Joe Rogan: How BAD Is The Homeless Crisis in The U.S? Can We Fix It??

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Joe and Chris talk about the homeless problem in the United States and what they have experienced. They talk about how it isn't a simple solution and discuss some of the ways that it happened.
Christopher Distefano is an American comedian. Primarily a stand-up comedian, Distefano began his career in entertainment on MTV and MTV2's shows Guy Code and Girl Code
Clip Taken From JRE #1947 w/ Christopher Distefano
Host: Joe Rogan
Guest: Christopher Distefano
Producer: Jamie Vernon
#joerogan #jre #comedy #funny #ufo

[@Twenty-Seven]

Pointing out that the homeless guy telling somebody buying him food that he doesn't like that flavor probably has something to do with him being homeless is acttually a pretty interesting point

[@josemv25]

Ice cream isn't food. Why's he gotta eat something he doesn't like?

[@iggybeatstv]

no its not. Just because hes homeless doesnt mean he has to just take anything he can not like something like anyone else.

[@SaltyOldDog]

Aaaand it sounds like we have 2 homeless respondents as well. The sense of entitlement amongst these 2 AND the homeless guy is astounding. Good luck out there!!!

[@iggybeatstv]

@@SaltyOldDog yes, everyone is entitled to a choice

[@grantmccoy6739]

@@SaltyOldDog beggars can't be choosers right? Except, what if you aren't asking for anything? Also, why wouldn't the guy ask him what he wanted, instead of just getting him something without consideration of what he wants?

[@DARTHSTR1FE]

I work at a single men's shelter. Been there for 5 years as a housing specialist. I feel like I've see. The worst of humanity working with this population. It sucks. Went in bright eyed and prepared to fight the good fight. Now, all I see is untreated mental illness and substance abuse issues

[@sarbantz]

Unsheltered street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and fentanyl destroys humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. They will destroy any housing we put them in because they are not mentally capable of living in an organized manner. Fentanyl pills popular blues contain fentanyl, rat poison, horse tranquilizer (tranq), sedative benzo, nitazene chemicals, ISO, and other extremely destructive synthetic chemicals. They smoke blues all day long one after another. It's an extreme addiction with extreme anxieties and pain. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other synthetic chemicals available on our streets

[@Fibonaccisghost]

Yeah we need to drop the Grapes of Wrath narrative around homelessness. Things are different from the 1930s. Drugs are way harder and more prevalent.

[@stilllearningtruth]

Thank you for sharing this. I lived in downtown Los Angeles many years and saw similar, alot of opportunist and for profit non profits. My friend is a social worker and was working there but eventually couldnt handle the stress because of how fake these organizations are. The reality is mental illness and drug abuse.

[@SYMBIOTEDINOSAUR]

I worked as grave shift security for a shelter in SLC and they only gave me a taser. I couldn't even begin to describe to you what I saw there it was unimaginable. I had to arrest schizophrenic people and all this insane action it made me have a huge existential crisis and I ended up living in a tent in the Montana wilderness reading the Upanishads for months . I'm still not mentally normal I don't think I'll ever be again.

[@DARTHSTR1FE]

@Karl with a K You're mistaking treatment with a cure maybe? There's no cure, but there is therapy and there are meds people can take to treat symptoms. A lot of these people are too far gone to be helped unfortunately, but I have seen some people that got their shit together and got back on their feet. That being said, who knows how long before they relapse. What's your solution to the problem? Smartass.

[@LOVERGEIST777]

I was homeless for years. It progressed from sleeping in a car to actually being outside in the elements. Even tho I now own a home and have a good job and turned my life around, it still sticks with me like a scar. Sometimes I can still feel the concrete in my bones. There is also a piece of me that felt so free. Homelessness is not something that can be "fixed".

[@ivywoodxrecords]

Right on man. You own a home in 2023 after being homeless, thats a righteous human success story and something to be proud of.

[@Francesco-cj3oi]

Isn't that what you did tho?

[@muxpux]

@@Francesco-cj3oi not everyone strives to be constrained to a 9-5 and having to pay bills and all that. Some people like being able to just live, regardless of how “crazy” it is on the streets.

[@jessecooley1580]

.... it's MORALITY (hands down) of the PEOPLE as a WHOLE

[@bjorn-jameshanrahan8183]

It can. Other countries have.

[@G.Martinez916]

There is no such thing as affordable housing in 2023. 15 years ago you might be able to support yourself with a $15 hr job and rent a newer 1 bedroom apartment for $756. In 2023 that same exact apartment is renting for $1800 a month and the same job is still paying you $15 hr. Just build a giant prison type facility move them in get them the help they need, get them off drugs,get them job training, get them drivers licenses, forgive any fines,fees,back taxes, filter the crazies into permanent mental health facilities, put them to work at landfills,cleaning up homeless camps,farming with immigrants

[@itsmesteve1081]

Bro, it's so crazy. I want to run away from home and get my own place to stay, but I can't because rent is so freaking high even for a one bedroom apartment. The lowest for a one bedroom, one bathroom is $1,000.... like, wtf? I literally can't pay that much especially if I'm just getting paid minimum wage and living alone with no support. If my car breaks down or something I'm screwed. It would help a lot of rent went back to like $$600 or $700 for a one bedroom apartment but I know that isn't going to happen...

