Genius S02E05 (BBC2) - Tim Minchin and Alexei Sayle 

+Leo Chillrud Or as he's said previously, "a genius is a mentally ill person with an audience"

+Leo Chillrud The comment might fit on a shirt, but it would be hard for anyone to read as you walked by on the street.

@@oregon3d with some good formatting, it may work

So am I.

Crazy Goddess Agreed for the most part, but that "Snap" moment was just bizarre.

xbfalcon83 Not without the moon it's not, it would just float away wouldn't it?

it's like people haven't gone to school... But I think he was joking entirely. I hope. We need the moon for the tides tho. I'm pretty sure we'd be fucked without the moon

Krickistina plays We would be pretty fine I mean we wouldn't just die from it. We may not have developed as life without the moon since potentially the motion of the tides played a part in the first cells developing.

i can not believe how you can se your self as different then commen people ? :)

jasper petersen I was commenting on how common the belief is not how "common people" are doing anything. You would know that if you could read. The sentence doesn't even make remote sense if you read it as me talking about "common people".

But again you come with a remarc that is condecending :)

He was on this weeks Holby City! He did a great job

toxicmelons Alexei, that is.

I just found out about Tim last night (brilliant!) and I too, miss The Young Ones. I think I have some old VHS copies somewhere in box.

I know right? And it's somehow scary by how it's entirely random at certain points and yet nobody gives a shit. British entertainment is fucking awesome!

agreed this is brilliantly hillarious

Thank you

Oddly fascinated, yet disgusted

+Sisi Draig And comedian.

Probably meant "astrology student"

I was kind of surprised to see that no one exhibited this basic knowledge too. But to clarify for those not in the know.. Where there is mass e.g. The Earth. There will be gravity pulling towards it.

Yeah my reaction to that was a vocal wtf... What makes it worse though is that destroying the moon would, I think, generally increase gravity on Earth, because the moon's pull makes us slightly lighter/heavier based on which side it's on relative to us... and the Local Gravity well would be shifted from slightly off center of the Earth's core to the center. I'm not sure which direction this would effect gravity on a person though as getting close to the source of the gravity can result in getting lighter rather than heavier, but i think that is only if you're within the object and not on its surface.

I'm actually rather hoping that people were taking the piss tbh..

Durakken It would have very little effect on Earths gravity, but it would have a huge effect on tides i.e. there would be none, and many species require the tides for survival. Edit: actually there would be a tide but greatly reduced, the sun supplies 45% of the tidal force, therefore a reduced tide.

I was hoping if someone would start with "What if.." I would have died of laughter! (I did see this comment as i started watching it so thats why I was waiting for it :P )

You want to pay for shit like this when you can watch it on YT?

D Williams I agree. They desperately needed Prof Brian Cox on the show.

+D Williams Not to argue or anything. But isn't the point of this format intellectual goofiness for entertainment? That was the first time I've seen this show and I was quite baffled at how well everything was coordinated. I liked it. But it is apparent, although admittedly not obvious, that people were sayind the darndest things for entertainment. Like troll science.

+LootFragg still little concerning the guy in his 2nd year of a physics degree couldn't ascertain any implication of the moon disappearing....

D Williams I doubt he was supposed to represent the physics faculty. It's rather light-hearted fun. In fact, none of these audience members seem to genuinely aspire to claim the title of a genius. It's just how the show works. Like scripted improv. For instance, that one man suggesting that lorries carrying budgies make the budgies fly during transport to reduce the load on the lorry. Which is hilarious and bizarre. Physics Andrew says at 7:17 : "I'm gonna say no. But then, I haven't done the module of budgie aerodynamics. I've got a lot to learn." Bloke isn't being sincere. It's all just taking the piss all in the name of entretaînement.

+worksa8 It sounds like you are part of the audience. :)

robbzooi I agree with you, I am Dutch as well and can confirm that our humour is dark and sarcastic a lot of the time. Yes, there are also the very ''touchy'' people, but who doesn't have those in a culture?

No, people who don't get that it's a joke based on everything being bullshit aren't from a specific country. It has more to do with educational levels and ignorance.

Well, it's just that lately I've been spending a lot of time on youtube seing videos with american creationists and now I can't tell if these people are joking or not.

robbzooi We might have the most swearwords, but dutch people complain sooo much it annoys me. There's also a dutch saying that goes: 'Normaal is gek genoeg.', which means: normal is crazy enough.If what you say is true, that the dutch are known for their sarcastic and dark humor, I haven't noticed anything at all since I started living here. The only stereotype I know to be almost entirely true about the dutch, is that they are moaning cunts and perpetually stoned (maybe not the last one, but weed is legal here :D).

Max Holister Marijuana prevalence by country: Netherlands; 5.4%, England; 6.6%, United States, 13.7. So you can stick that prejudice in a blunt and smoke it.

alihaggis78 the sad thing is that he probably was. Because some universities advertise and will admit literally anyone with a pulse, all they want is their grubby mitts on the poor kids student grant leaving them in considerable debt with a useless degree 3 years down the line

I'm fairly sure that the sheep guy was joking. I'm fairly sure they're all joking, as a matter of fact. That seems to me to be the point.

James Emslie i really hope you're right.

Nope, the downward pressure created by the wing flaps used to support the weight of the budgies would just replace the force of the weight. For every action and all...