The Internet, smartphones, social media, AI. These are the things that have ruined humanity.

@davidt-gb9pz

2 ай бұрын

Clown. Without internet you would not be replying to this ridiculous , naive video from old codger lost in life.

@Shaun-sh1op

2 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍 Before internet ..populist cults had keep it to themselves Not organise marches that disrupt society

@trevorsmith7753

2 ай бұрын

Light casts shadows.

@jimkelleher53

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Eddie for your insights. You were sitting behind me in Mackays cafe in Nong Kai in March and you were very loud lol but I like your opinions on most things mate. Irish jimmy living in Australia

In my opinion, life was better before the internet. Internet is changing people, and not for the better.

@bigwig400

2 ай бұрын

So why are you using the internet then?

@Shaun-sh1op

2 ай бұрын

​​@@bigwig400they using the internet selectively Not to put on yik yok or only fans or post hate or organise marches

@heww3960

Ай бұрын

Internet is a double-edged sword. I agree that in overall it has ruined the world. For just mention 1 thing, before internet there where actually culture differences in the world, now it is just 1 big mess under a global elite (feminism). But at the same time, internet is a good timewaster. Being without internet would feel very boring unless you live a very active lifestyle.

@petergorm

Ай бұрын

@@heww3960 I agree. The task has to be too busy to be online! 5555

I look upon it like this. Me, as a working class lad, left Wales at 21 and moved to West London. Within a year I have bought my first home. No way could this happen now. Please don't get me started on the failure of multiculturalism.

@danielclark863

2 ай бұрын

My trans boyfriend hates Welsh people!😂

@paulb5907

2 ай бұрын

spot on mate well said

@jcmontecarlo6123

2 ай бұрын

Same everywhere

@Shaun-sh1op

2 ай бұрын

Spot on 👍

@TheRed02151

Ай бұрын

failure of multiculturalism, yet you have no qualms watching a guys talk about his exploits embracing the perks of other cultures food, women, and culture. Get a grip, we have an immigration problem, not a "multicultural" one. Most of us happen to be doing just fine getting alone with our neighbors.

Hello Eddy, I’m 62 now and I can say definitely that the 70’s and 80’s were the best decades of my life. Everything was cheap and even though I was on low wages I was happy, today you have to work just to pay the bills and life is very hard. The Government is not interested in the middle man or woman today they just want to screw as much money 💴 out of you as possible. The food, pubs, clubs, tv shows etc were much better, sorry for the rant!!!😂😂😂😂

The Worst Thing right now . . . . . Bar Girls with Smart Phones changed the game completely

@danielclark863

2 ай бұрын

The worst? Finding out she has a penis after taking het/it back to your room is the worst!😂

@21stcenturyshowgirl

2 ай бұрын

smart phones make people stoopid.

@pandemicoftheunvaccinated5367

2 ай бұрын

I've visited many bars in Philippines and Thailand where mobiles were banned for staff.

Of course they were. We were 40, 50 years younger for a start.

@jacked6

2 ай бұрын

Are not been born like many of us lol

@maloz63

2 ай бұрын

Well said

The economy 1970 in Germany was booming and the life was much better when you're 18 years old.... Traveling to South East Asia in the 80's was more simple cheaper and something special....

Some things were better, some not. All I can say is being a child in the 70s 80s, we were happier and freer, and we were out with friends 90% of our free time.

70s and 80s were better in many ways . My opinion

@phillipjaric6518

2 ай бұрын

Much better 70 and 80s in Australia

@boxingmonkey8621

2 ай бұрын

@phillipdale6765 . . . I rarely get Bar Girls over 35 . . . I couldn’t imagine sleeping with a 70 or 80 Year Old

@trevorsmith7753

2 ай бұрын

@@boxingmonkey8621 My taste in women never changes with age. 18-23 and childless.

Visiting Thailand in the mid eighties was fantastic

@maloz63

2 ай бұрын

I'm jealous, I didn't make it to Thailand till 1990

@billyboyd3493

2 ай бұрын

@Fishing >> that's because your tool was working then BUT not now. Sorry about that

@Fishing4Pleasure

2 ай бұрын

@@billyboyd3493 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm from the US, and in the 70s, you could afford an apartment making minimum wage ($1.65 an hour--early 70s). You could go to a concert every week to see a major artist for less than $10, sometimes as low as $3.

