Back to episode — Episode 1171 Scott Adams - Rappers Like Trump, Dad Jokers Answering Polls, The FBI and Hunter
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But I don't know if I believe it. All right, YouTubers, you missed the simultaneous sip because of technological problems, but we're apparently working right now. Oh, somebody says it's actually not working. All right, we'll screw that. We'll just go on. So here's my point. I think the biggest category of people who are lying to pollsters are not shy Trump supporters. Looks like it's working on Y
← Previous segment →ouTube now. So I think it's the dad joke category. Because for every person who is lying to a pollster because they don't want the pollster to know they're a Trump supporter, I feel like there might be four or five people who are lying to pollsters because they think it's hilarious.
And here's the fun part. As you know, a great deal of people on the left do not have a functioning sense of humor. And that's part of the reason that they're horrified by Trump. They literally can't tell when he's joking. I mean, actually literally. They don't know when he's kidding. So they think he has all these dictator tendencies, etc., because they can't tell when he's just joking and when he's serious.
And I think that there probably are four or five to one Trump-supporting people who just think it's freaking hilarious that the polls are wrong. Am I right about that?
Whoever is saying no sound, I should block you because I think you're a troll. That's the trolliest thing to say on these live streams. Don't be that guy.
So I think that lack of sense of humor by the left gives them a blind spot. Meaning that if I said to Democrats, here's a thought experiment. There are 10 Democrats and 10 Trump supporters. You go to the 10 Democrats and you say the following: Hey, I think Trump supporters are joking and it's like a practical joke that they lie to pollsters because they think it's funny. And the result will be Democrats screaming at the sky when Trump wins, and they think that that's worth lying to pollsters about. What would Democrats say about that?
I believe they would say that's not a thing. Right? Do you think the Democrats would say, "You, Scott, Scott, Scott, don't tell me that there's some massive collusion conspiracy in which there's a whole bunch of Republicans who just magically, they've all coordinated. Scott, who's in charge of this? Who's coordinating this, Scott, this conspiracy that you see of all these Republicans who are lying to pollsters? Ha ha ha, Scott, you're so ridiculous." Right? Don't you think a Democrat would just mock me for even suggesting that a massive amount, not a small amount, a very large number of Trump supporters are lying because they think it's funny?
All right. Now I walk over to the 10 Trump supporters and I say, "Hey, 10 Trump supporters, do you think that Republicans are lying to pollsters because they think it's funny?" What would the 10 Trump supporters say? All 10 of them would laugh out loud. You know I'm right. You know they would. Because they would recognize it to be true. They would instantly know, yeah, they're doing that. That's exactly what they're doing. Maybe not those 10 people, but I'll bet they know people. I'll bet they know people who are doing it.
So I think this lack of a sense of humor has created this immense blind spot for people on the left. They can't tell when Trump is kidding. But worse, they can't tell when the voters are being serious. They can't tell. So it's the perfect prank because the only people who would fall for the prank are the people who are the target.
Let's fast forward to Trump winning the election. So that's my prediction. I will allow that should I be wrong, I will take it like a man. You know, if it turns out my prediction is wrong, well, then it's just wrong. But I expect it's right, as I always do. Always more confident than I should be.
And suppose it's ri
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ght. Are there any Trump supporters who are gonna say, "Well, that was impossible. No, no, there's not a single Trump supporter who's gonna say, well, that was impossible. I don't know how it happened." They all think it's possible because they all think that the polls are wrong, pretty much universally. So poor Democrats are going to have a tough time if it goes that way. So the stock market pul…
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