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"Could you be happy without the internet?"
Ooh. Ooh.
Yes.
Yep. No!
You wouldn't get your football stuff, and you wouldn't find out comic book news!
But, this is presuming that I'm locked in a room somewhere with a load of books.
This is definitely no!
I think the internet's one of the best things to ever happen.
I don't know how I lived without it when I was small.
My little brother, he's grown up with it and he's on it the whole time.
I'd only use it mostly for social networking I suppose.
But I think...you could get by.
I'm going to say no to that one becasue...
...if there's ever a question that you need answering the first thing you do is Google it.
I think if I didn't have the internet in Australia I wouldn't have been happy.
Because I wouldn't have been able to see my family and all that.
It's a double edged sword, the internet. In that it has many excellent uses.
But I do hate the computer, and I do hate going online.
Because if you go online, your hour becomes three hours before you know it.
Your life is sucked into this screen...
...because you're Googling ridiculous things...
...and all these ads pop up, then you're looking at this and that.
Well people did it for years.
People were happy enough without the internet.
Granted, they lived in black and white...
...but they were happy enough without the internet.
A friend of mine in work pointed out that our computer system was really slow.
And he said, "is this what it was like when people had to use dial-up?"
And we said to him, "you're too young to remember dial-up."
Fond memories of...
...sitting around a computer with a bunch of my friends.
Waiting for an image to load up!
"Could you be happy without alcohol?" Yes.
Yes. Yeah, definitely.
Neither of us really drink that much.
No, I don't drink that much.
I suppose I could.
But I do quite like a drink.
Probably a bit too much sometimes.
I'm drunk right now.
This is Ireland, man!
Here in Ireland, everything is related to alcohol.
When someone is born, when someone dies.
When there is a celebration; everything is about alcohol.
I think it's crazy.
Yeah, I never drank. Yeah, I could be happy as well.
Trust me, I've been happy my whole life without alcohol.
I'd definitely be happier with alcohol in me!
I'd be richer! Could you be happy?
Ah yeah. I could yeah.
I don't need alcohol to be happy...
...but you don't need runners to run.
I just think it makes things a lot better.
It improves a night out or an experience.
I could be happy without hangovers.
To be sure!
The idea of waking up with a hangover...
...and a two-year-old who wants to play at six o'clock in the morning...
...is enough to put me off wanting to drink too much.
So, I could be happy without alcohol, yes.
I still remember the very first night you drank.
I don't remember that.
There you go, exactly!
"Could you be happy without drugs?"
I don't take drugs.
I don't know what it's like, to be happy with drugs.
I've never had drugs!
Do they help? I wouldn't know!
Don't give me that look!
"Could you be happy without drugs?" Technically no!
I can't! Because of the old anti-depression pills.
Although not that that makes you happy or not.
I have dabbled in them before.
But just when I was younger and stupid.
Just not anymore; it's just not for me.
I'd never play with my life.
My mam and dad gave me a life and they wanted me to live it.
They didn't want me to mess around and end it.
A dummy could see that drugs aren't good for you.
If you drive down the street and see a drug addict...
...chances are they're at the lower scale in Ireland...
...where they've no chance.
When you look at them you say "do I want to be like that?"
I'd say definitely no.
I was advised by a friend of mine to take a self-trip...
...where I just spent time with myself.
So I did the mushrooms.
I learnt a lot about myself.
I had a full half-hour conversation with myself in the mirror.
I did a self portrait...
...and I still think it's one of the coolest things I've ever drawn.
I'd never take back that experience ever.
But, from this day forward, if I never had to do an illicit drug again...
...I wouldn't mind.
If you're not happy as you are...
...and you need drugs to be happy.
Well then, you're not happy. You're not happy at all.
"Could you be happy without music?" No. No.
All these things are asking about happiness.
I think so. I think so.
Come one! I love music!
Definitely not.
No, I don't think so either.
I love music as well.
Yeah, I love music. I'll listen to nearly anything.
I'll dance to nearly anything.
But if someone asks me, "what's your kind of music?"
Industrial.
I think music can make you feel.
Quite a lot.
And it can bring back so many memories.
You can always relate to a song.
Whether someone has died, whether you've broken up with someone.
It will always take you back to a certain point in your life...
...where you were either extremely happy, extremely sad, anything like that.
I think I could find a way to find a certain degree of happiness...
...but I think my happiness would be brought down a level if i didn't have music.
That's very sad.
Could you be happy without music Sam? No. 100% no.
Really? Absolutely not.
It's the only thing I've ever experienced...
...that is an art and a science at the same time. Which is unreal.
That's cool. That's so cool.
I play guitar and sing.
