An amusing thought I had was Gervais finding himself in the Philippines and discovering that his 80's songs were hits there and he’d be more successful as touring has-been musician in the country than as a stand up comedian.

Ahh, that’s the word I was looking for: red-pilled. Thank you.

The venn diagram of people who thought that was hysterical and who say stuff like trump derangement syndrome or gender ideology is close to a circle.

I demand that everytime someone praises the Office or Extras they strongly note Stephan Merchants writing.  Everything Gervais writes that Merchant isn't involved with is notably shittier.

Yep, down to the failed music career.

“How can I hate women when me own mum’s one?”

This was a long time ago, so my memory is a little fuzzy, but I remember an interview with Gervais and Merchant back when the show was airing where Merchant stated Brent was Gervais, with a few minor tweaks.

Yeah, Gervais’ Golden Globes performance is a hallowed moment in ‘red-pilled’ circles.

Beyond the people in the room, yes. The morning after, reddit and facebook were falling over themselves to praise him for showing those Hollywood bigwigs what’s what. Heck, Tom Hanks’ grimace was the thumbnail for the very popular youtube clip of the monologue.

The person Garvais reminds me of more than anyone these days is Finch, the ultimate villain of ‘The Office’. A pseudo-intellectual thug who expects everyone to find him funny and charmingly transgressive, then retaliates with cruelty if they don’t.

Heck, when the black employee says he knows what joke Brent is telling, Brent backtracks and shames the employee for making the joke. Brent helps steal Tim’s shoes and throw them on a pub. He witnesses his employees pantsing another employee and starts cackling “tickle him! Tickle him!”

He wasn’t exactly a villain; he didn’t make crass and racist jokes because he was ideologically driven. David Brent tells jokes because he just wants people to like him, and he often knows when he’s crossing a line.

People were so laudatory of his Golden Globes monologue a few years back, treating his digs at streaming services (which he works with) like some huge truth-to-power moment; as though he hadn’t been invited and the monologue certainly vetted by the network beforehand.

The best part is always when they say “The network will never put that one on the air.” Except you just heard the joke, so clearly they did.

Dear Microsoft,

Please don’t screw up your interface even more. The Windows key is far more useful to me than some stupid AI. I don’t want any virtual voice assistant AI bullshit, so I immediately disable those features on every device I own. CoPilot will be no different. 

The lonely “Windows” button on most modern keyboards is an old joke turned into a bore. The key is a lonely, barren island sitting between “alt” and “ctrl” that’s long proved more of a nuisance for a wayward finger that strays a little too far southwest than it is a usable function.

I didn't even read past that part because of how stupid it sounds. I jumped straight to the comments lol

You sound like a clown. "Windows key isn't useful..." You write for a tech magazine. Do you even use computers or are you just that stupid?

Windows key is very useful because it’s used in a lot of system shortcuts and will never conflict with app’s shortcuts. I’m not sure a dedicatd Copilot key will be as useful.

They tried to enhance their hand gestures with CG but they were rendered unconvincing blobs.