When Joe Rogan expressed concern about people being addicted to "recreational outrage" on Twitter

Joe Rogan once said that a lot of Twitter users are addicted to "recreational outrage."

Rogan observed that Twitter has turned into a platform where people go to express negative thoughts. What's more, the popular podcaster thinks users who constantly churn out negativity on Twitter are addicted to the rush they get through the interactions.

During episode #1769 of The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) with Jordan Peterson, the UFC commentator said:

"The real problem with a lot of what's going on on Twitter – and there's a lot of people that I follow on Twitter that don't have anything to do with me, they're just negative people on Twitter – and I don't even follow them, I bookmark their page. Then I go visit them 'cause they're so f***ing crazy."

Rogan continued:

"And I see them 12, 13 hours a day tweeting. It's a straight madness. And it's 100% an addiction and the amount of interactions that they have that are negative, the amount of expressions they have that are negative are overwhelming. That is an addiction. It's an outrage addiction. They're addicted to recreational outrage and the response to the recreational outrage."

Check out this snippet from the JRE podcast below:

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Joe Rogan hopes Elon Musk takeover brings back "reasonable exchange of ideas" to Twitter

Joe Rogan revealed that he has stayed away from Twitter for a variety of reasons, including the lack of civil discourse among its users.

However, the comedian is hopeful that Elon Musk taking over the company could bring about a positive change to the social media outlet.

In a previous episode of JRE, he spoke with writer and comedian Bridget Phetasy about Musk's $44 billion deal:

"I think we have a real problem with discourse on Twitter. What some would like to do is silence those that have opposing viewpoints, and then you get all this positive feedback from all the people that agree with you."

Check out Rogan's conversation with Megan Murphy:

Rogan added that it was important that Musk wanted to restore a "reasonable exchange of ideas" on Twitter. Musk, of course, has called himself a "free speech absolutist" and claimed he would reverse lifetime bans.