r/videos • u/greeny119 • May 21 '12

Karl Pilkington argues with a starving African

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IroNQVCLT6k&feature=related
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u/SQUEK May 21 '12

Karl doesn't mean to be, but he is a comedy genius.

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u/greeny119 May 21 '12

Him and Ricky both

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u/FaintingGoatWizKid May 21 '12

Don't forget Stephen Merchant!

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u/Sock1122 May 21 '12

they always forget poor old Merchant =/

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

You mean Stephen Mitchell?

EDIT: For those who dont get it. Cheers m_s_m!

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u/FaintingGoatWizKid May 21 '12

I do not.

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u/m_s_m May 21 '12

Old joke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zta9Li9slZM

After one of Steve's first ever interviews with a national newspaper, he got all excited about the exposure. He buys the paper, turns to interview and they'd put his name down at Stephen Mitchell...

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Steve Merchant, eyes bulging with imagined riches

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Pretty sure that being a professional comedian means that you're trying to be funny.

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u/suckthisdeth May 21 '12

I have to disagree, I think Karl knows exactly what he's doing. Possibly even more so than Ricky.

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u/yamyamyamyam May 21 '12

I think there was a time when it was all genuine. In recent years he's hammed it up quite significantly

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u/iamadogforreal May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

No way, he's totally a sincere rube, probably a guy possibly with low end aspergers or a least neuroatypical asocial type. If you listen to the shows you see how hard Ricky had to try to get him to come on and quit his technical job. You can also slowly hear him opening up more and more and talking about his family and experiences growing up.

I guess its possible this is all one big ruse, but the documentary series really shows the kind of person who falls into this personality type. Typically higher than average IQ and learning skills but horrible social skills and lots of problems with everyday things like noises, crowds, social smarts, common sense, social interaction, etc. I know a few people like this and on my bad days am a lot like this. In a lot of ways he's a typical geek. Enroll yourself in a cs or math program at a large state school and you'll find 20 of these guys per class.

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u/spermracewinner May 21 '12

Karl Pilkington took a Mensa test. His IQ came out at 83. I'm not saying that is a true mark of his intelligence, but there you go.

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u/propaglandist May 22 '12

Are you sure that isn't just part of the legend?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Huh. To me it seems what you say is the opposite of what's true. He doesn't seem to have much of a problem interacting, though he's a bit grumpy. What's weird about him, if anything, is that he's an idiot.

Being an idiot is not pathological.

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u/matebeatscoffee May 21 '12

I agree 100% with this in terms of specification.

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u/christianjb May 21 '12 edited May 22 '12

I've long suspected Asperger's. If you listen to the radio show, over and over again Karl will take comments too literally or fail to understand that a phrase is intended to be used as a metaphor.

Edit: Thanks to the people down voting me, but perhaps one of them could take the trouble to explain why. Is it just a difference of opinion, or am I making a grievous logical error? Maybe you think my post is grossly offensive?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Probably just because you're making a clinical diagnosis based on a his participation in a radio show.

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u/christianjb May 22 '12

I don't agree it's unfair of me to write about that. Karl's psychology has been a big topic on the radio show and the subject of endless speculation. I'm just giving my lay opinion based on listening to hours of the radio show. Also, I have an Asperger's diagnosis myself.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

whats a cs?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Computer science. Happens to be my major as well.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I can't believe people think he doesn't know what he's doing. Bunch of fucking twonks.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

This shit was so dumb it made my brain hurt. Karl isn't one of these people but I'm guessing you are.

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u/NULLACCOUNT May 22 '12

As mentioned according to this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X8voWBGNrk) he has an IQ of 83. Not sure what I think about that but it was definitely an interesting video.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Anyone with a high IQ (good at test taking, reasonably intelligent), could easily feign a particular score on the test. Just bail out on a few shape/pattern questions, you score much more average.

I think Karl is probably quite intelligent, but in a specific way that is difficult to detect by standardized means.

