Dudes Like Joe Rogan Celebrate Male Mediocrity Better Than Anyone

They should own their words.

Jessica Wildfire
6 min readJun 29, 2021

Joe Rogan thinks he’s really smart.

He’s not.

Here’s the plot twist: Joe Rogan pretends to be an average, run-of-the mill dude when it serves him. He’s spent years having it both ways. On the one hand, he’s amassed all the money and status you could ask for. He enjoys the respect and admiration often reserved for presidents and Nobel laureates. And yet, he is none of these. He’s a retired MMA jock who hosted some shows. There’s nothing special about him.

Because of that, he gets to be wrong.

When that happens, he hauls out his badge of mediocrity. You shouldn’t expect too much of Joe Rogan, because he’s “just some dude.” He partakes in the rewards of being exceptional, shirking any sense of responsibility that comes along with his influence.

Listen to this:

I’m not a doctor. I’m a f*cking moron, and I’m a cage fighting commentator. I’m not a respected source of information, even for me.

— Joe Rogan

That’s Joe Rogan “apologizing” after telling his 11 million listeners back in April that young…

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