Spotify does suck. Though I have to wonder how many people felt morally superior for not financially supporting Spotify over Rogan are like me and have Amazon Music. Supporting a tech company whose biggest innovation was figuring out how to convert pure human misery into billions for a bald guy's dick rocket fund.
I caught 95% of JRE episodes from 2009-2020. Don't really blame people for dunking on him right now, but it is a real bummer for me personally. I honestly loved the show. It was the perfect show for dudes who like to go to the gym, and then get high and talk about aliens.
It was cool because, while I had plenty of friends, they were all kind of boring. Conversation topics were limited to work, lady problems, sports, and TV shows. Listening to JRE allowed me (and millions of other young men) the opportunity to feel like we were a part of these really interesting conversations about psychedelics, ancient civilizations, new books etc.
Stopped listening after he took the Spotify deal. Mostly because I didn't have the Spotify app. But when I dipped back in, I discovered two things. The Spotify app sucks. And my cool, bald, Jiu-jitsu black belt older brother has basically transformed into my dad. They complain about the same shit. They obviously both consume the same news sources. It makes sense, since they're about the same age. But it was sad to see.
I knew Rogan was out to lunch on the vaxx shit when I watched his episode with a biologist, and regular guest, named Rhonda Patrick. In the "Before Times", Rogan would pull out a notebook when she was on and take notes about everything she said. But the new Rogan dismissed anything she had to say about the vaxx with "well, buddy of mine got it and his dick fell off". Shit like that. He wouldn't even listen to a scientist I know he's respected for years.
So, this whole thing is a bummer for me. IMO, Rogan should stop talking about the 'vid shit. Everybody on earth knows how he feels about it at this point. More than anything, it makes for a boring show.
