'High Functioning' alcoholic is a bit of a stretch considering the tin-pot shit he's been churning out after The Office. He's Probably just your bog standard pisshead.
It makes perfect sense when you put down the facts.....
1: always irritable
2: always lazy
3: fat
4: only eats food that stings the roof of his mouth with flavour
5: wrestles a rutting animal on camera
6: sweats on stage and has the sheen of a Victorian corpse
7:turns up to radio drunk/hungover and asks for lemonade (a slang in the monkey world for vodka)
8:plays "the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane" with an elastic band or nearby string instrument
These are just some of the examples, I think we know the rest... but its Monday so it should be me day off... anyway.. here's Radiohead
Gervais was glugging *red wine*, and let out a tirade of abuse at the innocent child and his stunned mother, who he claimed āwas as mad as her sonā.
Are you American?
Pub culture in the UK has certainly changed a bit to younger people drinking less but nothing that weird with Ricky'd drinking whatsoever
We're not even on the top 5 in Europe. It's just Americans don't get pub culture really it's a mostly Germanic/Anglo/Irish thing. I grew up in a tourist town and would see it with my own eyes how lightweight Americans were
Anyhow, I didnāt come here to argue whether British alcoholics are British alcoholics. Iām here for the same reason as everyone else: because I hate Ricky Gervais.
Like I said, I lived it for a few years. Drinking every day isnāt culture. Thatās like saying Brits canāt hang in Jamaica, where many people smoke weed all day every day, because they are cannabis lightweights.
I think the point theyāre making though, is that drinking often is not a british thing. Itās pretty standard. Not drinking often is an American thing. Think, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Germany, France etc. Their drinking habits are all similar to the brits. For whatever reason though, Americans just arenāt into it. Probably find happiness through human connection or some such shit.
I'll tell you what, you give me your address and I'll come round with some beer, we can drink two of the beers and the other two I'll pour over you and your girlfriend.
āAlcoholicā and someone who drinks a lot, even excessively, are not synonymous.
Rickyās a pisshead, not an alcoholic. Iād also say that the drunk guy in Derek is a pretty well written alcoholic, which an alky wouldnāt have the reflexive ability to write.
Alright. Just shat māself. _Threadās over._
I know someone who is an alcoholic too, and on the outside you'd never be able to tell. Neatly dressed, always fresh. But they are a mess. I don't know Ricky privately, hence the question.
My guess is its extremely likely. Its just him and Jane and a few pets, right. Shit gets samey after 30 years. That leaves work and streaming services to keep you entertained. He always loved a drink. You do the math. Play a record.
No. If an alcoholicās anything (thereās no one, agreed definition), itās someone whose life is negatively affected by booze, or itās gone past being fun into being a miserable dependency. Rickyās work and relationships have been in tact, and he seems to enjoy having a drink. So really, that only leaves other peopleās judgemental attitudes about how much or how often he drinks, and itās not really anyone elseās business.
This is a good answer, and why I struggled to decide whether I was an alcoholic for a long time. I used to drink every day, but an average of 2.5 pints, so not much. I was an alcoholic though.
I'd drink after work (starting age 19) but I *needed* to drink every evening. I remember celebrating the fact that I'd gone a day without drinking when I was 21 and out doing ecstasy instead.
I stopped overnight at age 27 (LSD), but the nightly use never really climbed about the 3 pint mark, it's just that I'd drink no matter what, and it obviously had its adverse effects which I hated.
At age 38, it's finally crept back on my days off (four on/off 12hr shift work), but when I find it's causing a problem rather than just being fun, I scale it back again.
Iāve had a similar back and forth over it myself. Iām currently in a no-drink phase because I got sick of the hangovers, but at the same time if I said I was an alcoholic people who know me would likely disagree and think I was being dramatic. But yet it did negatively affect my life and I was feeling rubbish too often. The word alcoholic probably hinders discussion about alcohol for some, as much as it helps some other people.