@philjohnson3829

2 ай бұрын

I saw Led Zeppelin for 50p in 1970

@Joe-og8um

2 ай бұрын

The usa is out of control. Imo.

@21stcenturyshowgirl

2 ай бұрын

so true and you could sit in a cafe and drink coffee all day on the dole ...ahaha...today you'd be skint trying that caper

@MR..181

2 ай бұрын

Saving 3 to 10 bucks avoiding vaxx and covid mutatable production proteins shedders?

@AdrianPG63

2 ай бұрын

Massive dollar crash on the way ...

I was born in 77 and think the 90's were by far the best time, one of hope and enjoyment - and great music. The fear and uncertainty that we see today just didn't exist.

the music of the 60 and 70 is still the best. and the comedies too. ty you Brittains !!!

The internet is fantastic but I believe most social media is crippling society.

@21stcenturyshowgirl

2 ай бұрын

yeah it's sorta turning everyone autistic

One word yes. Especially the music. New pub where i live meant at the 20something. . They only play 80's eqrly 90's music. . The young ones there think its new music. 80's forever

@philreynolds7874

2 ай бұрын

@@JimmyJenks I think 80s music was brilliant up until a certain 3 record producers seem to get involved a lot more around 1987 .From 87 onwards music has been on a a downward spiral .

@darylyork2232

2 ай бұрын

​@@JimmyJenksdisco and then the sh#t they still play today.

The wealthy can afford these increases, The poor get the money off the benefits system to pay for the increases, The middle man is getting screwed sideways by these increases

I think we had a lot more fun as kids in those days. Nowadays the youngsters have so many issues. Transgender/psychological/depression etc. We just used to get on with things. In the 1970s I remember my mum leaving the door unlocked for her friends coming in for coffee.

@21stcenturyshowgirl

2 ай бұрын

yes it is much harder for young people today i agree.

I'm about the same age as you Eddy, left school in 1979. I personally think 70's/80's were slightly better than now (I was obviously a teenager back then). I know growing up in the 70's we had a lousy economy in the UK, blokes going to Germany for work, strikes galore, endless power cuts, binmen on strike etc.. Life seemed very simple back then, no mobile phones, kids played outside safely etc. I suppose you could say we were poorer than now, food was poor, 3 TV stations, travel abroad was expensive, cars unreliable. Life was simpler back then and people were much happier too. The music was fantastic. England was England back then if you get my drift. 80's were great for me in London, good job, reasonable salary, lots of trips abroad etc.... UK is a right old mess now, yes people have more money, weather is the same! Political correctness, crime, rampant immigration, overcrowded country, dreadful NHS, really poor standards generally.

@trevorsmith7753

2 ай бұрын

Weather: same-same + chemtrails & HAARP.

Everything was better over.20 years.ago

@danielclark863

2 ай бұрын

My girlfriend was!😂

Love the channel Ed but disagree on almost everything you said. Music, films, tv, the media, respect, discipline, sports, politicians, almost everything was way better in the 70s and 80s. Smart phones have destroyed humanity as many psychologists have said, destroyed childrens lives and have caused more division and suicides than at any point in human history. I would 1000% go back to before 1995 and a much simpler life in a heartbeat, absolutely! 👍

It's called nostalgia. If you think life was better in the olden days it's because you've turned into your own grandad.

The biggest difference is if you got a college education back in the 1970's, you could get a good job and rise up from poverty to upper middle class. We started with nothing and because we were not saddled with student loan debt we were able to become in the top 2%. That is not the case now. Young people are saddled with debt, need help from their parents financially and do not have the opportunity that we had. The middle class is shrinking in the USA. This is not the American Dream. I am speaking about the USA.