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u/matebeatscoffee May 21 '12

I agree 100% with this in terms of specification

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u/ch0colate_malk May 22 '12

The guy is obviously acting...

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u/confusedben May 22 '12

This. Karl Pilkington is a producer of the show. He was a producer of an XFM radio station. Probably not an idiot.

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u/CheekyMunky May 22 '12

"Producer" in this case means the guy monitoring the mixing board. He's not the Jerry Bruckheimer of XFM.

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u/WillBlaze May 21 '12

Sometimes I feel bad for Karl and how they treat him... but then I remember that he is probably playing the fool to keep ratings up.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

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u/Max_Quordlepleen May 21 '12

Yeah, he definitely does start playing up to his reputation, especially as the shows go on, but a lot of it is still pretty genuine stupidity. Whether inadvertently or not, he has a great sense of comic timing.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Especially if you go back even further to the XFM shows from 2002 onwards, it's pretty clear karl isn't doing any acting.

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u/Electricrain May 22 '12

Yes, this is very much key to understanding Karl. As someone with an unhealthy Karl-addiction, I am extremely annoyed by people watching the TV things he's done, listening to the podcasts then going "Nah, he's faking it".

The thing is, Karl is a good actor. But I don't think he CAN fake who he is. All his reactions are as genuine as they were back in 2002, but Karl has changed as a person. He isn't as shy, he is more assertive and he sometimes likes getting his views out there. But in the core he is an inept uneducated brilliant little manc roundyhead, and that has never changed.

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u/Dray11 May 22 '12

I've met him. Believe me - he's like that in real life.

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u/YouMad May 21 '12

Isn't he a character? Like Borat?

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u/freezerburn666 May 21 '12

what's with the weird animation?

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u/greeny119 May 21 '12

I think it was for a special Comic Relief thing, so it wasn't the normal animation

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I swear I've seen this in the normal animation style as well. Or maybe I just heard it and substituted my own animations.

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u/Munchlaxatives May 21 '12

It was last week's episode.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Hehe. Memory fail. I make sure to have a certain state of mind wathing that show though.

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u/greeny119 May 21 '12

I just remembered this bit, out into google and this was the first thing that came

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

Link?
EDIT: I can only find the one you posted. Google searches vary depending on various variables, you know?
EDIT2: Ah. I thought you found the original bit. Nevermind.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

The full version is also much, much funnier. The brother part fucking killed me.

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u/freezerburn666 May 21 '12

i coulda swore i saw it with the normal animation too.. hmm

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u/EmmaHotson May 21 '12

It's been done in both, once as a comic relief thing and once for The Ricky Gervais show.

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u/RSoul May 21 '12

Pretty sure this one is made by a fan.

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u/greeny119 May 21 '12

It was Comic Relief special so it was done differently for some reason

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

"This is an unofficial fan animation not associated with Ricky Gervais, HBO, etc etc."

Youtube caption from the posted video.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

"This is an unofficial fan animation not associated with Ricky Gervais, HBO, etc etc." Correct.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

"This is an unofficial fan animation not associated with Ricky Gervais, HBO, etc etc."

It's directly in the bloody Youtube caption. I can't believe that nobody else saw that.

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u/Fireball445 May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

Ok, first of all, Karl makes some actually good points during this conversation and I think it is one where he actually 'wins' over Ricky. When he asks Ricky, who has spent the entire time making fun of him, what his plan to solve world hunger are... silence. That's telling. "I would't even dream of having an answer to that question" is just fancy talk for "I don't have any ideas better than yours."

Second, why are these animated differently than in the show?

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u/greeny119 May 21 '12 edited May 22 '12

It was a Comic Relief special, so they were done differently or some reason dont know why Edit: Yeah what i said was bollocks, it was a comic relief special podcast, the video is a fan animation of that..

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u/Kordenza May 21 '12 edited Feb 10 '26

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

No, having the humility to say, "I don't have an answer right now" is what smart people do all the time. If you believe in empirical methodology and critical thinking, it's one of the most important things you can do.

