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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Joe Rogan calling people out over mental fitness is a prime example of a pot calling a kettle black.

[–] NYPariah@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

A kettlebell black. (I kid, I kid.)

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Prime example of a pot... cough cough cough hack hack cough haaaack cough cough cough... pot calling... haack haaack.. black. Huuaaah. It's just allergies.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 11 months ago

Not directly related beyond steaming and podcasting apparently rotting people's brains, but I just watched a stream where a guy tried to cough up a lung and then said "it's not allergies, chat, it's just hay fever"

Like, damn bro. You're about to get clowned on by thirteen year olds with more medical knowledge than you.

[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I seen a bit of this interview yesterday. The article doesn't cover it all. As soon as these 2 knuckleheads started spewing airports and it was Biden that said this I was confused as this was something Trump said a few years back. Didn't they know? They ride the media for skewing things and they weren't even aware of how Trump was called out in the same media for this some time back.

Below this fellow breaks down the double standard in more detail than the article does. It covers how Rogan and his Guest said no one should listen to Biden and how he is unfit for office due to this airport thing. Then when the producer points out to Rogan that Biden is referring to what Trump previously said, it wasn't a big deal all of a sudden to Rogan and the guest.

Trump gets a "whoopsie doodle" pass and Trump is still the better choice in his mind I'm sure. Not saying Biden is a gem of a rose but with how hard the right are trying to pin anything on Biden and failing, Trump is still a rotten to the core choice for endless reasons.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1LANk2O4oh/?igsh=MWYwMDF5YXk0ZjJnNw==

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In short: Joe Rogan is a crypto-fascist.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The crypto is debatable at this point

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At least a few months back Alex Jones was bragging about finally converting Rogan to his side. He'd been telling his audience for years he's been working on getting Rogan to take his stance.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

The fact that anyone gives Rogan the time of day even though he not only platforms Alex Jones, but considers him a friend, is just disgusting.

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Never seen a clearer example of someone not being objective.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe Rogan needs a new, younger, fresher host on that show.

Rogan should step down as we see his mental facilities are in decline.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It's depressing to watch a thumb get old.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

To that, Rogan responded, “Oh, so [Trump] fucked up.” Nickal commented, “That’s the thing about media these days. You gotta look into it.”

Hey fucko, you're a part of the media

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The ol' Fox news switcheroo.

They brag about being the most watched news on television and also tell their viewers to not trust mainstream media.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Yeah, and it works wonderfully. Why wouldn't they roll with it?

We libs think we score some kinda "gotcha!" by pointing to the hypocrisy. It's not working for us.

They got a formula that works. We do not. Isn't it about time to abandon the high road and engage in lying, cheating and stealing? Hell, they already think we're doing it.

[–] sleepy555@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bo Nickal (the person who said that) is an MMA fighter.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Exactly the person you'd want on your show for nuanced political discussion. Thank you once again, Joe Rogan.

[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The show isn't for nuanced political discussion lol

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Then maybe they shouldn't keep trying to have them.

[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

True. A few years ago I started watching old JRE videos and enjoyed them, but when I started watching the videos as they came out, I found the show sucked because Rogan wasn't just platforming people anymore, he was actively pushing his own beliefs because he'd become convinced he was an expert on everything.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

how is this at all surprising news

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

On the Dec. 21 episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” which has been the No. 1 podcast on Spotify for the past three years

It should be noted that Rogan has an exclusive deal with Spotify so Spotify is the only place you can listen to Rogan, which is probably largely responsible for his #1 spot on the platform.

I believe that deal ends later this week. I haven't seen anything to indicate it will be renewed.

[–] derf82@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Rogan is a truly horrible human being. I absolutely cannot stand that asshole. He is the walking and talking Dunning-Krueger Effect. He is a washed up comedian who moved on to making people eat disgusting stuff on a shitty reality show to thinking he is some sort of brilliant host.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Toxic meathead does not belong anywhere near a microphone. Yet here we are.

[–] AlfredEinstein@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I watched a couple of episodes years ago. One with Wim Hof, and one with a guy talking about Terrence Mckenna. They were interesting enough, but I never got hooked. It sounds like the show has gone downhill from there.

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

He really fell into the alt-right "manosphere" crowd after Covid restrictions started rolling out I think. Those really put a damper on his two business and personal interests outside of his podcast: stand up comedy, and MMA. It was so much he moved his studio from LA to somewhere in Texas where they obviously didn't give a shit about Covid.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What's fun is the moment he realized it was Trump. He went from Biden should be removed because mentally unfit, to well Trump just misspoke

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 1 points 11 months ago

I'm going to just trust you that he said it because I can't listen to that dumb fuck ramble all day.

[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

hmm its almost like joe rogan is an aboslute idiot and the real life embodiment of a thumb-thumb from spykids

[–] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That idiot is the reason I dropped Spotify. I don't want my money funding such a dipshit.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't believe I used to listen to him lol he got me with the scientist interviews... Like not the Egyptian aliens types, but people like Neil Degrass Tyson.

Then I listened enough to realize he's a jackass right winger pretending that liking weed puts him on the left somehow, kinda like Bill Maher. Yeah yeah Bill you're tolerant of "the gays" and you like weed, but he's center right if anything, again pretending he's on the left for his ratings.

[–] Saprophyte@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think if you're a right winger who smokes weed, that makes you a libertarian, not a liberal.

[–] crumpted@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for confirming that I'm still safe getting my political guidance from the same place I keep up to date on all of the revolutionary breakthroughs in advanced water drinking and breathing techniques.

[–] snownyte@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

This guy right here is the reason some 1,500 jobs were lost from Spotify.

Talk about overpaid piece of shit.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

IMO the article doesn't read as onion-y and you served us an AMP page for some reason. Please don't do that, not only because of Google but because that serves us a mobile page on desktop.

[–] Doxatek@mander.xyz 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hate the word blasts in this context. IDK why it bothers me so much

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

It’s called “editorialization” and it’s when you use colorful language to add meaning that doesn’t exist in the subject material.

In this case, I’d say it bothers you because there’s no actual definition of “blasts” that’s different from “criticizes” or “comments on”, and it indicates to you that the writer’s intent was to inflame rather than inform.