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Joe Rogan Nods Along As Mel Gibson Claims His Friends Were Cured of Stage 4 Cancer By by ivermectin, fenbendazole (another animal dewormer), and methylene blue (a fabric dye) (www.mediaite.com)

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[–] finley@lemm.ee 53 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I’d probably just nod, too until the crazy old man went away.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 49 points 2 days ago

Was gonna say he wouldn't have to nod along if he didn't talk to the crazies, but then I remembered it's precisely what he's getting paid such absurd amounts to do.

[–] TomAwsm@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd probably just not have a crazy old man as a guest, but hey ¯\(ツ)/¯

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, while I don't doubt Rogan would swallow it hook, line and sinker; just nodding along is what most people would do with someone that's a guest but batshit crazy.

[–] dafo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd also say that JRE is entertaining, not education. I don't listen to it myself, never have and probably never will, but I can see why people do.

I listen to a true crime pod which incorporates actual audio from police/court hearings and it can be great fun to listen to someone absolutely unhinged try to explain why they're innocent.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I mean, it is entertaining watching a train wreck (in the slang form, not the literal).

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which podcast?

[–] dafo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Rättegångspodden, it's all in Swedish though

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I know it's dangerous, but it's important to at least tell them people ignoring them aren't silently agreeing with their bullshit. So, if you think you can manage the risk, you should tell them.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He can later edit that part tho

[–] finley@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With drunken cheeseburger, sex, and a decade of viral and racism.

You may not remember, but Pepperidge Farm remembers. Mel Gibson is a Titanic piece of shit, and the collective consciousness has known that for over 20 years. Welcome to just discovering that fact.

If you defend this piece of human garbage, you’re obviously going to be associated with him as “also a piece of human garbage”. If you wanna dive into that cesspool, you won’t get any pity from me.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 1 points 23 hours ago

?-? I just said that instead of showing himself nodding to the crazy man he could instead edit out that part.

Not sure where you get I'm "defending" anybody, when I'm saying that he had the option, the journalistic duty and every chance to not showing himself agreeing with Gibson's rants.

I suggest you a camomile, avoiding social networks for a day and a walk in a forest or similar natural environment.