chance to speak to him :(
cacaofleur 1 year ago 3
Beauty and wisdom par excellence.
StephenFryphile 1 year ago
Like anything, the more important something becomes to your routine, the more you rely on it for day to day activity. I like my computer, but I could never see myself on facebook or twitter or anything. My youtube profile is the only thing I have like that, and it doesn't have my life splashed across it.
trollfinger 1 year ago
What a well refined opinion he has!
Jotto999 1 year ago
i'm 20 and love stephen on most things, i must say though that i am not as optimistic as him about this. all the evidence suggests that our generation's concentration is lacking in the extreme, bombarded, as we are by constant information. anyone else find they can't walk along without music, for example? of course he's right that people can do both things though and i generally consider the internet to be a positive thing (clearly lol)
MrTPollitt 1 year ago
I'm a YouTube junkie and I can conjugate my first declension Latin verbs no problem!
Stephen Fry needs to marry me.
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There are many social animals besides humans who need connection: pack animals, social insects, schooling fish, etc.
As far as chat-speak is concerned, I do think it spills from casual chat into more formal, serious areas of expression. Many modern books are filled with obvious grammatical and spelling errors, and formal workplace communication has suffered as well.
kepstein8888 1 year ago
god i love him, SOO AWESOME
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savannahadi 1 year ago
Stephen, sequence your eloquence/common sense genes, harvest them, propagate them, then sell the bastards. I'd buy them by the bucket to distribute to all. This may be not so far fetched.
emskins7 1 year ago
Does anybody know how where this interview is from?
kmanfitz 1 year ago
Thank you for this. Brilliant!
cofcfemmes 1 year ago
Does anyone think he's reading notes on his lap?
On second thought, of course he is.
Keracher94 1 year ago
@Keracher94 No
citizenkeane 1 year ago
@citizenkeane Well, he's obviously got some notes. He's not a god.
Keracher94 1 year ago
@Keracher94 I'm sure he knew in advance that he'd be talking about social media, but notes I doubt. If you're aware of who he is you'd be aware that he does interviews and speaking engagements constantly, don't underestimate his articulacy.
citizenkeane 1 year ago
@citizenkeane Calm down boyo
Keracher94 1 year ago
@Keracher94 Okay, dunno how you get a lack of calmness from my response. I'll agree to disagree. Four responses is my limit for youtube comment responses, you're probably 16 for all I know. Good Luck!
citizenkeane 1 year ago
@citizenkeane No, no. One more. I just think its condescending, and arrogant to assume I don't know who he is. It came across as smug.
Keracher94 1 year ago
@Keracher94 Oh, but you are mistaken. Stephen Fry is definitely a god. ;)
agentadvocate 1 year ago
Does anyone think he's reading notes on his lap?
Keracher94 1 year ago
@Keracher94 And No
citizenkeane 1 year ago
Stupid people don't seem to get those with any intelligence , as many of the morons here.
totallymargeaux 1 year ago
Within the space of a few years, Stephen Fry has downgraded himself from comedy legend (ie on blackadder or a bit of fry and laurie) into an histrionic and melodramatic old fool who seemingly clings onto his ever growing string of sycophantic pseudo-intellectual wannabes in order to boost his self worth. Even a quick glance at his regular self-indulgent dramatics on 'twitter' can prove this.
jbs4em 1 year ago
@jbs4em oh look, bitching about somehow far more talented than yourself. How original.
Any reason for your inane whining?
Kaelisra440 1 year ago
@Kaelisra440 Don't worry I already said good old Stephen Fry is a highly talented comic actor. But the fact is that he is (or has become) a prima donna. A man posted on twitter: 'I adore and admire Stephen but I do find his tweets a bit boring(sorry stephen!!)' and Frys response is to moan and then exclaim he is quitting the site because he was insulted. Thousands of people told him they 'loved' him and that they were 'worried' - and he returned. He did very very similar a week or so ago too.
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rileystephak 1 year ago
Is it weird I like the way he says 'Hmm' whilst listening to someone else? It shows pure care and concentration, that he's really focused on what they're saying.
As always, agree with him 100% - Although I might be slightly biased, as I am a teenager who enjoys learning about the english language, I was brought up with the internet and I do have friends I met online.