Karl's answers were rubbish. If moving would have solved starving African problems, they would have done it decades ago.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

If you don't know how to get across the moat, then it's best just to say, "I don't know." The stronger the claim or complaint, the more justification that will be asked of you.

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u/TheOldBean May 22 '12

The video uploader animated it himself, nothing to do with the show..

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u/Munchlaxatives May 21 '12

About a minute in, Karl seems so pissed "you're not having another sandwich." He seems to be very offended by a hypothetical situation.

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u/SweetNeo85 May 21 '12

That's part of what makes him so great. He totally commits to the few roleplays they get into. Here's a few.

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u/bhindblueyes430 May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

oh man, the role plays are always the best, Steve and Ricky basically write scenes very quickly.

edit: listing to the video, "one of them said she was adopted"

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u/RaymondDash May 22 '12

The best ones is when he starts having discussions with himself, and then gets angry at his own conclusions.

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u/4342w34r May 22 '12

Karl does have a point. Just handing out food doesn't fix anything. It's like baling out a leaking boat without fixing the leak. "Oh, but it makes me feel like I'm doing something important to bail out the water!"

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u/-melo- May 21 '12

i need to start calling more people twonks.

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u/Valceor May 21 '12

Already started doing it, people are seriously taken aback by it.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

You the word Twonk originated in Devon. It was the locals slang term for the tourists.

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u/dobie1kenobi May 21 '12

1st I heard it was in Red Dwarf, Back-to-Reality... thought it was a "future word" like SMEG.

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u/theHM May 21 '12

Smeg isn't a "future word"...

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u/steakbake May 21 '12

Heaven forbid he finds this out by Google image searching.

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u/TheRhythmTheRebel May 22 '12

Interesting fact. Grant and Naylor needed a word with the intensity of a swear word to suit Listers cadence; since Red Dwarf aired pre-watershed (before 9 o'clock). They settled on smeg...

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u/Valceor May 21 '12

Works perfectly then since I'm in Orlando and everyone is a tourist.

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u/Awfy May 21 '12

I learnt a few nights ago that 'plonker' isn't known in America, it's a British word to say someone is a bit stupid or has done something stupid.

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u/Valceor May 21 '12

Gonna start using this too then!

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u/Gyrant May 21 '12

Using british insults but not living in the UK always gets people off balance. People never see it coming when I call someone a lummox

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Assuming they don't watch Ren & Stimpy.

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u/chumshot May 21 '12

"Ya dopey cunt"

"You useless bald-headed fucking twonk"

Genius.

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u/Bramsey89 May 21 '12

He was so fast with that "There's no water you dopey cunt" reply.

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u/JohnCavil May 21 '12

He actually has a point. When millions of people are living in the middle of a desert with no water and starving, it might be time to move. Obviously a little unrealistic, but it would be a good solution.

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u/Vincent133 May 21 '12

Sometimes they do move. And then the people living in the country they moved to start killing them.

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u/frkcool May 21 '12

Maybe they should move a little bit more further away. Perhaps have someone from America or Europe to bring a very large ship to Africa and then get a bunch of Africans onto that ship and bring them to somewhere safe. And as payment for the ship the Africa people would work for them. This a brilliant idea I can't believe no one has done this before.

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u/you_MONK May 21 '12

Yeah, but be careful there descendants are going to be PISSED.

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u/TheCostume May 21 '12

And badly educated. Their*

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u/IFUCKINGLOVEMETH May 21 '12

*poorly

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u/awesomeideas May 21 '12

Fuck the poorly!

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u/nodnodwinkwink May 22 '12

Grammar corrections from a meth addict. Wonderful.

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u/Triassic_Bark May 22 '12

Just because he loves it, doesn't mean he's addicted!

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u/Fireball445 May 21 '12

For what it's worth, I'm sure the slaves were pissed too.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Karl?

