Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive August 23, 2026
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Good morning everybody, and congratulations on making it to the highlight of civilization. Yeah, talk about the lost city of Atlantis. Well, I don't know if that's real or not, but whatever it is, it's not as awesome as this. And you found this even if you can't find Atlantis no matter how hard you look. But if you'd like to take this experience up to the maximum potential — and I

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know that's the kind of person you are — would you leave any money on the table? No, no, you pick up that money. And all you need is a cup or a glass or a tanker or a canteen or a jugular flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure. It's the dopamine, you know, the thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip, and it's going to happen now. And it's going to amaze you and make you feel better all day long. Go for it. Yeah, yeah, that's good.

All right, let me start with the funniest bad story of the day. Now I don't like to find hum

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or in other people's misfortune. That's not true. I do like finding humor in other people's misfortune, but not if they know about it. I think it's very impolite to laugh at people's misfortune if they're likely to hear it. But if nobody knows, sometimes other people's misfortune can be funny because at our base we're very small and terrible people. But don't let anybody know about that. We'll try…

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