Joe Rogan Experience #1484 - Reggie Watts

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   No better person to…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:01

      No better person to be here at the end of the world than you, Reggie Watts.

   2. RWReggie Watts0:04

      (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:04

      No, no finer human being to share this spectacular chaotic time. Thanks for being here, brother.

   4. RWReggie Watts0:11

      Thank you, man.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:12

      My pleasure.

   6. RWReggie Watts0:13

      Thanks, thanks for having me. I'm glad I made it.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:14

      You were saying let's do all the things. Let's do the pandemic.

   8. RWReggie Watts0:17

      Yep.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:17

      Let's do the riots.

   10. RWReggie Watts0:18

       Yep.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:19

       It's, uh, everything's happening at, at the same time.

   12. RWReggie Watts0:20

       Ev-, yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:21

       We're going to space again.

   14. RWReggie Watts0:22

       We just, yeah, yeah, we're gonna g- we're in space.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       Yeah.

   16. RWReggie Watts0:24

       We made it to space. We just need, like some kind of a, like a meteor. Like a, like a, like a meteor that's gonna be here in like f- a month.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:32

       Right.

   18. RWReggie Watts0:32

       That we have to decide what to do.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:33

       Well, it would be, l- rioting would be out of control.

   20. RWReggie Watts0:36

       Yes.

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:36

       Um, apparently, according to Nick Swartson, there's some crazy UFO sightings over Idaho.

   22. RWReggie Watts0:42

       What?

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:42

       I haven't heard anything about this.

   24. RWReggie Watts0:44

       Oh.

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:44

       But he said there's some nutty UFO sightings over Idaho. They might be coming in to end this experiment. They might be like, "You fucking crazy chimps."

   26. RWReggie Watts0:52

       (laughs)

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:53

       "You sh- (laughs) we, we tried, we tried to let you guys sort it out, but you're not sorting out shit. You guys are getting worse."

   28. RWReggie Watts1:00

       I, I know. As, you know, someone was ... I f- remember I was, like asked a question, like, "What do you think humanity will ha-" Like on, if there was like on a gravestone, what would humanities, like say on, on ... What, what would it say on humanities gravestone? And I said, um, "Well, we tried."

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:14

       (laughs)

   30. RWReggie Watts1:14

       (laughs)
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Whoa. …

   1. RWReggie Watts15:00

      and in the United States it still wasn't legal-

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:02

      Whoa.

   3. RWReggie Watts15:03

      ... to marry interracially. So they were married-

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:04

      That's during my lifetime.

   5. RWReggie Watts15:06

      Yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:06

      How crazy is that? If you wanna he- talk about-

   7. RWReggie Watts15:08

      It's insane.

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:08

      ... the history of racism-

   9. RWReggie Watts15:09

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:09

       ... during my lifetime-

   11. RWReggie Watts15:10

       Yes.

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:10

       ... it was not legal for African Americans to marry white people.

   13. RWReggie Watts15:13

       That's, that's correct. Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:15

       (whistles)

   15. RWReggie Watts15:15

       Yeah. And also, and then the Chinese had their own, their own pathway too. They, they had to, like, I think they were later. But-

   16. JRJoe Rogan15:21

       After that, huh?

   17. RWReggie Watts15:22

       I think so, yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan15:23

       Wow.

   19. RWReggie Watts15:23

       I think so. Um, but there's a, it's just, like, you know, all that stuff when I think about, like, (sighs) how much, like, went on and to, to get me to a point at which I can just be chill and be like, "Oh, hey, what's up?" You know? Like-

   20. JRJoe Rogan15:35

       Wow.

   21. RWReggie Watts15:36

       ... "Uh, I'm gonna go buy a snack now." Um, I have to, like, have to think about that 'cause it's, um-

   22. JRJoe Rogan15:42

       Yeah.

   23. RWReggie Watts15:42

       You know, my mom reminds me all the time thankfully 'cause I tend to operate from, like, I'm a human first and my characteristics and my character and the way that I treat other people is the primary thing that I'm working from. And I'm aware of, that I look a certain way that might trigger certain people. But that's not how I oper- I don't operate from that. I go for the character first. Then if I start to detect there's something else happening, then I can modulate and figure something out.

   24. JRJoe Rogan16:09

       Mm-hmm.

   25. RWReggie Watts16:09

       But I don't want to constantly assume, um, which growing up in Montana, I would've blown, I would've exploded if that was the way-

   26. JRJoe Rogan16:17

       (laughs)

   27. RWReggie Watts16:17

       ... I was doing stuff. 'Cause most of the time Montanans, even if they're kind of, "I'm uncomfortable with a Black person," even if that was the case and I come up and I'm, I'm having conversation with them and after a while, they're like, "Oh, that's cool. Oh, you helped me with my thing. Oh, yeah, thanks for, lot for... Oh, that's cool." And then we're just kind of getting along and they didn't even realize it. It's like a sneak attack. And-

   28. JRJoe Rogan16:35

       What part of Montana did you grow up in?

