Joe Rogan's Unhealthy Habit Makes Him Feel Like An 'Idiot'

Easily one of the most talked about celebrities in the world, Joe Rogan went from a sitcom and reality TV star to the most successful podcaster in the world. Joe is such a big deal that he talked to Post Malone about weight loss, interviewed JD Vance, and there was a lot of discussion about Kamala Harris not appearing on his podcast. In fact, even though PewDiePie called Joe "very dumb," he has enough listeners that he has become so rich that fans want to know how much he pays his staff.

One of the keys to Joe's success is the fact that he is so open with his listeners about his opinions. One example of that is the fact that Joe once revealed that he had an unhealthy habit that regularly left him feeling like an "idiot."

Joe Rogan's Self-Destructive Habit Leaves Him Feeling Like An "Idiot"

Since the first episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" was released, it has become the most popular podcast in the world. While there are several reasons for that success, the array of guests that Joe has had on his podcast has played a pivotal role.

The vast majority of podcasts that have guests spend each episode welcoming people who basically have the same beliefs. However, Joe's podcast has welcomed guests who have expertise in a wide array of topics or have different beliefs. As a result, the conversation in each episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" can be very different and revealing.

During the 2039th episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," Joe welcomed a health and fitness expert named Michael Easter. As a result of his guest's sphere of expertise, Joe wound up revealing his self-destructive habit that leaves him feeling like an "idiot" to his guest and listeners.

While talking to Michael, as can be seen in a YouTube video, Joe spoke about how he has spent a lot of his nights endlessly scrolling the internet.

Joe went on to talk about how dumb realizing how he spent his time makes him feel at the end of the night.

"I've spent so many nights where I went to bed at 3 o'clock in the morning feeling like a f****** idiot. Like, 'What did I do?' I just wasted time watching dumb videos and reading dumb websites and just going down to and I'm tired and I should just go to bed. "

After admitting how negatively he feels after spending so long scrolling on his phone, Joe spoke about his motivation.

Joe reflected on how he spends a lot of nights pursuing a feeling that remains out of his grasp.

In 2022, the NIH conducted a study on how cell phone use affects peoples' quality of sleep, as the findings that were published on their website revealed. That study found that there was a connection between cell phone usage and poor sleep quality. "A higher use of mobile phone was significantly associated with a poor sleep quality."

As Joe explained, he spends part of his nights searching the internet for content that will engage him, even though that remains elusive.

Maybe the next thing is gonna really excite me. Maybe the next video is really gonna stimulate me. Nope.

From there, Joe explained that he regularly realizes how dumb it was to do that to himself.

As Joe detailed, he winds up beating himself up for his decision to avoid sleep and choose his phone.

"Always the same feeling. I go to bed like, f****** idiot. You should've been in bed three hours ago. And everyone has that experience. Right?"

Based on studies and anecdotes, it seems clear that many people can relate to what Joe said about scrolling his phone instead of sleeping.

In response to Joe's confession about his scrolling, Michael brought up an industry that takes advantage of people who make similar decisions. Michael discussed how Las Vegas is overrun with slot machines that get used all the time.

“I live in Las Vegas… Now, when you live there – you see all kinds of wild stuff! But to me – what’s always been the strangest is the slot machines. So, you’ve spent time in Vegas. It’s like – they’re in the casinos – obviously. But they’re [also] in the gas stations, the grocery stores, the restaurants, the bars, and the airport. And they’re not sitting empty… so I’m like – ‘What the hell is up with that?’ People are playing them around the clock.”

Joe's guest, Michael Easter, then spoke about what it is that makes people scroll endlessly and spend hours hoping to win while playing a slot machine.

“It plays on your dopamine! It’s like a numbing thing. You just sit there and press the buttons and hope they make money.”

Joe Rogan Has Similarly Spoken Out About How Destructive He Thinks Video Games Are

In July 2020, an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" with Hannibal Buress as a guest was released, as a YouTube upload shows. During that episode, Joe spoke about how addicted he'd been to video games.

While speaking with Hannibal, Joe compared how video games affected him to the plights of alcoholism.

"I have a real problem with video games. We have a whole video game room back there, like a land room. I don't even go in there anymore. I just stay away from it like I'm an alcoholic and it's a bar. I can't go in there. We were playing hours every day to the point [where] Jamie was telling me I had a problem. He would leave. He went, 'I'm not playing anymore.'"

After talking about how addicted he'd previously been to video games, Joe discussed how they would leave him feeling afterward.

"We'd play Quake Champions. My hands would be sweaty. I would feel like like I'm nervous. I'd leave. I'd be driving home and, like, I don't feel good. I feel bad. Like, I physically was feeling bad. And then I started, like, sleeping bad [sic]. I was thinking, I'm putting my body through all this crazy stress."

Based on that description of how he was affected by video games, it makes perfect sense that Joe decided to give them up.