Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive October 9, 2026
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elt good because it was something I needed to do and it got off my list. So if you're wasting a bad attitude you're really missing out. Because when I have a bad day do you ever have a bad day where there's nothing that could bother you? It's so bad like you know nothing could bother me today because I'm already in such a bad mood it's not going to make any difference at all. And then you can just…

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eight o'clock or so it was still really hot and I decided to go swimming and just use my hot tub. And I was all alone except for the dog. And as much as I love swimming at night by myself, normally a terrific thing, the fact that I didn't have the option, like I just didn't have anybody to be with at that time, that was really disturbing. It was disturbing. And I tried to see if I could reframe it as a plus to just enjoy, see if I could enjoy the quiet. So I put my phone aside and just tried to look at the sky and tried to remember what it ever felt like before I had a phone. And I have some good advice on YouTube to get a gay houseboy. Thank you. Now I had not considered that option but I'll put that on the list. Okay. And it worked. And it worked. I would say that I did manage to calm my restless social media driven mind and I could simply enjoy being alone just for what it was. It wasn't easy. It wasn't easy at all but it worked.

All right what did you call an escort? Here's a pro tip. If you're calling an escort on a holiday you're not going to get the A-team. And there's a story I'm going to tell to the Locals people but I'm going to turn off. I'm going to turn off YouTube first. All right stay tuned. You've got a good story coming. And that's it for YouTube. I'll talk to you tomorrow.