• waddle_dee@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    31
    ·
    1 month ago

    For real, why was the influence ever there in the first place? I’ve met so many people, men mostly, that worship Joe Rogan, and think he’s so “smart and real”.

    • karashta@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      23
      ·
      1 month ago

      For so long friends tried to get me to listen to his podcast and I never saw the appeal, even in the very beginning. I can get high and contemplate weird shit myself. I even enjoy doing so. Not sure why I’d need a very below average comedian to tell me what strange things to ponder.

    • OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      1 month ago

      The talking heads say the words they want to hear. There are many listeners which results in a herd effect. Someone is saying it while many people are agreeing. Therefore it could be right.

      As another reply said, it’s a propaganda machine. It became a mechanism for disseminating political doctrine.

      Or to describe it in their vernacular. It’s a virtue signalling wokeright mindvirus.