Joe Rogan - Chuck Palahniuk on the Impact of Fight Club

[@Frederick0220]

Fight Club is as relevant today as it was when it came out nearly 20 years ago. Absolutely brilliant book/film.

[@phildiciano9180]

The book is better. I know people alwsys say that, but the ending evoked so much more passion.

[@reddz7240]

BRADLEY PITTS

[@zumzum74]

manintheplutoid Wait, Fight Club is toxic masculinity now? Did they miss the whole point of the movie?

[@0dooman]

I would say that is even more relevant today.

[@Frederick0220]

That’s very possible, 0doo.

[@Sethclement96]

I went to my first fight club meeting yesterday. I was late so I missed the first few rules but wow I love fight club I can't wait to go back

[@alakamyok1261]

I guess no one will be there next week ...

[@stellamarkose3262]

#1 rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club

[@johnb8132]

Rule #2 is YOU don’t talk about Fight Club!

[@themoike_prod]

Rule #3: if someone yells stop, goes limp or taps out, the fight is over

[@thedude666-n3h]

Bossman Fucktheworld rule #4: only two guys to a fight

[@Mj3DArts]

Every man lives 2 lives! the second one starts when he realizes he's only got one life to live..

[@vivek27789]

Is this a original comment by u or some famous quote?

[@Mj3DArts]

@@vivek27789 its not my original quote its from Confucius and its actually written like this : “We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.”

[@Mj3DArts]

@@orosedobheathaabhaile yes of course but the point is you start to live your life the right way when you realize your mortality.. So 2 different lives in one life 😉

[@elitemangudai1016]

@@vivek27789 it doesnt matter. What matters is it is true. You get caught up by labels and formalities

[@vivek27789]

@@elitemangudai1016 No it matters...bcoz if it is original then I have to give the person due credit he deserves....And if it is from some other famous philosopher, author or any famous writer then I would be very interested to explore his or her body of work and get further knowledge.

[@dimitri4964]

"The things you own end up owning you"

[@yoink128ify]

'Bought' a house recently. This x100

[@venus189]

Ahh that part really struck me

[@Juan-dm6ps]

Budda whould smile.

[@israeldiaz4839]

The dealership lol

[@YEET-yh6qc]

A man raised by wolves will resemble wolves, a man raised by commodities will resemble commodities. Disposable, replaceable, expandable

[@souravacharjee4880]

fight club stopped my obsession with branded clothes,shoes etc

[@ConorDoesItAll]

Sourav Acharjee Same here. I buy cheap.

[@danpenia219]

Thanks to fight club I never got that obsession. I even dislike those things

[@mariawesley7583]

"No Logo" - Naomi Klein

[@wptny3339]

Dan Penia woah dude, you’re so cool and different

[@glipk]

@@wptny3339 you are probably one of those hypebeasts

[@06livefast]

An impossibly well written story. Fight club is beyond genius and any millennial man can relate.

[@emiki6]

Every man, I think.

[@moonie9000]

It was written for generation X, but yes, both generations will get it.

[@ineffablenefarious2799]

And Gen Z, baby boomers can't relate

[@ineffablenefarious2799]

@akshay Viswambharan I never said Genz can't, i said boomers can't

[@steelchain384]

Yes because not many real fathers left i was lucky to have a real strict and loving father.He showed me how to weld repair cars helped me to build my own house a drillseargeant in my teens,advisor in my 20's and a friend in my 30's a rare thing nowadays.

[@SkorLord]

"After fighting, everything else in your life got the volume turned down... You could deal with anything."

[@steveotatooed]

Jack Public perhaps no truer statement has ever been spoken

[@WolfsH0ok]

so true. I was always in trouble in my 20's (hung around with wrong crowd) After a fight I would be awake all night high on adrenaline better than any drug

[@benjacobs2560]

This is also what really hit home for me about Fight Club. Getting in a fist fight just puts everything in perspective like a mofo. As an adult, I‘ve only been in one real fist fight and it was outside a bar latenight in college. Luckily I won but I was rattled for a week afterwards. You go through life scared of so much B.S. most of it somehow connected to money and expectations. And then something really crazy happens and everything you were so worried about means nothing. Then time goes on and you fall back into the same pattern of worrying about nonsense.

[@tomatoesofdoom]

@Dawei Zhao that quote has nothing to do with comfort zones or anything. Its explicitly talking about the clarity you feel in your mind right after heavy physical exertion. Problems that would cause stress suddenly are not as stressful once your body builds up a sweat and your body is focused on the workout

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

Hmmm I already had a fight and work out a lots but my life still feels likes shit. Maybe I need to fight again.

[@ScottSavage-sh5fq]

I saw fight club as “fear vs comfort”. If you get too comfortable working a job u hate to buy stuff you dont need with the money you dont have you will end up feeling empty and hollow as if life will never be complete, but throughout the movie Tyler envies every person that feels extreme pain or fear because fighting our fears liberates our lives making us feel alive which this generation in america avoids and decide to never feel any pain and always avoid it at any cost, but pain and fear is what makes us stronger, manlier and more alive and we lack that. “Try doing something you are afraid of doing and you will find yourself free”.

[@VintageFlowers]

One of the best comments I've read on KZbin so far.

[@menace2societies]

Scott Savage Agreed, my anxiety really did changed my view on my life. Without my anxiety I’ll might be just no changes cycle of my life.

