MemberI have never heard of him and never seen him on TV. The humour that British comedians do in the states as entertainment, is completly different from the British humour that we use in everyday life.
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I have never heard of him and never seen him on TV. The humour that British comedians do in the states as entertainment, is completly different from the British humour that we use in everyday life.
- Feb 17, 2017
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Check out "Idiot Abroad" and "The Moaning of Life". I believe episodes are available on YouTube. If you like that, try "Ricky Gervais Show" - which is an animation of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant chatting with Karl Pilkington. I just learned that he will be doing a scripted show ("Sick of It") on Sky 1 channel in the UK.
- Feb 17, 2017
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His travel shows were done for Sky 1 channel. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant made Karl famous by interviewing him on RG's UK radio show.
- Feb 17, 2017
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Did you have a chance to listen to their podcast and their XFM radio show? Karl has also published several books.
Nope. I mostly catch History and Philosophy podcasts but I haven't heard much in Comedy.
- Feb 17, 2017
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A lot of it is on YouTube. I am sure that you can find and download the rest. If you enjoyed "The Ricky Gervais Show", you will enjoy those podcasts and all of the XFM stuff. TRGS did Not choose the best clips - they chose the clips that could benefit from animation.
Thank you for the information @Bill Bauer I do like Ricky Gervais and have watched him many times on tv and particularly liked in his show the: Office. Incredibly funny every episode. This sort of comedy/humour is still different from the humour that we use to each other in everday life. I am told that it's quite unique to the UK and is not understood by many people from other countries and I've also learnt this having corresponded with people not from our shores. On occasions a person has thought me to be serious when I'm actually joking. @Sam Bridge a member of this forum, whose a Brit, understands me quite well when I've said certain things to him I know he will see the funny side of it but would think twice, three times before saying it to someone else not from the UK as they might take offence. Even then I've still managed to put my foot in it once or twice and someone has taken what I've said the wrong way.
I remember a few years ago, Ricky Gervais hit the headlines here in the UK, because he had caused huge offence during one of his shows in the states. The audience didn't like his sense of humour one little bit as he was making fun of certain US politicians. In particular the way it was done which can be quite "dry" If one doesn't understand this type of humour it can come across as serious and offence is caused. Ricky Gervais was interviewed and remember him saying, that he won't make that mistake again and will leave that particular satire to the UK where it understood and is not taken so seriously.
Michael
- Feb 17, 2017
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It sounds like Karl Pilkington is doing the kind of humour that you had described, and he is doing it very well. I am convinced that he is an extremely intelligent man who is joking, but he had never admitted that it is all an act. He has never been out of character while on camera (or when around microphones). Having said that, I agree with many of his (or is it his character's?!) thoughts about life, other cultures, etc.
I also enjoyed that show. Ricky Gervais called Karl Pilkington "the funniest man on the planet" on numerous occasions.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2006/11/meet-the-funniest-man-on-the-planet/
This reminds me of an ex-girlfriend. For something like 2 years I was making "meta-humour" jokes (e.g. "if I were to say this and mean it, it would be funny"; I guess that joke about the value of a "thank you" is like that). Then (after more than two years!) I found out that all of that time she thought that I actually meant all of those bizarre things I said(!!!???)
On the contrary I don't think that is has anything to do with being very smart. I believe it's all to do with culture and the way one is brought up and what they are used to. Whilst Ricky Gervais is a renowned comedian he didn't fully understand American culture, having not been born and bred there and took if for granted they would find his "dry" sense of humour just as funny as a UK audience might. He admitted to this and on hindsight would have scripted his act differently.
I now live in Brighton by the sea, which is just 50 miles from London where I was born and bred and been living here for three years. Although I have integrated quite well, there are subtle differences to the way of life in Sussex to London. I was quite surprised to notice a slight change in the accent too.
- Feb 17, 2017
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It amazes me that accents vary so much in Britain. I don't believe people in British Columbia and Ontario (two Canadian provinces that are 4,000 kilometers apart) have different accents.
Trust me there are differences between those accents. You don't notice it because you were not born and bred in those cities. I bet, if you ask those people from BC and Ontario they will tell you their accents are completely different.
It is true, the accents in the UK vary quite a lot between counties and there are many. Those from up North. Lancashire, Manchester Yorkshire and Staffordshire where why my good friend Glynis (a member of this forum) is from have a completely different accent to us that live in the South of England. It took me a while to get used to Glynis' accent but I've been talking to her on the phone for quite a while so I'm used to it.
Michael
- Feb 17, 2017
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According to
http://dialectblog.com/2012/08/28/yes-canada-has-regional-dialects/
several words might be pronounced differently in different regions but there are "no vast areas with radically contrastive pronunciation patterns (like America's North/South divide). ... Canada lacks the standard markers of dialectical diversity." This blog post answers the question "So why do 'all Canadians sound the same?'"
I vaguely remember my Canadian co-workers saying that there are no regional dialects (except of course in the province of Newfoundland), but I will ask again.
- Feb 17, 2017
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Edit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/0...ut-the-same-no-matter-which-regio_a_23004067/
"His research comparing the recorded oral histories from 50 years ago and interviews from more recent times found that from the Ontario-Quebec border to Vancouver Island, English-speaking Canadians have a largely homogenous accent."
@IvanRus would you say that the accent (the way people speak Russian) in Vladivostok is similar to the accent in Moscow?
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/0...ut-the-same-no-matter-which-regio_a_23004067/
"His research comparing the recorded oral histories from 50 years ago and interviews from more recent times found that from the Ontario-Quebec border to Vancouver Island, English-speaking Canadians have a largely homogenous accent."
