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[@joerogan] Joe Rogan Experience #2405 - Luis J Gomez & Big Jay Oakerson

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@joerogan - "Joe Rogan Experience #2405 - Luis J Gomez & Big Jay Oakerson"

Link: https://youtu.be/J1WyFLHPqro

Short Summary​

This Joe Rogan Experience podcast excerpt features comedians discussing a variety of topics including stand-up comedy, mosh pits and concert experiences, AI, and thoughts on beauty and relationships. There is also some discussion on dark humor and societal issues around violence and desensitization. The group explores philosophical questions on societal trends and the impact of technology while sharing anecdotal stories and humorous takes.

Key Quotes​

Here are 5 direct quotes from the Joe Rogan podcast transcript that represent valuable insights or interesting statements:

  1. "There's an ego thing that happens where you're like, "Well, there has to be an end to this story."" (This speaks to the human need for resolution, especially in conflict, and how ego often drives escalation.)

  2. "But we all know that your comedy, your jokes get better when you keep tuning them up, right? And that I think it's a certain amount of a cooking process that they all need." (Insight into the iterative nature of perfecting comedy material.)

  3. "So, what it what would it prevent you from mind [__] yourself? Just go over your material with such a fine tooth comb that when you get up on stage, you you can be just loose and completely relaxed." (Advice on performance preparation and its relationship to freedom on stage.)

  4. "I think the biggest problem with physical conflict is like most people have never done it and they they're scared of it and then they puff their chest out and they act ridiculous." (Addresses the disconnect between perceived toughness and actual experience with violence.)

  5. "I think that like that kind of real violence like still I still have a hard time with that the internet has kind of [__] us up on on being desensitized to like really graphic imagery like people being shot in the head people being like mass murder like" (Addresses the effects of exposure to graphic violence online.)

Detailed Summary​

Here's a detailed summary of the YouTube video transcript, broken down into bullet points:

I. Comedy Club Anecdotes and Clean Comedy

  • Discussion about a comedy magic club founded by someone wanting a place where nobody gets upset.
  • Joey Diaz was banned from performing there due to his raunchy content.
  • Story about the Champagne Comedy Club in Mount Vernon, NY, an all-black room with strict rules against profanity.
  • Nate Bargatze is discussed as an exceptionally clean and brilliant comedian.
  • An anecdote about Nate Bargatze getting drunk at a Korn concert, moshing, and then unexpectedly cursing at a woman at a comedy club.

II. Skankfest and Mosh Pits

  • Discussion about Skankfest's comedy jam, involving heavy metal performances.
  • A story about Jay Oakerson starting a "wall of death" during a Limp Bizkit cover and Nate Bargatze getting caught in the mosh pit.
  • Debate about the origins of mosh pits and their perception by black people.
  • Discussion about different types of mosh pits: some being aggressive and fight-like, others being more about communal energy.
  • Story of a metal show where the host saw a mosh pit break out into fist fights and people getting seriously hurt.

III. Concert Experiences and Lewis's Interventions

  • A humorous story about going to a Pantera concert with Louis and witnessing a fight between two groups (white guys with a kid, and Mexican guys).
  • Louis intervened, making the fighting groups shake hands but never deescalating the tension between them.
  • Another anecdote about Louis getting angry at a Nine Inch Nails concert, having a confrontation with a fan and whispering "terrible, awful things" in their ear.

IV. Concert Venues and Comedy

  • Discussion about Great Woods, an amphitheater venue where it was difficult to hear performers on the lawn.
  • Experiences performing comedy at Great Woods opening for Slipknot and Korn.
  • Brief mentions of seeing Dangerfield and Bill Cosby at Great Woods.

V. Mitch Hedberg and the Evolution of Comedy

  • Discussion about Mitch Hedberg potentially sober up or evolving, and how that may have affected his comedy.
  • Commentary on Mitch Hedberg developing the act, then after a decade having to come up with new acts every year, but couldn't because partying took over.
  • Discussion on comedians working at a personal pace, and developing material.

VI. Live Specials and Chris Rock

  • Discussion about performing comedy specials live on Netflix.
  • Chris Rock filming a recent special.
  • Discussion about whether live comedy is the same as a stage set.

VII. The "Rogan Sphere" and Societal Commentary

  • Reference to being a part of the "Rogan Sphere" and how it comes up when introducing one's background
  • Discussion of "manosphere" as a real subject.
  • Discussion of Maxim magazine subscriptions, and the unachievability of hometown girls in bikinis.
  • Brief discussion on Don Lemon's controversial comments about Megan Kelly.