[@dontelewis1685]

Beautiful

[@r1pperduck]

Right now I'm afraid of doing more push-ups cause my left tricep is in pain. I feel so fucking free it hurts.

[@fordakacar]

That’s the longest sentence I’ve ever read

[@JG-ux7of]

I read Fight Club after I divorced my first wife. I was feeling depressed and alone like I had nothing to live for and then I read the line: its not until you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Those words resonated with me and snapped me out of my depression. I took audit of the life that I lost and realized THAT was the life not worth living. THAT LIFE was the one I should've felt despair for. My new life was filled with possibilities, freedom and chances to get it right. I spent the next 5 years being extremely free and happy. Then I got married and fucked it all up again. **Update on 9/28/2021 I came home from work and was blindsided with divorce papers. She took my kids and dog and it really screwed me up. This time was different because my kids are very important to me. I had to fight like hell and spend a small fortune to get my sons back. Time to re-read Fight Club and re-build myself into the man I am supposed to be. I will raise my sons to embrace their primal masculinity and go against the norms of a society that encourages femininity and calls those who self castrate brave. She left me because of my disobedience and refusal to shut up and provide. Because I have my sons in martial arts and encourage them to embrace their natural instincts. I have my sons 50% of the time but now I don’t have her interjection.

[@markbills4122]

I can completely relate with your comment with the exception of I learned my lesson about marriage and women.....

[@j_bailey11]

Come on, I don’t believe that all men are unlucky in marriage…

[@jr5993]

@@j_bailey11 I thought that until almost every important marriage I saw, fictional or real fell apart.

[@Lamar1911]

Well J G, you are truly living and learning constantly...kudos, courage, elevation, peace and prosperity 2U brotha!💯👊✊😎👍🏼

[@JG-ux7of]

@@Lamar1911 Thank you Brother! Coincidentally my wife left me and took my kids from me on 9/28/21 and I’m back in the same situation I was 14 years ago. Only difference is I’m much more successful and I have 2 wonderful sons. I got my kids back and it’s blowing up in her face but I am finding myself again and figuring shit out. I’m being a better example for my sons and I am not going to make the same mistakes 3 times. I’m done simping and I’m done with these entitled selfish bitches.

[@wrenglish]

“The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide...”

[@360zm4]

What's your spirit animal?

[@ryanl120]

@@360zm4 t

[@jeffsilvey4732]

True piece of mind

[@patrickbateman9242]

360zm a penguin: slide, 360zm. Slide

[@37H662]

@@360zm4 why

[@delisexy7120]

It really astonishes me how many people miss the mark about Fight Club. It is a cautionary tale, not a celebration of nihilism.

[@zmdeadelius]

Weird thing about our reality. It's usually both.

[@jacobmorales323]

Exactly but people really feel smart just taking in the nihilistic parts. I mean just look at the comments

[@18wheeler57]

I imagine nihilists don't care

[@TheSkjoedt]

in another interview chuck calls it a love story. a modern version of great gatsby. is it possible that a story can be more then just 1 thing? Snuff, rant and choke are also worth a reading! brilliant writer and storyteller!

[@corbinfobbs6409]

@The MacSo you show me how I don't wanna be like no shade. Still figuring it out

[@shrapnel77]

"We're a generation of men raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is the answer we really need." This line resonated with me the most. It propelled me that I do not need the acceptance or approval of a woman to have self worth as a man.

[@JasonVoorheeTalkShow]

shrapnel77 too many fools hear that line and think that women are to blame for ruining men, when they were abandoned by their fathers in the first place. Love yourself, love your brother.

[@abcdpqrs1281]

@@JasonVoorheeTalkShow it could also be that men would never know whether they had a child itself. Either way, it's a woman's choice to have a baby, not a man. So you can't blame men here.

[@JasonVoorheeTalkShow]

Abcd Pqrs any time you have sex you run the inherent risk of pregnancy or contracting an STD. It would be more accurate to say women have the final say in whether to keep the baby but it takes two to make one. If you don’t want that risk, then don’t have sex.

[@abcdpqrs1281]

@@JasonVoorheeTalkShow yes, women do have the final say in that, not men. So you can't blame men for women giving birth when they're not around.

[@abcdpqrs1281]

@Feblik women aren't responsible for what men do, but in the context of pregnancy, women are responsible for what women do.

[@JeremySalesi]

Did anyone else catch that at the end? Chuck mentions when something is interesting, people don't become speechless, they will compete and try to tell a better story using the same idea. As he finishes this thought, Joe responds, "Interesting... there are parallels in comedy..." (as if about to tell a competing story)

[@WinnieTheTrain]

Depends. I think the Harry Potter author would have gotten "cool idea" reactions and not really real experiences and stories from those at the parties that can relate. Fight club is about something everyone can resonate to

[@ItzOZZA]

You do not ask questions about project mayhem.

[@mike.b90210]

Wow, it flew over his head and mine. Very enlightening

[@senseiii3986]

Irony at its absolute fucking finesttt

[@user-bp6fd9ve3o]

Joe is a regular 100 IQ guy. Sometimes, I wish he'd stop trying to relate everything to his lowbrow life interests. It always seems to take away from his intellectual guests' message. Maybe it's just me.

[@bebrave9108]

Fight club really scratches that itch as a man in the US in 2018. This guy is brilliant

[@MrEndzo]

Keep scratching.