   29. RWReggie Watts16:37

       I grew up in Great Falls.

   30. JRJoe Rogan16:38

       Um, where's that, what's that near? What's a big city that's near?
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Well, I think something…

   1. RWReggie Watts30:00

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      Well, I think something like what we're experiencing right now, these riots and the looting, this opens people's eyes. This is, uh, like we were talking about our liberal friends that are very interested in getting a gun now. This opens people's eyes. You realize like, th- this is not... No one's on a power trip. You're just talking about your ability to safely defend your loved ones and yourself.

   3. RWReggie Watts30:19

      Yeah.

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:19

      That's what... That's all you're talking about.

   5. RWReggie Watts30:22

      Absolutely. A hundred percent. You know, and I'm, my thing is too, it's like technology is amazing. And, and guns are an interesting form of technology because obviously if, again, in a healthy situation, you're like, "Oh, did you see the new blah, blah, blah, blah, blah?"

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:36

      Mm-hmm.

   7. RWReggie Watts30:36

      "Oh yeah, they enhanced this." Or, "There's a tri-mount for the, uh, silencers." Or, "Did you apply for the silencer?"

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:40

      Yeah.

   9. RWReggie Watts30:40

      "I have a class one license." All that geeky stuff, it's as geeky as people working on engines and hot rods, right?

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:45

       Right. Exactly.

   11. RWReggie Watts30:46

       There, there's that, right? Then there's the whole cultural thing that movies, you know, like, uh, Bad Boys and everything. Just guns are just stuff that people just have and they're just shooting around. And the thing is, like, people never understand when you talk to a war vet about guns and it's, and gunfights and firefights, especially recent firefights, they're like, "I never...... ever would ever wish you to ever be in a gunfight, ever. And so, uh, and I, and I believe them 'cause I know things can h- change so quickly. A bullet i- i- when you shoot a gun and it hits somebody and it ends their life, even if they were, like, threatening you and so forth, that is one of the most traumatic things that can happen in a human being's life. And they have to live with that all the time. I mean soldiers at least they have like, "I'm on a side and I'm trained," you know, and there's psychological help and all that stuff. Or a police officer, same thing, most of them never even draw their weapons, but when they do and they do fire it, the consequences are devastating on a psychological level. But I will say that, you know, I, I, my friend who carries, I was like, "What if the first three rounds that you have in your personal protection gun, like at home or whatever, your handgun, whatever it is, what if the first three rounds were rubber and then there were live rounds after that?" And-

   12. JRJoe Rogan31:59

       Mm-hmm.

   13. RWReggie Watts31:59

       ... he was like, "Oh, that's an interesting idea." And I'm like, "Anything to protect yourself, but not necessarily guarantee that you're going to kill kill somebody if it's, you know, if it's a, a weird situation." Situations happen fast and I understand when someone comes into your house, all bets are off. Whatever you need to do, however you feel, if someone breaks into your house, that's the I understand that completely. But for me, I'm like, "What can I do to make it really hard for someone to even get to me in the first place?"

   14. JRJoe Rogan32:29

       Yeah.

   15. RWReggie Watts32:29

       And my last, last, last resort is a weapon that can kill somebody. That's my very, very, very last. But I'm gonna do everything I can to be as preemptive as possible to not be enticing for people to want to come up and attack.

   16. JRJoe Rogan32:44

       Yeah, these rubber bullets that these cops are using-

   17. RWReggie Watts32:46

       That you can't get.

   18. JRJoe Rogan32:46

       ... on protestors, how fucked up is this that they're just shooting them into people? They, t- t- th-

   19. RWReggie Watts32:51

       Yeah, directly.

   20. JRJoe Rogan32:52

       Yeah.

   21. RWReggie Watts32:52

       They're supposed to hit them off the ground.

   22. JRJoe Rogan32:53

       They're shooting them at fucking reporters. Do you see those reporters? Your reporters-

   23. RWReggie Watts32:57

       Yeah.

   24. JRJoe Rogan32:57

       ... interviewing these people and they're like, "Ow! Ow! What the fuck?"

   25. RWReggie Watts33:00

       Yes.

   26. JRJoe Rogan33:00

       They're just getting shot at-

   27. RWReggie Watts33:01

       I know.

   28. JRJoe Rogan33:01

       ... by cops that know they're reporters.

   29. RWReggie Watts33:04

       Yes, I know. And a reporter lost her eye, uh, recently.

