Back to episode — Episode 1462 Scott Adams - Things in the Headlines That Make me Laugh and Cry
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st theme song ever? So cruel. You're so cruel. Well, here's my favorite story of the day. A Saudi prince had 80 falcons that he wanted to relocate or possibly take on vacation. The story's a little unclear. But he bought airplane seats for all 80 of his falcons. Now of course they were tied to little stands so the falcons couldn't fly around inside the plane. But here's a question I ask. Suppose…
← Previous segment →anicotti tweeted about my story about the 80 falcons in the plane and he said, imagine being a bird that died in a plane crash. That would be the worst way to go if you were a bird. You know, if I were not inside this plane, things would be going pretty, pretty well for me. That's Larry David saying "pretty, pretty well." So I'll just start with that.
Meanwhile, in the law of unintended consequences — I need a sting for that too — the law of unintended consequences. So Megan Rapinoe wanted to show her concern for people in this country who are less fortunate and/or in worse circumstances. And so she has become sort of the face of the professional kneelers, the people who are kneeling when the anthem is played or the flag is shown.
And of course her intention — I can't read her mind, but it seems that her intention was to make the world a better place, to make it more fair. I'm seeing a funny picture of Megan Rapinoe conflated with Joe Biden's face. That's pretty funny. And she intended to make the world a little bit kinder, a little bit nicer.
Here's what she actually did. NBC's prime time coverage of the Tokyo Olympics was down 49% compared to the equivalent night in 2016 and 53% less than the 2012 London Olympics. And the ope
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ning ceremonies were the lowest viewership since 1988. Now it's not just a story that there were fewer advertisers, but at some point the advertising is not enough to support the event. And I think we're pretty close if not already there. So there's a really very real chance that Megan Rapinoe legitimately intended just to make the world a kinder, nicer place that's more welcoming and fair for ev…
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