I swear it was real!

Yeah, and back then, he had hair and hadn't abused anabolic steroids so was like 40% of the size he is today.

No, I think he was juicing even before that.

https://youtu.be/W9jQJXHK_Zw?si=fvwZEBUArq-Hj9Cv

Someone should do an expose on all these people and talk about who they were and what they did before going full MAGA.

Rogan just went full covid brainrot. I used to listen regularly during his early podcasts and especially the redban era when it was mostly just the wasteland feeling after Occupy Wall Street failed. Jamie curbed to show down the alt right pipeline and it felt less like comedians hanging out.

It's been weird where it's been about a decade since I listened and it feels so remarkably different when I see a clip after he hits the news with some nonsense guest.
- Rogan claims Jaime was a lefty when he started the show, and Rogan pulled him right I believe. Unless that was a shitty joke he was making when I heard him say it one time.
And you're probably going to give us zero examples of how he's full MAGA
- He's pushed conservative talking points with made up stories, like litter boxes in schools for furries, you don't do that because you really believed a teacher allegedly, you don't say all that without choosing to lie.
- He claims to not support Trump, but seems to defend him all the time:
  
  He recently defended Trump regarding the trial verdict: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-barack-obama-joe-rogan-tony-hinchcliffe-podcast-1909438
  
  He defended Trump to Bill Maher on his podcast: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/joe-rogan-bill-maher-trump-biden-1235581529/
  
  Said Joe Biden is mentally unfit while citing something that Trump actually said: https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/joe-rogan-fact-checked-biden-trump-revolutionary-war-airports-1235849684/
  
  He even said he would vote for Trump over Biden in 2020: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/04/joe-rogan-donald-trump-joe-biden-bernie-sanders
- Bring Jordan Peterson on your show that many times and you'll just get a reputation.
- The clips they half watch on the internet and what their friends think.

Then he lost all respect people had for him

People had respect for the Fear Factor guy?
- He was kind of funny on the show News Radio before even that. That was a good show with a lot of good actors but seems like a lot of people never heard of it.
- I liked him as a comedian early on. Was a huge early jre podcast fan. But he lost me circa 2015/16. He started believing he was actually smart. His stand-up has been awful for a long long time now. To say nothing of his political influence.
- I was never a big fan but he was an enjoyable commentator when I watched MMA
And hair.
What sort of respect are you referring to when you say stuff like this? It feels like people these days judge everyone by the same standards they would a politician and that seems really odd to me. Comedians are supposed to say edgy stupid shit. That's quite literally their job.
- Comedians are supposed to say edgy stupid shit.
  
  Aiming for the lowest common denominator every day of your life does not make you a comedian, even if it does make you very, very rich.

He also was a moronic maintenance man for a radio station.

RIP Phil Hartman & Fuck Andy Dick

Trying to explain News Radio to a Zoomer and they just keep waving a can of pepper spray at me and calling for help.

Man I miss when Joe Rogan was just the hot dumb handyman. Simpler times.
- He was all into the conspiracy theories though, even in news radio!!
- We'll always have Chris Hemsworth
“It’s a tv show about these people who make a podcast.”

He had people drink horse cum for a chance at some money.

Wait, you guys are getting paid?
- Well, most of them didn't get paid either...

I was around for that era of Joe Rogan and he was an absolute dullard of a host.

Isn’t that a prerequisite for hosting these kind of shows?

Nobody wants to host those shows except for the easy pay check.
- I'd toss my job and host a stupid show for that kind of money in a hot second, wouldn't you?
I actually liked the guy during that era. He was a goofy dude who just did weird stuff while giving our weird bro energy.
- Yeah he seemed pretty harmless at the time.

Joe Rogan has a recorded, on stage set, where he straight up says something like:

"Do not take my advice on anything. You shouldn't listen to me. I'm an idiot! I don't know shit; I just make jokes for a living."

I guess people listened and then didn't follow the above advice. 🤷🏻‍♂️

That's how he lends credibility to everything that airs on his show. It is disarming enough to help the listener extend that sentiment toward the guest long enough to explain whatever lunatic theory.

And then you're listening to the guest, not Rogan so...

He's been doing the podcast since 2009.

Howie Mandel had hair at one time as well.

And had a children's cartoon show.
- I liked that show.
As did Patrick Stewart.

Just kidding.
- He wasn't like #1 of Kid's Next Door?
So did I. :(
Did he go MAGA too?

I heard Gallagher went MAGA, but he’s been balding since the 70s.
- I don't think so. I hope not!
- Gallagher has been dead for over a year and a half now.
- Haven't listened to Rogan for ages, for obvious reasons, but I'd be very surprised if he went MAGA. But he typically agrees with whoever is on the show, left or right (I actually remember him agreeing more with the lefties), and from what I understand since he moved to Texas to avoid paying taxes on the Spotify money he's had a lot more right-wingers on. Ergo more visible agreement with right-wingers.

Yeah fear factor was a great place to watch pretty people do ugly things