DrCrowTStarwars said:

Oh and Ricky Gervais being rude to and bullying anyone who isn't him and calling anyone who isn't an upper class British person like him an idiot, colour me surprised.

Ricky and Karl are friends in real life, but he calls him an idiot for the sake of comedy.

Has it seriously never happened to you to call one of your friends a dumb fuck when he didn't understand something?

And Karl really is a simple-minded man.

And Ricky isn't upper class, if you're talking about his roots. His father was a labourer and a hod carrier. Gervais grew up in a working-class family and lived in an estate. (wikipedia).

Seriously I do not get why this guy is so popular, his humor is nothing more then running up to people and being rude to them and then following it with an awkward pause. The American version of the office may have gone on for way too long and become a soap opera but at least I could sit through an episode and I didn't get the feeling that the makers hated everyone one the planet and would like nothing better then to watch me and everyone get torn limb from limb by rabid rats. Seriously I do not understand how a guy who seems to hate everyone can be the most popular person on the planet at the moment, every time i see his smug hate filled face I just want to punch it.

You don't seem to understand the difference between a comedic persona and a real life individual. I guess maybe this particular brand of humour is just not for you.