VIII. First Experiences with Gay Porn

  • Discussion about first time seeing gay porn.
  • Discussing how it was jarring compared to how we're desensitized to it now.
  • Discussion about seeing gay people in New York City.

IX. Pornography and Desensitization

  • Discussion about a girl on Boy Meets World.
  • Discussion about just feeling bad beating your dick like a monkey.
  • The ease of accessing pornography.
  • Discussion about the decline in new Porn movies, and that they don't make anything anymore.

X. Artificial Intelligence

  • Discussion on AI-generated pornography.
  • AI generation, and Taylor Swift getting ass-grabbed.
  • Discussion of practical effects vs. CGI in movies.

XI. Generational Differences, Entertainment, and Media

  • Different generations, short videos.
  • What they are consuming.
  • Old movies not being as scary as they used to.

XII. Violence in Entertainment and Reality

  • The reality of filming a movie.
  • They hit the woman in the movie for real.
  • Directors abusing the actors.

XIII. Aging in the Public Eye

  • How women fall apart.
  • Aging gracefully vs. getting a new head.
  • New surgery of fixing shitty surgery.

XIV. Body Image and Plastic Surgery

  • Dudes wearing body shaping spanx.
  • Having shitty posture.
  • Wearing a bra harness on a date and hugging someone, and getting accused of wearing a bra.
  • Baldness and wearing a hat reek of unconfidence.
  • Drug regrowing hair in 20 days.

XV. Past Hairstyles

  • Tried to do a mohawk in sixth grade.
  • Long hair with braid in front, with sword at the end.

XVI. Fight Scenes in Movies

  • Discussed Chinese kung fu movies.
  • Daniel Day Lewis in The Boxer.
  • Warrior, Connor McGregor.
  • First Roadhouse, and what it used to be.
  • People not throwing kicks in street fights.
  • Discussing people's moves to defend themselves.
  • A 16 year old teaching a mob guy Taekwondo, and if the neck is the place to hit.

XVII. Prison Life and Justice

  • Most people haven't been in physical fights.
  • Most people don't know how to fight.
  • Being tough is what you needed to walk the New York streets.
  • 18 year olds shouldn't be allowed to vote.
  • New York electing a communist.
  • Discussing Karen Fisher running for Mayor, and what was good about Giulianni.
  • Moving to New York City just days before 911.
  • Smoking crack as a part of peep shows in New York City before 911.
  • The best crack is the exhale.
  • Experiment of dosing people with LSD at the Legion of Skanks, but actually didn't dose them.
  • Discussion on smoking Salvia, and then ending up in a another life underwater.
  • Would try crack over being dosed with LSD.
  • Hunter Biden thinks crack is safer than alcohol.
  • You're more prepared to stop drugs when you say it was evil and evil.
  • Columbian president saying Cocaine is safer than alcohol.
  • Pure cocain from a laboratory.
  • Illegalize something is killing more people.
  • Having freedom with drugs to take it and be find, and being able to take it again.
  • NASCAR came from, which is souped up cars to get the [__] away from cops cuz they were running moonshine.
  • You should decriminalize what to consume to grown adults.
  • There's 100 new dispensaries because cops didn't know what to do with it, they get the stuff from California.
  • They shut down the dispensaries and Eric Adams like burned it all down.
  • Auctions giving money to schools.

XVIII. Amityville Horror and True Crime

  • Repo man pulling McClarens in the front lawn, and then being afraid of a drug dealer showing up.
  • Living in a murder house to save on the rent.
  • Amityville Horror, true story of son shooting everyone.
  • Was a fan that they add demons to show to the murder.

XIX. Serial Killers and the Justice System

  • Portrait of a serial killer, crazy ones get away with more murders.
  • The West Memphis Three, a 70 IQ individual got arrested for the crime, falsely imprisoned for 18 years.

XX. Prison Life and Rehabilitation

  • Machismo world where giggle makes you soft.
  • Prison, they are all just animals.
  • No one thinks about rehabilition.
  • Private prisons, a crazy idea.
  • Zero women for prison guard.

XXI. The End of the World

  • Artificial intelligence has arrived.
  • All this information just to figure out Aluchino.
  • The Matrix and the Terminator.

This summary captures the key topics, arguments, and information discussed in the video. The original transcript was very conversational, and I've tried to organize it into a more structured and readable format.