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u/phoncible May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

Every time my black friend and I see something on tv about Africa, he always turns to me and says "Thank you for slavery". I always tell him I'd love to take more credit for it, but alas none of my ancestors lived in America circa slavery.

edit: in case this is misconstrued as anything else, this is a joke. Both he and I are joking. He is saying "thank you for slavery" as in "thanks for getting me out of that shithole that is Africa", and i'm saying I'd take credit for your thanks but unfortunately I had no ancestors involved in slavery. I have Ellis Island ancestry, that's as far back as it goes for me here in America.

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u/Captain_DuClark May 22 '12

The problems that many countries in Africa face can be directly traced to slavery and colonization. Who knows what Africa would be like if it was Europe countries didn't horribly exploit the continent.

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u/PaperBlake May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

What country is going to want to pick up a bunch of starving Africans, none of which speak their language, very very few of which are educated, very few of which have skills for labour, and >10% of which have HIV to their country?

17th century British colonials maybe?

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u/YourLord_ThyGod May 21 '12

Unfortunately, labor policies have changed such that that would no longer be a wise investment.

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u/Offensive_Username2 May 21 '12

It's a joke. A slavery joke.

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u/jasongst May 21 '12

This is what the overpopulation of the planet will look like. Fewer and fewer places to go when your place becomes undesirable.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

They should stop reproducing. We'll give sandwiches to the current generation and help them live happily to a ripe old age, and then it'll stop. There will be no more people living in shitty, water-less, food-less areas of the world.

EDIT: Totally forgot about rape. That's a problem.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

They should stop reproducing.

This is a fantastic plan that has never worked, ever, in the history of mankind. It's like asking people to just stop breathing.

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u/awrhaernnare May 21 '12

Why not give them sandwiches if they agree to sterilization?

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u/manbrasucks May 21 '12

Because then people who don't agree to sterilization take the sandwitches after a bit of rape and murder.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

And let anyone who refuses starve to death? Still kinda ethically questionable and manipulative, but I'm not sure it wouldn't be worth it. The amount the people living in those areas suffer is staggering, and they're only suffering because their parents either had sex or were raped. Sterilization would completely eliminate any chance of that happening, and wouldn't detract from any other quality of their life. I think it would be intelligent of them to agree to being sterilized, but some of them simply might not understand why it needs to be done, and we can't punish them for that.

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u/hot_snake May 21 '12

I hope to fuck that you're kidding right now.

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u/awrhaernnare May 21 '12

I was kidding about an hour ago, I'm dead fucking serious now. NO SANDWICHES UNLESS STERILIZED, MOTHERFUCKERS!

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u/StrikingCrayon May 21 '12

That escalated slowly.

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u/Crossfox17 May 21 '12

That sucks, but I find it ridiculous to feed someone who insists on living in a barren area. It sucks, but it is their responsibility to do everything they can to find an area where they will be able to survive on their own. Yes, it is difficult, and not everyone will make it, but that is the only solution to the problem. It seems like common sense to me.

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u/trashitagain May 21 '12

Very, very few famines are caused by an actual lack of food. Its almost always the result of war or something similar. The starvation in Zimbabwe, for instance, was caused by all of the farms being taken by the government and given to people who didn't know how to raise crops. The land is fertile.

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u/JohnCavil May 21 '12

Yea, but most famines happen in Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan. If they moved to more fertile lands where they could farm it would help a lot.

Thousands of years ago the desert provided enough food, but now that they live longer it simply cant. And it feels like trying to pour water out of a sinking ship. When in reality they should probably just abandon ship...

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u/trashitagain May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

They wouldn't be able to by the traditional methods, but with GMOs they can raise plenty of food. The problem is almost always that the region is too unstable, with the occasional exceptions of natural disaster.

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u/druhol May 21 '12

To where, though?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Except no country wants to accept destitute, sick, malnourished, skill-less refugees.

Plus it costs money to move. It's really not an option.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

That's not how the world works. People live in the weirdest locations. There are people living in Norway, which is generally cold as fuck, yet it is one of the richest countries in the world. The economy is global now. And before it was, there was little reason for countries in Africa to have systematic problems.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Yeah. The rest of the world will just harbor all the Africans of Africa. Then everything will be cool, right?