[@jeffsilvey4732]

So true

[@mrpink3338]

Men arent allowed to be men. Masculinity is a bad word now. Men have been and will always be agressive by nature. Its what testosterone does. Traditionally, young boys and men have found ways of channeling that into creativity. Not anymore. Now its young men being raised by single mothers to hate themselves.

[@jeffsilvey4732]

@@mrpink3338 Things go in cycles this next payement is gonna be brutal.

[@jamesgeorge7579]

You know Tyler Durden is wrong in the end, right?

[@samhand8270]

“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.” This quotation changed my life at a very pivotal moment when I was recovering from drug addiction and emptiness.

[@burntout4268]

That's a great quote. I'm sure it hits home with many...

[@burntout4268]

GOOD LUCK with your addiction..just know, it never really goes away.you just have to be strong. And your not alone

[@samhand8270]

@@burntout4268 I never quit going to meetings, even through a relapse. I’ll have 5 years on the 5th.

[@margaretmurray7182]

kind of stolen from lyrics of the song Me and Bobby McGee....."freedom's just another word for nothing else to lose"

[@adityakrishnajaiswal8663]

Surely mate. Nothing to lose . Nothing to worry or fear about .

[@jstratton1981]

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise

[@djkoz78]

I am Jack's medulla oblongota. Without me Jack couldn't regulate his heart rate, blood pressure, or breathing.

[@djkoz78]

I am Jack's colon, I get cancer and kill Jack.

[@danielm7412]

Dj K-Oz I am Jill’s nipple

[@ianpat2768]

I am Jack's smirking revenge.

[@DaveGPHX]

I am Jack’s inflamed sense of rejection

[@Gollywog]

I grew up watching fight club in my teen years. It taught me alot. Not to let material possessions control you (the things you own, end up owning you). Not to be a slave to society (an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables - slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. )

[@ArmanZaidi]

its so relevant now man irs crazy

[@swishdono]

Durden told us what was in the deep mist, so that we understand nearly 20 years later..

[@mac11daddy6]

“It was beautiful we were selling rich women their own fat asses back to them”

[@Earl_TheSquirrel]

Also, don't be a mindless rebel conspiracy theorist prick either.

[@kaleido5203]

You know whats really crazy? That stuff was already told 200y ago by a beardy man called Marx. And he goes way deeper than fight club (philosophically) with all this. Its really worth to read. It helps alot to understand how modern societies work. ✊🏽

[@jaydesigns1236]

Fight club and matrix were way ahead of their time...

[@ea5yliver]

Fight Club wasn't necessarily ahead of its time as it was incredibly relevant back then. ...It just happens to be more relevant now.

[@nathanielthibault9539]

2 of my all time favorite movies

[@askewopal]

And both were written by LGBTQ+ people, how about that?

[@Baccala-ze8tc]

Two terrible films

[@volcom05345]

The creators time traveled. We're not going past 2050.

[@craigsteel9736]

It's not until you've lost everything, that you're free to do anything.

[@chili24137]

losing all hope was freedom, shoutout to andrew hales.

[@valentinek.t3327]

Best quote of the movie

[@reapersexotics1129]

I am going through the same thing dude feels in the movie i never seen the movie but i feel like pain is getting me through the struggle and i got into a fight and i got punched in the face once and its like i didnt even feel it my head just turned is all i lost my mentor i and i lost a lot more long story no time but i dont know what to do anymore i dont even know what i want to become and the scariest thing in this world is a someone with nothing to lose and well idk what to think or do i need advice because im worried im going down a path that will only end in a fight club i dont asociate with family at all im alone i just hope that if my future self sees this remeber to keep pushing dont stop you got out of your dads house and your somewhere decent you have no one and never had anyone you are the reason your here today mabye tomorrow will be a brighter day but always remeber to keep fighting and domt stop till you made it you got this i dont know what lies in store for you but i know it will be bumpy you may not live but just know theres always something good that lies in store

[@craigsteel9736]

@@reapersexotics1129 Be strong, brother. You just need to do the right thing, figuring out what that is, is the hardest part. Everyone has problems, to a point where (nearly) nobody cares about other people's problems, they are only focused on their own. How you deal with your own problems defines you as an individual. You could choose the path of an addict, and destroy yourself. You could take a step back, reflect and decide on the changes which will improve your well being and eventually change your life for the better. We are all looking for purpose here, and we will all get lost along the way attempting to find it. This movie shows how capitalism is the biggest distraction along our route to find our purpose. I urge you to watch it. Just please don't take it literally, look deeper into it for its true meaning. Stay strong, friend.

[@shreyasbhatt7112]

@@reapersexotics1129 my brother go out and destroy the world, stay strong and never give up. Bloody hell I feel the same but keep getting up and always keep going

[@FatMat426]

You are not your comment post.

[@abasis.baruti9819]

You're not you're like. You are not your sub count.

[@rareview362]

Genius

[@melvinpehrs3915]

FatMat426 lol

[@MrUndersolo]

The first rule of the comment section is that you do not talk about the comment section.

