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There's been talk of how difficult, or even impossible it is to find an intelligent or articulate Trump supporter. Scott Adams appears to be the guy.

https://player.fm/series/wethepeople...ams-of-dilbert

It's a fascinating interview. He's seems like a pleasant and considerate person, and even though I think his conclusions on Trump almost entirely wrong, they clearly come from a thoughtful place. His thought process is often logical, but based on seriously flawed assumptions or observations. On top of it all, he has a weirdly gracious form of egotism.

He's also a trained hypnotist.

09-12-2017 , 02:26 PM

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SuperUberBob

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LOL Scott Adams being an intelligent Trump supporter. That's like being the world's tallest midget.

He embarrassed himself in an interview with Sam Harris. **** that guy.

09-12-2017 , 02:34 PM

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Scott Adams posted that he was going officially supporting Hillary, because if Trump won he'd be one of the top 10 targets of angry mobs.

09-12-2017 , 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

LOL Scott Adams being an intelligent Trump supporter. That's like being the world's tallest midget.

He embarrassed himself in an interview with Sam Harris. **** that guy.

This
Was legit amazed about the amount of pseudo intellectual bull**** that he spewed in that one

09-12-2017 , 03:13 PM

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Scott adams has been a running joke itt for over a year now, just lol @ anybody calling that delusional sycophant an "intellectual"

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09-12-2017 , 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by microbet

I thought the cop might get in trouble for that one. But no. I guess a hot dog vendor is like a drug dealer to them and the cops just get their money. Well, better than drug dealers as there's no chance of fighting back. More like ATMs.

the money was booked into evidence, not absorbed by the officer or the department

the vendor did not obtain a permit, ergo he broke the law

that this is painted as a robbery feeds the narrative that the police are unfairly scrutinized and therefor hurts the narrative that the police actually do overstep their authority on a fairly regular basis

09-12-2017 , 05:15 PM

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09-12-2017 , 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by iamnotawerewolf

Tell it. Blue lives matter imo.

09-12-2017 , 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Thug Bubbles

There's been talk of how difficult, or even impossible it is to find an intelligent or articulate Trump supporter. Scott Adams appears to be the guy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by +rep_lol

Scott adams has been a running joke itt for over a year now, just lol @ anybody calling that delusional sycophant an "intellectual"

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or articulate

09-12-2017 , 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fatkid

Sick. I worry about the trump youth since we will being dealing with them much longer the the olds.

09-12-2017 , 07:33 PM

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Thug Bubbles

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Some serious undervaluation of hypnotists ITT.

09-12-2017 , 09:02 PM

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Scott Adams is endlessly impressed with the power Trump has to speak to profoundly stupid people on a visceral level. I'm not.

Scott Adams blog is an attempt to use Trump-like master persuader powers over his audience - who he sees as profoundly stupid compared to himself - possibly the smartest man in the universe.

Scott Adams also believes in The Intelligent Design, which makes Scott Adams himself a profoundly stupid person. Who's also an *******.

Scott Adams can go **** himself.

09-12-2017 , 09:06 PM

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Scott Adams is "smart" in the same way that Skalansky is "good at math."

09-12-2017 , 09:11 PM

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And Mason "understands basic economics".

09-12-2017 , 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by iamnotawerewolf

Dunno if this can be followed up later, but why book the money into evidence? Because the vending is a crime and the money is the just as much criminal proceeds as drug money. What happens to confiscated drug money? The cops keep it bro. Robbery.

oh yeah....LOL.

and oh yeah....**** the permit.

09-12-2017 , 10:16 PM

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Why is it unreasonable to expect someone serving food to the public to have a permit? The vendor should need to at least complete a food safety course ffs. They could potentially sicken thousands of people in a matter of hours.

09-12-2017 , 10:30 PM

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At this point I wouldn't be surprised if they made gutter oil legal.

09-12-2017 , 11:11 PM

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Once machinery and AI take the jobs that foreign competition hasn't we'll all be eating Soylent Green anyway.

09-12-2017 , 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by stinkubus

In a perfect world, fine, but the world is not perfect and that permit is about street vending/street vendors/MEXICANS and not about health.

09-12-2017 , 11:17 PM

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Around San Francisco and especially in the Mission area (heavily Latino + gentrifying hipsters), you'll find street vendors grilling hot dogs and sausages and the like on weekend nights. I'm sure they don't have permits but more importantly, everyone walking by knows that too, it's not like they're misrepresenting themselves as having a legit food truck or something. And I for one am glad for their presence.

This is the same logic that fuels the drug war. IT'S ILLEGAL, sorry, they broke the law, shouldn't have been holding, losing your house is just the consequence of participating in such a dangerous trade

09-12-2017 , 11:23 PM

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So if drugs were ever legalized you think people should still be allowed to peddle them in the streets?

09-12-2017 , 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

Scott Adams is "smart" in the same way that Skalansky is "good at math."

Nice one!

09-12-2017 , 11:29 PM

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So if drugs were ever legalized you think people should still be allowed to peddle them in the streets?

I think you should measure the harm being done and question how necessary a heavy-handed police response is like confiscating the guy's ****ing money, rather than falling back to a default "well they broke the law so any level of response is a-okay by me!" boot-licking mentality.

09-12-2017 , 11:30 PM

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Oh, and shut the **** up

09-12-2017 , 11:31 PM

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lol Scott Adams. Thanks to this thread I wandered over to his blog to see what he's babbling about these days. From a post on North Korea:

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Now let’s talk about the stuff that isn’t “real” in any physical sense. The first issue is North Korean national pride. I’m sure any negotiated settlement could keep that intact. For example, having direct talks with the United States would be a point of honor.

I.... but..... what?

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