@IvanRus would you say that the accent (the way people speak Russian) in Vladivostok is similar to the accent in Moscow?
I agree there may not be vast or broad changes in the accent but the people in the cites that you mention would be able to tell certain differences.
My brother who speaks fluent German and lived in Germany for a while. told me there are regional difference between the accents just as in Britain. A good Italian friend of mine, she has told me there are distinct differences in the accent with people from different parts of the country. In France the Parisian accent is different from those that live in other parts of the country. And yet, if I were to hear them they would both sound the same to me.
In the South where I am, there are two distinct accents between people and this has to do with class, which is another story completely.
Michael
Update: Almost 2 months in and still not seeing any improvement. In my personal opinion month 1 was better than Month 2, this month has been more intrusive and i seem to be getting spikes easily now. Hyperacusis seems to still present and only loud sounds can irritate me, if people are speaking too loudly or if i am speaking too loudly (dishes clatter).
Tinnitus can be ringing (not tolerable), electrical buzzing from electrical wires (tolerable), high pitched dentist drill (the worst, i can hear it over everything).
I dont remember having the high pitched dentist drill in the beginning. I also dont remember hyperacusis in the first three weeks either, so i might be getting worse??
Will keep you all updated.
Tinnitus can be ringing (not tolerable), electrical buzzing from electrical wires (tolerable), high pitched dentist drill (the worst, i can hear it over everything).
I dont remember having the high pitched dentist drill in the beginning. I also dont remember hyperacusis in the first three weeks either, so i might be getting worse??
Will keep you all updated.
- May 24, 2017
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- long term noise exposure (headphones), maybe some stress.
I have had many moments of near silence specially in the beginning, but for me it has not meant any improvement in T. I don't get these silent moments anymore, haven't had one for a couple of months, and overall my T is more bothersome nowadays.
Sorry dpdx, I just don't want you to get your hopes up. Experiencing silence does not mean you will recover and that T will improve or go away, T sometimes just taunts you with silence and then takes it away again....that's the cruel nature of the beast.
I dont think it will ever go away honestly, damage has been done. I just want it to lower so i can habituate and move on.
From what I hear from many, if not most, people who have habituated, but still have T, their tinnitus alarm no longer sounds, meaning that the emotional reactions have stopped, and the T becomes non-noticeable and/or a non-event. It is now something that the brain has lost interest in, such as background noise that is not a threat. So, in a very real sense, they have gotten their silence back, not to mention their lives, and this is true for the vast majority of tinnitus sufferers who have gone through the stages of habituation.
- May 24, 2017
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- 05/2017 (H since 06/2017)
- Cause of Tinnitus
- long term noise exposure (headphones), maybe some stress.
I doubt I will ever have silence with tinnitus. Remember I used to seek out and listen actively to my silence everyday. My tinnitus will always be a reminder that I can no longer have these calm moments.
People with T who state that their brain now filters out their T so they no longer hear it, also tell that it only filters it out, when they are busy doing something.
You doubt it, and I often doubt it in my own case, but the evidence is very strong that we are wrong. If I KNEW 100% that I would adjust and not hear my tinnitus any more, I wouldn't have any problems and would never have joined this forum. I have to trust the facts, not my thought process. My thoughts on the matter have been distorted by emotions brought about by the crafty work of tinnitus, and the mistaken attempts to find ways of fighting, and/or escaping from, it. It is not a deadly threat, but part of our mind thinks it is, and we will continue to be affected negatively until that gradually stops. When our mind removes the attention it currently pays to it, we will have our silence back. It's a natural process, and takes some longer than others to achieve, but the vast majority of people with tinnitus will get there. There is no reason for you to think your brain works any differently than theirs.
- May 24, 2017
- 1,622
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- 05/2017 (H since 06/2017)
- Cause of Tinnitus
- long term noise exposure (headphones), maybe some stress.
What is this evidence of not hearing tinnitus anymore? evidence shows that most people habituate, yes, BUT habituation in most cases does not mean, you don't hear your tinnitus anymore. Most habituated people still hear their tinnitus, but they no longer have a reaction to it, good or bad.
You have nothing to worry about @Luman and I'm not telling you this simply because I think you need to hear it. I've said it before that you have the right attitude and what it takes to leave tinnitus far behind you when you habituate and you will. When this happens, I assure you that even if your tinnitus is mild or moderate it will not bother you in the slightest, trust me. Your brain will accept it and completely ignore it even if you decide to focus on it, it won't be a problem.
Because you have a positive attitude and I can see this even though your tinnitus has been a little eratic lately, you maintain a positive attitude and have an open mind. Most importantly, you are looking forwards to having your CBT and realise the benefits even in this early stage. This is all positive. Don't be put off if you feel occcasionally down or experience a spike. This is part of the habituation process. You will get there and come shinning through.
All the best
Michael
Thanks so much, @Michael Leigh, that is a wonderful message. Your support, advice and kind words are highly appreciated, and are helping to keep the flame of hope alive in this community.
Very true, @Michael Leigh has helped and encouraged many here and I have a feeling that in time you will be doing much the same...
- Feb 17, 2017
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You had attended concerts. It is possible that being exposed to noise had slowed down your recovery.
- Feb 17, 2017
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See the studies on pages 1, 2, and 4 of
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/spontaneous-recovery-stats-over-70-recover-3-studies.21441/
Numerous members of this forum had reported their tinnitus disappearing (allowing them to hear silence again). They came back to this forum after not being careful and exposing themselves to noise, causing tinnitus to come back.
I think i also slowed down my recovery because i listened to the ipod for years while running/exercising lol
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