[@itsmesteve1081]

Oh btw I like in fresno city. This is what it's like here.

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and fentanyl destroys humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. They will destroy any housing we put them in because they are not mentally capable of living in an organized manner. Fentanyl pills popular blues contain fentanyl, rat poison, horse tranquilizer (tranq), sedative benzo, nitazene chemicals, ISO, and other extremely destructive synthetic chemicals. They smoke blues all day long one after another. It's an extreme addiction with extreme anxieties and pain. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other synthetic chemicals available on our streets.

[@nq6508]

I remember 10-15 years ago when rent in midtown Atlanta was $1200 a month. That was the price to live in a nice apartment In the wealthy part of the city. I use to think that was something only wealthy people could afford. Now $1200 is normal rent for a crappy apartment in the suburbs. lol.

[@jacobmitchell9227]

@@itsmesteve1081 I’m paying 1600 before fees for my 1 bedroom in Virginia. Rent is definitely fucked right now. Thankfully I’m moving into a house in July but man these appartment complex companies are profiting off the inflation so much! When they built these apartments they didn’t pay inflation prices. Why we don’t have a cap on rent cost is insane to me.

[@mr.juicethebeetle3373]

I’m from Fresno and I can’t imagine seeing joe Rogan driving down the street, id think it was just a look a like 😂

[@12345fuckyou6789]

Lol same

[@aaronsmith4806]

I met a guy that was homeless because he didn’t want a 9-5 like his parents. He rode his bike from Minnesota to Austin. He was such a kind soul. We both slept in a tent while I worked down there for an event. He was helping homeless people during peek hours of an event. It was touching. Had amazing social skills and could and hopefully is achieving a lot right now. I felt sad when I had to go back home and I could tell he was sad. I wish I had a way to contact him. He wanted to live in a place where everyone pooled money together and helped each other and everyone had the same things. It was very noble but 1 person abusing the system would ruin it for everyone.

[@Anthony-ru7sk]

I been homeless for 2 years up until today in Bangor, Me. There’s senior citizens living in tents, pregnant women hooking in a blizzard. It’s bad everywhere.

[@Vjl5280]

This is what happens when private equity owns and controls housing. $1800/month, 700+ credit score, first months last months and security deposit($5400), insurance(they own the insurance companies), and you have to make 3-times as much as the rent is. I mean, who qualifies? You might as well buy a house!(they own hosing). BlackStone BlackRock Vanguard etc are all bad for America.

[@themissinglightninglink]

​@xdefyy lol I see where you're going...rhymes with shoes?

[@omgjimmyboy]

There is affordable housing, problem nobody wants to live there because of all the crime. But you people don’t want to solve crime, you just want to keep bringing in more illegals

[@northwestelitespirit]

I grew up with a crack addict Mom and an absent alcoholic father. My family life was rife with drug, alcohol, physical, and sexual abuse. I eventually decided to be homeless to get away from them all. I pulled myself up out of it. If Ican, someone else can.

[@rs-vl2im]

Good job outta you. need more people like u in this world

[@chrisfarrell5426]

Someone. But not everyone. If that was the case, why didn't you create Tesla or climb Everest???

[@AtibaVV]

u are brave

[@creepy847]

After getting out of the USMC I ended up homeless. Bad choices, bad luck, lack of motivation, depression and a sense of loss over who I was or wanted to be. Living in NH and being outside during the winter is not easy. Eventually I was able to climb out of the hole I dug myself and get my life back. One of things that probably made it easier on me was the fact that I did not do drugs or drink. I remember asking another older homeless man who I became friends with "hey how did you get here old timer'? He looked at me and said "How did you fuck your life up so fast to be sharing a bed next to me?! That question really shook me to the core. I had been a Paratrooper in the Army, then a SF company, left and joined the USMC and was considered by many above and below an excellent leader. Climbing the ladder of success and fulfillment takes years for most, but the fall for everyone is merely seconds. In the end it took me less than 5 years to completely fck myself, but it took more than 15 years to rebuild it. That was the hardest thing Ive ever done. Its almost impossible to do alone and surely impossible to do without some luck. Thank god I had both. Never quit.

[@paulrevere2379]

Was it a family member, old friend or new friend who made the difference, believed in you and provided some of the simple basics that 90% of the population totally take for granted?

[@creepy847]

@@paulrevere2379 there was one man who completely changed my life. I had some help by a few others including my ex wife, but primarily it was only one man who really made the difference. He guided through the minefield I had created and now after 27 years we are still very close, speak once a week or so and consider each other family. In my case it had nothing to do with religion just the idea of getting up each morning and taking as many steps possible. Life for me became very depressing when I loss my will to live. My case was mild compared to other homeless I interacted with. I learned more lessons in that homeless shelter than I had in 2 decades of life....

[@paulrevere2379]

@@creepy847 Solomon (in Ecclesiastes) teaches us that there is one man in a thousand. To put it crudely, that means that 999 out of 1000 are little better than worthless when a true man is needed. Could be that you connected with such a rare man.

