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In a very offhanded tone, Rogan mentioned tickets going on sale for his comedy tour at the Comedy Mothership club in Austin, Texas. Then the internet went on a rant as it always does, besides the usual “cool, gonna grab tickets.” The replies ranged from genuine gratitude to wild conspiracy theories; to religious disputes, to outright trolling.
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Just posting the link to tickets without a substantive comment has turned the stage into a forum-theater for expression: a stew of appreciation, criticism, and random musings few Joe Rogan fans could conjure.
“Greatest news I could have heard on Memorial Day. Thank you for ‘countless hours’ of content,” said one user expressing early praise. Such earnest appreciation showed up a few more times; another longtime listener called him a “mentor” while speculating on rumored conversions-that is, that Joe had just gone Christian.
But then it got awkward really quick. One felt that it would be the right time to ask about Texas outlawing hemp products and then others were practicing their “Deer are not a conspiracy theory” because apparently, they were in the middle of debating this. Brand textbook Roganverse behavior.
“You’re not a comedian…stop trying to be,” read one cutting response, while another lamented how “real comedians” like Norm Macdonald and Pablo Francisco are a dying breed. And then, strangely enough, a Nazi-alien parallel was laid out.
The political strife of Texas legislation came smashing through, with many users rallying behind Rogan to exert his influence against the state’s newly imposed restrictions on THC. “Are you too rich to care now?” one asked angrily, another stating simply, “Now that we banned THC when are you leaving?”
Mixed in, of course, were the…special ones. One poster coming from an “alternate timeline” warned about Universe-shattering consequences to prevent them from ever shaking Rogan’s hand. Another would not cease shaking their Bible study into our faces. The specific guests for Joe’s podcast-be they Alex Jones or Wladimir Klitschko-were repeatedly insisted upon.
Rogan went dark through all of it, letting the fans and haters wrangle in the reply box. The guy knows his audience better than any man alive and can stir them up with even the simplest of posts. Whether it be fans formally praising him as a mentor or haters clamoring about how he is ruining comedy, one thing is for sure: no one can stop engaging in anything Joe Rogan-related.
The ticket announcement was a straightforward proposition; the response was pure anarchy. And the truth is, that’s exactly what the JRE world stands for. Love him or hate him, the one thing nobody can deny is Rogan’s ability to stir up passionate discussion (and occasional absurdity). That means the shows will probably be sold out in no time anyway.
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Somewhere in Austin, Joe must be laughing his way through all this while getting ready to record another 3-hour podcast episode that’ll have people debating for weeks. Business as usual in the Rogan-verse.
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