Joe Rogan has a monumentally popular podcast. And he used to host Fear Factor, a show in which people ate an increasingly baroque series of bugs until they’d proven they could eat insects with an alacrity and fervor unsurpassed by all the other insect-eaters in the multiverse. And he’s a stand-up comedian or something. He also likes to talk about psychedelics a lot, which I genuinely find interesting—though not quite interesting enough to actually listen to his podcast. He was also on News Radio.
That’s about all I know about the guy. Hey, if I’m going to watch or listen to an online talk show hosted by a stand-up comedian, it’s going to be this one from The Planet of the Apes’ Dr. Zaius.
That said, I’m not sure what Rogan was tripping on when he offered his nonexistent expertise on vaccines and who should be getting them.
On Friday’s The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Rogan drew on his years of experience in epidemiology and infectious disease mitigation serving lightly braised cockroaches to fame-thirsty hipsters to enlighten us on our nation’s push to reach herd immunity against COVID-19 through universal vaccination.
Transcript!
Sigh.
For the record, Rogan has Spotify’s most popular podcast, so he wields quite a bit of influence. And telling young people not to get vaccinated is, well, not helpful.
And that’s why Dr. Anthony Fauci, who I can only assume does not trip balls before appearing on the air, felt the need to rebuke him. Personally, I would have preferred Fauci had said something more like, “Hey, I don’t show up at your job and knock the dung beetles out of your mouth,” but he’s a lot more diplomatic than I could ever be.
The Hill:
Wait, what? You mean we live in a society? With other people? And they matter too? What is this commie shit?
I’m glad Rogan—who in the past has welcomed dangerous right-wing weirdos like conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes to his show—is at least telling his listeners that the vaccine is safe. But we don’t need to give people any more excuses to skip their shot, and that’s exactly what Rogan is doing here.
The White House was equally frustrated. Communications director Kate Bedingfield brought the fire on CNN’s New Day Wednesday. “I guess my first question would be, did Joe Rogan become a medical doctor while we weren’t looking?” Further, Bedingfield asserted that “I’m not sure that taking scientific and medical advice from Joe Rogan is perhaps the most productive way for people to get their information.”
I’m not sure how we ever got to a place in this country where people feel they can just substitute their own ignorant opinions for those of world-renowned experts. But I see that kind of thing every day now. Makes me want to travel to Switzerland and heckle those smug proton beam motherfuckers at the Large Hadron Collider.
Incidentally, in case, like me, you’ve never actually listened to an entire episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, here’s who you’d be taking your medical advice from:
And … scene.
If you’re 16 or older, get the vaccine. It’s the compassionate thing to do. Whether or not you want to follow your shot up with a side of weevils is, of course, up to you.
”This guy is a natural. Sometimes I laugh so hard I cry." — Bette Midler on author Aldous J. Pennyfarthing via Twitter. Need a thorough Trump cleanse? Thanks to Goodbye, Asshat: 101 Farewell Letters to Donald Trump, Dear F*cking Lunatic, Dear Pr*sident A**clown and Dear F*cking Moron, you can purge the Trump years from your soul sans the existential dread. Only laughs from here on out. Click those links, yo!
That’s about all I know about the guy. Hey, if I’m going to watch or listen to an online talk show hosted by a stand-up comedian, it’s going to be this one from The Planet of the Apes’ Dr. Zaius.
That said, I’m not sure what Rogan was tripping on when he offered his nonexistent expertise on vaccines and who should be getting them.
On Friday’s The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Rogan drew on his years of experience in epidemiology and infectious disease mitigation serving lightly braised cockroaches to fame-thirsty hipsters to enlighten us on our nation’s push to reach herd immunity against COVID-19 through universal vaccination.
Transcript!
Sigh.
For the record, Rogan has Spotify’s most popular podcast, so he wields quite a bit of influence. And telling young people not to get vaccinated is, well, not helpful.
And that’s why Dr. Anthony Fauci, who I can only assume does not trip balls before appearing on the air, felt the need to rebuke him. Personally, I would have preferred Fauci had said something more like, “Hey, I don’t show up at your job and knock the dung beetles out of your mouth,” but he’s a lot more diplomatic than I could ever be.
The Hill:
Wait, what? You mean we live in a society? With other people? And they matter too? What is this commie shit?
I’m glad Rogan—who in the past has welcomed dangerous right-wing weirdos like conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes to his show—is at least telling his listeners that the vaccine is safe. But we don’t need to give people any more excuses to skip their shot, and that’s exactly what Rogan is doing here.
The White House was equally frustrated. Communications director Kate Bedingfield brought the fire on CNN’s New Day Wednesday. “I guess my first question would be, did Joe Rogan become a medical doctor while we weren’t looking?” Further, Bedingfield asserted that “I’m not sure that taking scientific and medical advice from Joe Rogan is perhaps the most productive way for people to get their information.”
I’m not sure how we ever got to a place in this country where people feel they can just substitute their own ignorant opinions for those of world-renowned experts. But I see that kind of thing every day now. Makes me want to travel to Switzerland and heckle those smug proton beam motherfuckers at the Large Hadron Collider.
Incidentally, in case, like me, you’ve never actually listened to an entire episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, here’s who you’d be taking your medical advice from:
imagine getting vaccine advice from joe rogan, whose entire show is summed up in these 20 seconds:pic.twitter.com/cN2RYAyXO1
—? (@zei_squirrel) April 28, 2021
And … scene.
If you’re 16 or older, get the vaccine. It’s the compassionate thing to do. Whether or not you want to follow your shot up with a side of weevils is, of course, up to you.
”This guy is a natural. Sometimes I laugh so hard I cry." — Bette Midler on author Aldous J. Pennyfarthing via Twitter. Need a thorough Trump cleanse? Thanks to Goodbye, Asshat: 101 Farewell Letters to Donald Trump, Dear F*cking Lunatic, Dear Pr*sident A**clown and Dear F*cking Moron, you can purge the Trump years from your soul sans the existential dread. Only laughs from here on out. Click those links, yo!