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alled the simultaneous sip and it happens now. Well, got some breaking news. There's some news coming in that Michael Avenatti is consulting with Stormy Daniels on how to prepare his ass for jail. Okay, I just stole that joke from somebody on Locals. I'm not sure if you want to give him credit for that joke. Not my joke. I stole that joke. For like two minutes before we went live I've been laughi…
← Previous segment →things. Do you know the equation for power? It's your powers of influence, like how good you are as a persuader, multiplied times your reach. So if you're the greatest persuader in the world but you never talk to anybody but your five friends, you don't have any power. And if you had an audience of a hundred million but you didn't know how to persuade anybody, also you wouldn't have any power. But if you have persuasion power and also a big audience, the power multiplies. You know, audience times persuasion.
So I have estimated that when I reach a million Twitter followers I will effectively control the country because I don't think there's anybody with my persuasion skills that has at lea
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st a million followers. Prove me wrong. Here's one of the weirdest things about being a hypnotist, and by the way I think all hypnotists will back me up on this. Hypnotists can tell you the truth right in front of you and you'll never believe them. So we don't have to hide it. So I can be completely public about my ability to control the whole country and you'll just say, "Oh, that's a joke." Onl…
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