>> ^Aniatario:

I was tempted to look up Karl Pilkington after watching this, just so I might discover what he looks like in RL. Then I decided not too, he's far more entertaining as a cartoon.


He looks exactly the same.
Head like a fucking orange.

>> ^chilaxe:
It makes the most sense to me to not teach kids anything made up... no Tooth Fairy, no Easter Bunny, no Santa Clause.
Reality is still good without them, and life is hard enough without believing things that aren't realistic.


i dunno, what about all those people who love role-play fantasy and dress up as lord of the rings characters and have loads of fun just recreating that whole world with each other? i think there's something lovely and innocent and harmless about that. whether or not they 'believe' in that isn't even a question.. maybe in some sense they're believing in the shared reality for the time that they're acting it out... but beyond that i think they're just indulging that part of us that needs fantasy and playfulness and whatever.. point is, i don't have a problem with it at all.. as long as they don't hurt anyone or force anyone to do something they don't want to do... i think ricky is expressing something similar here.. it makes 'em happy.. whatever.. who are we (as atheists) to deny them that? in the words of karl-head-like-a-fucking-orange-pilkington "its about bein happy, innit?"