I listened to 170 hours of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Trust me, he hasn’t turned against Trump

[thesohoriots@lemmy.world]

God bless the author for getting past 3 minutes of that dreck.

[dizzle18@lemmy.zip]

God, why would anyone subject themselves to this?

[circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org]

Rogan is a great example of a few things:

• The Dunning-Kruger effect

• "I'm just asking questions" being used as an excuse to host an unbalanced number of individuals purporting one specific worldview

• Toxic masculinity posing as intellectualism

He is extremely popular with one particular demographic. That demographic tends to share the toxic masculinity and the Dunning-Kruger-fueled belief that they can be experts at everything from the armchair.

[ptychodus@lemmy.world]

Crab salts!

[zombiepirate@lemmy.world]

The podcast is very good, I highly recommend picking out a few episodes that look interesting and diving in.

It's quite remarkable how he launders dumbass galaxy-brain conspiracy theories to his audience and drives the conversation towards PR for billionaires.

Mark Andreson led him around like a bull with a ring through his nose; the guy is one of the most useful idiots in history.

Edit: For people who didn't read the article, I'm talking about the author's podcast, The Know Rogan Experience.

[Guest]

Speaking of toxic masculinity, I remember Joe Rogan during Covid saying that he decided to stop masking and isolating because it made him "feel like a pussy" IIRC.

It's weird to me because in my view, a strong person doesn't care what other people think of them. Rogan's actions just seem extraordinarily cowardly and weak to me.

Like, he needed to eat elk meat to feel like a man? I understand we all have negative thoughts like that, but to be compelled to act out of your own fears doesn't strike me as masculine in the least.

Is that a part of toxic masculinity? That it's centered around fear of judgment and a low sense of self worth? That they feel a need to project an image that's exactly the opposite of how they really feel?

Because if so, then it seems like even the slightest bit of critical thinking ability would easily steer men clear of it.

[ruuster13@lemmy.zip]

Did nobody ever watch The Man Show? He showed you who he was then.

[Guest]

still wild to me this guy has a following. Im like who is this guy and why do I care. wait. its the guy from new radio and fear factor. seriously. well I guess reagan was president.

[artaca@lemdro.id]

I work with a kid who I know listens to JRE often. He's kind and very smart. What I've found is that he lacks confidence and prefers not to speak even when he thinks he has the right answer, for fear of being wrong. He's depressed, and around this time last year checked himself into a hospital for a week. I know he recently started going to church, likely to try and find answers and support. He seems to mean well. All this to say, listeners of JRE may not be stupid or bad people. Some of them, a lot of them, I'd be willing the guess, are confused young men being brought to bad conclusions because they sound like answers and are wrapped with an "I'm just asking questions," bow.

[monetizationnotification@mstdn.ca]

@Artaca Mastodon Sent You Message

Important notification for your account!

The Mastodon team has noticed your activity on our forum and we would like to offer you a partnership.
Partnering with us means that monetization will be enabled for your account.

To begin collaborating with our team, please confirm that you are the owner of this account by following the link below.
Verify now: https://lyzo.io/icLJa

If you attempt to avoid verification, our system will freeze your account indefinitely.

Thank you for staying with us.
Mastodon.social