Some people complain that the internet has ruined life yet they still use it and the minute it breaks down they are on the phone berating their service provider.

very good video! So well put! 👍

Hi Eddy, not sure what to say..I moved to UK in 1975 , did not want to do French military service, I was 20 then. I had shit job in Curry's and a great job as pot man in a pub in Kingston. Traveled the world thru all the au pair girls, had loads of friends. Little money, shit bedsit but HAPPY. I was 20 years old. The music was great, flares, platform shoes. Etc. Then got working in computers and travelled a lot, even made good money freelance. That was good until 2000 or so. Been traveling again and spending 50% of my time in Thailand, was great in 1997, everything was nearly free, 90 baht to the pound....Then it slowly got old, I got old, 68. Still better than UK though. I think we were young and healthy, care free . I like what you do, "keep on trucking". Cheers. Christian.

@21stcenturyshowgirl

2 ай бұрын

great story...you should write a book too Christian. :)

@trevorsmith7753

2 ай бұрын

Fort Timbuktu for you, soldat en folle.

I think they were Ed. Society seemed more bonded together back then. And there was always a proper butchers and bakers near home. And people were a lot more sociable to strangers.

@danielclark863

2 ай бұрын

I'm not a stranger. Who you like to see my puppies. There in the back of my van😂

I was only born in 1991 but as the years go on I feel everything is becoming more dystopian and topsy turvy.

@danielclark863

2 ай бұрын

Your generation is fucked for a government pension! Save up now. I'm 57 and just about got enough. I feel sorry for you.😢

@trevorsmith7753

2 ай бұрын

Kafkaesque.

Music is terrible these days: utterly forgettable and throwaway, enjoy the weekend 👍

Great video Eddy, I totally agree with you.

Hi Eddy I spent some time in udon 40 years ago .nice to see how much it has changed.there wasn’t much there back then and the surrounding districts. Much better today …keep up the good work all the best …!

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info

I agree with movies, music, and the hero's, man was a man and a woman was a woman. Into day times so much hate, with all the great electronics we have ,we lost the human interaction and personal connection. The world order wants to harmonize that everyone is the same. Their thoughts, their actions their economy are all on the same level. Thanks for a video that starts us to think and open our eyes

@Russ453hgf

2 ай бұрын

The internet is convenient, absolutely. But have we lost something from this comfortable convenience? I would say yes. Look around you, people are functioning on a day to level in a manner of comfortable numbness. I used to write several love letters a day to my first love in Malta, I lived in London, I was 23. The level of deep human emotion I felt at this time was boundless. I don't believe there is a comparison when you can ping your latest written emotions to the recipient at the other end of the internet, at the instant touch of an electronic button, as frequently as you desire... We do not feel as I believe we should really feel as human beings. We feel in a kind of abstracted way. Look at all the narcissism of many girls and young women who are constantly taking photos and videos of themselves only. What is this saying to us? I believe it speaks volumes for the absence of meaning and of soul to these people's lives. It's as if they are trying to fill a void but don't quite know how to... I went back to England when I was 50 ( I'd been away from it for 10 years). I stayed in Rotherhithe, with my brother near Canada Water tube station. Being away from London for so long there were 2 things that struck me. All the professionals going into and coming out of the underground station looked like zombies, There was no personal interaction with each other or with train station staff. There was no smiling or acknowledging the presence of other human beings. Everybody's walk seemed to be at the same pace. It was if they were all of a dutiful, un-feeling 'hive-mind'.i do blame the internet for this. The other thing I noticed was the proliferation of transgender self-identifiers. It was an explosion. I and my ex wife must have spotted 7 in 10 days in London. Prior to leaving England 10 years previously I probably saw the same number but over the whole of my life till I left! Any girl you may meet these days asks straight away if you are on WhatsApp, Tik Tok... People are losing the ability to chat in a natural everyday situation. The internet has reduced our attention spans to that of a gnat. I know that can no longer focus long enough to read a long book, as I used to before the internet, before I become distracted and look for my next quick dopamine rush online. We've actually lost a lot. But I believe the internet's great, comfortable convenience is where it is most stealthily dangerous ... I agree that music in the 70s and 80s was far superior to music that is served up to us today . I also agree that film's had believable, gritty actors in the 70s and 80s. They did feel more real , organic and, again, more human and life-like than the dire propagandised, often AI saturated offerings of today.

