The Internet Is a Window And Everybody Has a Rock | Joe Rogan and Luis J. Gomez

At the end of the day, everybody wants camaraderie and love and friendship. That's why, like, what's the worst shit that can happen today? You get cancelled. Everybody wants to cancel people. You're out! Get out of here! You're done! It's over! There's a weird thrill to that. Which is a strange, it's also like, I want you to not be able to make money. And I want you to starve or go be homeless. I don't really understand that. It's not specific. It's not specific in terms like they don't want you to be able to make an income. They want to hurt you. That's what it is. Because they're scared of someone doing it to them. This is a big part of why people pull the trigger on that stuff. Whether they just, people are calling for people to get cancelled for like nothing, like little tiny things. Never again! It's because they're scared of it actually happening. So this is like you have this ultimate power to just like get upset at someone for virtually anything. Pick a cause. Whatever it is. It's also, it's sort of intoxicating and it's fun. Most people don't have real opinions on anything and then you have this, you know, on Facebook or Twitter or whatever social media platform you have an immediate gratification of like I just got 20 likes on a thought of mine. That's addictive as fuck. That's super addictive. You know, that right there, you know, I understand why people continue to come back. Nobody really cares. As soon as you put your computer down or your phone down, nobody gives a fuck about any of these issues at the supermarket or at the bowling alley or at the library. Some people do, but that's not what's important. What's important is the internet is essentially the whole world is a big window and everyone has a rock. We're just looking to throw rocks. If you find a thing to throw a rock about, whether it's to throw a rock about politics or gender or race or social justice or, you know, fill in the blank, the environment, the saving the animals, everyone's throwing rocks, you know, and very few people are actually communicating. It's a strange time for that. Well, you would think that you would want in an ideal world, you would want people that have differing ideas to come together, sit down, have an honest conversation and go, awesome, dude, go live your life. I'll live my life. I learned a little bit just now. Yeah. And then you go off and you go, yeah, that's how you learn from different cultures. That's how we, you know, ultimately got to a place, you know, I think I have a, I think it's a great country. I, in a weird way, I think it's, I'm proud to be an American. You know, I'm proud. You know, I don't think all the things that people think that are awful about this country are necessarily awful. You know, I think the opportunity to make money, I did grow up on wealth and I grew up poor and, you know, I, you know, for all intents and purposes, I'm living my dream right now and I get to kind of do what I want to do. And I look at that and I say, that's because I live in a place where that opportunity is there. America is amazing. It doesn't mean it's perfect. No, it certainly gives you more opportunity than anywhere that I've ever heard of. And it's a fun place, man. I like it here. Yeah. Fucking country is fun.