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He's said this himself on one of his episodes that he's like the Oprah Winfrey for dudes.

puranjay 7y ago
I think a great deal of his success comes from the fact that he's successfully combined two qualities guys would like to have: machismo and intellectual curiosity. If he was just an MMA fighter or just a comedian, he wouldn't get nearly the same kind of following. Guys always respect a guy who can fight. But when that guy can also do comedy or hold shallow but intelligent opinions on a lot of topics, he gets a lot of respect from everyone.
- woofyman 7y ago
  >Guys always respect a guy who can fight That’s frightening and sad
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  - phponpcp 7y ago
    triggered
  - la_barba 7y ago
    That is just psychology. You can deny it, but its still there. You can try to shape it, and cover it up with prim and proper etiquette, but its still there. A thousand years of civilization has nothing on a hundred thousand years of caveman tendencies. Being able to fight is part of the male baser drive, much like competing/winning/chasing women. Its what got us to where we are. Also explains rugby, boxing, NFL.. soccer hooliganism, hockey fights, action movies, desire to ride motorcycles, self-flagellation/insisting on using Emacs, etc :P
  - ikeyany 7y ago
    A less literal way of looking at it: guys always respect people who can win at competing
  - goobynight 7y ago
    Really? It's one of the most obvious social phenomena out there. Women respect it too, for what that's worth. Short, weak men have low and still declining value from both genders. Good looking prisoners (even those that violently target women) receive fangirl mail because they are edgy and attractive. Meanwhile 5'4" SWEs are probably full on incel more often than not. That's just life.
  - forgottenpass 7y ago
    >That’s frightening and sad Yeah, discipline and dedication to mastery of one's psychical self is for weirdos. Furthermore, what's the point of combat skills in a world with law and order? He should really just spend more time sitting on the couch consuming media.
    - danbolt 7y ago
      Sorry, could you explain how fighting is akin to "discipline and dedication to mastery of one's psychical self"? The former strikes me as something that involves other people, while the latter you've described seems like an individual thing.
      - emmelaich 7y ago
        Doing exercise and martial arts does make you know yourself better. Especially martial arts; there's a reason martial arts is often mixed with religion / mysticism for instance. Think Shaolin monks.
  - puranjay 7y ago
    Whatever else it might be, it is definitely true.

I think a great deal of his success comes from the fact that he's successfully combined two qualities guys would like to have: machismo and intellectual curiosity. If he was just an MMA fighter or just a comedian, he wouldn't get nearly the same kind of following. Guys always respect a guy who can fight. But when that guy can also do comedy or hold shallow but intelligent opinions on a lot of topics, he gets a lot of respect from everyone.

woofyman 7y ago
>Guys always respect a guy who can fight That’s frightening and sad
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- phponpcp 7y ago
  triggered
- la_barba 7y ago
  That is just psychology. You can deny it, but its still there. You can try to shape it, and cover it up with prim and proper etiquette, but its still there. A thousand years of civilization has nothing on a hundred thousand years of caveman tendencies. Being able to fight is part of the male baser drive, much like competing/winning/chasing women. Its what got us to where we are. Also explains rugby, boxing, NFL.. soccer hooliganism, hockey fights, action movies, desire to ride motorcycles, self-flagellation/insisting on using Emacs, etc :P
- ikeyany 7y ago
  A less literal way of looking at it: guys always respect people who can win at competing
- goobynight 7y ago
  Really? It's one of the most obvious social phenomena out there. Women respect it too, for what that's worth. Short, weak men have low and still declining value from both genders. Good looking prisoners (even those that violently target women) receive fangirl mail because they are edgy and attractive. Meanwhile 5'4" SWEs are probably full on incel more often than not. That's just life.
- forgottenpass 7y ago
  >That’s frightening and sad Yeah, discipline and dedication to mastery of one's psychical self is for weirdos. Furthermore, what's the point of combat skills in a world with law and order? He should really just spend more time sitting on the couch consuming media.
  - danbolt 7y ago
    Sorry, could you explain how fighting is akin to "discipline and dedication to mastery of one's psychical self"? The former strikes me as something that involves other people, while the latter you've described seems like an individual thing.
    - emmelaich 7y ago
      Doing exercise and martial arts does make you know yourself better. Especially martial arts; there's a reason martial arts is often mixed with religion / mysticism for instance. Think Shaolin monks.
- puranjay 7y ago
  Whatever else it might be, it is definitely true.