Q&A | Why No Kids? | Karl Pilkington 

I would really like to see a season 4 of Ricky gervais show, I must have watched all of it about 5 times by now.

erurevir Same here. All XFM shows like 3 times already, Podcasts as well. Need more Ricky, Karl & Steve!

Plasros Should do a petition. If it is popular enough, a big network company or a sponsor might turn up to get enough budget to prise Ricky from his Derek show and Steve from his show as well.

Arshad Nazran while I'm sure a new season of podcasts would definitely not be bad, I feel like they've done everything they could in the medium of radio/podcasting. There is a pretty extensive back catalogue of material, and I don't think they'd be able to top it. If they left it for good, having not really done anything less than stellar, it retains an almost god-like quality. They left at the top of their game, more or less (even though I prefer the XFM shows over pretty much everything else) and not many people can claim that. Ricky's not one to go back and do something lest it tarnish its reputation anyway

I miss those two....with karl. All three of them..ricky's boring now, steve, I don't know what he's doing, Karl....he's putting it on at this point. I miss xfm days.

LOL

Haha :)

this made me laugh out loud

😂😂😂

Must’ve got rid of the mirrored wall behind the tele

Yeap :D he's a rare comedian. Wait...does he know that he's or is he's just being himself and that's all, no trying? :D

I think he knows, but he was like this before he got famous too so :)

JvMatt I think he is just being himself, but he's also learned by now that people find his authentic self to be very funny.

just because those words were said once doesnt mean he drastically changed the subject, that whole last segment was about names not skype, fruit or japanese cars

He is, genuinely, comedy gold.

True that.

Here, Here!!

true

Same man!!! Had ridiculous anxiety few years back, soon as it got to 9pm I would stick the podcasts on & BOOM temporary release :)

He is RIGHT. He has a firm grasp of reality. He doesn't have a breeder's ego. I like him even more now

hope things are okay no mate!

People from Eton shouldn’t …

Yeah, so true. I remember one guy saying he wanted kids because he wanted a son who is a mini version of him. I find it bizarre that people say not having kids is selfish since it’s possibly the best thing you can do for the environment.

People with your revolting nihilistic mentality shouldn't for sure.

I absolutely don't want to have kids. I don't want the responsibility of caring for something for years and listening to that crying

Very well said

Considering birth rates are dropping fast, it seems they already do

​@@ElStink4Klol

I always say the best people aren't parents. That's why there's so many shitty people around

***** I meant that I wouldn't want to pass those traits on to a child of mine.

Jake Shaw very well said

***** It's anxiety issue. He is worried if he passes his genes onto any possible children. I feel the same way about myself.

Ayyy lmao It seems many people have children because they see it as a fashion accessory rather than the real reason.

+Ayyy lmao I disagree, i think its selfish not to have children. It could be argued that the only real point of life is to procreate.

7 years now

i dont miss them!

L7D who asked?

SeanK fuck you

De Profundis no. Please don’t tell them

Tipsy Gypsy Get rid of 'em!

Damn your funny! , lol

also watching this at 27

I think he already has one called Ricky

You're*

I know. I don't like the comparisons to others who already have kids. Why can't we just all live in the present and take everything one day at a time? Social status doesn't matter to me.

Me too. karl might just be the smartest person on earth.

MrJohnybirchall and yet his iq is 83! Still smartest man i know.

I need a source for that. I don't believe he's 88. He has to be around 100 at the very least. Edit: I'll admit I'm speculating, and have no idea but it sounds wrong.

Cool. Although, you might change you’re mind one day if you fall head over heels in love...then again, you might not.

I've got a feeling that it's more to do with his missus not being able to have kids really.

Marry me

@@macman975 Nah no chance. He genuinely does not want children.

7 years on. Any babies yet? I hope you don't mind me asking.

Did you ever end up having a kid?

@@nicholaschip5820 Nice follow up! Forgot about this video, cheers for the reminder. No, still no kids and still have the same view on it as Karl all these years later.

@@MisterM2402 Ok, this is good to know. Speak again in 8 years time for a further update.

@@nicholaschip5820 I reckon it'll be the same but sure, let's catch up again in 8 years time! I'll probably still be listening to Karl's ramblings at that point.

@@MisterM2402 Sorry, couldn't wait 8 years. Thought we might meet in the middle, 24 hours. Any updates????!!!!???

But what if they turn out to be a bit of a nutter 'n that?

VColossalV I thought he was going to say he'd give them back to the adoption agency.

Or a right little shit? Can't be bothered.

I'm asian and i go to Karl for life advice

Your pride miiiight be misguided.

Agreed \m/

Jake Williams bloody brilliant

Yes, I agree. Not everyone should be allowed to breed. Take you, for example. You who writes longish boring You Tube commentary arguing with yourself about nothing at all; insisting upon wasting your time on writing things no one will ever care to read. God knows we don't need anymore of those wandering about.

It's debatable if you can actually be 'aware' of your ignorance in any meaningful way... Otherwise, you're not actually ignorant.

M. Ryan It's not at all. You have to be aware of your own ignorance to actually learn anything. Socrates famously said "All I know is that I know nothing". And it is his Philosophy which the scientific method is based on (the best method of acquiring knowledge no doubt). It is those who claim to know things with certainty who are the most ignorant (the most that lack knowledge). In order for one to acquire truth and knowledge, you first have to acknowledge your own ignorance. It is basic logic. And everyone is ignorant. Which is to say, there is always something that we lack knowledge on. So it is impossible for one to not be ignorant. Which is why it takes intelligence to recognize that fact about yourself.

Yes, but how do you actually know what you don't know? You can have a guess or a feel for what you don't know, but once you know something about your ignorance, you're no longer all that ignorant.

M. Ryan Easy. It's not that you need to know what you don't know. That's not what ignorance is. Having ignorance simply means you lack knowledge. And it is easy to know when you lack knowledge I am going to assume for the moment that you are not a brain surgeon; if you were asked to conduct brain surgery, I am pretty sure you would back down because you are aware that you lack knowledge on conducting brain surgery. I am well aware that I lack knowledge on car engines for example. I have no idea how an engine works. I don't know the mathematics behind the big bang theory. I don't know what the big bang model actually says because of my lack of mathematical understanding. I don't know whether there is a God. I don't know that we are not brains in a vat. I don't know that the universe is _actually_ real. I don't know how a civilization can best sustain its self for thousands of years to come. And knowing about your ignorance doesn't automatically give you knowledge (that's a direct contradiction). That's nonsensical. That's like saying that if I know that I don't know how a car engine works, I am no longer ignorant to how a car engine works. Well, I have just told you that I have no idea how a car engine works. And guess what, I still have no idea how one works. Simply acknowledging that I don't know how a car engine works does not make me no longer ignorant towards car engines and their function. And as I said before, it is impossible for a person to "no longer be ignorant". Even Stephen Hawkins is ignorant towards something (and he happily admits that and will tell you exactly what he doesn't know). We are _all_ ignorant. It is a matter of having the integrity, the intellectual honesty, as well as the intelligence to admit it.

Never a more true statement has been made, a world of Karl's would be a much happier one.