I’m going to give him the benefit of doubt. It could indeed be true.
Yes, I know it’s the Onion, but they’ve been spitting truth lately so I’m going with it.
I see it a bit different; he doesn’t realize it, but this is nothing more or less than a full admission to being said asset. I mean, he’s confirmed he’s too stupid to realize that he is, so logically he’s the perfect asset.
he’s confirmed he’s too stupid to realize that he is
He’s running the same con as Bush Jr. was: He knows damn well what he’s doing, he’s playing like he doesn’t know so he can deny it. His ‘character’ is this folksy kinda dumb guy who just ‘wants to know the truth.’ Then he can put fuckin’ Jordan Peterson on and go “hmm yes, I agree with you in every single thing you’ve said except this one small one, now see, I’m totally not biased.”
Young, 16-25 year old boys/men eat this up and he makes bank because they want the easy answers that right-wing con artists pitch to be real. They want it to be reality so they overlook the pretty obvious signs that Rogan is fleecing them.
This is The Beaverton, a far superior and more well respected publication than that rag down south
I appreciate you guys are upset at always being behind the US, even in terms of the enshittification of your government, but The Onion will always be superior to the beaverton. Maybe in a few years it could be Weekly World News level, but it’s got decades before approaching The Onion.
The gloves are off at the “satirical” news sites.
I hate to link to that place, but I couldn’t be bothered to go through a million joe rogan podcasts to find this clip of a guest of joe rogan calling it on how this shit was going to go down.
Is this what the show usually is? Even though that guy is making a good point it takes him 5 minutes of "no bro… bro… " how is this so popular
Many years ago, I actually enjoyed listening to his podcast but it’s hardly reminiscent of the goofy stoner podcast it used to be. Back when artists like Alex Gray would come on and talk about their inspirations or whatever drugs they were on when they created a masterpiece. Or when Maynard James Keenan would get on and talk about TOOL and wine making. Or about how many chimps you could fight before getting your limbs torn off your body. It was stupid, had variety, was largely innocent and Joe wasn’t even close to wielding the influence he has now. About 6 years ago it stared shift gears and I just couldnt be bothered to catch-up on any episodes. It was just getting so dull, more mainstream and drawn out. But then came 2020 and covid 19, that was it. It was no longer a show for stoners on long drives or just coming home from work and wanting to hear some mindless brain candy. Shit was getting dangerous with his guests and he gave them a larger platform than even network TV stations could everhope for. At the exact same time, he basically sold his soul to Spotify for $500M. So he had a much wider audience, more money than anyone could ever need in 100 lifetimes and the show was now officially about listeners and ratings thanks to Spotify. I’m now too embarrassed to even mention I was an early fan IRL anymore. I don’t understand why people still listen to or engage with him, his show and all the quacks he brings on. There was a reason he rose to popularity but that reason has long since died. All we get is more bullshit and misinformation posed as truth. Nobody took it seriously enough to even care about the dumb shit people said on his show then bc it was comedy centric. Now it political and a major artery by which deliberate misinformation is distributed to the masses.
