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Joe Rogan - suggestions to switch my sibling to better media (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by NewWorldOverHere@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My 27 yr old sibling is a hard core follower of Joe Rogan 💩

What are some progressive channels/people/content that I could have my sibling start watching instead?

Preferably something that has a similar flavor - example: male host, muscular, easy to digest. I think that will make the transition easier.

My personal preferences are Seth Meyers and John Oliver, but Last Week Tonight (John Oliver) is even a heavy watch for me sometimes!

[No Andrew Hubbard. He’s another fake.]

Thank you!

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[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You’ll find that folks can be gullible at any age. My step-kids, who live with their dad in Texas, are in their early 20s and get about 99% of their information from either YouTube or TikTok. For the youngest, church plays a big part. Generally speaking, they are good kids, but they are both gullible AF. I’m betting OP’s sibling has a similar diet of media consumption.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, the unbiased style of debate/news reporting is very dangerous.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What are you gullible about?

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I’m sure there’s something, and I try to remind myself when talking to the kids that they’re figuring out the world around them all the time just like i did when I was their age. It’s really hard getting them to look outside of YT and TikTok for information. Awhile back, the younger one got into the Atlantis mythology and started talking about it a lot. Theories of Atlantean origin are pretty common in white supremacist circles, so that was kind of stressful!