fucking Stephen Fry

This.

@Showmethesunny

Why is he "pointless"?

Fucking Steven Fry ... the long awaited third installment of the acclaimed series that previously brought us Being John Malkovich and Driving Miss Daisy.

I once literally bumped into Stephen Fry in Waitrose. It was the most (only?) middle class thing I have every done in my life. He was utterly lovely about it, especially at my stupid face when I recognised him.

😂😂😂😂😂

Is it any different to what the shit rags print every day/ week? OK! And Heat if they're still going thrive(d) on pointless celebrity news.

Nothing wrong with the Guardian

Im just sick of pointless old men who think their lives matter tbh

Wow so harsh.. will people say that about you when you're old

This just highlights the importance of thinking for yourself and not just taking the doctor’s advice. No way would I be convinced to take OxyContin no matter what the doctor said.

I’m trying to find your point? You’re enraged about something Stephen Fry mentioned about painkillers he was prescribed after an accident . Youre so furious you call hem a pointless old man? Thats just nasty.

I think some people forget that it's not the drug itself, it's the people taking the drug. Many people have taken Oxy for acute pain and not become dependent on it. Others who have 'addictive personalities', like myself, need to be very careful to weigh up the pros and cons of taking any drug with a potential for addiction. Personally, I have an acute fear of drug addiction and would probably ask to try other meds before I took something like Oxy, because I know what I'm like and how quickly I grow to love the effects of heavy duty pain killers. I have osteoarthritis and have both acute and chronic pain at times, but I luckily have a doctor who has very strong views on opioids. The opioid crisis in the US lies squarely at the feet of over-prescribing doctors.

As for Stephen Fry, I like the guy. I grew up on The Young Ones, Blackadder, etc. and I think he's hilarious! To pick on him for his age and social status is, frankly, a really low blow.

Hi, Mr Fry.

Agree with previous posters. Completely up himself, but the article isn't his fault.

Give it a rest OP. Your entire post screams 'I hate men.'
You're reaching and seeing issues that aren't there so you can claim offence.

I thought he was very funny on QI. And the stupid/clever judgement is self-aggrandising nonsense. He is very intelligent. I think it's truer that stupid people can't reconise that.

@mjf981

Not all men.

Just fucking Stephen Fry!

I like Stephen Fry- he has his own difficulties including Bipolar Disorder and Prostate Cancer. His accident (it really wasn't just a fall!) sounds pretty significant if he fractured his ribs, pelvis, hip etc. and yet it wasn't reported at the time so I don't see the problem in him discussing it or highlighting the problems with highly addictive Oxycontin or thanking the NHS for the quality of care that he received.

You sound very unreasonable tbf.

i was offered opioids after surgery to remove a retained placenta (not in the uk). They were pushed quite heavily and I’m glad, as someone with an addictive personality that I didn’t take them.

Baffled by the offense taken here. He’s highlighting a danger that people need to be aware of if they aren’t already.

Best avoid the Guardian then.🤣🤣🤣

I was given a generic equivalent of MSContin which was the drug that preceded OxyContin at the age of 18. I had undiagnosed RA at the time and my arms had seized up and I was in terrible pain. I went to the hospital and they prescribed it.

I went back to my university hall and took one and the pain went, but also I felt like I was on a fluffy cloud and all my worries disappeared. I remember thinking "I can just stay home and take these, I'm happy" and then moments later having a moment of clarity which to this day I believe saved me from an opiate addiction. I flushed the rest down the toilet. I had a relative who had died of a heroin overdose and I knew what opiates were and how they could go wrong and I made a choice.

Thank god I did. I cannot describe the feeling other than to say it felt like everything was wonderful.....a bit too wonderful and I'm so glad I freaked out and flushed them.

I think that any story that raises awareness of the damage opiates can do, not to everyone but to some people (and I for sure would have been one of them) is newsworthy and important.

If you have never suffered severe chronic pain then you cannot fully understand.

There’s a danger, but the great thing about the NHS is that they can make sure you keep to the stated dose and wean off them, even if the weaning is brutal. I have no affinity for opioids (have had fentanyl, oxycodone and morphine in hospital) but I’m physically dependent on alcohol and they wean me off in 36 hours at most. It’s shit but I’m under supervision. Most opioids apart from IV heroin are mainly addictive if you take them for a while and get used to them - that’s why you’ve never seen a packet of cocodamol without the warning “take for three days maximum”.

I was addicted to oxys for 5 years. I overdosed twice. Lucky to be here. If you knew anything about the oxycontin/opiate pandemic in America you'd probably have a different opinion. It's crazy they're handing these out like that. They are SO addictive and you don't even realise what's going on until its too late.

OP, have a look at the sidebar of shame on the Mail's website. It's full of people of both sexes and all ages giving their opinions on anything and nothing. Then come back and explain why you aren't frothing at the mouth at all those people who apparently feel that their opinions are noteworthy enough to be relayed to newspaper reporters for publication in the national press.

Sexist and ageist

Im just sick of pointless old men who think their lives matter tbh

No one is pointless and everyone’s lives matter. There is a lot of trivia in the media about a lot of different people. What is it about him in particular, or “old” men in general that you don’t like?

'Comically self important' I think nails it. I love how he reads the answers out in QI from a card as if he is the origin of all knowledge. In one documentary he was in a hot tub on a boat unaware of how funny the whole scene looked. I've taken oxycontin after surgery just like I took plain old morphine. I didn't know it was newsworthy.