[@firstlast8258]

Never say never

[@cassiemontgomery45]

I hear you, good sir. I messed my life up in less than 3 years due to opiate pill addiction. I lost a nursing career, my first husband, a house that was almost paid for, and the respect of anyone who ever knew me. I've been clean for nearly 8 years now and I've re-built my life, but it's taken nearly a decade in order to do so. I'm quite certain that jail/prison and then homelessness was on my horizon if I hadn't stopped. God bless you and keep you.

[@king_vision4085]

I’m born and raised in San Jose, CA. I have an older brother who was a loving father and a trained martial artist. Was shot 6 times in a robbery at his job and is now homeless, addicted to drugs and I haven’t seen him in years

[@mosesagabon7152]

See if you can reach out.

[@SuperLazer64]

I lived in Fresno myself as well, I got robbed one time by the homeless. I agree 100% Mr. Rogan. I can tell from experience. They yell a lot, they cuss at random folks, they are on drugs 24/7 and they don't care at this point. Our mayor is clown.

[@thetrutha2177]

Stockton, the entire east bay, SF and LA are much worse.

[@ritchiethomas7733]

Haha some crack head over powerd u 🤣 😂 😆

[@TobyW360]

That tall black dude who just staressss, i used to work at the raddison and had to keep kicking the transients out

[@minnesotatomcat]

We don’t have a lot of homeless in Minnesota but there are some down in the metro. One day we were working down there and there was a homeless guy standing on the corner holding a piece of cardboard that said something on it to make you feel sorry for him. So my buddy rolls down the window and tosses the guy a nice sandwich out of his lunch box and the homeless guy throws it back in the truck at us. They don’t want food, they want booze and drugs.

[@tomasburtrude7802]

Yeah they’re bums. Can’t help someone that doesn’t want to help themselves

[@firstlast8258]

@@tomasburtrude7802 takes a bum to know a bum

[@MahdiKnicks]

Not as much in the wintertime but they come out in full force in the summer.

[@iamcinmal5015]

@@firstlast8258 so if you know that he’s a bum?… that means .. by your own statement, you’re a bum

[@firstlast8258]

@@iamcinmal5015 speak for yourself 🤓🖕

[@filipegalarza7617]

As a resident of Fresno, CA everything that Christopher Distefano & Joe Rogan said is 100% accurate. Even in the areas of Fresno that have much more economic revenue such as the 93650 (pinedale) area have so much homelessness and the #1 reason to blame is due to the amount of drugs that are distributed throughout Fresno city/County . On other areas such as the west side of downtown near Parkway (the skid row of Fresno) near Fresno Chaffee Zoo js even worse due to Fresno County’s lack of support with helping people get into programs for mental health and drug addiction. You could either be in river park bluffs or downtown Fresno the amount of homelessness your going to visually see is still outrageous.

[@user-ig8gn7nx4o]

Pzz 93650 baby💯🪖

[@Itsme83.]

I’m from here too and Jerry dyer acts like it’s not true and there’s no problem. Sad

[@StrikeCulture]

What a bizarre thing to say…I do live here…it doesn’t sound like you actually do. Riverpark and DT are the same? You should come feed/assist to shelter the unhoused with me sometime.

[@crookkid6791]

Yea especially the part about driving through Stockton to get to San Jose

[@Itsme83.]

@@crookkid6791 I always take the train from here to sac and have to connect in Stockton and it’s wild there

[@tomogochi2457]

i was severly bad with ulcerative colitis, and autism, i didnt give up, i dreamed of passing my driving test, which is 100x harder in the uk than usa. I fixed my dream to passing my driving test here. Once i passed at 31. I keep looking for a new goal. My goals maybe not as high as someone elses. But a GOAL is so important.

[@Minerals333]

Well done 🙏

[@SuperLio333]

yeah dude the test is not 100x harder than the usa. It's a driving test meant for most of the population to be able to pass.

[@colinesplen2518]

Your goal was awesome, your awesome! Period

[@tomogochi2457]

@@colinesplen2518 thank you 😊. I wake up guilty of not achieving what everyone else does. I feel like I'm behind. But I keep pushing to my barrier

[@tomogochi2457]

@MineralsPvP it is alot harder though.

[@j.d.604]

The Fentanyl crisis, sense of entitlement, and rise in housing costs are the perfect storm for mass homelessness. Where I reside, 1 bed/1 bath studio apartments are $1,360.00/month. With renter's insurance and electric/water... That's $400/week you need to earn that doesn't include food, gas, auto insurance, cell phone bill, and other necessities. If you work 50 hrs per week at a job that pays $20.00/hr... You can just make it. But you can easily get setback by sickness, an injury or car problems.

[@Miss5250]

How does Sense of Entitlement factor in..? I thought the rest was valid and insightful. America should have seen this coming when the primary Caregiver, the Mom was forced to Work because the Primary Breadwinner, Dad's income wasn't enough to support the typical Family anymore. Most Americans are Only 2-3 Paychecks away from being Homeless. They have been Saying that for years & years...

[@JQUE94]

San Bernardino is flooded with homeless folks and tent cities. I grew up there and still go to the city after moving and the problem is getting worse. The homeless here have become fire hazards because they are burning up the buildings they squat in

[@sergioo283]

I grew up in Fresno all my life I’m bless that I left California all together I can sadly say I grew up in the hood and seen the most fuck up shit you can think of but with hard work and staying away from that life style I manage to make a decent living and for that I’m grateful

[@johnc7361]

I grew up in Fresno and now i live in Vancouver, what a trip i stumbled across this.