[@kayamonaco8937]

Best comment possible for this video, respect

[@nickdefalco209]

I'm 35 years old and have been out of the Marine Corps for years at this point; yet one moment of pride will never leave my heart. We had a Senior Drill Instructor who trained us as young recruits, he definitely fit the spot of that father role for all 70 of us marine recruits. Sadly he was called to the front lines as he was a Recon Marine and we got a new SDI who trained us very well. At the end of our time in boot camp, we came into the Final Drill event, where we placed 2nd place in the last event. We killed it, we got first place and we felt amazing, we knew right when we finished we did amazing. As we march back to the barracks, we are informed that a guest is waiting for us. We see in the barracks waiting for us, a battle injured SDI who has returned to San Diego due to getting shot. He witnessed our 1st place final drill and got to witness what we were trained to become.. After all the struggle and training, months and months of mastering a craft.. He let us know with a smile on his face, tears in his eyes, and the loudest most proudest Marine you'd ever imagine, of how proud he was of all of us and the Marines we now are. I never felt prouder in my life. Semper Fi Marines

[@kalebmiller101]

Eat shit jarhead

[@TheYoung_Spartan]

“The few, The proud” stay strong and thank you for your service

[@Lil_Mozart_V]

Wonderful story. Shipping out 09/11/23 🫡

[@aaronpotter7025]

I'm an Army Infantry vet and our Drill SGTs fit this bill too. Thank you for your service.

[@BreatheChristian]

i appreciate your service

[@new_age123]

Middle children of history, no Great War or depression. Our depression is our lives.

[@DAN1992i]

Cringe

[@TxxT33]

Our great war is a spiritual war.

[@secondpsyght1354]

@@TxxT33 absolute truth indeed. "Only the dead have seen the end of the war." Plato

[@secondpsyght1354]

Therefore, the oppression that flows from further up the (social) pyramid. Is and seems to be carried across many generations in a well disguised platform. Sure am glad this isn't my home, planet earth, spiritual battleground.

[@gregoryadams9025]

Well there is a war but it's being ignored.

[@magicalwizard99]

Chuck: "sometimes I go to the party and listen to hear somebody tell that personal anecdote that does evoke all those other anecdotes because a great anecdote doesn't leave people speechless, it leaves them competing to tell a better version of the same thing." Joe: "That's really interesting. There's a parallel there with comedy, for sure." lol you know it's true because the second he says it, Joe tries to one-up him with his own anecdote

[@Prometheus7272]

magicalwizard99 😂

[@leonardmccannon3136]

Pointing out that comedy has the process of utilizing and multiplying anecdotes is not itself an anecdote. It is an observation and a pretty useful one in the context of this conversation. Its not a tale to evoke some reaction.

[@CrashD6]

I left the video laughing because of that! It's hilarious!

[@Merjedmedia]

Chuck has everyone figured out

[@Limpass610]

@@leonardmccannon3136 true but what op said also is true. I never read anybook in my life but after listening to this interview, im fascinated by this author and his ability, whether its on purpose or not, to hit a nerve of relatability in every sentence and draw either a story or an expansion of a notion out of a person is really mind blowing to me. Thats such a deadly and rare skill.

[@deadheadwsp705]

Damn, as a 21 year old this is helping me realize that the issues I’m going through are similar to every other guy that’s entering adulthood

[@deadheadwsp705]

@Thomas Dellabarca thank you!

[@victormartinez-diaz6127]

Enjoy your life brother. Pause to breathe.

[@pauljames1807]

@Thomas Dellabarca Or you'll just have a boring life.

[@nathanielthibault9539]

Same my guy. So glad I found this movie when I did

[@wormsnorter2321]

@@pauljames1807 you sound fun to be around

[@PeterMasalski93]

“We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.”

[@RealBadGaming52]

So The Mellenial/genZ generation then

[@dannyarcher6370]

@@RealBadGaming52 And GenX.

[@partymanau]

@@RealBadGaming52 They dont count, we are the last of our tribe.

[@mingus445_gaming]

@@partymanauno, early gen z (right after millenials) were some of the toughest people i've met. Late gen z and gen a aren't like us

[@rcmoore101]

@@mingus445_gaming and why are those kids tough? They are the kids of Gen X. While the quote is perfect for Gen X (it's target), if you add the word "influencer" to the lineup, it can also work for the current social media generation.

[@sebastiangruenfeld141]

Damn he just put into words what every young man nowadays feels. It all makes sense!

[@lington8742]

It was on the tip of everyone's tongue. Tyler and I just gave it a name.

[@NickGreiner1988]

Movie didn't resonate with me at all

[@lington8742]

@@NickGreiner1988 don’t care

[@sinenomine3652]

@@NickGreiner1988 You're the only free thinker in these comments

[@NickGreiner1988]

@@sinenomine3652 😏

[@EvolvedMonk3y]

Amazing to see these two chatting about Fight Club. In Tyler we trust.

[@tylermoerler9231]

Thanks bro

[@kitpalmer1583]

@@eqsmooth nah he read the book without noticing the crucial plot point.

[@TheXabl0]

On Chuck's website, he regularly has tons of recommendations. A lot of similar dark and gritty stuff

[@chrismhp]

It's ironic how many people idolize the character of Tyler without realizing that's exactly the opposite point of the book's themes. No, you should not trust in Tyler. He represents values of 'freedom' and masculinity, but manifested in all the wrong ways. He is the opposite extreme, which is equally as hindering as the corporate/cultural slave side (as the narrator finds out at the end, he's a prisoner of his own creation). A balance needs to be sought. Neither extreme will offer you a good end.

[@danielm7412]

We are the all singing, all dancing crap of the world.

