SHNEAKO - May 17, 2026


Theo Von is crazy?


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Length

14 minutes

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197.13379

Word count

2,797

Sentence count

134

Harmful content

Toxicity

23

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Hate speech

14

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Joe Rogan thinks Theo Vaughn needs more antidepressants. Joe Rogan also thinks that Theo Vaughn is a narcissist. Theo Vaughn's lawyer asks for $30 million in damages from the Jewish people for calling him a terrorist.

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00:00:00.000 starts talking about world events and freaking out i'm like oh jesus christ like i gotta help
00:00:05.960 this dude and so i send him things about people getting off of them and apparently there's some
00:00:12.460 doctors that specialize in getting people off of them but here's the thing about that chemical
00:00:17.040 imbalance thing that's not real it's a bunch of bs chemical imbalance it's actually a victim
00:00:22.800 mentality similar to when people apply that to their race and they think that there's a boogeyman
00:00:26.360 out to get them always saying that you have a depression that you caught from the sky a chemical
00:00:30.680 imbalance you've got like covid now nothing's your fault it's not my fault i'm autistic it's
00:00:35.160 not my fault i have adhd i have trauma i'm depressed now you should try your best to take
00:00:40.240 accountability and be in charge of your brain people get mad they say like oh depression is
00:00:43.960 real obviously it is but you don't want to give it more energy and you don't want to believe that
00:00:47.800 it's a chemical imbalance you're not depressed for absolutely no reason okay so theo von let's
00:00:52.420 get back on track Theo Vaughn is getting pushed back okay um so what do I uh how what is he asking
00:01:00.660 for so he's making some some pretty egregious claims in there I mean he goes into a lot of
00:01:07.000 TMI really about his other cases and his other so Joe Rogan is saying that Theo Vaughn is losing
00:01:12.700 his mind that he's depressed same thing that Ben Shapiro's saying Ben Shapiro's like these
00:01:15.940 crazy conspiracy theorists and the well great legal trouble that's going on it's the best
00:01:20.840 tactic to shut somebody up when you can't beat them 0.98
00:01:22.740 call them crazy. But then he pretty
00:01:24.800 much does some type of algebraic
00:01:26.680 equation that gets to a
00:01:28.660 demand request somewhere around $30 million.
00:01:33.440 I think it's around
00:01:34.400 $29,750
00:01:36.440 He's getting sued for $30 million?
00:01:39.800 Joe agrees
00:01:40.760 with Theo. Wait, let's see.
00:01:42.820 Let's see. So this is what a lot of people are talking
00:01:44.740 about. Wow, 11 million views.
00:01:47.740 Joe Rogan.
00:01:49.020 And so for context, Theo Vaughn
00:01:50.620 went on joe rogan's show about a week or two ago and he talked about how israel's invading lebanon
00:01:56.580 and they keep using the pretext and using propaganda saying oh they're killing terrorists
00:02:00.720 but they're the terrorists theo von says is israel they're the real terrorists and joe rogan's like 0.99
00:02:05.840 are you okay do you need more antidepressants should you go into zombie land maybe you're insane
00:02:11.340 theo von's going through the exact same thing and last time he was on the podcast he was explaining
00:02:16.000 to me and it freaks me out because i know theo has had conversations before like even publicly
00:02:22.540 he had a netflix taping and and it didn't go well it was like they actually never they shelved it
00:02:30.180 they never used it and you know there was all these stories from people that were there saying
00:02:33.800 in joe rogan's defense i did see that and it was kind of hidden theo von came to new york city
00:02:39.980 recently and i think he was at the theater in midtown forget the name and apparently he walked
00:02:46.360 out of the show and he was saying really dark things he abandoned his bit and they got rid of
00:02:49.900 the taping and so many people who went were actually upset and they said it was a disaster
00:02:53.560 i know people that went i know people that saw that show and they thought that diovan was actually
00:02:57.800 really depressed so i think joe rogan speaking about that comedians are aware of that situation
00:03:03.560 the people in politics aren't and he bombed i think he just had a kind of a breakdown and then
00:03:08.900 he was talking to the crowd and there's a video of where he said you know the people were shaking
