I know of someone who says they listen to Joe Rogan podcasts (political I assume) but I don’t know what this means or what the connotations are. Both this person and I live in east asia.

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    10 months ago

    It’s the guests that do it. I have no interest in seeing him pal around with his mate Alex Jones but a long chat with someone interesting like Cox is fun. I even enjoyed Elon’s first appearance on the show while I was still blissfully oblivious to the rest of his bio.

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      10 months ago

      Which is the obvious problem: you know not to like when guests like Alex are on, but Joe doesn’t do enough to push back against other more palatable bullshit artists like Musk, so you end up thinking better of someone who’s just gotten one over you and Joe.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t know why I have to come to a judgment over anyone for a random JRE appearance. It’s not like I treat the podcast as a good primary reference source on any topic. Musk has been quite capable of demonstrating his character flaws in a very public ways since his appearances on the show.