PurpleFunnyChocolate 1 year ago
he could talk about meat marinating and it would be amazing
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hiphophippy299 1 year ago
stephan fry is amazing
hiphophippy299 1 year ago
I wouldn't call Stephen Fry a household name. The only people aware of him are mostly fans. Compare that to someone like Tom Cruise. Even people who live under rocks know of him. I'm not saying Stephen isn't famous, I'm just saying he isn't a household name.
lisambofoh 1 year ago
@lisambofoh he's only famous in britain...... hardly any one has even heard the name in north america (at least the ages 25 and under) and if they have its cause of hugh laurie
NewAgeEagles 1 year ago 2
@lisambofoh He's a household name in Britain, you do have to remember there is a world outside of the US.
totallymargeaux 1 year ago
@totallymargeaux Household names in one country doesn't really exist anymore since the invention of the internet.
lisambofoh 1 year ago
@lisambofoh Yes, actually it does still exist. Each country still has their own entertainment which isn't internationally known. It's just easier to find these things.
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matinmadona 1 year ago
Watching him talk about kids make me think it's a shame he never had kids, I reckon he would have made a great father, also when, horrible thought, he's gone, none of his genes will have been passed on. Great shame.
C'mon Stephen, you must now at least one woman happy to take your turkey baster for the good of mankind! ;)
UKWiLFreD68 1 year ago
@UKWiLFreD68 not really
imjohnfreeman 1 year ago
i love how Fry detractors talk about his self-importance. what they've got mixed up is that they think he's being self-important when in actual fact it's that there's a large amount of people who think he is important.
if you've followed fry before he became a household name, you'd know he's always been like this, its just he's never been asked outright before now.
moralreef 1 year ago
If I hear one more inaccurate definition of "what separates us from the animals", I'm going to spew.
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jin455 1 year ago
wasnt the thought that humans are social animal an aristotles basis of thought?
jin455 1 year ago
@jin455 Almost ALL animals are social, i.e. have a need for affiliation.
nothugsinourhouse 1 year ago
i didn't even know we were called generation web
aswolf 1 year ago
hehe "squelched" - not the most intelligent comment i could have made, but it's just such a wonderful word.
milly1919 1 year ago
I like him and agree with a lot of what he says, however I do know people who social networking has had a negative effect on. I've known couples who spend their evenings sat next to each with a laptop typing away and speaking very little to each other. Also people who feel the need to broadcast all their thoughts to the world (on facebook), without thinking about what they're saying. Not everyone is as educated as Mr Fry, so can't use the technology as intelligently as he does.
kevvie100 1 year ago
@kevvie100 And those would probably be the same couples who in years past would be reading separate copies of the newspaper beside each other or something similar.
Nakashii 1 year ago
@Nakashii I know what you mean, but still I've seen people take it to more of an extreme than that. The Internet is different to a paper, as you are able to search constantly, there's always "something else" to read. It's very easy to become hooked on it.
As long as people have self-control it shouldn't be a problem, but self-control is hard for many.
kevvie100 1 year ago
Lul, Stephen said "Lul"
equallyeasilyfuqyou 1 year ago
@equallyeasilyfuqyou
Its probably the accent
HolyJ187 1 year ago
fry is god fry is god fry is god fry is god AMEN!!!!
Noxid666 1 year ago
lovely fellow
fisherman1955 1 year ago 2
Fry is just being the lovely optimist that he is. He's probably right about the Internet though. But I'd say it's not the Internet but video/computer games that have toasted the brains of younger people.
belzondium 1 year ago
I second the video description.
ayoama 1 year ago
i'd love to know someone with such passion.. people are so dull
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internettopmentor 1 year ago
Sage, fatherly and wise. There is no trace of pedantry or self importance, only a desire to share knowledge. A active campaigner for charity, rights, promoter of musicians and literature and speaking out on injustice he is a well rounded human being. This man for Prime Minister!
TheTrevorGoodchild 1 year ago 4
Wow. I have wished I could talk to him, and hang out with him for ages, but now I realize I would sound like a total brain dead idiot next to him. He would probably be thinking, 'What the hell is she mentally deficient?'
VamLoveAndKisses 1 year ago 3
@VamLoveAndKisses But that's the lovely thing about Fry. He WOULDN'T. He'd sit and talk with everyone if he could. The major problem is that there's so many millions of us "Small Frys" that he doesn't have the time.
lordhaku 1 year ago
there is something about this guy that seems to be oozing undercover agent.
Aidsus 1 year ago 3
amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant. I'm fifteen. Yay me.