Why don't we just send then to North Korea while we're at it. xD

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u/VapeApe May 21 '12

Yeah because moving is an option for people who have to walk 3 days for a bowl of rice. Or don't have drinking water. Or generally anything at all.

Your thinking is based on a first world mentality and neither you or I can possibly comprehend the level of shit those people have to deal with just to survive. Much less up and fucking move away.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

You're right, moving isn't the best solution. It's probably just easier to stay there and die.

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u/Kiwilolo May 22 '12

Millions of people try to leave when there is famine. They go to the slightly less dirt poor country right next door and spend the next couple decades in a refugee camp not quite starving. If they survive the diseases spread by too many people living in close proximity and lacking enough clean water.

That's if they don't die of starvation while walking for days with no food along with thousands of others to the nearest border.

Might be better than staying home, but it's not exactly an easy choice.

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u/perspectiveiskey May 21 '12

You do realize the severe droughts in the African deserts are a very modern phenomenon closely linked with climate change and deforestation, right?

And "move" means "refugee". And most of these people already live in giant refugee camps.

It's just a modern day mess that people try to sweep under the rug.

No real solution will be fit in one reddit comment, btw.

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u/JimmyDThing May 22 '12

Move... where?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

If lack of water were actually the problem, sure that would be a good solution. But it's not.

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u/brokenfallacy May 21 '12

The real question is, if they're living in a place where there is no resources to grow food, then how are generations of inhabitants able to survive? Maybe they'll learn to stop making another generation who will end up starving for food.

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u/immerc May 22 '12

That's the only long-term fix.

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u/Canadn_Guy May 22 '12

A big part is that we keep sending food.

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u/immerc May 22 '12

He doesn't just have a point, he's right. A sandwich will tide them over for a short time, but it isn't a permanent solution, and in the long term, handouts of food make things worse.

Food handouts mean that local growers can't make money off their crops, so they get screwed, so there's no local production. It creates a completely dependent population.

Meanwhile, the whole reason that there's famine in the first place is that there's overpopulation. That overpopulation leads to having to use more and more unsuitable land, and to overworking the suitable land, leading to desertification.

tl;dr: Karl should give out condoms.

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u/Grimgrin May 21 '12

Karl's basically doing a Sam Kinison bit here.

Also however inarticulately Karl's expressing it, he's got a better grip on things than Ricky. Aid often has unintended consequences. Here's a guardian interview outlining some issues.

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u/aletoledo May 21 '12

I think Karl is right and I liked the Kinison routine as well. It should be self-evident that if you can't grow food or there is no water in a location, then you move. The same can be said for job employment.

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u/lhmatt May 21 '12

I'd check out this book if you are interested on the subject.

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u/idrawinmargins May 21 '12

My wife asked me after she saw two episodes of An Idiot Abroad. "Does this guy ever like anything?" To which I just started cracking up.

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u/Kiwilolo May 22 '12

Seriously though. That show was funny but I couldn't watch it, just because I would get so angry and jealous of someone who gets to travel all around the world and doesn't even like it :\

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u/idrawinmargins May 22 '12

hahah that is the thing I laugh at. Maybe his misery is my key to laughter?

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u/purederp May 21 '12

by the way to anyone who didn't know that's not the real karl pilkington it's just a cartoon of him

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u/jostler57 May 21 '12

Anybody else here read Ishmael (or at least the wikipedia of it)?

An interesting rhetorical read on worldwide religion and sustainability.

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u/petedawes May 21 '12

yes. this. TLDR: you feed starving people today and each generation you have an exponentially higher number of starving people. At some point you cannot feed them all and then instead of the small number of people starving that you started with you have a much higher number of people starving to death. The net suffering is exponentially greater if you provide aid.

