I enjoy Iain Stolling's work in Love Island, but I'm certainly not loving this. Not only is it entirely unfunny and self-indulgently autobiographical, it's also painfully self-pitying. Apparently Stirling was 'sold the idea he was special' by his parents; and yet bad things have sometimes happened to him. Poor lamb!
Look, young people: for most adults, most of the time, life is difficult. That's not unfairness, it's not because of some con or injustice, it's just how it is (heard of the 'human condition'?). Maybe it would be better if that was spelled out more clearly to us when we're kids; but how exactly does it help to try and prolong the Disneyworld pretence long into adulthood?
For the rest of us: if you want to know why it is now acceptable for Olympic athletes who don't feel like competing to just drop out - and then, if they like, drop back in again - and not only escape criticism but be applauded for it, this might shed some light on the subject. But I'm not sure it's worth sitting through it for that.
Look, young people: for most adults, most of the time, life is difficult. That's not unfairness, it's not because of some con or injustice, it's just how it is (heard of the 'human condition'?). Maybe it would be better if that was spelled out more clearly to us when we're kids; but how exactly does it help to try and prolong the Disneyworld pretence long into adulthood?
For the rest of us: if you want to know why it is now acceptable for Olympic athletes who don't feel like competing to just drop out - and then, if they like, drop back in again - and not only escape criticism but be applauded for it, this might shed some light on the subject. But I'm not sure it's worth sitting through it for that.