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God, half the reason I didn't look it up is I knew it'd just piss me off again, but I forgot all that about being proud he "broke" someone.

So yeah, I would really not associate my business with this cluster of clowns.

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that video is 12 years old. As far as I can tell every episode back then was a bunch of wasted/high comedians talking sht to an audience of basically themselves

...so? If anything that's worse because it indicates their true outlook and behaviour.

We should take into account the amount of time he spends being recorded, the frequency of the incidents, and the trends of the incidents over time. I think most everyone has said something wrong in the last 12 years. If it happened 12 years ago and hasn't happened since, then I'll give him a pass. If it's a repeating thing, then I'll judge more harshly.

Did you describe forcing a dozen women to give you a blow job 12 years ago? I didn’t.

Why is that so trivial to you?

That is not what is described in the joke.

I was referring to Joe Rogan laughing at the story. I'm not going to judge someone based solely on their reaction to a story being told to them 12 years ago.

"When people show you who they are the first time believe them." -- Maya Angelou

"Base your morality on internet quotes and don't accept that people and times change." — Mark Twain

That quote is often misattributed to mark twain but it was actually Kaiser Wilhelm the 3rd. It's a common mistake.

Why should we believe he’s changed?

>we You're an individual not a group

‘We’ means this person expects you to agree/comply

Sure, but given multiple opportunities (every time the clip gets brought up) to condemn it, he hasn’t. This should tell you enough.

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