[@williambrown9417]

Early 2020 I lost my job my apartment car everything. I remember I found different ways of making money but that wasn’t the problem. There was so much competition for housing and people couldn’t be evicted. Me and my family are still staying in hotels to this day. Many never recovered

[@DJGango]

Really sorry to hear brother, better times are coming for you.

[@djdeemz7651]

Dude i would have removed myself and my family from that area by whatever means just go to a different city you know is better than where you are at , staying put aint gonna chance anything because its the environment fucking you over

[@bs431980]

Stay strong man, hope you get back on your feet. Hold the fam tight

[@lostandlooking]

NEVER USED ALCOHOL OR DRUGS and I live in my car in Ohio. I am saving money for surgery and if I were to pay rent, at the end of 12 months wouldn't leave me with much... I do not have any family; they little I do are alcoholics. Take care, everyone.

[@joshc9676]

Good talk guys. Chris, I'm loving Christories, keep it up if you can. It's a cool thing to listen to while I'm out having a smoke. Lol.

[@tonyslicer7399]

Umm yeah wonder how much bs by many interviews on here they know people gonna listen

[@supercarspecifics]

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN VANCOUVER the tent city he is talking about is 1 block down form the main police station on hasting's street, pretrial center & courthouses, they arent just putting them there, the problem is theres no places to put them such as mental health facitlites or rehab facilties, so its a revolving door , they get arressted and walk out the front door of the courthouse , score the drugs and end up right back where they started , my mother is a major advicate in vancouver , she has several groups 1 called parents forever and the other grief to action , the major cause of the homlessnes in vancouver is drugs , herion and fenytnol , vancouver had biggest ports to china and asia , so any opiods coming into the states or across canada is vancouver anyway I could go on all day about the problem in vancouver, Vancouver which I still love will always be my proud hometown and is still the most beautiful place on earth, but I now live in toronto cuz I got tired of my friends dying

[@Emseanotin]

Idk being homeless was my biggest growth period, grinding at the gym and sleeping outside. I'm a firefighter now

[@Miss5250]

That's what I'm talking about... @EMcNaughten It's the Journey. A calm Sea don't make a Skilled Sailor. Fire Fighters are much SMARTER & way BRAVER than Cops, anyway. Ever hear about a Fireman Gang, or Fireman Reform⁉️ When has a Fire Dept been SUED for Theft or Civil Rights violations⁉️ Now ... What are they Saying about East Palestine, Ohio at the Station.. ⁉️ 🙏🙏 Deliberately releasing not 1 but 5 cars full of toxins. So they can set it on fire⁉️ That's the Plan⁉️ Plan A or D⁉️ The Safety Plan when shipping Toxic forever chemicals across rivers, thru mountain, over farmland and into crowded city centers⁉️

[@SHMlKE]

lmao that opening 🤣 I ate gelato and felt woozy

[@tuckercarlsontwitter1]

Chris seems like a great guy. Love to see more content.

[@AndrewB416]

I came from Toronto to do some work for Fresno's public transit division and they told me that I couldn't be in the area past 6pm and that I had to be in my car and out of town/back at my hotel for the night. Freaked me right out.

[@graydenperez-mr4jm]

I see a lot of wealthy people talking about the homeless problem- but no homeless people talking about homeless problems.

[@shoobydoobiemauiwowee]

Thanks for all of your discussions on homelessness I hope you do more

[@clickytheblicky9895]

Gotta fix the drug Prato fix homelessness, most homeless choose to be on the street rather than the resources available because they don’t want to be restricted by the strict rules needed to rehabilitate someone that has been used to the drug and street life.

[@drewskij2175]

There I was, in college, El Paso Tx, working in a pizzeria right next to the freeway. Lots of homeless and transients, not uncommon to see. At the end of the night there was always extra pies, mistakes. Usually we'd keep them on top of the oven to stay hot and either take them home or throw them out. Sometimes we would give to the homeless if they were around but one night and I'll never forget this. This mother flower that had been hanging in the area for a few weeks comes in and says "tonight can you at least throw out a pizza that has everything on it, im sick of eating just cheese". Im like dude, WTF, you'll get your "everything on it" pie but it's gonna have my nut hairs as well, ungrateful %#%^#!!!!!!!

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and fentanyl destroys humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. They will destroy any housing we put them in because they are not mentally capable of living in an organized manner. Fentanyl pills popular blues contain fentanyl, rat poison, horse tranquilizer (tranq), sedative benzo, nitazene chemicals, ISO, and other extremely destructive synthetic chemicals. They smoke blues all day long one after another. It's an extreme addiction with extreme anxieties and pain. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other synthetic chemicals available on our streets.

[@ButtmanAtHeart]

😂thats just funny! 😂 i would have told him to f off 😂 get a job or hang out at another place ya bum 😂

[@firstlast8258]

Gawd bless Texass

[@kch7051]

I was walking in San Francisco (had a job in the east bay) in my mid twenties after a nice dinner with my girlfriend at the time. We had surf and turf leftovers- which was a fairly expensive meal for us at the time. I offered mine up to a homeless guy, showed him how clean and untouched the food was, and he declined with a "Naw I dont like that shit".......my intitial thought was "alrighty then, back to the dog food for you sir". I left the encounter confused. I haven't offered to any homless person since. I'm not going to make a difference anyway, and they just want to USE A PERSON in the moment. You know how they say "Don't feed the wild animals"? Well, I've applied the same logic to homeless people that have no interest in bettering their lives.