[@auron1987]

Chuck is my favorite author. I read fight club and couldn't get enough of his writing style. Amazingly dark and humorous. Absolutely brilliant writer. I'd recommend anything he's written.

[@CorbCorbin]

Nos The comic?

[@joshbrucks]

if you like him read vonnegut. its also dark satire, chuck bows to the master.

[@TheCoffeeNut711]

He will write your obituary

[@craigclement5079]

Idk about brilliant...def entertaining

[@antihero105]

I like Chuck but if he's your favorite author you need to read more

[@struki84]

I remember walking out of the theatre after seeing it for the first time. I was 16, and into martial arts and action/kung fu movies. When in to see it with a like minded friend just because it was called "Fight Club", we didn't have any idea what we were getting ourselves into. Oh boy, was our mind blown, I can clearly remember my friends face, eyes wide open, with the biggest "wtf did I just watch" expression, my face was pretty much the same. This movie showed me venues of lives i didn't now existed, let alone avoid. The first movies that showed me what "subverting expectations" really means, it made me think for myself and planted some of the seeds for some of mine first truly original ideas. What a movie! And also I was introduced to Edward fucking Norton!

[@FloridaMan0561]

He was really good in American history X before that too!

[@theatlastech8792]

"You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile. Our culture has made us all the same. No one is truly white or black or rich, anymore. We all want the same. Individually, we are nothing." - Tyler Durden, Fight Club.

[@stevedonahue7956]

WOW....quotes from the book! you are too cool man....

[@johnthesavage381]

It's weird. When I put these sunglasses on that quote just says "Give Up".

[@travisbewley7084]

Except that quote come from a pathetic narcissistic guy who has to imagine himself as what he envisions as an alpha male. It's a delusion of grandure that ultimately causes his self destruction and near suicide. Tyler quotes honestly make me cring a lot. Because he is a villian and is supposed to be this psychotic and pathetic figure and yet you have people admiring him like a hero.

[@InspireDosez]

That’s just a quote for people who accept the fact they will never have more than 700,000 in their bank account

[@theatlastech8792]

Do you know what makes me cringe? Whenever someone calls someone else a "snowflake".

[@lsb2623]

So in his next book, he writes a character who is a martial artist radio host... who smokes DMT.

[@SH19922x]

This guy is the biggest creepshow ever, fuck every cunt who is sticking up for him and accepting him. Bunch of pedo dogs

[@hockeymasktime1918]

@@SH19922x Joe Rogan or Chuck?

[@bradhorner]

And is secretly a vampire transvestite by night.

[@moesab1281]

S H dude gtfo

[@regularm3924]

LSB underrated comment

[@janebrown5974]

In my 42 years on this planet, Fight Club is still my all time favorite movie.

[@dylanrosser797]

His name.........is robert paulson

[@Slew527]

Dylan Rosser only in death do you have a name

[@Ducky195]

His name is Erik Paulson.... he'll rip your arm off catch style.

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

Dylan Rosser his name is meatloaf

[@youlittlerocket]

@@Baelor-Breakspear his name is.... Bitch tits

[@michelleburkholder2547]

His name is Rich Russell. The baggage handler at Seatac that stole a plane, week before last. Sky King!

[@Benn635]

Joe pointing out the parallel in comedy shows the exact process he was referring too

[@Pigman1969]

Ben That’s deep

[@siddharthnaik2361]

Can you elaborate?

[@SV-ed4qn]

@@siddharthnaik2361 he’s saying the fact he brought up comedy after the anecdote thought, proves what he just said. That truly good anecdotes evoke competing anecdotes. Rogan’s “competing anecdote” was relating it to comedy.

[@akj3344]

@@SV-ed4qn dayum son you smart af

[@Daddy_Skeletor]

I just watched Fight Club for the first time a couple of days ago, and I was totally blown away. I am a 21yr old guy, single, new to Uni, new in a big town etc the whole thing you get it. Anyway, I felt like that Movie spoke to me on a personal level. I guess a lot of guys felt like that. Hell, I am probably just as much part of the target demographic as a lot of other guys. But the resounance it had on me, with my personal experience... It didnt change me completly or something like that, but rather influenced and validated my believes and the man I started to become.

[@gbobzburner8687]

I was in high school in 99, fight club changed the game and my life. Everyman that has blood coursing through his veins loves it.

[@AmY-if9ci]

They’re breaking the rules...

[@popeye5274]

AmY ! 😆

[@youlittlerocket]

😂👌👊

[@dmusiclife5727]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrEndzo]

sssh!

[@arkwill14]

Only the first two.

[@dirtnation]

In Sept of 2015 I lost What I thought was the love of my life. I heard a voice say "once you lose everything, you're free to do anything". Chucks writing saved me.

[@rhetthenderson9574]

"I wanted to destroy something beautiful"

[@stobiusshroden]

My secondary father died earlier this year. Alone in his home. Heart failure. But he loved me and i will always have that. And a massive family of other kids he took off the street and schooled in cooking cleaning and hygine. He taught me right from wrong in the darkest of circumstance. RIP Liam. Xx

[@bw-rx1qd]

RIP to your dad ❤

[@stobiusshroden]

@@bw-rx1qd holy f.... thats creepy i just woke up from a dream in which my actual dad just died. Still shaken. Then i see my notifications on my phone and its this message. I am spooked. Thanks though bro.

