Witness the Fitness

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[luka]

What's being a prepper?
I'm learning a lot on this thread. Also Joe Rogan, before dissensus I had literally no idea who he was, had never heard the name. Now I have heard the name several times and I know that he's a guy who has some kind of podcast that every single person on dissensus except me listens to (or watches?) every day.

https://offgridsurvival.com/survival-gear-bugoutbags/

 

[luka]

The fitness thing is basically fascist. We all know it. Deep down we know it is fundamentally a fascist impulse.

 

[luka]

 

[IdleRich]

Oh yeah, I saw that Weird Weekends episode I believe.

 

[version]

Also Joe Rogan, before dissensus I had literally no idea who he was, had never heard the name. Now I have heard the name several times and I know that he's a guy who has some kind of podcast that every single person on dissensus except me listens to (or watches?) every day.

I know me, Corpsey and patty have listened to it, but I dunno who else has. He does have quite a reach though. It's not some obscure thing. He apparently gets around 190 million downloads a month.

 

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The fitness thing is basically fascist. We all know it. Deep down we know it is fundamentally a fascist impulse.

Elaborate. Get the juices flowing.

 

[luka]

Rogan is huge. Have to at least have a sense of who he is to understand Contemporary reality.

Thick as fuck, but, crucially, not malevolent. He doesn't have an agenda. He's too stupid and innocent. Not evil at all.

 

[luka]

Elaborate. Get the juices flowing.

The exalted will. Citizen as soldier. Might is right. Discipline.

 

[luka]

 

[IdleRich]

I know me, Corpsey and patty have listened to it, but I dunno who else has. He does have quite a reach though. It's not some obscure thing. He apparently gets around 190 million downloads a month.

Yeah I was exaggerating obviously. And since my eyes were opened to him I have seen some people in real life (actually just one in fact) talking about him too.
But WHO is he? Beyond someone who has a podcast I mean.

 

[luka]

Ex tae kwon do guy turned terrible stand up comedian and minor league television game show host that lucked into being the biggest podcaster on planet earth.

 

[yyaldrin]

joe rogan, ricky gervais and jordan peterson are all the same person to me even though i know nothing about them really. would also like to know what the fuzz is about actually.

 

[luka]

 

[luka]

Ah, yeah, the UFC thing is the crucial bit

 

[luka]

He does steroids and testosterone replacement therapy.

 

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I dunno the exact order, but he was a (not very good) comedian, worked on a few sitcoms, ended up working for the UFC, did Fear Factor then started doing a podcast years later.

 

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[IdleRich]

I get that he's massive, but in this fragmented world we live in, it's totally possible for someone to be a huge star to many and unknown to others (I know Kobe Bryant is/was a basketball player but that's it). And going by his resume it's like he picked all the fields that would never have crossed in front of my eyes or ears.

 

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He's big enough now that he's had people like Bernie Sanders and Robert Downey Jr. on. I still can't get my head around people like that having been on the same podcast as a bunch of alien hunters, stoners and Alex Jones.