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Joe Rogan's views are very... normal, almost surely closer to those of the typical person than yours or mine. I'm not gonna go around telling people what they can and can't abhor, but I do think it's important to acknowledge that you're in a strong cultural bubble if you're shocked by the things he says.

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I'm not personally shocked by things he says, I just think he's not particularly smart and I think he tends to have the same thought processes happening over and over again, which weren't particularly more than sophomoric insightful to begin with.

At best I think he might be useful to discover interviewees that actually have interesting things to say and go from there.

What I am shocked by (and I suspect this is the shock people mostly have) is how some people are like, Joe Rogan fans. Like the article author here. To the point he's the one guy he mentions in the article. He just not that interesting!

Joe Rogan has built a massive business by being interesting and talking to people from all backgrounds, while having a very fascinating history himself. He may not be a nobel laureate but it's quite silly to think he's so dumb, or that others wouldn't find his conversations, topics and personality to be entertaining.

Average people find him entertaining. Others find him slow, inaccurate and petty.

Average people make up the masses.

They certainly do. Which means the remainder are split into two groups: 1) Those stupider than average and 2) Those smarter than average.

> What I am shocked by (and I suspect this is the shock people mostly have) is how some people are like, Joe Rogan fans.

Why does this shock you? It’s pretty clear from what you wrote that you’re much smarter than the rest of us. It shouldn’t be shocking that us dumb ppl are fans of a dumb person?

All the fans I've met are Joe Rogan fans in the same way as other people are BTS fans or Ariana Grande fans. They don't really worry about precisely how smart or insightful he is - they just see him as a cool guy producing content that's fun to listen to.

Agree, all the noise around him is so strange, when you listen to him he is just a regular and pretty nice guy

My definition of regular and pretty nice guy is not someone who spouts off against men who take parental leave to help their newborn and spouse during her recovery.

https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/joe-rogan-goes-after-pete-...

Or speaks to someone like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbXV4WtfMtA

Wow, that video is ridiculous, especially that last line. What a shitty way to treat someone who called in to his own show.

The guy has thousands and thousands of hours of him talking online. If you think we couldn't distill from the same volume of your own views that you're "not a regular and pretty nice guy" by linking some bad shit you've said - you're wrong.

I am pretty sure I have not taken that tone with anyone as an adult, and this is not even a candid moment. This is his business, one where the very thing he is selling is his communication with others. And he is not a newbie, this is a relatively recent recording after decades in the show business.

Well, again, nobody can tell you who you personally have to like, but it's important to realize that your standards are not common. Most people don't mind if their friends or family or favorite podcast hosts are a jerk on rare occassion.

(It's also important to note that the last clip is entirely out of context, with no information at all on when it happened or where it came from. I'm not saying I know it's false, but this should be triggering your "unreliable source" alarm. If the clip were from 20 years ago, or misleadingly edited, or just entirely fabricated... would we know?)

Here’s more context then, looks like it’s from 3 years ago?

https://www.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/comments/kv5nv5/joe_yells_...

You’re likely not from the northeast.

That’s how we talk.

I am from the northeast, and spent 20s in NYC.

This comment made me realize I immediately discount this form of comment.

I'm guilty of using it myself, and this makes it clear I should stop. Not least because it's not effective.

I immediately discount 50 year olds who criticize fathers for being there for the birth of their child and helping the mom during their recovery. There is no excuse I would buy for a man with his exposure not knowing how difficult it is for a new mother to be on her own in the first few months.

A quick search says he has 3 daughters of his own, so either he’s an idiot or he’s creating controversy for the sake of controversy or to pander to other idiots.

Sadly, being completely detached from the difficulty of "motherhoood" is a pretty common form of idiocy.

> and spouse during her recovery

There was no her around to recover, just two men pretending to be in a hospital bed.

Yeah I don’t find any of this that crazy, if you recorded everything I said, I would have some dark moments too

Also, watching his interviews doesn't mean you're a fan of Joe Rogan. Most of the time, I am interested in what the guest has to say and Joe rightfully shuts the fuck up and lets the interviewee talk - exactly what a host should do.

Up to the point where he's high and/or drunk, which does happen with him on show.

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