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[–] 185 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

Credulous is the word.

Under the guise of objectivity he gives all fringe opinions equal significance.

Edit: here's a good explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZAQYI_hYp0

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  • [–] 83 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm okay with skeptical and verifying but he doesn't challenge all his guests equally. I'm not saying he should be perfect, but there are some really far out ideas that need more questioning before I'm personally satisfied.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    he is a cunt, literally lied about how he heard they are putting cat litter into classes so that kids eho identify as cats have somewhere to go, then when called out on it that it's bullshit he just said it's a joke or something.

    the real reason litter was being put into classes was so that if a school shooting happens kids have somewhere to go and it doesn't go everywhere

    it's covered in Some more News' Moral panic video

    https://youtu.be/oAeKAJFrb0w

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    the real reason litter was being put into classes was so that if a school shooting happens kids have somewhere to go and it doesn't go everywhere

    Do Americans not realize how fucked up their country sounds to the rest of us when they do this kind of shit instead of controlling you-know-what?

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    His show is entertainment first and foremost. That means glorifying stupid bullshit for the entertainment value of it.

    Most hard science is boring. Most fringe theory thinking is dramatic and thrilling.

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    [–] 65 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    If you told Joe that Apple own a warehouse full of genetically altered chickens that actually laid iPhones he'd stare at you, slack-jawed and wonder why this hasn't been reported in the press. Just a fucking clown from his toes to his eyelashes.

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    [–] 63 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The apotheosis of what a dumb guy thinks a smart guy sounds like.

    The manifested avatar of a crowd of drunk college kids having an uninformed debate.

    The patron saint of mansplaining.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    From my knowledge of them (which is sadly non-zero), I think Ben Shapiro fits the first description better.

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    The problem with Rogan is that he doesn't have the knowledge or qualifications to push back against people spewing bullshit on his show, and so he ends up essentially making fringe, pseudo-scientific ideas seem equal to the mainstream expert consensus view.

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    [–] 34 points 2 years ago

    I stopped listening to his podcasts when I realised he doesn't know the facts and spews what he believes are facts. I admire him to hold a conversation for as long as he does and keep it somewhat entertaining but beyond that it's nothing more than pseudo science.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago*

    One of the best greentext explanations out there

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    Nah they are wrong, Joe isn't a dumb guy, he's not doing what he's doing because he's some dumb meathead, he's doing it for money, fame, and to finally be part of the in-groups, which means power, he finally has a president(Trump) that accepts him and hob knobs with him.

    Joe has always been a cynical self serving libertarian type, if you went back and listened or watched some of his old standup comedy you would get a better idea of how far Rogan has fallen, he's become a lot of what he hated. There was a time when people used to think that Joe would be the next George Carlin, now he's just a more palatable and successful Alex Jones.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Haha holy shit, it's wild to even see Joe and George in the same sentance. It's like thinking maybe the PT Cruiser could be the spiritual successor to the 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 😂

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    This is good shit

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    That used to be true. He got sucked into the right wing echo chamber real though and he has getting worse as time goes on.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    No; he's just a credulous idiot.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Casual racism about Eurasian people on 4chan? It's more likely than you think.

    Eurasian nomads were quite technically advanced, which is why they spent centuries wrecking Europe.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Every post that hits /all/ from this comm is either misogyny or casual racism like this.

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Barbarian Khan

    yes the culture that happens to adapt/improve/recruit tech, culture and people from all over the place is the ''barbarian''

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Thank you for sharing this gift with us

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