[@leegoddard2618]

I found out that homeless don't like open food because people Fuk with the food. 🤷 Is sad but true. Unopen food is Best. ✌️😑

[@mylespartington1321]

Because 1 homeless person was ‘rude’ (not thanking you for offering him your leftover dinner), you have associated all homeless people with wild animals? Bit wild

[@tonyochiha9798]

You offered him food out in the open: Sometimes people can be cruel and tamper with food that is open and try to give it to the homeless to fuck with them so the ones who have experienced that defensively wouldn't accept food from a stranger like that.

[@kch7051]

@@mylespartington1321 Some, yes absolutely. I just gave you one story, and you want to assume that's my only experience eh?

[@kch7051]

@@tonyochiha9798 Thank you Tony, I've never looked at it from that angle. I'm fairly certain this one encounter wasn't that, but I could have been oblivious to it as well. That's pretty messed up someone would go out of there way to deliberately eff with anybody down on their luck like that.

[@RemmySkye]

I was homeless and strung out for over a decade. Mostly in the lower east side, bowery, nyc. I always like to be very clear when i say homeless i mean CARDBOARD ON CONCRETE prison crime prostitution eating out of dunkin donuts dumpster at 3am because thats when they throw food away, begging with cardboard signs, can collecting, family and friends other than your fellow homeless will not speak to you that kind of homeless. I lile to point that out because these days 18 to late 20s and some 30s year old people are "homeless" but theyre couch surfing and stuff like that and theyre homeless because they just refuse to get a job because they believe thanks to society that they are supposed to be the next social media/youtube superstar or TV star or american idol or model or whatever it is and they refuse anything else. So the latter is not the homelessness im talking about Theres so many things i would say if i had the time because the life and the reasons and all of it is so bizarre and mindblowing. But just for now ill say this much. It was only my 4th or 5th day out on the streets. It was night time. A group of us were sleeping on cardboard under scaffolding on Great Jones which is in NoHo downtown Manhattan. Basically right next to the bowery. One of the guys with us there we called crazy alex. Super intelligent guy. Mid 30s i think at the time. Couldve been anything type. Genius when it came to academics. Well sadly crazy Alex died i think 4 or 5 years ago... he wound up getting heavily into those semi legal internet designer substances and tried so many different ones until one killed him. But on the night im talking about like i said it was only like my 4th night out there give or take. A group of 6 to 8 of us are laying on our cardboard and crazy Alex is talking. Well crazy Alex explains how he had, just a few days previously, been staying at his mothers home. That gave me hope and ideas etc. But hes saying how hed been getting progressively more and more upset the more he stayed there and you know why? Because he couldnt sleep. Staying at her suburban home, the silence in the evening was driving him mad and keeping him up all night. He had been homeless for so many years that hed grown accustomed to sleeping with the sounds of driving cars, honking horns, running car engines, walking pedestrians chit chatting and the lack of those sounds were driving him mad til he finally had to run out of the house and get back onto the street. There's so much insanity and tragedy in the homeless world RIP Crazy Alex

[@ButtmanAtHeart]

He could have got a fan for noise or a white noise machine. I sleep with a fan it makes noise that drowns out the other noises and helps me fall asleep

[@charleneblack2792]

Social media is making homelessness look appealing. There are millions of videos of people living in their cars and vans, telling everyone how awesome it is to not have a job. Once these kids get sucked into that world, it's nearly impossible to get out.

[@shadfletcher6815]

I lived on a sailboat in marina del rey,and then lived on 2 other boats in Wilmington above long beach,I was pretty much done living on the boats after over 7 yrs of it,yah I wasn't homeless but it isn't all that easy not having all of the conveniences of a home

[@indigowendigo8464]

Lol we've lived in a camper traveling for 2 years it's awesome

[@carefulgorgi5309]

I got out

[@420WEED69]

EXACTLY in 5 years or less even YOU can become unemployed and homeless 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[@ravenwhiteduck6460]

Yeah saw an article pop up where this one lady just flat out said van life is overrated and had to start from scratch again, don't listen to the internet and don't listen to certain people, they'll just bring you down

[@aaronkeener95]

My buddy lives in NY. Apartment is 300 SF with a BR that is in the hallway and everyone on that floor has a key. Pays $2800.00 a month. He had to sell his car because he couldn’t pay his $400 a month garage bill.

[@bwall459]

Homelessness needs to be prevented more than solved

[@firstlast8258]

Open your home to them

[@WilliamBrwn]

@@firstlast8258 refugees welcome! Greetings from the islamic republic of Germoney, we also call it *Schland!

[@stilllearningtruth]

I lived in downtow L.A. and saw so many organizations wprking there that were supposedly non profit but were for profit. It is a business. The amount of mentally illness and drug abuse there is huge.

[@firstlast8258]

Drugs are bad mkay

[@AgitpropPsyop]

“He doesn’t like chocolate ice cream? That’s probably why he’s homeless.” -Joe Rogan.

