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“There is so little real friendship in the world!” (Jane Austen, Persuasion)

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A twitter exchange worth following up: the thing about a guy like joe rogan is that his style of podcast — endless, full of banter — is a friendship substitute for people. completely orthogonal to politics, fans who think he’s been hard done may rally emotionally around him as if standing up for a personal friend.— Steve Randy Waldman (@interfluidity) February 9, 2022 Right—amiable neighbor/bar mate/co-worker is his secret. He’s not a dick like Tucker or Limbaugh. Just an genial, widely ignorant person—that’s easy listening for many people.— Richard Yeselson (@yeselson) February 9, 2022 Yes, and a key part of that is that the anti-system stuff is refracted thru his “oh, that’s interesting” persona. He’s letting the crackpots do the hard pushing, he’s just an everyman “learning” along with

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