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> He's a fairly toxic human being and I have no idea why people love him. You've answered your own question. Give it an honest good faith attempt to understan
by meowkit 4y ago
> He's a fairly toxic human being and I have no idea why people love him.
You've answered your own question.
Give it an honest good faith attempt to understand why people might like someone, and you'll probably find some sort of virtue. If you're cemented in your reality bubble and starting off with "he's a fairly toxic human" than you're not going to go anywhere.
I think your guess would be wrong too. Hacker news is still insulated enough that overly simplistic comments will down voted regardless of ideologically alignment.
- deafpolygon 4y ago> Hacker news is still insulated enough that overly simplistic comments will down voted regardless of ideologically alignment. I think there is always some bias, regardless of perceived insulation from external influence. I'm guessing HN attracts entrepreneurial types and Joe Rogan is well-liked by male entrepreneurs.
- CSMastermind 4y agoThere are plenty of people here who dislike Rogan's show but also don't want to support someone being called a toxic human being.
- mr90210 4y agoI suppose we lost the ability of asking a person to explain why they are calling another person “toxic human being”. Maybe the author knows something no one knows
- deafpolygon 4y ago[flagged]
- sudden_dystopia 4y agoAnd you are trying to spin masculinity in general as toxic. There is no such thing as toxic masculinity or toxic femininity. Some people are just jerks.
- deafpolygon 4y ago[flagged]
- mr90210 4y agoI am familiar with those, and he apologized, nevertheless here is my take (from an ex-avid listener of his podcast): It is nearly impossible for a human being to talk about open topics for more than 10 years without saying upsetting things. Peace!
- mr90210 4y agoYou were downvoted as if you had attacked a deity.
- sudden_dystopia 4y agoYou seem to think he has the biggest show in the world but yet nobody actually watches him? Of course it got downvoted vehemently because he has a huge audience and his audience likes him. Not to mention all the misinformation that is constantly being spread about him leads people to want to defend him. Not rocket science.
- kzrdude 4y agoWhichever way you are voted, there's some diversity of people on this forum. For example, you and me are here and we don't like Joe Rogan.