EloraSmith 1 year ago
I love his frank way of delivering his knowledge. He doesn't do it self-importantly, he does it in a way that he understands other people might not know it; and he never EVER acts like he might have a better insight into it just because he already knows about it. He seems like the kind of man who would always be interested in others' opinions, far above his own thinkings. :)
AliciaDort 1 year ago
stephen frys awesome intellect often gets masked by his awesome humour, its a shame, he is awesome at both
mikesomething 1 year ago
@mikesomething
I disagree - as an over-educated smart ass my self I can attest that one reason I enjoy his humour so much is how it is so much informed by his intellect
PozzosLament 1 year ago
A modern day Renaissance man and a true philosopher! Thank goodness for Stephen Fry!
andrewkvb 1 year ago 4
He is actually good sociologist too, seems to me. I am pleasantly surprised for s.t. he talks a bit too conservative for my taste. It is very important (and adorable) to be openminded, aspecially in higher age.
finehomemadewine 1 year ago
Stephen always makes things simple i love it :D
MckaysProductions 1 year ago 4
The more I see of him, the more I love him.
MissTracyLord 1 year ago 4
One of the best videos ive seen on Youtube, ever. This should be shown to all parents, adults. To open there mind and stop putting a brick wall up for there kids because it's obvious, the more you stop a child from doing something in there adolescent years, the grater chance they will go ahead and do it. So why destroy something they are trying to build by using technologies. I personally have learnt more using technology, then I have from normal standards such as school.
Great video!
HardcoreHDGamer 1 year ago
hes brilliant and i don't think hes up himself atall. hes lost a lot of weight aswell, good on him
Blink182DudeRanch 1 year ago 17
absolute genius.
TheHusky9 1 year ago 3
Someone else said my thoughts exactly. He's so intelligent it's incredibly scary.
bobberbobbobbing 1 year ago 3
i could listen to him talk all day as well, what a guy.
him and david attenborough are the only people ill listen to on TV any more.
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kaspastarr 1 year ago 2
'squelched' woooow He can even make death sound less sucky :)
LeoDeGrand 1 year ago
Adore him. :) always have. :) charmingly flawed, and so very human. :)
Filidhe 1 year ago 2
@Filidhe 'charmingly flawed'... love that phrase Filidhe, t'is the genius :)
superpunkmuffin 1 year ago
His English is the best english I ever heard...)
BarometreFaso 1 year ago 27
oh stephen. i wish you werent gay just so we can get together and procreate. can you imagine how smart that child would be?
MsDDiddy 1 year ago 5
I love him. I am pretty sure I legitimately love him. Too bad he doesn't play for my team.
:)
isayyyitslove 1 year ago 4
He plays for my team ;)
EREproductions 1 year ago 3
I like like Mr Fry loads as well, I especially like Qi in which he is a very knowledgable host. The guests always come up trumps and all.
I think he has become the nations favourite academic.
Rikkyhardo 1 year ago 2
@Rikkyhardo
The man also has a great sense of humour ; )
AndyBoy63 1 year ago
clever man.....
goonchistaw 1 year ago
The man is a treasure.
sonofjak1971 1 year ago 5
Was going to listen to him in the background...I just cant. Love this Man he commands respect, so intelligent and is certainly not a background person.You just have to stop what your doing and enjoy his candid wisdom. :))
arniemazmax 1 year ago 4
Skinny minnie! Stephen Fry looks fabulous!
Kattemedkutter 1 year ago 4
great interview
ahabthewhaler 1 year ago
Good gods, Stephen Fry is where it's at.
adt33 1 year ago 6
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Oh dear, Stephen. If you talk to a 12 year old girl on the internet, you keep that shit to yourself...
howlinggoat 1 year ago
HURHURHUR
ganonforce 1 year ago
Goddamn, this guy is astute.
dougmanjones 1 year ago 10
@Bellantoni
Evelyn Waugh was the author
Phinious 2 years ago
who's the novelist he mentioned at 3:26
Bellantoni 2 years ago
@Bellantoni Evelyn Waugh
Davidbensonxyz 1 year ago
thou shall not question stephen fry
radicalricky 2 years ago 160
@radicalricky lol love that song, sounds like russell brandt
ebag10 1 year ago
@radicalricky
Like hell you shall! He wouldn't like to have fans that cannot or will not think for themselves. That's his merit, he questions things that seem ' fixed' and 'true' and encourages you to do the same.
jajabladibla 1 year ago
@radicalricky thats the 11th commandment as put down by Moses
MamaMario13 1 year ago
I stand corrected :)
ammorreztristar 2 years ago
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Clever guy yes-
....shame about the ego though !
I mean, come off it, he is a bit full of his own self academic importance isnt he ?