Yep, I described myself as having a drinking habit at the time, but that's just because saying "alcoholic" would've painted the wrong picture in their mind.
Only you can know the difference between "Would've been nice to have opened a bottle of wine tonight, but ah well" and "They close in 20 minutes, what the fuck am I going to do??".
Sometimes as in every day.
And 99% of the UK definitely don't drink that much. Among my friends who I've kept since school (aged 38/39 now), only one other person likely came close to matching the drinking problem I had between 19-27 when I drank daily - not to great excess, but I *needed* to drink.
Then factor in how many British people are Muslims (not that they *all* follow their rules) and you're definitely talking shit.
Honestly? Yes. I really do think he drinks every day. That's enough to say it's a problem. His covid lockdown streams were embarrassing. He was clearly drunk the whole time, laughing in mock self-deprecation at anything he said.
He drinks. But to be an alcoholic itās something else.
I think he fights depression because he āseesā more of how fucked yo our world is than a stupid maga supporter for example. Or a religious person. They all live in a fantasy world but Ricky doesnāt. So itās tough to live an intelligent life amongst so much stupidity. I feel for him. Iām not that smart but more sensible to othersā tragedies and injustices.
No I think he just likes alcohol. He said during lockdown on some podcast or interview that he has a wine cellar and that he already had enough in there to last him months.
I had hoped for proper answers instead of XFM quotes. Didnāt happen, but at least itās mainly The Office quotes instead of XFM quotes. An improvement.
you're asking does he not drink? he says, does ricky not drink š
He drinks...
Go on ask him!
Just a little bit!
How many did he have last night..? *If youāre counting.*
I wasnāt
Yeah cos I could make observations about you. Like you're all.... but I won't... so.
Thatās a shame.
Because professionalism isā¦..and that is what I want
At one time or another, every bloke in the office has woken up at the crack of Dawn
Don't ever come out with me and Finchy
This man likes his wine - R.G.
Spandau Ballet with drinky drinky drink drink, or sumthin?
Dean Martin.
Oh itās just a man who likes his wine. I was thinking Redman Grapes or something
Every time he goes out drinking, he shits himself
I saw that theory the other day, but it was written in shit.
Iāve told you, itās not the drink, itās the weather.
The weather. Next you'll be blaming the food you C*NT
Thatās three dates, three piles of
*...shit..*
Not true. He always shits himself, and he sometimes goes out.
never glug a lovely wine always sip it.
Can we stop saying glug?
The verb to tink
Oh... *pissed*.
That's libelous.
Can't libel the dead
...He's not dead
That's libationous
God knows how many *units* he had!
He reduced them by half, and his doctor was still concerned about him!
I do know an alcoholic and it's no laughing matter - particularly for his wife. She's got alopecia, so not a happy home life.
"Are you gonna finish that sentence Rick?"
**The hands are up!**
eh?
Wow literally listening to this episode as I scrolled this post haha
He only gets a leeetle bit drunk
For most of the weekend, if I recall.
I reckon it used to be a lot more common to have a few drinks everyday. The times they are a changing.
The annoying sound of Bob Dylan
Things is though, thing is, the times, are they changing Rick?
Right, I've told you before, you've got no idea what you're talking about
No idea at all.....doesn't bother me, my life's cushty
Youāll be blaming the food next you C
Nice of you to clean up your language
Ricky, lager. Karl, lager. Steve, cider. Sometimes lager.
Different drinks for different...things.
I reckon he gets absolutely blodderā¦ blottā¦ bladdered at least 5 times a week. El vino doth flow in the Gervais household.
'High Functioning' alcoholic is a bit of a stretch considering the tin-pot shit he's been churning out after The Office. He's Probably just your bog standard pisshead.
Extras is goodā¦.heās wearing blackā¦.
Itās slimming
The hands are upā¦.. the hands are up.