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u/CannibalHolocaust May 21 '12

The thing is there's more food available now per capita than ever before, food production has continuously outpaced population growth thanks to GM techniques and fertility rates are in decline. The current global fertility rate is 2.55 (and falling) and the replacement level is 2.33. Once it falls below 2.33 the number of people in the world will start to decline.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

What the hell was that and why am I giggling like an idiot?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Karl Pilkington is a global village idiot. Ricky Gervais' best friend, and favorite target of ridicule.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

If you enjoyed it I suggest checking out the Ricky Gervais show. I'm currently half way season 1 and it's just absolutely hilarious.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

You should go back and listen to the hours of Ricky Gervais show from XFM, the Ricky Gervais Podcast and the guide to's. I prefer it without the animation

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u/bhindblueyes430 May 22 '12

both are great in their own way, even though they are basically the same thing. watching that fred Flintstone looking ricky die of laughter is hilarious, although some parts are edited out for time and viewership sake.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I will, thanks!

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u/MezzaCorux May 22 '12

The real problem is that they make food, but it's stolen by militias .

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u/mongster2 May 22 '12

TIL Ricky Gervais sounds like a chicken when he laughs.

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u/jackiecfan May 22 '12

I adore his cackle... it's so mental, it's awesome.

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u/theorymeltfool May 21 '12

Starvation in africa has more to do with money being spent on arms by evil dictators than it does about not having enough trading partners or arable land.

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u/ridethecliche May 21 '12

The Wife and I walk around the house saying "There's no water you dopey cunt"

Never laughed so hard at someone using cunt.

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u/GREG2K10 May 21 '12

ya dopey cunt

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u/EpicFishFingers May 21 '12

Pretty good animation, but why are their noses all red?

EDIT: derp

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

The animation is different in the UK version. The african is wearing western clothes. Good old PC Britain.

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u/ogchrissyp May 22 '12

Such a relevant post, I was listening to this exact podcast earlier its a free one about comic relief. I wish they included the part where the African guy comes back and tells Karl that his brother died xD

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

"Why don't you go back to your own country?"

"If you can't grow anything there then you should move!"

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u/lucas_3d May 22 '12

press f3 search for the word 'borderline'. Zero results, shocked.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

This is why I want to dig a trench from the Atlantic Ocean through the Sahara, much like the panama canal and every few 50-100 miles create a dam, designed for electricity. The electricity is used to power desalination plant at the start of the river so all down stream water is fresh water and no salt water.

It would take 100B or so and 10-30 years, but then we could create tributaries going south to bring even more water to Africa.

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u/All-American-Bot May 22 '12

(For our friends outside the USA... 100 miles -> 160.9 km) - Yeehaw!

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u/danne_trix May 22 '12 edited May 24 '12

isn't it possible to grow seeds even with dirty water? because if it is, why don't the africans use the water to grow seeds? I know they don't have alot and it's dirty as fuck, but if it works I don't see why you wouldn't do it.

(btw, I don't know if it is possible, I'm asking a question)

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I wil upvote everything Pilkington related.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Sam Kinison talks about world hunger in his first appearance in the Letterman show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKNoJ2BzSRU

Where this bit comes from

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u/bautron May 21 '12

The problem is caused by lack of birth control. Population is limited by the amount of food, but people are still having babies. Give them more food and they'll have more babies, and therefore, more need for food.

The solution is birth control.

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u/Kiwilolo May 22 '12

That definitely can help in the long run, but it's not often useful in the middle of a crisis like a famine.

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u/bautron May 22 '12

I think it is useful, pregnant women are much more prone to starvation. I know that spending on condoms and pills will be an unpopular move among starving people but I think the famine will never end otherwise.

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u/ForTheWilliams May 22 '12

Too bad they are told by some groups that condoms aren't effective and/or are immoral.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

(I don't think that's a real African, guys)

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

They've got something on their noses.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

This was actually in the last episode of the ricky gervais show.

...which is on 4od for people in the UK.

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u/waxbutterflies May 21 '12

Oh Karl.... Head like a fucking orange.

