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  • FundMECFSResearch
    65·
    16 days ago

    From the dude who endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2016. What happened Joe? You went through the batshit crazy alt-right pipeline during COVID didn’t you…

      • FundMECFSResearch
        27·
        16 days ago

        That’s probably a good explanation. Pretty much everyone of these podcasting guru type people start of centrist or leftcenter then once they start to mix with the big leagues and make lots of money, all of the sudden they become right wing figures.

        Joe Rogan, Lex Friedman, Andrew Huberman, Bret Weinstein

        Man, I miss the r/decodingthegurus reddit sub where we could make fun of and expose these dipshits.

          • FundMECFSResearch
            15·
            16 days ago

            I’ve already created around 6 communities and mod an extra two across this account and my alts so I kind of have my hands full here

            Also if I had the energy to make and run a community I think one I’d love on lemmy is probably c/fivethirtyeight or c/guerrillagardening so I’d probably prioritise one of those.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              16·
              16 days ago

              And there’s a risk of a community like that blowing up overnight when you’ve already got a bunch of mod duties and you’re the only mod in the new community.

              As I have discovered.

              Accepting applications, by the way.

        • undercrust@lemmy.ca
          6·
          16 days ago

          Sigh, Lex Friedman used to be an interesting listen for financial stuff, and now he’s just another MAGA loser spouting bullshit economics

          • FundMECFSResearch
            5·
            16 days ago

            It pisses me off that these people get some of the most interesting people on earth to join their podcast and then all turn out to be MAGA arseholes.

            I have to wonder who pays them and how much.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      32·
      16 days ago

      Joe Rogan has made it very clear over the years that he believes whatever people he knows tell him without bothering to check for himself to see whether or not it’s true.

      So he may have actually had no idea what Bernie’s platform was.

    • FundMECFSResearch
      15·
      16 days ago

      I listened to the man until around 2018, by then it was starting to get clear he was becoming increasingly “macho” and elitist so I stopped.

      • cowfodder@lemmy.world
        4·
        16 days ago

        Same. Even saw him and Tony Hinchcliff live in Detroit at one point. Seems like he went hard right after moving to Texas.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    52·
    16 days ago

    Where’s all the Rogan apologists now? So many posts that discuss Rogan and his behavior rationalize his right-wing lean as not really right wing and act like he’s playing some sort of 3D chess to keep view counts up. Dude’s trash. This is who he is.

  • Valmond@lemmy.world
    37·
    16 days ago

    What a shit personality.

    I remember when he got like famous (on the internet), and you could actually believe he wasn’t a total tool (he had good people coming to his show at least), I’m hijacking here a bit but who should I listen to that’s interesting and not a fucking fascist enabler?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      9·
      16 days ago

      Total tool? Maybe not. Total fool? For sure. He was talking about the moon landings being a big hoax long before he got his show.

    • cmbabul@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 days ago

      Stuff on Bill Simmon’s podcast network might scratch your itch? I usually only do the Rewatchables but they generally just talk sports and pop culture and are entertaining and light hearted. If you’re looking for something more political or specific I got recs for those too

  • skozzii@lemmy.ca
    37·
    16 days ago

    There is no excuse at this point, anyone who still listens to his podcast should question it, and what others around them think of them. It’s not positive…