#2412 - Adam Carolla

Joe Rogan (0:03)

The Joe Rogan Experience. Trained by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day. Good to see you, brother. What's happening?

Adam Carolla (0:15)

Oh, man, everything's been a while.

Joe Rogan (0:17)

It's been a few years, man.

Adam Carolla (0:18)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:19)

Well, that's not why I saw you.

Adam Carolla (0:21)

I think I saw you outside of the ice house.

Joe Rogan (0:25)

Oh, yeah.

Adam Carolla (0:25)

You were coming in doing a set. You got a Land Cruiser or something with a LS swap engine in it or something.

Joe Rogan (0:32)

Yeah, that's right.

Adam Carolla (0:33)

And you showed it to me. And I think I was thinking about it. I went to your house to do the podcast.

Joe Rogan (0:39)

Early in the day.

Adam Carolla (0:40)

Early.

Joe Rogan (0:41)

Yeah.

Adam Carolla (0:42)

Up deep valley, up the hill. And then I think you got your place sort of down, strip mall kind of place down in the flatlands of the valley. Woodland hills. Yeah. And I think that, I mean, it's been a million years. Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:59)

It's been a while. Time flies, buddy.

Adam Carolla (1:01)

I know. It's so sad. You know what? You know what's sad? It goes so slow when you're young and miserable. You know what I mean? Now I'm old and happy and rich and it just flies by. You know what I mean? Like all the stuff you want to do and it just goes right by you. And then when I was like 13, I just sat in a class and stared at the clock and just went, God damn, when are we going to...

Joe Rogan (1:24)

You know why that is? It's relative. It's a percentage of your life. So when you're 10, a year is 10% of your life.

Adam Carolla (1:32)

Right.

Joe Rogan (1:32)

You know, when you're 55, a year is really quick.

Adam Carolla (1:36)

I know it just sucks that like I remember going back to school in September and going, when's Christmas vacation? And I'd go two months and I'd go, oh, man, no way. That's too long. And now it just goes flying by. But now it's good and you want it to slow down. Yeah, I always think of life as sort of like driving to San Francisco from LA. Like the first time you do it, it takes a long time. And the 50th time you do it, it's like nothing. And that's the relative part.

Joe Rogan (2:08)

You get used to it. Yeah. Yeah, it's I don't know. You just got to live in the moment and enjoy it while it's here and hope. Hope it works out. Hope something's next. Or not.

Adam Carolla (2:23)

I guess. Yeah. That moment. You know, that that thing. You know, it's like that thing where people have a near death experience and then they swear they're going to change their ways and they're going to appreciate everything and they're going to do all that. I don't think it works.

Joe Rogan (2:39)

Works on some people.

Adam Carolla (2:40)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:41)

I've met people that have had near death experiences and completely changed who they are. Yeah.

Adam Carolla (2:45)

I wonder if it's worth trying to have a near death experience. The problem is that it's too close to death.

Joe Rogan (2:51)

Well, it's really what kind of a person are you? Are you a reflective person? Are you an introspective person? Do you think about the way you think and the way you live? And do you analyze it and decide whether or not this is a good way to proceed or whether or not you need to make adjustments? Some people don't, they don't self-analyze, they don't course correct, they just don't. And so something comes along, I'm changing everything. But you never change anything in your whole fucking life. You've never done that. You've never exhibited that kind of will. You've never had that kind of discipline. So like, how are you going to change now? You're not. You're going to say you're going to change, then you're going to go right back.

Adam Carolla (3:27)

Yeah, I think I went to high school with all those guys.

Joe Rogan (3:29)

Me too.

Adam Carolla (3:30)

It's crazy, right?

Joe Rogan (3:32)

Because most people don't know how to live. They don't understand that you are in control of the way you think about things. It's one of the only things you're in control of.

Adam Carolla (3:42)

Well, change is like one of the greatest gifts we have. Like, really, if you think about perks of being a human being versus being a hyena or any other creature, it's you get to change. And then so many people just squander that gift, which is the greatest gift. And they just go, I'm not... And then you're sort of no different than any other animal, if you just sort of stay the course, you know? And the ability to grow and change and transform is such a gift that people completely squander.