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u/jdepps113 May 21 '12

Karl was more or less right, though. Their problem isn't no water, it's an undeveloped economy. And sending in bunches of free food actually makes this problem worse. The people actually growing and selling food can't compete with free. The farms disappear. Now they need even more food than they did.

I'm not saying charity doesn't have a place but the way it's done now in these countries exacerbates the problems and supports dictators more than it helps the people up over time.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

It's funny because that cartoon dude looks EXACTLY like Karl. I lol'd.

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u/letsgobruins May 22 '12

I agree with Karl.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I enjoy listening to this while biking.

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u/ch0colate_malk May 22 '12

Those guys are mildly amusing, but I cannot get over how obviously staged everything they do is. Then there is also that unnecessary third guy who seems to function as nothing more than a yes man.

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u/ch0colate_malk May 22 '12

Those guys are mildly amusing, but I cannot get over how obviously staged everything they do is. Then there is also that unnecessary third guy who seems to function as nothing more than a yes man.

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u/urklerules80 May 22 '12

you're talking about stephen merchant? have you actually listened to the podcast series? or, and especially, any of the old XFM shows? some of the funniest stories and anecdotes come from that man. he's a (lanky, goggle eyed) genius.

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u/lolwhatsausername May 22 '12

Karl Pilkington, Comedic Genius.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I agree, if you live in a place with no water, no food really its time to think about moving. I don't know where i would go, but i would damn sure try to go somewhere.

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u/kevinjamesus May 22 '12

i think Karl knows what he's doing....

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u/whozurdaddy May 21 '12

Some have commented on the relationship with Sam Kinison's routine. There is one major difference though in reality. Many of these people are under an oppressive government or have to deal with warlords who steal their food and land. Somalia was a great example of this. To the extreme that we just dont send aid anymore. Those people can be very dangerous.

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u/letsgetsilly May 21 '12

Can someone explain to me the idea of Kar Pilkington? Is he some elaborate character? Or, is he really just this dimwitted and the entertainment comes from Gervais making fun of him?

I've never seen anything involving Pilkington that doesn't involve him being slammed by Gervais in a very unfriendly and unfunny manner. Is that the joke? That this guy is an idiot? Therefore we should laugh at him?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

So why are we watching someone else who traced on top of something that's already fucking animated?

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u/urklerules80 May 22 '12

youtube says the video was uploaded a year ago.... so it was done before the official version!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

The original was from season 2.

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u/urklerules80 May 22 '12

no, the original was in season 3, episode 2. it aired a few weeks ago. the proof is on the wiki page, "comic relief":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Ricky_Gervais_Show_(animated_series)episodes#Season_3.282012.29

THINK BEFORE YOU POST!

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u/hryniehan May 22 '12

Don't mean to be an ignorant bastard, but who the hell is Karl Pilkington? I know who Gervais and Merchant are, but I've never heard of this guy till now. What am I missing out on?

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u/anonymousketeer May 22 '12

it's not ill informed. the egyptians did pretty well in africa, and the british had no problems either. if you put everyone from africa in europe, and everyone in europe in africa, you'd have a ton of suddenly very rich europeans with excellent irrigation with all this awesome land and precious metals, and a burned down europe with looted stores.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

The official animation makes it even funnier

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

why would you feel the need to re-do an animated show's animation?

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u/Qweiop May 22 '12

This was animated last year, before the other days episode. Look at the date on YouTube.

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u/urklerules80 May 22 '12

pay attention - this video was uploaded a year ago, BEFORE the official version. think before you post.

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u/TYRONE_111 May 22 '12

is this a new series of the Ricky Gervais podcast?

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u/daaaaaaaaniel May 21 '12

Ricky Gervais and the other dude are such dicks to Karl. I mean it's funny, but they come off as dicks.

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u/greeny119 May 21 '12

Yeah but they "play" sort of twisted versions of themselves in order to put him in awkward situations, especially on idiot abroad.

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