[@gregwoodin5630]

“And it would probably have to involve psychedelic drugs” is the most Joe Rogan way of ending a sentence 😂😂 I actually full on laughed at that. I should have been expecting it but I wasn’t.

[@teet-zi8ks]

If all the celebs in Hollywood put in money buy a piece of land and build a massive center for the homeless to house BUT THE 1 stMAIN FLOOR WOULD BE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND TREATMENT/ pharmacy and work way up 2 nd floor detox and recovery, rest floors housing. Offer incentives and help transition out!

[@way5068]

Im broken....lost it all...drugs. No family, about to lose my place. Been clean since july 12, and it looks like im about to get lost again .....Got 3 kids, no support....cry daily...I just want the pain to stop

[@carmensandiego211]

I’ve lived in Fresno, my whole life and really all over the Central Valley and it’s beyond disgusting. Yes, everyone gives up and goes on drugs. There’s nothing but whack gang members and low life goalless homeless people. I can’t tell you how many mothers I personally know that let their kids get touched by family members or boyfriends and just didn’t wanna say anything. That’s that mentality out there. I live in San Diego and I don’t really see any of that anymore.

[@magdabrownis265]

You can’t help someone that doesn’t want helped

[@aaronsmith4806]

Many homeless people have serious trauma and MH that was never addressed in their childhood. It’s unfortunate that once someone is 18, the world stops caring about helping a lot of the time. Programs are harder to access. There isn’t a cure all for homelessness but they could do a lot more to get people off the street that have just had some very unfortunate circumstances.

[@whatupwhatup4206]

When he mentioned about no cops go into skid row (homeless area) in Vancouver, cops do in-fact go there I don’t know who told them they don’t.

[@chelsearevoir9033]

Trauma of self, generational trauma & cultural trauma are the leading causes of homelessness I am sure.

[@firstlast8258]

Drugs

[@alexarnold6253]

What a great take on things. I've been homeless several times as an adult but I've been able to turn things around. Part of it was hard work and part of it was an intentional journey to find myself through different avenues to include meditation, church, and microdosing. I've never considered that I put myself through therapy. That makes me think that maybe there is more than just telling someone to pull themselves up. Maybe there is a greater need for a super intensive form of therapy to help reduce homelessness. Not money, therapy. 🤔

[@HomelessHomeowner617]

Same here I agree its motivation and a desire to be a better person so you dont drain everyone around you.

[@firstlast8258]

Not everyone can work 🤓🖕

[@alexarnold6253]

@@firstlast8258 people can work. If you aren't able to work that's an exception. 99 percent of people can work but they choose not to. Most people on the streets could work but they choose not to. We don't make rules based on exceptions. We make exceptions in the rules when needed.

[@firstlast8258]

@@alexarnold6253 the numbers don’t lie but liars use numbers 🤡🖕

[@alexarnold6253]

@@firstlast8258 that's the most nonsense thing you could say. It literally collapses on itself. Not sure what you're arguing, but the numbers show people being jobless (not seeking employment) not unemployed.

[@BestNewsClips]

We need you on Gutfeld more you were freaking hilarious. I almost choked on my coffee 😂

[@BMG19FUNNYDIE]

Chris you have great vocal delivery. An extra tool in the bag.

[@_Jay_Maker_]

Wasn't there a video just recently of some poor homeless guy getting straight up executed on the sidewalk by some psycho with a revolver? Dude just stands there loading his gun for like 5 minutes and offs the guy. One of my best friends used to be homeless and I was also damn close to being homeless myself. God and my family - all Christians - are what got me out of it. Knowing there are people who will stand by you and love you despite everything was a huge lifesaver.

[@trustmeimapotato4708]

It's not the flavor that makes it an ego thing it's probably just a palate thing where chocolate can just be a disgusting flavor to em and you just rather not eat something all together just because that flavor ruins it

[@TheChessShow]

In NY, try around 2nd Ave, for blocks and blocks....

[@JasonAlexzander1q47]

It is easier to raise a generation of better citizens than it is to try to rehab a broken generation.

[@firstlast8258]

Too late for that

[@jester1663]

He sure looks at the camera a lot. I think hes the only guest ive seen do that.

[@robertfailla293]

Never watching another thing Destefano does after watching this, pats on the back feel great bravo

[@pete5691]

No societal “system” can ever hope to fix the issues being talked about.

[@davethomas543]

It is amazing how just out of touch these folks are about Canada. The lower east side of Changcouver ,has been a thing for 30+ years now. Our society has caused this mess and for the same reason it caused it , it has NO idea how to fix it.

[@izzypop100]

Canadian homeless = tougher than American homeless

[@confidential02]

My friend from norway, went to berkely in san fransisco as a exchange student this month and he while randomly walking down the streets, two men in a car pulled up to a randomly parked car, one jumped out looked through the windows, apparantley did not find anything hopped back in the car and drew off. the funny thing here was how all the pedestrians just carried on and did not even care like it was a normal thing.

[@dli_88]

Watched this whole podcast on Spotify drunk/buzzed Chris is hilarious 😂

[@lostnative4295]

The subject at matter here is significant enough to have rhe proper people rey to make an attempt to make a positive difference.. thank you Joe for bringing this up it's starting to become like that here in Hawaii too!

