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Fame, Money, and Comedians Losing Their Minds
from #283 - Joe Rogan | The Tim Dillon Show · #283
3 min
Tim and Joe open discussing how sudden fame and money have made even non-famous celebrities reach out to Joe for COVID advice, and how comedians in particular tend to go insane once too famous, losing the grounding that keeps them sane.
- Joe receives messages from random celebrities asking for COVID advice.
- Joe overcame impostor syndrome around famous people and now feels comfortable meeting them as equals.
- Comedians perform best when known but not too famous, to avoid scrutiny from non-fans.
- Fame itself is an unnatural state of existence that drives people insane.
- Surrounding yourself with people who won't tell you the truth accelerates the mental decline of famous people.
- Maintaining sanity requires doing something genuinely difficult that doesn't care if you're famous, like working out or playing chess.