Rogan is one of the dumbest people on the planet and got famous making people eat blended rats on TV.
How the hell did we get to a place where we’re looking to him for legitimate journalism?
Follower count equals legitimacy
He was a first mover on podcasts, and already being a reality TV celebrity he got a lot of big guests early on.
A generation of people used a comedian for news, and now they are mad it’s a different comedian.
One of them is an uncritical moron. The other one actually made some salient points on occasion.
I met Rogan briefly back in 2003 when Stanhope invited me out to his desert party. They were both working on The Man Show at the time and we went out to the studio cos Doug had a couple of things to wrap up before we took off to Panamint Springs. Rogan was sitting at a computer that he barely looked up from. I took an instant dislike to his dismissiveness. I don’t get starstruck easily and back then he was hardly the celebrity he is now (me being from Scotland I only knew him as some half-rate comedian that I never found that funny). Something about his demeanour pissed me right off. I’ve always been the kind of person that goes with gut instinct when I meet someone for the first time (it’s served me well over the years) and my gut told me this guy was a prick. He seemed to come across as having a sense of entitlement. It was a very brief encounter and introduction, but I never forgot it and haven’t been too surprised by the level of fame he has achieved. He came across as someone very focussed and driven on making it big at any cost. I guess we now all see the cost. There was a sweet spot a few years ago when his interviews were good and entertaining but now it’s just him repeating himself all the time and getting the same guests on like his CIA handler Mike Baker. There’s clearly a political agenda to his show and Rogan has been bought and paid for many times over.
I read something years ago that you should always at least acknowledge people. If I try to say hello or how are you, etc to someone passing by and they don’t acknowledge me back, especially if they’re in a position “above” me, then I lose all respect for them immediately.
Rogan Misses The Mark
In other shocking news the sun is hot and space is big.