[@buridah328]

The rich people at the top didn’t get rich by caring about poor homeless people

[@FernandoDeJesusPonce]

I’m front Fresno…. And you’re unfortunately right

[@itsmesteve1081]

LOL I currently live in fresno xD That's so cool that Joe Rogan and this other guy was in here at one point in time.

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and fentanyl destroys humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. They will destroy any housing we put them in because they are not mentally capable of living in an organized manner. Fentanyl pills popular blues contain fentanyl, rat poison, horse tranquilizer (tranq), sedative benzo, nitazene chemicals, ISO, and other extremely destructive synthetic chemicals. They smoke blues all day long one after another. It's an extreme addiction with extreme anxieties and pain. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other synthetic chemicals available on our streets.

[@HomelessHomeowner617]

I used to be there, it has nothing to do with money, it has to do with extremely poor decision making putting you in a horrible spot, one your in that figure four your stuck in a crowd full of people who make horrible decisions making long term success a difficult hurdle. It takes structure and desire.

[@Raja1938]

Still dubious. People have been making extremely poor decisions since forever, but even menial jobs allowed you to have some sort of roof over your head.

[@HomelessHomeowner617]

@@Raja1938 Many are given a free roof over there head and use it for nothing more than a place to use the drugs that put them in that position in the first place. Its a choice most of the time

[@Raja1938]

@@HomelessHomeowner617 Drug abuse isn't a recent thing either. I grew up in the 70s and it was rampant back then too but it didn't cause rampant homelessness.

[@HomelessHomeowner617]

@@Raja1938 there was no oxycontin and fentylnal readily available like now, the drug pandemic has gotten orders of magnitude worse since then.

[@Raja1938]

@@HomelessHomeowner617 Right, drugs weren't readily available in the U.S. until recently.

[@ryanfreeborn4252]

Id say 80% of the homeless pretty much prefer to be homeless. And those same 80% ignore their will power to straighten up, and just "want" to be lazy and intoxicated. Sad but true.

[@firstlast8258]

The numbers don’t lie but liars use numbers

[@25taylorkw]

The majority of homeless people are usually suffering from drug addiction or mentally ill. The idea of the supermajority homeless people prefer to be homeless is incredibly re-tarded with no evidence to back that up. A supermajority of homelessness would decrease if we invest in drug rehabilitation centers with also reinvesting in mental health clinics.

[@thebensman9786]

Bums are a bum-out. San Diego has gone downhill the last 5 years. It’s unbelievable, homeless walking dead in downtown, tents ⛺️ everywhere

[@robertallison4307]

I actually work downtown lol you got employees who are scared to walk to there car because we have people shooting up right across the street from city hall it’s pretty bad here would love to see you out here tho joe love the show keep up the great work man

[@thekdog10]

Fresno boy here, the north side where I chillaxed is pretty nice. Don’t get me wrong I escaped to San Diego as soon as possible. I gotta check out some a these Fresno hoods ur talking about… classic!

[@chefbillybaroo2056]

He just thought this is another opportunity for me to have more sweets so I’ll buy him vanilla and I’ll eat the chocolate

[@charliebell-ep4tn]

He's right the only fix... The individual has to choose better. We will always have the homeless

[@NickOloteo]

The problem in Cali is they want to build 500k apartments for 1 person when they could buy like 10-15 tiny houses and house more people

[@BlazingOwnager]

I literally got roundhouse kicked by a homeless dude for no reason crossing the street once. Fortunately his aim hit the large soda I was carrying, causing it to explode, rather than my face. I stupidly started screaming at him and after a while he ran off with wild eyes. Seriously looked like Kris Kristofferson having a psychotic break.

[@ramonw9430]

Schizophrenic

[@firstlast8258]

Lol

[@sollertiskhan3254]

How tf did Joe Rogan manage to turn the topic of fixing homelessness into using DMT, I will forever be amazed

[@adamgroszkiewicz814]

95% of the homeless, unhoused, rough sleeping, whatver you want to call it.....deal with mental illness and/or substance abuse issues. Unless those concerns are addressed, then all the money spent is just wasted or goes into the pocket of NGO administrators. And as someone who grew up in Alabama, then moved to California....I've never seen somewhere that segregation is as prevalent, accepted, and normalized as it is in CA.

[@firstlast8258]

The numbers don’t lie but liars use numbers

[@Popskull_666]

This guy is an awesome guest. Made me laugh like crazy

[@rayne6719]

"Can we fix it?" "YES WE CAN" I may be stoned

[@braedon1986]

Poverty is a curse. It's demonic and it's not always the homeless person's fault

[@geoffblevins977]

3:40 Joe Rogan: drives me f****** bunkers.

[@buda3d2007]

Vancouver was bad in 2007, it just was not in the city as much but it already had a massive homless/substance abuse problem.

[@Brian-os9qj]

Well said on the homeless topic Joe

[@js002003]

Can confirm the difference between Cali and NYC homeless situation having lived in both LA and NYC for 5 years. NYC homeless are less aggressive and more spread out. The LA homeless much more aggressive. You will be harassed (or even assualted) walking around DT, Santa Monica, hollywood, Venice, etc. And in skid row, a lot worse can happen.