@21stcenturyshowgirl

2 ай бұрын

so true

I love it when you fire up Eddy. Wokey, Cokey!😆

I enjoy your videos however with this one you put in so much opinion and truth and memories. Big thumbs up from me.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, mate

Thank's for showing us the city and people of Udonfanny anyway Ed . Welcome to Ed's third rant channel folks. 🤭

@danielclark863

2 ай бұрын

Dirty fanny?😂

Of course it was better then . Same as Thailand was better then.

Dave Allen was great

@philreynolds7874

2 ай бұрын

I doubt he would be allowed on tv nowadays.For a start the wokes wouldnt allow him to sit there drinking alcohol. .

Growing up in the 70s 80s everyone knew each other looked out for each other. Now communities are full of strangers that don’t talk to each other.

internet was the key, anytime before 2010 was absolutly better, no matter 70'90' etc

Top rant fella 😅

@danielclark863

2 ай бұрын

Street ranting at it best!😂

Think of all the fantastic music & entertainment that came out of the U.k in the 70s/80s

I would agree with you Ed that the invention of the Internet and smartphones are marvellous things but and it's a very very big BUT because both come with some very, very BIG downsides, those being an ideal way for criminals to scam people out of their life savings especially older people that are more vulnerable and trusting, then there's the heartbreaking stories of young kids committing suicide because of online bullying and harassment, people being addicted to online gambling and losing all they have as well as their homes and marriages and their lives in some cases. Back in the day if you wanted to have a bet you had to go to a bookies so it was much less convenient to gamble. As for Netflix and Sky and the like well I don't have them so can't comment. We say all of this technology is great and wonderful but it all comes with a price and I have serious doubts over it's benefits.

Eddy, you are walking in circles on a city sidewalk, ranting with no one around you?🤔 Those ladies that walked by started a phone call. The white coat division is coming to lock you up!😂

I first arrived in Thailand early after 2000. I got 73b to the pound which is around 1/2 of what i get here today. Everything was a lot cheaper.

@KippaxInThailand

2 ай бұрын

I still say Thailand was at it's best early 2000s brilliant times

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

That's when I remember it best

@trevorsmith7753

2 ай бұрын

@@STEADY599 1979 ... top Patpong dancers THB 500 all night.

Of course they were more morals and standards and a lot cheaper

These are the good old days ! One day we will be looking back at now so make it as enjoyable as you can. As for the little white dot on the telly at midnight, yes I remember doing exactly that, staring empty headed at a blank screen for 5, 10 minutes kinda expecting something to appear. That’s just proof of the hypnotic effect of visual media, Jesus I do miss the simplicity of life back then.

I think you nailed it Steady Eddy. Some things definitely were better but others not so much. 90s and early 00s however might have been better.

I don't agree Eddy. Living standards were higher through the 70 & 80s People could afford to buy a house and pay energy bills. We were not angels but had some respect for older people and the law. We were not self entitled. Yes technology is better.

your commentary is fantastic.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Thanks for your pure honesty. I totally share your sentiment. I would love to have a beer with you one day in Thailand. Keep up the good work.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou, Nicolas. That's very kind of you.

Used to like Morecambe and Wise .Great comedy back in the day

Ed, why is every video a rant? It appears that travelling is making you angry. What happened to the light hearted videos?

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

They were so light they blew away

@rossriver75yukon27

2 ай бұрын

@@STEADY599Good reply!😊

@JC-lu4se

2 ай бұрын

Even if you move abroad, you're always there. Living in a foreign country doesn't change you as a person in most cases.

@rossriver75yukon27

2 ай бұрын

@@JC-lu4se So true. The lesson of traveling to “get away from it all”( so-called😊)

@trevorsmith7753

2 ай бұрын

We want to see the local talent.

You forgot to mention Mike and Bernie winters when talking about comedy legends 😂

@danielclark863

2 ай бұрын

Snorbits

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

I may have been tempted to do Bernie's annoying catchphrase: Eeeeeeeeeee

@trevorsmith7753

2 ай бұрын

@@STEADY599 Don't come the EEEEEEE, choochy-face!

Agree with most things you have said. Love the noisy bloke banging away half way through the video.