I used to write tunes and all.
I was in and out of different bands for a few years.
If you'd asked me that question when I was in bands...
Well I couldn't live without a band!
Being in a band was everything I wanted to be.
A rock star, being a teenager...
...with loads of hair.
I wouldn't know what like -
I can't really imagine no music, because I would have nothing.
Same. We were raised around it.
We can't think of what it would be like without it.
It's very important.
And even these tribes that are cut off from society...
...they bring music into their life in some way.
It seems to be an important part of being human.
"Could you be happy without books?" No.
Yeah. I hate reading. I love reading.
No.
There's nothing better than a good book and a cup of tea.
There's nothing better.
I haven't read a book since I was...
...really ever! Who told you about books!
My mom used to read books to me...
...but I find it so stressful.
It takes me so long to read one page.
Books. No. I love books.
I like reading. I like colouring.
I wish I had more time to read my books.
No. You couldn't be happy without books.
I've no interest.
I'd read the paper, but I'd have no interest in reading books.
You learn from them. You get creative from them.
And your imagination: it's literally like cracking your skull open...
...and this world of imagination coming out.
The Lord of the Rings; my favorite books of all time.
Absolutely wonderful. It's like a whole new world in there.
If you're feeling down, or if something's not going great in your life...
...you can escape into a different world where things usually end up well.
I love the feeling of the pages...
...and the look of a book that's read and the pages are crinkly.
I love the smell of a new book. I love going into a book shop.
Yeah, being in a bookshop is the best thing ever.
And having a stack of books; "I've read all of those".
Also, I love getting into bed with a good book. Yeah.
Or a man!
"Could you be happy without junk food?"
I should hope so. I should hope so.
Is chocolate junk food?
Probably, but why?
I'd be less happy I suppose. Less happy!
I love custard creams (biscuits).
Even now I know that there are custard creams in my press...
...and I'm thinking about them. With a cup of tea.
So no, I couldn't be happy without junk food.
I wish there was no such thing as junk food.
It's too nice.
We like our Chinese food and our takeaway.
We? You had three Yorkie bars yesterday!
No, we didn't eat the three. We shared the three.
Junk food.
It was so readily available to my generation...
...from the time we were small.
It's sort of an addiction at this stage.
No, I think you need a bit of junk food every now and then.
You do crave it - You do crave it but I think it makes you fat.
Trying to be a good boy.
Too many pizzas, not enough salads. It's as simple as that.
"Could you be happy without television?"
Yes. Oh yes.
Yes, because we have the internet.
No. My TVs are slowly getting bigger.
Yep. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
Don't watch it at all. Don't get time. Never watched it, ever.
I'd class myself as being addicted to TV.
So I'd be kind of lost without it.
I wouldn't be a huge person for watching television.
Sorry about that!
I watch a lot of Netflix and stuff like that.
Netflix and YouTube.
I don't think I'd be too happy without those.
But regular television, for the most part I've done without.
It's nice sometimes to go away for a week and not watch TV...
...but I love it too much.
I don't really watch much television.
I only really watch TV for matches.
If I'm going to watch something I watch it on my laptop more than the television.
Yea, same. I'd spend more time on the internet than I do watching TV. I don't really watch TV.
Why would I sit in front of a TV when I have to wait for five minutes every fifteen minutes.
I think TV is a little bit incongruent...
...with the way that generation Y wants to be entertained.
"Could you be happy without cinema, films, or TV series?"
I don't think you could.
No. I love movies and I love TV shows.
I suppose without them, then there wouldn't be actors.
Yeah, there wouldn't be as much of a...
You'd be incredibly bored.
I'm gonna say no to this one.
I think they inform a huge amount of how I operate.
I'm a massive film fan, massive TV fan. Yeah, same, same.
Cinema and films: they're the same as music.
They play a huge part in your life.
I couldn't go to the cinema for a really long time...
...and I think this is why I'm so passionate about it now.
I couldn't go because I couldn't sit down because of my back. And now I can sit down.
So now I love the cinema. I can sit down and I can actually enjoy it.
I do really like cinema.
It's an art form I really like.
I love stories; I need stories.
And I like my books as well, but there's something special about visual narratives.
I wouldn't have a job without cinema and neither would you.
Or films.
Yes, we are happy without it.
We don't go to the cinema at all.
We just don't have time for it.
We used to go a lot.
But then with the baby it's more difficult.
I think it's very important.
It's entertainment, it keeps you occupied, it kills time.
I think it's a must have.
I think if we didn't have that, there'd be a lot more in the drugs question.
Because we'd probably just do a shitload of drugs then.
Which we've never done. No. Not once.