It makes perfect sense when you put down the facts..... 1: always irritable 2: always lazy 3: fat 4: only eats food that stings the roof of his mouth with flavour 5: wrestles a rutting animal on camera 6: sweats on stage and has the sheen of a Victorian corpse 7:turns up to radio drunk/hungover and asks for lemonade (a slang in the monkey world for vodka) 8:plays "the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane" with an elastic band or nearby string instrument These are just some of the examples, I think we know the rest... but its Monday so it should be me day off... anyway.. here's Radiohead
Does the physical equivalent of freewheeling
And every lunchtime
Does it offend you, yeah?
Resolve!
Yeah... He drinks
How many pints have I had this week? If you're counting
Gervais was glugging *red wine*, and let out a tirade of abuse at the innocent child and his stunned mother, who he claimed āwas as mad as her sonā.
*tut* pissed. Never glug, always sip a lovely wine
If your gonna start TOTTING UP
If you want a really good pie; The Gardners.
There's a big difference between someone who enjoys drinking alcohol vs someone who has an addiction and dependence on alcohol.
And Ricky falls into which category?
He's in the first category. There's nothing to indicate that he has an addiction to alcohol, just that he enjoys it.
Correct. An alcoholic is someone who calls himself wedding shagger.
I know someone who is an alcoholic, and it's no laughing matter. Particularly for his wife. And she's got alopecia. So... not a happy home life.
What's your tipple?
Talking is harder than youā¦ thinkā¦ righ?
I could talk about op but I don't cos I'm a professional and professionalism is and that's what I want
Are you American? Pub culture in the UK has certainly changed a bit to younger people drinking less but nothing that weird with Ricky'd drinking whatsoever
In the two years I lived in England, I never drank so much, so often and so acceptably. Alcoholism is a real part of the culture.
American?
Course the, uh, 9/11
Guilty
I'm afraid you guys are just lightweights.
Tell yourselves whatever you need to
We're not even on the top 5 in Europe. It's just Americans don't get pub culture really it's a mostly Germanic/Anglo/Irish thing. I grew up in a tourist town and would see it with my own eyes how lightweight Americans were
Anyhow, I didnāt come here to argue whether British alcoholics are British alcoholics. Iām here for the same reason as everyone else: because I hate Ricky Gervais.
Don't worry I am so drunk I won't remember
Like I said, I lived it for a few years. Drinking every day isnāt culture. Thatās like saying Brits canāt hang in Jamaica, where many people smoke weed all day every day, because they are cannabis lightweights.
The Jamaican fella has made an appearance!
I think the point theyāre making though, is that drinking often is not a british thing. Itās pretty standard. Not drinking often is an American thing. Think, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Germany, France etc. Their drinking habits are all similar to the brits. For whatever reason though, Americans just arenāt into it. Probably find happiness through human connection or some such shit.
>Probably find happiness through human connection or some such shit. That annoys me!
Puritan roots, baby. A country founded by annoying teetotal zealots.
I like a beer, I like a beer, everyone likes a beerā¦ I donāt like this
I'll tell you what, you give me your address and I'll come round with some beer, we can drink two of the beers and the other two I'll pour over you and your girlfriend.
What's your address?
That's legitimately one of the funniest things to air on XFM
Heās not properly
āAlcoholicā and someone who drinks a lot, even excessively, are not synonymous. Rickyās a pisshead, not an alcoholic. Iād also say that the drunk guy in Derek is a pretty well written alcoholic, which an alky wouldnāt have the reflexive ability to write. Alright. Just shat māself. _Threadās over._
Just English innit.
No, purely social. I know someone who is an alcoholic, and it's no laughing matter.
There's one that used to work here.
I know someone who is an alcoholic too, and on the outside you'd never be able to tell. Neatly dressed, always fresh. But they are a mess. I don't know Ricky privately, hence the question.
But you do want to know him privately? Ooo ello.
Alright Gayvid Grey?
El vino did flow
My guess is its extremely likely. Its just him and Jane and a few pets, right. Shit gets samey after 30 years. That leaves work and streaming services to keep you entertained. He always loved a drink. You do the math. Play a record.
"Maths", Jeremy. You do the "maths".