Savvy foreigners should avoid SE Asia's hot season (March-May) by taking refuge in highlands. Dalat, Tretes, Baguio, Cameron/Genting Highlands.

Ed, imagine re running " Love Thy Neighbour" on tele.....

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

It would look very dated apart from anything else.

Very well said Steady Eddy. There’s a lot of things better today than there was in the 70’s and 80’s and there were a few things better back in the old days than there is today. As I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s I love and miss the nostalgia of yesteryear but as for internet and smartphones, it made things so much more easier and helps me when I go out traveling overseas.

Hi Ed, Serbian brother here

Sorry Eddy, a lot of points I don’t agree with you. I was in the building industry in the 70’s in the UK and there was work everywhere. The oil industry was starting up and Aberdeen was booming. Music in the 60’s and 70’s was the very best. Even today that’s all I ever listen to. Life was great with fantastic music festivals. I went to the 1st Isle of White festival and Reading blues festival. Good times. I lived in Thailand in 1980 and things seemed a lot simpler than today. Now still in Southeast Asia after 44 years so cannot comment on what it’s like in the UK these days. Immigration does seem to be a problem but if the UK would stop following America into all these wars and destroying their countries, then maybe they would not have to immigrate

Born in 1954, I hated the 70’s. Cops took the piss & cameras didn't exist with geriatric magistrates believing every word the bent liars said. Young (legal) motorists like me were hounded as cash cows for the scum. 80’s were great and early ‘90’s even better, the music terrific. I never took drugs but discovering Thailand in the 2000s extended the fun immeasurably (still does). No, F the 50’s 60’s & 70’s, it all arrived for me in the 80’s.

Im a little bit older than you Eddie but thanks for speaking my mind. I totally agree with you.

Britain 🇬🇧 in the 70s was Magic ..Minder On the Buses Steptoe Nearest and Dearest Stan and Hilda Ogden No Immigration Good police Nice people All Gone for ever 😢

Amazing video eddy very interesting topic im also British, I totally agree life wasn't easy in the 80s for a lot of British people me being 1 of those people, Thanks for sharing 👍

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Cheers, mate

@danielclark863

2 ай бұрын

But nothing about Udon T. Street ranting again?

Great video Edward 👍

In angeles during the early 90's-barfines were 200php and a beer in a club was 35 php.

The worse thing now a days is people forget to communicate to each other. How many people sit at the same table with their mobile phones or date through on line sites. Order food on line to get delivery ext ext..

Jumper's for goalposts, Forest kings of Europe, The Jam top of the charts. Yozzer Hughes, Arthur Daley, Del Boy. Happy days. Are Hotel California and Zombie (The Cranberries) still being played incessantly?😂 Looks like your enjoying Udon Thani Eddie.🍻👍

I was a child of the 80’s growing up in Huyton liverpool and although it was tough high unemployment etc etc! We had each other we were together! These kids growing up now don’t hang around with each other playing footy on the local fields they hang around with each other on the internet

in america in the 1980s you would get punched in the face for being disrespectful.

@MR..181

2 ай бұрын

Exactly...

@seamusegan1311

2 ай бұрын

Y​u think I watch this muppet😂

Another rant Ed You need to get back to Pattaya and get some lady company

I'm 61 and from the very worst areas and schools in Glasgow. Leading up to the 70s & 80s, socialism and the "I'm alright Jack" generation destroyed the UK. Perhaps Thatcher's social policies could have been finessed but her economic policies came straight from Milton Friedman and that's why they worked. By the 90s & 00s the UK had pulled itself together and opportunities abounded for anyone prepared to get off their backside and work - unfortunately that didn't suit everybody. Now in the 2010s & 20s we have a new mania which has spread across the West and which appears suspiciously like totalitarian socialism in disguise. If Thatcher was alive today, I've no doubt she'd sweep to power in Britain and I've no doubt she'd save our country once again.

@chrismccoll4953

2 ай бұрын

Spot on

Don't you just love his street ranting. Back in the UK he'd be in a home!😂

please talk about thailand in 70s and 80s . i waiting for that new video clip. It will be exciting.