00:03:12.680 hey we still love you thank you look i'm just i'm trying not to take my own life that's what i'm
00:03:17.480 trying to do right now yeah and like you hear stuff like that and you just go like oh jesus
00:03:21.680 christ i've known too many people that i didn't think were going to kill themselves and then did
00:03:26.640 and then he goes down these spirals link the video of theo vaughn on stage saying that sharpies
00:03:31.840 there's one of uh someone did a phone video of it so i think people are probably upset yeah this
00:03:37.440 page is called over to news they're thinking that rogan is saying this because of theovon's
00:03:41.980 anti-israel stance honestly i don't think so i think that this is misdirected outrage he starts
00:03:46.340 talking about world events and freaking out i'm like oh jesus christ like i gotta help this dude
00:03:52.820 and so i send him things about people getting off of them and apparently there's some doctors
00:03:58.940 that specialize in getting people off of them but here's the thing about that chemical imbalance
00:04:04.560 thing that's not real it's a bunch of bs chemical imbalance it's actually a victim mentality similar
00:04:10.740 to when people apply that to their race and they think that there's a boogeyman out to get them
00:04:14.340 always saying that you have a depression that you caught from the sky a chemical imbalance you've
00:04:18.760 got like covid now nothing's your fault it's not my fault i'm autistic it's not my fault i have
00:04:23.260 adhd i have trauma i'm depressed now you should try your best to take accountability and be in
00:04:28.600 charge of your brain people get mad they say like well depression is real obviously it is
00:04:32.400 but you don't want to give it more energy and you don't want to believe that it's a chemical
00:04:35.760 imbalance you're not depressed for absolutely no reason there are extenuating circumstances
00:04:41.000 a small minority where that you know people have schizophrenia but the vast majority of people
00:04:44.760 depression is not just something that happens randomly a chemical imbalance something is the
00:04:50.100 culprit there's a reason why you're not unhappy for no reason analyze your life and you could
00:04:54.840 always attribute it to something real they they used to think that that was what these things do
00:05:00.240 that they treated a chemical imbalance.
00:05:02.820 But then recently,
00:05:04.180 the studies have shown that that is not what they do.
00:05:07.740 They don't exactly know what they do.
00:05:10.340 And they kind of numb you in some sort of a way
00:05:13.360 that helps some people.
00:05:15.300 Someone said, yeah, bro,
00:05:16.320 just think your way out of cancer. 1.00
00:05:17.780 Good point, retard. 1.00
00:05:18.760 That was the dumbest point I ever heard. 1.00
00:05:21.040 Yeah, cancer is a real condition that exists 0.99
00:05:23.500 and you can examine it with x-rays.
00:05:25.280 It's literally, it's physical.
00:05:27.420 Depression is something that you think,
00:05:28.980 it's something you believe.
00:05:30.240 The chemical imbalance theory that's been debunked, you're depressed because of things
00:05:34.900 that are within your power.
00:05:36.960 You can change these situations.
00:05:38.360 Maybe you're sad because your life is not the way it is.
00:05:40.860 A loved one passed away.
00:05:42.260 Maybe you have uncovered trauma.
00:05:44.880 Just saw a vid of Israelis beating a Palestinian dog named Lucy.
00:05:48.840 Oh my God, I'm disgusted, bro.
00:05:51.480 A Palestinian dog named Lucy?
00:05:54.240 I did not see that. 1.00
00:05:55.280 That's disgusting.
00:05:56.840 Yeah, maybe you're depressed because you're seeing these videos.
00:05:58.740 Theo Vaughn's going through these hacks.
00:06:00.540 So this one, mega viral, and they're saying his attack.
00:06:04.700 He's not.
00:06:05.280 I'm going to go in defense of Joe Rogan here.
00:06:07.460 They are clipping this out of context, and they are—a lot of people are waking up about Israel, and so they think it's because of that.
00:06:13.640 I don't think Joe Rogan is completely gone, although he does bring on Mossad agents like Gad Sadon quite frequently.
00:06:21.020 He does have Peter Thiel on his show, and he said things that I disagree with.
00:06:24.760 But overall, I don't think Joe Rogan is a propagandist.
00:06:29.220 I think that this video is used out of context.
00:06:32.600 And I think people like what Theo Vaughn's saying.
00:06:34.860 But this is not going to help the conversation just trying to demonize people who are saying things.
00:06:39.180 Because it's true.
00:06:39.860 A lot of people just don't know.