[@LisbonLion7]

I was homeless back in Boston around 2000 and this guy leaving a taekwondo class gives me some DMT and asks if he could practice some jokes on me while I took it. Before I knew it I was deep in the Matrix and was somehow given the ability to modify my life path via what I can only describe as a telepathic slot machine powered by mechanical elves who kept telling me the guy wasn't funny. With billions in the bank today I'd just like to give a little shout out to whoever this person was. Personally I thought he would go far.

[@AirDwindler402]

Holy shit! Boston around 2000?! I met a guy who loved float tanks around that time. No way it's the same guy though!

[@CaleebTalib]

Billions? Lol

[@ramonw9430]

I once had an experience after smoking 80x salvia divinorum extract with a friend which is very similar to dmt in both chemical makeup and experience. I was waisting time partying a lot with my friend who was known for having a drug and alcohol problem. We both smoked and I thought that my face had melted into the sidewalk and I was being sucked into a whirling vortex away from my family. No matter what I did I couldn't keep the vortex from pulling me away from them. All of a sudden I heard a deafeningly loud voice say you gotta get your friend clean or you gotta cut him loose. Otherwise, you will be pulled further and further away from what you love the most, your family, into the vortex. My friend on the other hand turned into a piece of Tupperware in his trip. But instead of being full of drugs like his Tupperware at home, he was only full of shit and stuck that way for at least a couple of months. We talked about our trips and we both laughed and cried our asses off. But we both vowed to clean up our acts and we're both clean 7 years.

[@MaceFXE]

Vancouver homeless section is wild. Once a week people take suitcases full of clothes to donate and drop em on the sidewalk and all of the homeless come flocking to dig through to get clothes and stuff. I saw a naked chick walking down the street and ran up to a suitcase to grab clothes then ran off. They keep them corraled into the few blocks. You don't see homeless people in the rest of the city very much. It was a trip. I live near Fresno. Fresno is trash. There was a homeless problem there before there was a homeless problem. Now it's completely out of control. But it's also like that in Hollywood, San Francisco, Sacramento, etc. It's so wild. I remember as a kid seeing a homeless guy in my town and EVERYONE knew him. That was it. One homeless guy that everyone knew. No others. Now there's a tent neighborhood on every vacant lot. Wtf happened?

[@danielchavez7343]

How tf you pass Stockton to get to San Jose from Fresno

[@raguelven962]

'I DON'T LIKE CHOCOLATE"🤣

[@cristianchavez8645]

The glasses are goofy asf we get it bud lol

[@GreenCloudArtOrg420]

America needs Joe Rogan for president… like Terry Crews in Idiocracy except third eye is wide open 👁 💜 🌍

[@PeteZam]

anyone that thinks that the typical oxy fiend, fentanyl fiend, ect are just down on their luck has never spent any amount of time around addicts. the vast majority of them are not down on their luck, like well over 90% probably. then to top it off, massive amounts of those 90 some percent have family and friends that would be willing to help, but they would rather continue being a fiend. i grew up at basically ground zero of the oxy pandemic, and at one point the house i stayed at was the spot where all the fiends came. on a daily basis i would see dozens upon dozens of different people. i lived it. i saw it everyday for years on end. i know all about it, and who they are. trust me, they are not just some people down on their luck. while im sure there are some who are actually down on their luck, they make up a small minority. its why its an unsolvable problem. you cant solve a problem where the majority of the people dont want your help and they are content with being an addict. some people dont care, and nothing will ever change that. it is how it is.

[@rae-annelamberton560]

On Vancouver Island they've been packing them into shipping containers in the middle of towns.......

[@chuckboise]

When I was kid, I was never afraid of the Hobos by the railroad track. These were guys just trying to be free. They were usually pretty cool, and Hobos have a whole honor code about dealing with runaway kids etc. These tweakers these days are completely different ruined human beings. It's not a homeless problem it's a drug problem.

[@lynnlobliner3933]

Thank you, Joe, for explaining the reasons. Unfortunately our government would rather have only 2 classes of people - ultra rich and ultra poor. They don't care. If they can sent multibillions to Ukraine and give those people health care and assistance (as part of the package) and then sit on their be-hinds in the legislature and say that they have to do away with medicare, welfare and social security, that says it all.

[@markmusic1808]

$$$ doesn't solve problems. People need to change.

[@josephpossanza5022]

Seattle got blocks in blocks of tents and homeless people as well. It's gotten so out of hand and it's turning the city to shit.

[@joshrutter7747]

Lots of people I know had the same starting line both parents great parents addicted to drugs now with no sign of ever getting better

[@cdybft9050]

“David Saldana” A blip in the news.

[@NotTheRealCodyDean]

Someone please make a montage of all the times he said he’s gay on this podcast episode lmao

[@R60llxn]

Fresno is a very dangerous city with lots of homeless people but there are still nice areas of the city suburbs.Los Angeles and New York have much worst homeless problems.

[@newtoboatingsmallfrye3608]

Come on Joe make them accountable

[@EDX2308]

This guy is talking about Vancouver British Columbia correct? It's bad up here in Canada exactly as he said with blocks and blocks of homeless.

[@RobertEMuir]

It's a trust issue. They don't trust anyone.

[@georgetacarmen8824]

Yeah. Agreed.