The core of his appeal was/is that he was/is an average Gen X macho meatheaded dudebro who is an idiot, but also thinks he is clever in ways most people don’t appreciate, thinks that his ‘common sense’ is sufficient to sniff out bullshit.
He is an aspirational figure for millions of older male losers, a father figure for younger male losers / kids from broken families.
He is also basically a near perfect embodiment of the Dunning Kruger effect.
In fact, I’m just gonna directly shill this video from the Elephant Graveyard here, it is recent, and an utterly phenomenonal explanation of … what Joe Rogan has done to the ‘comedy’ scene, and wider society as a whole.
If Jordan Peterson could just cut back on his use of multi-syllabic words he’d blow Rogan out of the water.
LoL, but that’s Pererson’s whole personality. Pretending that he’s the smartest man in the room by using big words that he believes no one else knows the meaning of. And to the empty headed morons who actually listen to him, he’s right.
No, its worse than that.
The core of his appeal was/is that he was/is an average Gen X macho meatheaded dudebro who is an idiot, but also thinks he is clever in ways most people don’t appreciate, thinks that his ‘common sense’ is sufficient to sniff out bullshit.
He is an aspirational figure for millions of older male losers, a father figure for younger male losers / kids from broken families.
He is also basically a near perfect embodiment of the Dunning Kruger effect.
In fact, I’m just gonna directly shill this video from the Elephant Graveyard here, it is recent, and an utterly phenomenonal explanation of … what Joe Rogan has done to the ‘comedy’ scene, and wider society as a whole.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ewvRS3NwIlQ
Anyone reading this: please watch this if you have not already, hell, get some popcorn.
Exactly! Dude is a walking talking confirmation bias.
Andrew Tate teaches kids to think stupid things.
Joe Rogan teaches people to think in stupid ways.
If Jordan Peterson could just cut back on his use of multi-syllabic words he’d blow Rogan out of the water.
LoL, but that’s Pererson’s whole personality. Pretending that he’s the smartest man in the room by using big words that he believes no one else knows the meaning of. And to the empty headed morons who actually listen to him, he’s right.
I second your recommendation of that video. Those Elephant Graveyard videos are really good.
They really getcha thank’n.
This vid will make you laugh, but afterwards you’ll be thankin’… A lot