[@patrickbrannen2887]

No Fear. No Distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.

[@thinkingjack]

That secondary father bit explains why so many of my friends got super religious after we hit our twenties

[@dotterel]

ive never thought about it like that.

[@liberval9425]

Holy shit that explains a lot

[@workhard3360]

Same thing happened to me.

[@a619ko]

@@technimechanical I disagree, religion is finding spirituality. Mindless is not having an open mind to try and understand that there's more to this life.

[@technimechanical]

@@a619ko religion and spirituality are two completely different things. And there is nothing more to this life wanna know why? Because we have made sure that there is nothing more and allowed ourselves to be manipulated and controlled and ruled over by other people.

[@MarkArandjus]

Every year or two somebody comes with a new angle to analyse Fight Club, another layer to peel off, I love those videos, it's so rich with meaning.

[@raakgu]

This interview is incomplete. Joe Rogan should have told Chuck "I want you to hit me as hard as you can."

[@coryroberts7519]

Though this movie didn't impact me at first as I was still a teenager when I first saw it, over the years it has Really hit home. This is just one of those stories we really need to keep around and really consider what is being told within it. We live in a time and place where the "morals" of this story can really help us as individuals and as a society. Also I find it odd that over the years the film/book seems to have been forgotten, at least within my group of people.

[@callanc3925]

Not only is it being forgotten slightly, but society is trying to tell men that its problematic for us to like fight club. "Something something toxic masculinity etc"

[@troycrann3933]

@@callanc3925 depends on why you like it, there are people who take the message the wrong way and are definitely toxic people

[@bryson0206]

17 now i do get some of the stuff from it but to be honest i don't understand it at all and i was actually thinking i would understand it more in coming years

[@troycrann3933]

@@bryson0206 that's definitely fair, I may do a rewatch in the future and change my stance on it

[@brianaustin2135]

Joe is so lucky to be able to talk and interview this person...he’s an amazing writer

[@angelus1738]

Do you like gay people

[@hubflower5433]

@@angelus1738 🤓

[@rosscoe8674]

What I love so much about this is that Chuck ever so gently suggests to Joe that it isn't necessarily about violence or fighting. Violence in Fight Club is merely a means to an end - it's about being fed up with the departure from what has been a functional upbringing for males for thousands of years, and turning that functional upbringing into a sad, depressing daily grind of meaningless tasks designed to keep up appearances and socially march to some imagined drum. Men have lost so much of our identities in the last hundred years, such that we're considered predators and crimes waiting to happen simply by being male. We've been instructed by society to be what other people want us to be, and that's what resonates with people so goddamn much about Fight Club: we don't want to be perfectly groomed, door-holding, suit-wearing, polite-as-you-like creatures. Violence is merely a way to remind ourselves that we're primitive beings at heart, not some pseudo-civilised pet that occasionally gets scolded by a feminine master for acting out of line.

[@sk69to96]

Never thought I'd see the day Chuck makes a guest appearance on the Joe Rogan show...what a world. :,)

[@SmokeymcJoint420]

You don't think much then?

[@JonnyUnderrated]

really? Like seriously? Youve gotta get out more home slice...all kinds if things happen out there.

[@TheJesusNerd40]

I just watched this movie last night and it is life changing. I resonated with the second father analogy. Apprenticeship.

[@creepyjk863]

Fightclub is one of those few cases where you go in and watch and being different afterwards... it really added to your view on life. I really envy the myself not yet have seen it just to experience it once more!

[@DrumWild]

I'm a single-serving friend.

[@lynnturman8157]

Clever. How's that working for you?

[@kingaventus3478]

“I’m Jack’s complete lack of surprise”

[@prisonmike8214]

Clever

[@360zm4]

I would like your comment but you're already at 69!

[@360zm4]

Well yeah, there's always that?!

[@adnanin2]

this man single handedly saves the men of our generation. Props to him for creating some of the toughest men i've seen

[@Kinesiology411]

I'm a woman who has always loved me despite not having a father in my life and I love that Chuck mentions Dead Poets Society, Karate Kid and Officer in this discussion. Along w FC I always adored those stories and saw all many, many times. I was entranced with the depiction of the male experience in all of them. This makes me love Chuck even more.

[@timanderson5144]

His newest book, “Adjustment Day” is a novel that will haunt you. It’s written under the name “Talbott Reynolds” Not Chuck Palahniuk. Be seen carrying the book it will save your life.

[@geoffbaumgartner5335]

Except not many people are reading it. And it, like Fight Club, is satire. Although maybe it needs to happen looking at some of these comments. (Chuck's name is on the jacket, and on the paperback... don't make it sound so cryptic)

[@unknowninfinium4353]

Can you tell me more about it? I want to get into these books.

[@racheljohnson7348]

I'm about halfway through. Its pretty good, with some Fight Clubby undertones. The secondary father bit is included. It had some bad reviews though

[@jadedpaladin6685]

It started off good in my opinion. First third I whizzed through, enjoyed it and learned alot. Second third got a bit boring, last third I gave up, just didn't care about the characters, i might check wiki just to see what happens in the end

[@KewkehMonstuh]

every time he talks it sounds like he's clicking a pen

[@gatsu8223]

KewkehMonstuh so true 😂

[@FFEnt860]

Now I can’t I hear it

[@juliozul1169]

Jesús it bothered me throughout the whole video after seeing this comment

[@glipk]

Lmaooooo holy shit

[@runningrock124]

omg i can't not hear it now

[@sthxdnn1]

"There are so few social models or stories for men" Yeah, that's why we read graphic novels and play video games. Because that's where they are covered in underlying tones.