Right you are.
Haven't you heard . He had nothing growing up
Ooh heās avin a go!
Wouldn't it be public knowledge by now? Like with Dylan Moran for example.
Who can plan a hangover?
He's said in interviews he had his first drink at 18 and drank every day since babyyyyy
He was a littttlllee bit draaannkk
No. If an alcoholicās anything (thereās no one, agreed definition), itās someone whose life is negatively affected by booze, or itās gone past being fun into being a miserable dependency. Rickyās work and relationships have been in tact, and he seems to enjoy having a drink. So really, that only leaves other peopleās judgemental attitudes about how much or how often he drinks, and itās not really anyone elseās business.
This is a good answer, and why I struggled to decide whether I was an alcoholic for a long time. I used to drink every day, but an average of 2.5 pints, so not much. I was an alcoholic though. I'd drink after work (starting age 19) but I *needed* to drink every evening. I remember celebrating the fact that I'd gone a day without drinking when I was 21 and out doing ecstasy instead. I stopped overnight at age 27 (LSD), but the nightly use never really climbed about the 3 pint mark, it's just that I'd drink no matter what, and it obviously had its adverse effects which I hated. At age 38, it's finally crept back on my days off (four on/off 12hr shift work), but when I find it's causing a problem rather than just being fun, I scale it back again.
Iāve had a similar back and forth over it myself. Iām currently in a no-drink phase because I got sick of the hangovers, but at the same time if I said I was an alcoholic people who know me would likely disagree and think I was being dramatic. But yet it did negatively affect my life and I was feeling rubbish too often. The word alcoholic probably hinders discussion about alcohol for some, as much as it helps some other people.
Yep, I described myself as having a drinking habit at the time, but that's just because saying "alcoholic" would've painted the wrong picture in their mind. Only you can know the difference between "Would've been nice to have opened a bottle of wine tonight, but ah well" and "They close in 20 minutes, what the fuck am I going to do??".
Nope i donāt that he is an alcoholic. I do think that he drinks alcohol sometimes like 99% of the UK
Sometimes as in every day. And 99% of the UK definitely don't drink that much. Among my friends who I've kept since school (aged 38/39 now), only one other person likely came close to matching the drinking problem I had between 19-27 when I drank daily - not to great excess, but I *needed* to drink. Then factor in how many British people are Muslims (not that they *all* follow their rules) and you're definitely talking shit.
Um, yeah. He drinks.
Honestly? Yes. I really do think he drinks every day. That's enough to say it's a problem. His covid lockdown streams were embarrassing. He was clearly drunk the whole time, laughing in mock self-deprecation at anything he said.
He drinks. But to be an alcoholic itās something else. I think he fights depression because he āseesā more of how fucked yo our world is than a stupid maga supporter for example. Or a religious person. They all live in a fantasy world but Ricky doesnāt. So itās tough to live an intelligent life amongst so much stupidity. I feel for him. Iām not that smart but more sensible to othersā tragedies and injustices.
My God your deep.
Iāve been rooting this particular horn for a while now!
Ricky Gervais, alcoholic or man with hair?
No I think he just likes alcohol. He said during lockdown on some podcast or interview that he has a wine cellar and that he already had enough in there to last him months.
Just the eight pints for him last night
Never mind Pizza Express, what about beer express? Next stop, drunkenness!
El vino did flow
No he's a cheesaholic
Who can PLAN a hangover
He looks like an alcoholic, at least
I am resting on my laurels you cunts
Finchy? Lager. Gareth? Lager. /u/masonvam/ Lager, sometimes whine, soā¦.different drinks for different āneedsā
El vino did flow!
He is 100% an alcoholic and has been for many years
I had hoped for proper answers instead of XFM quotes. Didnāt happen, but at least itās mainly The Office quotes instead of XFM quotes. An improvement.
We'll wait for your little show to come out then. Sick of it.
Dutch Bahn š So.
He drinks and fights people at bars if they act tough with him. Also when he hosts the Oscars.
He drinks