Originally posted by BackFireI honestly think it's Fear Factor that got into the spot light. The UFC then kept him alive. Now he just serves the cult of Merica as a talking head.
How this guy ever became more than an opening act for any of the number of vastly more talented comedians out there, I'll never know.
He's good at UFC commentary. Because he's dumb and gets excited easily so that worked well for him.
Never been impressed with anything else I've seen of him. His stand up is complete shit, his podcast is mediocre and way too long. Even before all this shit started with him, I never understood his popularity.
Originally posted by BackFireI think he is similar to Jay Leno in that regard.
He's good at UFC commentary. Because he's dumb and gets excited easily so that worked well for him.Never been impressed with anything else I've seen of him. His stand up is complete shit, his podcast is mediocre and way too long. Even before all this shit started with him, I never understood his popularity.
Like I never found Leno funny but enough people buy into their BS they get shows and popular.
Originally posted by BackFire
He's good at UFC commentary. Because he's dumb and gets excited easily so that worked well for him.Never been impressed with anything else I've seen of him. His stand up is complete shit, his podcast is mediocre and way too long. Even before all this shit started with him, I never understood his popularity.
He is Gwyneth Paltrow for men.
His podcast is cool for the fact that it was one of the first of it's kind to host such a diverse collection of minds.
Now all the bigger podcasts follow the Rogan formula.
So I would say he's important as a prototype, but outdated and boring compared to the new faces in the game - lex fridman would be an example of this.
I don't mind him tbh. Yeah he gets some utter bellends on his show but he gets a lot of interesting people as well. Ioan Grillo. The Mexican narco journalist was really good. Professor Brian Cox, Jocko Willink, Dorian Yates, Chuck Palahnuik, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Loads of others who's names I didn't catch but had interesting stuff to say.
He does need to lay off the chimpanzee and elk meat stories though.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
I don't mind him tbh. Yeah he gets some utter bellends on his show but he gets a lot of interesting people as well. Ioan Grillo. The Mexican narco journalist was really good. Professor Brian Cox, Jocko Willink, Dorian Yates, Chuck Palahnuik, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Loads of others who's names I didn't catch but had interesting stuff to say.He does need to lay off the chimpanzee and elk meat stories though.
I loved the palahnuik episode. His quote about how he felt after his mom died helped me work through my feelings towards my parents dying.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
I don't mind him tbh. Yeah he gets some utter bellends on his show but he gets a lot of interesting people as well. Ioan Grillo. The Mexican narco journalist was really good. Professor Brian Cox, Jocko Willink, Dorian Yates, Chuck Palahnuik, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Loads of others who's names I didn't catch but had interesting stuff to say.He does need to lay off the chimpanzee and elk meat stories though.
I feel the same. I tune in for the guests more than Rogan himself, and I think some of the stuff on there can be very interesting to listen to.
Originally posted by BackFire👆 Agreed 100%
He's good at UFC commentary. Because he's dumb and gets excited easily so that worked well for him.Never been impressed with anything else I've seen of him. His stand up is complete shit, his podcast is mediocre and way too long. Even before all this shit started with him, I never understood his popularity.
Originally posted by Adam_PoE😆 classic.
He is Gwyneth Paltrow for men.
The biggest problem I have with him is his format gives no opportunity for the critical.
For Instance, Jordan Peterson needed to be asked why he struggles to understand basic evolution. But because Rogan is also retarded he doesn't understand Peterson is a ****ing dog whistling helmet head.
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
👆 Agreed 100% 😆 classic.The biggest problem I have with him is his format gives no opportunity for the critical.
For Instance, Jordan Peterson needed to be asked why he struggles to understand basic evolution. But because Rogan is also retarded he doesn't understand Peterson is a ****ing dog whistling helmet head.
You don't think Peterson is just a run of the mill Christian, whose a little too into semiotics ?
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
👆 Agreed 100% 😆 classic.The biggest problem I have with him is his format gives no opportunity for the critical.
For Instance, Jordan Peterson needed to be asked why he struggles to understand basic evolution. But because Rogan is also retarded he doesn't understand Peterson is a ****ing dog whistling helmet head.
Aye he doesn't have enough knowledge on subjects to challenge people with controversial opinions but then with the huge range of topics that he has expert guests covering i don't think there's a journalist on the planet who'd be briefed enough to really take all the different people to task on their beliefs. You only need to see what happened to Cathy Newman when she got absolutely slaughtered by Jordan Peterson or Ben Shapiro getting destroyed by Andrew Neil to see the difference between a journo being well briefed compared to one that isnt. A great example is Stephen Sackur on HARDtalk on the BBC. On rare occasion he'll have people from different sides of a debate on together so they can challenge each other.
At least he seems willing to learn about a broad range of stuff even if it's not exactly deeper than surface level understanding. It's more than you can say for most people. He genuinely seems like he wants to continually improve himself. His problem is wouldn't know if the person he has on is talking a load of bollocks. He also has a tendancy to get guests who are experts in one field to talk about stuff that they aren't experts in and take their opinions on those topics as equally weighted.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0A lot of truth in this, but given how much he is making shouldn't he have access to decent researchers who provide him with basic key responses to arguments and opinions from his guests. He doesn't do that, to often he provides a soap box that tacitly endorses the unpleasant.
Aye he doesn't have enough knowledge on subjects to challenge people with controversial opinions but then with the huge range of topics that he has expert guests covering i don't think there's a journalist on the planet who'd be briefed enough to really take all the different people to task on their beliefs. You only need to see what happened to Cathy Newman when she got absolutely slaughtered by Jordan Peterson or Ben Shapiro getting destroyed by Andrew Neil to see the difference between a journo being well briefed compared to one that isnt. A great example is Stephen Sackur on HARDtalk on the BBC. On rare occasion he'll have people from different sides of a debate on together so they can challenge each other.At least he seems willing to learn about a broad range of stuff even if it's not exactly deeper than surface level understanding. It's more than you can say for most people. He genuinely seems like he wants to continually improve himself. His problem is wouldn't know if the person he has on is talking a load of bollocks. He also has a tendancy to get guests who are experts in one field to talk about stuff that they aren't experts in and take their opinions on those topics as equally weighted.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/podcaster-joe-rogan-gets-100-180940651.html
Rogan offered a hundred million by Trump affiliated right wing site "Rumble".
Tim Pool gaslights defends Rogan and attacks the Rock. That's a fight I'd like to see.