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Back to episode — Episode 571 Scott Adams - Hacking the Algorithm and Other Stuff

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Well, I was just sending out a humorous tweet, which made me a little late here. I couldn't quite get the wording right. But I was watching a video of what looks like Jerry Nadler walking in for his hearings with Hope Hicks. You have to see this tweet because the contrast, as Alexander just pointed out, is the funniest contrast.

Normally I don't like to talk about people's appearances because it's sort of the lowest end of humor, talking about people's appearances. But I can't help it this time. This time it's just sort of in your face.

So find the video. You could look at the one I tweeted, but you'll see others in which Hope Hicks was walking down the hallway to the hearing, apparently with Nadler and crew, followed by Nadler. Now Hope Hicks, I don't know if she had a good hair day or the lighting is good, but she looks like, I don't know, the most beautiful supermodel who ever walked out of a hallway. Or the second most beautiful. Christine is the most beautiful. But she's walking down the hallway and just looking good in a very, very anemic place, this political hallway with a bunch of politicians. And then the very next person is Nadler.

Now, Nadler's pants, if you haven't noticed, every year his pants level gets higher and higher until he's wearing his pants starting about here now. And I was trying to write a funny tweet about, you know, what's gonna happen if his pants keep getting higher. And then I thought, wait a minute, will they think I'm making a tweet about his pants because Hope Hicks is looking good? No, I don't want to do that. That's not the direction I want to go.

So I went with that you have to keep an eye on Nadler's pants because if they keep rising at this rate, he's gonna have to unzip his fly just to talk. And I think that was worth saying. Yes, it wasn't important, but it was worth saying.

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All right, let's talk about some other interesting news. So both Joe Biden and Don Lemon have once again in public, once again, been spreading the FPH. Now if you don't know what the FPH is, there's a reason I'm using the letters instead of the words. Because I did a little test yesterday to see if YouTube would demonetize me for a certain word or a certain set of words. Those words start with F,…

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