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approach to important issues of the day.
Hope you had a good time.
If hes wrong, youre the idiot for listening to him, and whatever its just jokes!
Theres such a thin veneer on this society, Rogan tells the audience about 50 minutes into the hour.
Thats why you have those thoughts, he says.
he says after describing a fantasy about men murdering each other on the way to Mars.
But hewasthinking it, and hereallywants to say it out loud.
But hes not righteously mad or ideologically invested.
Hes not sure if theyre true or not, and he doesnt care either way.
He doesnt think about what happens if millions of people then listen to him and believe him.
Still, the message ofBurn the Boatsis that everyone should justbe chillabout this.
Its boring that he should have to be careful about what he says just because hes enormously influential.
Take this advice: Dont take my advice, he says.
Dont take his advice aboutCOVID, he says.
Dont listen to him aboutvaccines.
Dont pay attention to anything he says thathappens to sound racist, because he swears he isnt.
Joe Rogans giving out dangerous vaccine misinformation, he says, mimicking his detractors.
But at the same time, if youre getting vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault?
Sure, he loves and supports trans people, but where are the lines?
At what point is a trans woman allowed to use a womens bathroom?
Isnt the pregnant-man emoji stupid?
Smart people dont have these kinds of stupid-brilliant revelations.
Rogans Alex Jones was right about a lot of things …
Nothing about the substance of RogansBurn the Boatsmaterial differentiates itself from a bunch of other people doing it better.
Theres no need for polish when the goal is outrage fodder past its expiration date.
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