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Daniel Sloss - How To Stop Hating Your Love Life | Modern Wisdom Podcast 386

Daniel Sloss is a comedian, podcaster & now an author. Everyone you hate is going to die. But so is everyone you love. And so are you. But before that happens, you need to live and breathe and make some friends and hopefully find a partner and start a family and have fun. Expect to learn why boomers will probably get rekt on Tinder, what Daniel's thoughts are on his special Jigsaw now as a happily engaged man, how you should break up with someone, why Dave Chappelle's controversy should surprise no one, whether leaving a relationship because you want to sleep around is a good reason and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy Daniel's Book - https://amzn.to/3DyAzNh Check out Daniel's Website - https://danielsloss.com/ Follow Daniel on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Daniel_Sloss Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #dating #danielsloss #relationships - 00:00 Intro 01:18 Dave Chappelle & Cancel Culture 13:02 How Daniel Became a Cause for Divorce 21:57 Is Being Single Better? 31:27 Reflecting on Jigsaw 42:57 How to Deal with Death 48:59 Daniel’s New America Tour 54:22 Lessons on Good Friendships 1:00:15 Repeating a Show 300 Times 1:07:40 Where to Find Daniel - To support me on Patreon (thank you): http://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Daniel SlossguestChris Williamsonhost
Oct 17, 20211h 8mWatch on YouTube ↗

At a glance

WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Daniel Sloss on Breakups, Comedy, Cancel Culture, and Being Single

  1. Daniel Sloss joins Chris Williamson to talk about modern relationships, why being single often beats a bad relationship, and why his special ‘Jigsaw’ has been blamed for hundreds of divorces and breakups.
  2. He dives into the ethics of comedy, cancel culture, and why not everyone needs or deserves a public opinion on every controversial topic.
  3. They explore the realities of hookup culture, Tinder’s “golden era,” the illusion of single-life glamour, and how curiosity sabotages long-term relationships.
  4. Sloss also reflects on grief, death, friendship, touring burnout, alcohol and weed dependence, and how he’s trying to protect his love for stand-up over the long term.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

A bad relationship is worse than being single.

Sloss argues that if you’re waking up hoping your partner will stop breathing, you owe it to both of you to leave; staying because you fear being alone wastes their time and yours.

You don’t need an opinion on every polarizing issue.

He deliberately sidesteps some culture-war topics, saying it’s fine—and often wise—to admit ignorance instead of forcing a take just to join the discourse.

Comedians should be free to joke about anything, but not everything is worth joking about.

He defends the right to any joke while also stressing personal responsibility: why you’re making a joke and who it punches at still matters morally, even if it’s legally or artistically ‘allowed.’

Audience backlash isn’t always ‘cancel culture’—sometimes it’s just a bad joke.

Sloss says bombing in a club and being slammed online can both be natural consequences of misjudged material, not censorship; if a joke fails, you eat the consequences.

Curiosity about missed experiences quietly destroys many long-term relationships.

He believes people who pair up very young often fantasize about what they’ve ‘missed,’ idealizing single life without understanding its loneliness, insecurity, and constant effort.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

Being single isn't the easiest thing in the entire world, but it's objectively better than going to bed beside someone who you hope stops breathing in the middle of the night.

— Daniel Sloss

I don't respect my own opinion on some things.

— Daniel Sloss

I'll defend any comedian's right to say any joke about any subject—but if you tell a shitty joke and get booed, I'm enjoying that motherfucker.

— Daniel Sloss

It's never broken up a good couple. I'm not a magician.

— Daniel Sloss (on his special ‘Jigsaw’ and breakups)

When you're drowning, you don't care what it is that's keeping you afloat.

— Daniel Sloss (on using laughter to cope with grief)

Toxic relationships, breakups, and the value of being singleComedy, offense, cancel culture, and free speechCuriosity, sexual history, and long-term relationship stabilityHookup culture, Tinder, and modern dating dynamicsGrief, death, and using humor to copeFriendship, ego-checking, and lonelinessTouring life, burnout, and substance use as a comedian

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