00:06:41.400 The stand-up comedy world is aware of this stuff.
00:06:43.240 And that did happen at that show.
00:06:44.960 Here's a video of Theo Vaughn.
00:06:46.800 Yeah.
00:06:50.760 He is ending his show.
00:06:53.120 There's no audio here.
00:06:54.260 But yeah, he's shaking his hand and he's apologizing and he's saying, my bad.
00:06:58.000 I'm having a long month.
00:06:59.120 I'm trying not to take my own life.
00:07:00.880 That's the quote.
00:07:03.540 So two things could be true. 0.84
00:07:05.140 Like Israel could be evil and also Theo Vaughn could be going through something. 0.77
00:07:09.480 I don't know what to tell you about that, man.
00:07:10.460 I'm having a long month.
00:07:11.720 I'm trying not to take my own life.
00:07:14.380 Okay, so I'm not even misquoting.
00:07:15.800 I said, I've had a long month.
00:07:16.780 I'm trying not to take my own life.
00:07:18.780 I hope Theo Vaughn feels better.
00:07:21.500 I don't know what to tell you about that, man.
00:07:22.880 I'm having a long month.
00:07:24.180 I'm trying not to take my own life.
00:07:26.080 Okay, so everybody outraged.
00:07:28.440 Maybe you should have looked into that a little bit.
00:07:30.340 But Theo Vaughn, I don't think he's helping that narrative.
00:07:33.160 Oh, he follows me.
00:07:33.980 Oh, he follows 20,000 people.
00:07:35.100 So it's no big deal.
00:07:36.220 I was about to get excited in that.
00:07:39.260 So Theo Vaughn responds.
00:07:40.800 He said, this is mostly cap.
00:07:41.920 Sad to see this kind of stuff.
00:07:43.220 I'm doing great.
00:07:43.880 I'm a human being, which is a rocky ride, but I'm doing fine.
00:07:46.200 Thanks.
00:07:49.480 And you can guess why this got 10 million views.
00:07:51.900 Everybody. 0.99
00:07:52.260 OK, Dan Bozingerian says Rogan is such a disloyal, backstabbing piece of shit for saying this publicly, all because Theo had the courage to speak up. 0.99
00:08:02.060 Knowing what we know now within context, is Rogan really trying to call him crazy or is he showing concern for his friend? 0.99
00:08:07.760 I think he's showing concern for his friend.
00:08:09.800 Owen Benjamin.
00:08:10.940 And Owen Benjamin has a bias towards this because Rogan did something similar to Owen Benjamin.
00:08:18.300 Owen Benjamin left L.A.
00:08:19.880 He left the Hollywood world.
00:08:21.060 He left the stand-up scene, and he just had a great show on Tucker Carlson, and the reason why is he wanted to escape the Matrix.
00:08:26.940 He wanted to go and be in nature, and now he's farming, he lives on his own land, he grows tomatoes.
00:08:32.440 It's good, and he creates his own things, and he's inviting more people to get away from the city life.
00:08:38.620 Actually, he criticized me.
00:08:39.580 He's like, why should I be in the city?
00:08:41.780 Ooh, you played a song.
00:08:43.480 You need to make something.
00:08:44.700 You need to be playing piano with your kids, and there's a valid argument for that. 0.91
00:08:47.840 you know I'm here amidst all this craziness and all this dunya he's actually there with his family
00:08:52.520 as far he has a lot of children he's teaching him how to play instruments and you know do jiu-jitsu
00:08:57.100 he's a he's a real father but when he did that Joe Rogan insinuated that Owen Benjamin was crazy
00:09:04.720 he said that he took too many drugs with Joey Diaz he says that Joey Diaz gave him these weed
00:09:10.820 edibles and that Owen Benjamin went crazy and he's basically saying the reason that he left LA
00:09:15.340 is because Owen Benjamin went crazy from this edible trip
00:09:19.540 that he didn't know was going to happen and lost his mind.
00:09:22.020 That's why he left the stand-up scene. 0.97
00:09:23.340 Owen Benjamin's like, nah, I'm just sick of this goyslop world. 0.99
00:09:27.260 You guys are all insane. 1.00
00:09:28.620 You're the crazy ones. 1.00
00:09:29.660 I'm not crazy. 1.00
00:09:32.220 Mimics are scared of authentic people because they can't predict us
00:09:35.520 and they think we are being reckless because we are alive. 1.00
00:09:38.120 They need the living to mimic.
00:09:40.200 We don't need them.
00:09:41.140 You're doing great, kid.
00:09:42.140 If you don't feel pain, you aren't alive.
00:09:44.060 You can also feel gratitude and joy.
00:09:45.340 they can't don't fear them unless you hate them want what they have or made a promise to them
00:09:49.820 they don't actually do anything to you they just act disappointed or concerned you've gained my
00:09:53.360 respect pal keep crushing mice are scared of anyone that doesn't also think they're a mouse 0.99
00:09:57.460 you aren't a mouse he's right stop theo shouldn't be taking advice from you shut the fuck up you 1.00
