Joe Rogan on Man Buns

And I do that with a sort of a half hour bump to fall asleep to maybe read for a minute, whatever. But I'm in bed usually by 10. I've never gone to a psychiatrist, but one of the shows that I was on, I was like the only person on the set that didn't go to a psychiatrist. I'm like, maybe I'm fucked up. No? By the way, if you're functioning in the world, that's great. Congratulations. I have sometimes trouble functioning in the world. How so? And a, well, it's like I find going on stage, I'm fearless. And I don't even like leaving my house. I prefer to stay home. I love napping. Oh, do I love napping? If I could smoke some indica and take a nap every day, I do transcendental meditation. I do all the chill things at home. And I leave to work. I don't like going to parties. I like a good dinner party because that means I can have an actual conversation with someone. But I was just at a party the other night, a goodbye party for a friend of mine. It was at Jeff Ross's house. And I had the worst time. I lasted 20 minutes. The only people I could talk to were comedians. Who else would be at Jeff Ross's party but comedians? Well, some people with man buns and a hot tub. It was very unsettling and wrong. I wanted nothing to do with it. I said my goodbyes to my friend. And she's moving to Japan. So I said my goodbyes. I was out of respect to her that I went. But out of respect to myself, I didn't stay long. Man buns and a hot tub is never a good combination. Right, you see a man bun and a hot tub, you go, I don't belong here. It's over. I don't belong here. Yeah, you don't belong there. Yeah. That can't be done. No, it's bad. When did that start happening? When did the man bun and stuff? Man buns to me like in a big way a couple years ago. It was like samurais and then there was a big drop off for a long time. Samurais and then a big drop off. That's exactly it. I don't get it. I mean, why grow your hair long if you're going to wear a man bun? I think they like the idea. Either grow your hair long and dig in. Yeah, the idea, but it's ridiculous. I was at a gas station in Studio City and I was seconds away from talking to this dude. We had a man bun that looked like a bird's nest with a waterfall on the outside and I just went, why? I just want to ask him. I go, I'm being totally friendly. I want to make this a conversation. Why? Explain. I don't get it. I feel like what it is is like they're letting you know that this is me when I'm out, but when I'm at home and I'm feeling sexy, I just undo that and let it down. I don't know what it is. I just relax and I unravel. It's a big ball of wrong. It's a big ball of wrong. I know you're not sexy. You're douchey. You're douchey. What's the longest your hair's ever been? Mine? I had like a Jew Fro type festival happening when I was younger, like longer curly, but not like shoulder length. Right. No, you know, it's ridiculous. It's weird that hair grows that long only on your head. That's what's weird. But by the way, if you're growing like Robert Plant's head, cool hair, like go for it. Don't man bun it. Go for it. I'm all for long hair. Rockers have different rules. I saw a guy last night in a band, a bass player, big man bun, big ball of wrong. You know what I'm uncomfortable with? A CEO haircut in a rock band. Oh, what are you doing with that fucking button down conservative haircut? I dig that. I think playing against type is a big ball of delightful. Nah, not anyway. Joe, we differ on this one. We differ on this one. Yes, we do. I think a group of men, like I thought David Bowie's band Tin Machine, I didn't really dig their music, but I love the look of all them wearing the suits with the close cropped hair. Well, Bowie's so odd and so undeniably creative that he was allowed to get away with anything he wanted. Well, he's allowed to do anything he wants, but truthfully, if you have any sort of confidence, you can, except the man bun. There it is right here. Yeah, there it is. The history of David Bowie's. Yeah, but that dude should have cut his hair short. The one with the long hair. Maybe, but he's kind of John Travolta and Paul Fitchionish. No, there he is. He cut it short. The pressure from the other three guys got to be too much. He got tired of buying shampoo and all that bullshit. Yeah, the upkeep is ridiculous. It's outrageous. Yeah. Dudes who condition their hair and they have to leave it in for 10 minutes. That's a big ball of come on, man. Come on, bro. Yeah. But for some reason why it is okay in a band, but it's not okay for a comic. A comic with long Led Zeppelin hair. Because you know what happens when a comic does that? Their whole act becomes about it. And it's like, dude, that's just boring. Do you remember Jackson Purdue? I do remember Jackson Purdue. Crazy long hair, like a band guy. Yeah, a lot of material about his hair. He did have a lot of material about his hair. I know. I just, you know, I used to, when I was younger, I went for the obvious. I did a lot of material about having a big head. No. Now it's of no interest to me. You know, you couldn't also do like the Robert Plant shirt thing either. I have. I have a Robert Plant shirt. Not his. Because you never let it open down to your crotch. I think it's called, nurses do it better or nurses, someone nursing on its powder blue. He wore it on one of the Zeppelin tours in the early 70s and I saw it for sale on Amazon and I bought one. It doesn't give off the same vibe. Yeah, it's different with different people, right?