Similar to the rest of our left wing mainstream 'comedy' acts these days .
ammorreztristar 2 years ago
No, he isn't full of his own self academic importance. He knows what he's talking about, people ask him about it, and he answers them - no shame in that.
gjhsu 2 years ago 177
is this man the greatest briton? Maybe, that´s all I´m saying
yatter1 1 year ago 2
@yatter1 No way, that title has to go to Isaac Newton!, Fry is up there though ;)
crazyjedimindtrick 1 year ago
@crazyjedimindtrick But Asimov was russian
yatter1 1 year ago
@yatter1 ??? I said Isaac Newton, not Isaac Asimov.
crazyjedimindtrick 1 year ago
@crazyjedimindtrick Bugger, sorry about that
yatter1 1 year ago
@gjhsu don't worry, most of us get it. there's a few people who don't but they're just missing out.
spicyxlilxman 1 year ago
@gjhsu maybe you should read what he just said about women not liking sex the fucking idiot
arrghgarry 1 year ago
2:21 to 2:41 is very great-- but I think my favorite part was when he was talking about the 12 year old girl. I bet she screamed when she saw this.
XxBeatlesforeverxX 2 years ago 5
Stephen Fry is the only guy on youtube who NEVER has negative comments. It's amazing how charming he is.
ashburnhouse 2 years ago 22
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I disagree with what he says about Generation Web. I wonder how many 19 or 20 year olds Stephen Fry knows in real life. His view of this demographic is very narrow. I know too many 19 and 20 year olds at uni. Most cannot construct a decent sentence. Most google for courswork essays. Many can't even speak English properly. And they are all doing Eng Lit ! Fry ought to get to know real young men and women of Generation Web. Then, he'll know that very few of that generation read Waugh.
ZachClooney 2 years ago
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Yes he is charming and erudite. But he is also a happy dweller of the ivory tower. "Connection" to young people on the internet is not the best way to comment about the Generation Web. Most 10 to 20 year olds who grew up on the net are shy of reading and studying. Most of you are taken in too much by Fry. But don't forget that a multi-millionaire like Fry is unlikely to know what the majority of 20 year olds live. I am at a uni. He ought to visit places other than Oxbridge.
ZachClooney 2 years ago
Stephen is such a lovely guy..and a true genius..great to know he is such a public figure and spokesman...he ranks as prob the all time great intellectuals and at the same time such a bl**dy common sense guy with real life values and feelings we can all relate and understand.....long live and speak..Stephen Fry!...a great guy!
FSXISCOOL 2 years ago 14
Well, I do not need that much of the "connecting to others" thing. I am completely ok when I am alone. I ever crave to be alone most of the time. Sometimes when the need to "bond" arises and I go out among people, I usually am disappointed in the end. Most of the time is really difficult to squeeze out something constructive and knowledge-enlarging thing from most conversations. People has no ideas to share nowadays. If this lack of desire to bond makes me less human, so be it, I can bear that.
eydos 2 years ago 4
And yet you have felt the need to write this to people so that they can read it and understand your point of view and comment back. In a way is that not connecting or reaching out with humans to make a bond simply by expressing and opinion? If that sounds even the slightest bit rude it wasn't supposed to have been, just a thought.
dannyemerson 1 year ago 4
Stephen Fry is wonderful..a great orator , and what a revelation, I had totally forgotten how in the past that so many were not allowed to communicate to the outside world..
bpwaddell 2 years ago
Does anybody know on what online forums Stephen hangs out and discusses litterature?
engulcykel 2 years ago 2
just get him on twitter
adambunion 2 years ago
Most refreshing and realistic interview I've seen in a while
mcquain2 2 years ago 9
Looking good Stephen x
anuptightdelight 2 years ago
Excellent.
storyfan1 2 years ago
actually my thumbs really do seem a bit messed up, and I didn't have internet at home till I was 10.
what interesting talk, though...what event is this from?
Tropicaliak 2 years ago
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Technology is NOT a way of connecting, it is a way to KEEP DISTANCE from other humans!
Stupidity of digital utopia is rising!
klo1777 2 years ago
physical distance, yes, but you can't deny it is a way of connecting. When in history could you connect with others half the world away in live time?
xSilverPhinx 2 years ago 2
Well said! I suggest we start an online forum, engage in chat room and start a facebook group damning isolation of the digital world. You've clearly made the first step with this online comment. If you don't like it go away
concosti666 2 years ago
Wauw, he has really lost weight! He looks great.
petkragh 2 years ago 7
where was this shown? is this part of a show?
zachbb 2 years ago 2
Abosultely Genius.
lamestguyintown 2 years ago 2
thanks for this
LieneMize 2 years ago 2
stephen fry ftw, as always.
aneylon 2 years ago 5
Great interview G, thanks!
tbsmonk 2 years ago 6