   30. JRJoe Rogan33:08

       When?
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Mm-hmm. …

   1. RWReggie Watts45:00

      or whatever, and they're like, "Yeah, well what if we were doing that?" Or whatever. And they hear that and they're like, "I am gonna do that." Who knows?

   2. JRJoe Rogan45:06

      Mm-hmm.

   3. RWReggie Watts45:06

      But that's some dangerous shit. And I think that that's amazing that the, that, that protesters who are seeing this are detaining these people.

   4. JRJoe Rogan45:13

      Yeah.

   5. RWReggie Watts45:13

      Because those people...... it, they're just not helping in any way. And I'm-

   6. JRJoe Rogan45:19

      Yeah, here's a good one. See, th- this asshole is smashing things and this guy comes over and grabs him and fucking body slams him. (laughs)

   7. RWReggie Watts45:26

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan45:26

      And then everybody holds the guy down, they're screaming and yelling at him.

   9. RWReggie Watts45:29

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan45:29

       And they, they hold this guy.

   11. RWReggie Watts45:31

       Yeah.

   12. JVJamie Vernon45:31

       I think they passed him over to the police too.

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:32

       Yeah.

   14. RWReggie Watts45:33

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:33

       These, these are Antifa.

   16. RWReggie Watts45:34

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:35

       Look at, he's trying really hard to cover his face.

   18. RWReggie Watts45:37

       Yeah. It's like, "No, no, no, no, no."

   19. JRJoe Rogan45:38

       They're like, "Okay, fuck you."

   20. RWReggie Watts45:39

       You-

   21. JRJoe Rogan45:39

       What is he hitting with a hammer?

   22. RWReggie Watts45:40

       You-

   23. JVJamie Vernon45:40

       Uh, to break-

   24. JRJoe Rogan45:40

       What was he hitting?

   25. JVJamie Vernon45:41

       He was making bricks off the sidewalk.

   26. JRJoe Rogan45:42

       Oh.

   27. JVJamie Vernon45:43

       With the shit on the ground.

   28. RWReggie Watts45:44

       Oh, and that's so... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, good. Oh, my God.

   29. JRJoe Rogan45:47

       I saw gray hair. How old is that dude?

   30. JVJamie Vernon45:48

       Yeah.
5. 1:00:00 – 1:07:51

   (laughs) …

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      guy who he's insulted but that's like unassuming who fucks him up. You know who it'd have to be? It'd have to be Justin Trudeau 'cause he's like-

   2. RWReggie Watts1:00:07

      (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:07

      ... Justin Trudeau's like- He would hate that. ... the typical s- social justice warrior guy.

   4. RWReggie Watts1:00:12

      Yeah.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:12

      And he's a handsome fellow with a beautiful thick head of hair.

   6. RWReggie Watts1:00:15

      Yeah, if, uh ... (laughs)

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:00:16

      If all of a sudden Trump wakes up and he's in, like, MMA shorts-

   8. RWReggie Watts1:00:20

      Yes.

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:00:21

      ... with his, his big man boobs.

   10. RWReggie Watts1:00:23

       Yeah, totally. (laughs) And they put him in, like, they put in the mouth guard and they're like, "Okay, so this is what you're gonna do." He's like, "What am I?"

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:00:28

       "What am I? What am I?"

   12. RWReggie Watts1:00:29

       (laughs) Justin Trudeau's like ... (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:00:30

       Yeah.

   14. RWReggie Watts1:00:30

       They're just like massaging him.

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:00:32

       Trudeau's stretching and warming up.

   16. RWReggie Watts1:00:33

       Stretching. (laughs) Totally. Doing all these crazy kicks.

   17. JRJoe Rogan1:00:35

       He starts fucking him up.

   18. RWReggie Watts1:00:36

       I mean-

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:00:36

       Oh, no. Better yet, it would be a woman.

   20. RWReggie Watts1:00:38

       Oh, that would be-

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:00:40

       Woman.

   22. RWReggie Watts1:00:40

       ... that would be amazing.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:00:40

       Yeah, some badass woman who fucks him up.

   24. RWReggie Watts1:00:43

       Yeah. Yep.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:00:43

       Some woman president of like Nigeria or some shit.

   26. RWReggie Watts1:00:46

       Totally.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:00:47

       Starts kicking his ass.

   28. RWReggie Watts1:00:48

       Oh my God, and making fun of him while she's fighting him and totally ... I mean, that's the thing. It's like, you know, I think we ... (sighs) It would just, it'd just be good to have that.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:00:55

       But if, imagine if that was the rule.

   30. RWReggie Watts1:00:57

       Oh, man.

Episode duration: 2:36:05