Not answering your own question about Female comedians is a woke response. Also to add to your list of differences between you and the people coming to the UK, you are there legally

The 1970s best decade for movies. End of the hollywood studio system, not much money about for movies so room for lots of innovation and maverick directors.

I'm 52 years old

The most amazing thing about what the internet has made possible Eddy is Bitcoin 😊 Without the internet there would be no Bitcoin 🤔

In a word, a resounding YES! You could be poor and survive now you have no hope even if you earn a few bob. The average person has forgotten the effects Friedman at Chicago and his economic bollocks that Reagan, Thatcher, et al. swallowed and that was way before the last 15 years since the GFC. Yes, there loads of other issues but all things, sadly, come down to affordability. Being 65 growing up in London then moving to Chicago and Denver in the late 70s I can tell you that no matter how bad Britains economy was then it’s worse now. And in the US they used to say you worked to live now it’s the opposite. I’d go back in a heartbeat.

P.S. Eddy, I like the way you paddle your own dingy 🙃

It's good that you are getting your opinion across here but I come for the travel content.

The 90s were the best decade. I’m late 50s … 🎉

@globalpropertyinvestment

2 ай бұрын

Agree with that pal, I'm 47

👍👍👍

Scorching hot day and wears Black 🤣🤣🤣

Yes, Ed everywhere was better, especially for punters.

Easier to buy a house back then in the 70s and 80s if you were lucky enough to have a half decent job - you'd have to be bloody lucky in the early/mid 80s when I left school though. What about the UK pension age going up in recent years? Companies doing wholescale wage cuts for the same work in recent years. I'm talking from 2000s onwards. But if you go far back enough, say pre 1950s, no such thing as the 'good old days'. Btw Maggie Thatcher is in a better place now.

@21stcenturyshowgirl

2 ай бұрын

yes much easier to buy a house even tho i didn't want one at the time. Maggie left her cockroach children though like Prime Minster John Howard who was shat out of her ass and ruined Australia in the 90s

yes your memory is pure gold.

what the world needs more of now is more benny hill type comics.

No doubt that things, for the most part, are far better now than they were in the 70's when I was growing up. I can just compare the conditions of countries I visited as a backpacker in 1984 with those same countries today that I have revisited. No comparison, all are much better off. Plus it is so much easier to travel now with the internet, GPS, Google Maps and Translate, much cheaper airfares, better food, better tourist infrastructure, etc, etc etc. People don't like change so that is why they complain - but change is the only constant in life so deal with it - it ain't so bad! That's my two cents (pence) Ed. Great topic and video as usual! BTW, I laugh when people say airfares were cheaper - they weren't at all when you consider inflation. For example, my first one way discount ticket from Toronto to Tokyo cost $1500 in 1990. That is equivalent to $3000 today but today you can buy that same ticket for $800 or even less. No comparison - people make lazy comparisons without doing the actual research - total BS.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your info, Brian. Yes, very true about air fares

back in the 70s and 80s I hadn't very much spending money, now as I approach retirement Im about to get massive redundancy pay off. so it would have been nice to have all this dosh when i was younger.

BETTER BELIEVE IT MUUCH MUCH BETTER NO CONTEST !!!

Try traveling without ATM machines before you pass judgement.

Your spot on eddie am around your age from the pool there was jack shite regards work I was working on the side fiver a day lol

Yes, no comparison.

One thing that never changes is bad Government is the cause of may of our problems.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Very true

Eddie if everything is so good where is my flying car ! 😂

I'm in Frankston Melbourne Eddie

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Have a good day.

George Carlin was an absolute genius and funny as hell

The internet is amazing in the modern age which we didn’t have back in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Pros and cons to everything as I grew up through both decades, some things good some not so good back then. FFW to now still some good and not so good but simplicity seemed better back then, less distractions with people stuck on their phones and more personal interactions with each other.

Absolutely it was

The 90s was the last of the good times. Since 2000 it has been all downhill.

Hi eddy i think if yoou are older and retired yes it is better,depending on your location and pension,but for younger people it's possibly adifferent story,hey i told my thai wife when heading back home my t.v. was black and white,thanks for the vid.regards.there has always been progression,mostly for the better?