00:10:04.420 aren't anything like theo you clown god damn okay when the hate don't work they're telling us lies 1.00
00:10:09.980 Joseph Rogan is low IQ, low T, and low energy, okay? 1.00
00:10:13.840 Fine equals fucked up, insecure, neurotic, emotional. 1.00
00:10:16.100 I am doing fine. 1.00
00:10:16.860 Ha, ha, ha.
00:10:17.360 Amen.
00:10:18.780 Joe is not your friend.
00:10:21.520 I disagree.
00:10:23.060 Do you guys agree with me?
00:10:24.400 Type of one if you do.
00:10:25.140 I think Joe, really, I actually think he's looking out for his friend.
00:10:28.280 I do.
00:10:28.860 I think he's wrong.
00:10:29.620 I think Joe Rogan's wrong about Owen Benjamin, but in this Dio situation, I think he's looking 0.72
00:10:32.880 out for his friend.
00:10:35.860 So let's get this.
00:10:37.720 We don't want to subvert the conversation about Israel.
00:10:43.000 Owen, did Joe Rogan's show after that three times?
00:10:45.240 When did he lose his mind?
00:10:46.700 No, no, no.
00:10:47.200 Yeah, he did a show afterwards,
00:10:48.560 but then I think Joe Rogan deleted those episodes,
00:10:51.480 just like he deleted the episodes that Gavin McGinnis did.
00:10:56.340 So I think he wiped that trace.
00:10:59.980 I think he's showing real concern.
00:11:01.480 I've been watching Joe's show for a while,
00:11:02.740 so I get a good gauge on that.
00:11:04.820 and also joe rogan's been critical about the around war so let's get all this stuff right
00:11:13.080 and here's uh theovan responding to the suicidal rumors um i would never take my own life i would
00:11:21.000 never take my own life he did kind of say that on stage in front of people now that he was thinking
00:11:25.480 about it okay you hear that israel i would never take my own life that's good i'm grateful
00:11:34.480 to god uh for his grace in my life um i love my siblings um i have so many friends and people
00:11:45.780 that love me and people that i want to see their children grow up i'm hopeful i'm hopeful that i
00:11:49.880 get to have a wife and meet my and meet my own children one day like there's a ton of things in
00:11:54.580 my life that wait some of the chats crashing out someone said uh was gonna ask you why you're 0.56
00:11:59.060 calling me an effing idiot until i saw your photo and see that you're a child okay that being said 0.98
00:12:03.880 doesn't matter if he's a comedian anyone who says that should automatically be taken seriously 1.00
00:12:07.320 in fact comedians should especially be taken seriously okay are you what is this huh are you
00:12:15.080 good dude what does long with love speech mean w shia islam okay uh cool all right
00:12:25.720 keep me alive and hopeful right i want to be able to have an impact in the world um
00:12:30.520 Um, those are just a few of them probably, you know, I mean, so many just moments we've
00:12:36.880 shared on this show that I'm like, oh, I live for those things.
00:12:41.600 Um, okay.
00:12:43.520 Very good.
00:12:44.900 Very good.
00:12:46.960 Potentially, is he, is he using that anti-Israel conversation?
00:12:51.040 I think he, I think overall he means well.
00:12:53.140 So let's, uh, let's call out a miscommunication when it's a miscommunication, especially people
00:12:58.820 are going to really crash out on Joe now.
00:13:03.600 I wonder, did Joe Rogan respond to this stuff?
00:13:06.680 What else are people saying?
00:13:09.180 I've got a helpless dude by making sure everyone is fully aware of his mental health struggles.
00:13:12.860 Rogan is compromised.
00:13:16.020 This is a targeted post about the narrative that Theo is mentally unwell because he's
00:13:18.540 a vocal critic of power people and his real F off.
00:13:22.320 How many times have we seen this?
00:13:23.580 Diana, Michael, Dave, Kanye, Candace, Charlie, JFK.
00:13:27.120 Hmm.
00:13:28.820 hmm but i'm also against antidepressants maybe some people do need them medication is important
00:13:35.620 for some people but overall i don't i don't think you need that i think that could be fixed with
00:13:39.700 prayer i think that could be focused with guidance i think that people can figure out their values
00:13:45.140 and overall it is unnecessary i don't want to see uh everybody try to medicate try to stifle
00:13:52.500 their issues address them some people do it very yes some people do but i think the vast majority
00:13:57.300 who do take them they don't need it at all bro it's over prescribed i remember in high school
00:14:01.780 bro you know how many people were taking antidepressants that didn't need them like
00:14:04.420 you're 15 and you're going through puberty you don't need you know these medic you don't need
00:14:09.300 You need SSRIs, you need God.