[@williambos4410]

he said men, not kids

[@PNorm]

@@williambos4410 So, in your world, only children read graphic novels and play video games? 😂

[@firstblood400]

@@williambos4410 fuckin boomer lmao

[@Remrant88]

Hercules and Greek mythology. Study that. You should live like a hero. Allot of valuable gems in those timeless mythology's.

[@thensfwpodcast6704]

@@Remrant88 dude, no

[@msverde6292]

I remember I saw it in the theater. My friends had to drag me to go see it bc I thought it was going to just be another dumb action movie. I was blown away once I saw it!!! It's still one of my favorite movies of all time!

[@trumphatesyou]

Read one of his books! His mind is crazy

[@thechad3239]

Fight Club is an amazing film and the philosophy behind it really resonates with me. It made me think so much about life, one of my favorite movies.

[@chrisdonley5723]

The "Secondary Father" is a very strong and qualified concept. I can attest to this, as someone who grew up with a very smart, loving, religious, amazingly understanding father, but also respecting a father figure that encompassed similarly respectable features, but was stronger in features that my birth father did not have- abrasive, secular, dry, and unforgiving. I did not lose respect for my father, but it gave me a new and very important perspective on many things that I did not get with my birth father. I am forever grateful to both my father and the secondaries that I had that made me who I am today.

[@aspookyfox]

Met Chuck Palahniuk on tour for Invisible Monsters in 2007. I went on to pursue a journalism degree partly because of the inspiration I felt from that talk. He’s so insightful

[@lioncourt1770]

Saw Fight Club, In the Cinerama Dome Hollywood. Opening night, on my 29th birthday. I returned to see it four more times. It was a seminal moment for men my age. Great book too (almost identical to the film).

[@kobalt77]

This interview was made in heaven for Joe to be part of. Outstanding quality of questions and knowledge on the topic, just a joy to watch and listen to, both of them.

[@tytrekk]

Fight club for me and my friends made a big impact. My father showed the movie to me when I was maybe 12 and I re watched it as a late teen early 20’s and when I got my first apartment I would always have “fight club” playing on my tv when my boys would come over. I boxed growing up but most of my friends had never been in a fight in their lives. So that summer 2017 I taught them all how to fight in my backyard at my first apartment. We’d get drunk and fight all day and night and watch that movie. It was a great summer and that’s when we became men. 😂

[@ChanelROETV]

Fight club isn’t just for men that movie deeply impacted me at a spiritual level

[@jeshurun4616]

Lol

[@jakubberel9125]

Yes

[@miakhalifa5557]

It’s not the same for you than for us

[@SchuldMann]

But for males it just hits different.

[@ajaxsid9034]

Glad you got something out of it, instead of watching those girly stuff about exploring yourself, enjoying your lives in some others riches. I want to recommend this movie so bad to my younger sister. Just waiting her to grow up. I've been a dick to her by constantly yelling at her, I just want best for her not some K-pop, waiting for prince charming bullshit. I want her to discipline herself, instead of wasting time like I did in my teenage.

[@FehadBilgramiChannel1]

Fight Club is the movie that ranks amongst the best, OF ALL TIME. "Go home people"... And then they walk down the basement of Louie's Tavern..."Welcome to Fight Club..." That's it!

[@ispartacus1337]

"I'm fuckin Lou, who the fuck are you"

[@takumisato7126]

"I am Jack's colon, I get cancer, I kill Jack." Lol

[@Donamchie77]

My secondary father was my first sergeant major. At the time he held the record for the highest mountain rescue off Mount Everest. Imagine what that does to a impressionable young man confidence when your surrounded daily by great men. 🙌🏼

[@WhiteStripesStripiestFan]

​@@Scotsmanic69you loser! No!

[@fredmason8937]

Men of any age can relate to this movie. As you watch it as you get older you understanding and interpretation evolve. A masterpiece

[@heelmoxley365]

It’s just as relevant and hard hitting in 2022 as it was in 1999. An unforgettable story.

[@bobbye7353]

I never had a father or a father figure. I filled that void by becoming a father myself. I am the father I always wished I had for myself.

[@juiceplayz3338]

Fight Club really was soooo ahead of its time. It showed the problems with consumerism and loss of masculinity while at the same time also showing how too much of tyler durden's personality can lead to toxic masculinity and sort of just turning consumerist in a way again to Tyler. JUST perfect storytelling

[@averagebloke4474]

Fight club changed America forever.

[@ken_caminiti]

The movie did. Yes.

[@SmokeymcJoint420]

Did it?

[@mac88white]

Did it actually?

[@OmegaRedFan]

@@ken_caminiti get high and read the book ya dangus. The movie sucks

[@dirtthrower1998]

Click This they’re both extremely well made. I enjoyed both the book and the movie.

[@markr1461]

Joe "I do comedy" Rogan

[@stephengreico2810]

Mark R I think he may or may not have been involved in MMA too for a bit but I’m not sure 🤔

[@MertSu66]

Meanwhile he is the unfunniest successful comedian of all time

[@lared0tx]

Mert Su he has a a few Funny bits. The dudes workin out.

[@2010dnel]

Joe That's a huge part of martial arts Rogan

[@oscarclarke2653]

2:32 I would argue that Lord Of The Flies is also up there.

[@Jackson-kc8wz]

Oscar Clarke for sure

[@ricoamordavila7496]

U rocked this interview. Great guest and this book/movie changed my life years ago. Thank you both for doing this podcast.

[@compass_Matt]

It was on the tip of everyone's tongue. Tyler and I just gave it a name.

[@luvair6765]

Wow. Perfect quote

[@RussTeeTrombone]

I am Jack’s palpable enthusiasm.

[@MrUndersolo]

Saw the movie and then read the book in one day... Been a fan ever since...

[@gunsofsteele]

Since it's release I've been searching for a Tyler Durden type of bath robe at the thrift stores.

[@deekay6474]

Any luck?

[@spenser9908]

Tyler would mock you for being so materialistic.

[@prakharagrawal2224]

"The things you own, end up owning you"

[@Juniorgrimes]

*to call it “impactful” would be a MAJOR understatement*

[@garvwadhwaney306]

A few things I love about Fight Club. The anti-consumerist and anti-corporation themes. The cathartic release of violence and how masculinity is tied to it. (Which is the reason why I love MMA) How society uses consumerism to suppress our masculine and primal instincts.

[@blikewat3r]

The most important part: dealing with one’s own conscience and ego before it deals with you (nihilism and ego manifested as Tyler)

[@nonyabiz9487]

Theres some truth to fight club... I was forced into MMA and hated it. Hurting people and getting hit constantly disgusted me however I learned a lot from it. Like a damn gladiator from ancient times! If you ask me more people need to get there ass kicked than this world would truly be a better place.

[@AxleTrade]

Most people tend to forget or don't even realize that Durden isn't a revolutionary or a hero. He's a demagogue that wants absolute power.

[@tstrike1]

Officer and A Gentleman part of the segment. WOW! Spot on!!!

[@leet47]

Fight Club is what got me into reading almost 20 years ago. "They make books like THIS?!" Been reading non-stop since.

[@ridge4649]

any recommendations?

[@cherrybelle7956]

As a woman fight club made massive impact on me

[@Marleystrummer]

The best book, movie, and director in David Fincher ✌️

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

Fight Club, Dead Poet’s Society AND Good Will Hunting.

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

@Shahaan Singh no male bonding in Good Will Hunting ? Are you kidding? Fighting as a group against another group of guys, working construction, hanging out in the neighbourhood, father issues, girlfriend issues, emotional issues, life decisions etc etc etc etc. Dude, you really should watch it again, seems like it may have went over your head...

[@amiracleone2803]

@@SatanDynastyKiller Yes you are correct Good Will Hunting is a great addition for male existential angst and bonding.

[@amiracleone2803]

@Shahaan Singh what about the fact that what Will wanted to do and did with his time was" Why does Will hang out with a bunch of stupid Gorillas? Because anyone of them would take a bat to your head if he asked them to. That's loyalty." Robin Williams Good Will Hunting.

[@amiracleone2803]

@Shahaan Singh you should definitely watch again.

[@takumisato7126]

2 of which Robin Williams played great roles in

[@HealthyAndrew]

4:00 love this part. I realized that when I was younger that I needed a second father figure to be tough and guide me

[@The_dude94]

100% my favorite movie of all time! Fight club was a masterpiece!

[@technimechanical]

Saw this movie for the first time ever when I was 14 or so around the year 2008- 2009 and it hit me straight across the face and has been my favourite movie ever since just resonates through my soul on how I relate perfectly to this movie

[@dingdong1243]

Guest: *says literally anything* Joe: "Well, the amount of raw data we are taking in on a daily basis...."

[@mgway4661]

"growing up with martial arts..."

[@Gruggo]

Haven't watched Fight Club in about a year, need to revisit again soon methinks.

[@danpenia219]

Rewatch it every 6 months. It is necessary

[@SchuldMann]

It’s kinda interesting how all the movies that are out there fight club is my favorite,

[@rolandgonzales3343]

Remember seeing this in the theatre with my brother and best friend. No one else in the theatre but us. Made it all the more insane.

[@WarlordRising]

I remember watching the film in an empty theater with my father, and asking myself "Why are we one of a handful of people in here?" It's a shame that the film flopped. A genuine cult classic that veered me towards the work of Palahniuk. One of the greatest critics of the ego of modern man. A homosexual, no less.

[@joenolasco3231]

Thank you for putting a label on what I have been doing for years as a coach. As a running coach I have to give my runners all my knowledge in a very short time and I have to force them to accept my way as the only way for them to succeed. The bond I have with them is special and misunderstood by most because of the closeness that has to be achieved it boarders on over familiarity with my female clients and I become a wedge between my male clients and their fathers.

[@Lifeistooshortbro]

I love fight club with everything in my soul.This is the brotherhood we men all need.

[@a.k.4o]

They are redoing fight club with an all female cast. Retitled "Let Go Of My Hair "

[@user-fz3ip3ke8p]

They actually made a female fight club movie

[@schechter01]

Underrated comment! 😆

[@mick9708]

@@schechter01 not really, massively over rated.

[@jennaratica4116]

The whole point of fight club is to showcase how toxic masculinity is ruining our county tho.

[@user-fz3ip3ke8p]

@@jennaratica4116 if you say so, woman