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Back to episode — Episode 78 - Scott and Dale Talk About CNN’s Worst Day Ever

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Now I was thinking of sarcasm which I just mentioned a moment ago. I keep getting comments on Twitter and it's more in the last few weeks than any time I can remember in which people can't tell sarcasm from a real point. And I'm not mocking those people because I can't tell anymore. And I mean that completely seriously. And it's not, I'm not using hyperbole to make some bigger point. I can't tell…

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I've called all the people who came out of the so-called PayPal Mafia. I think they're either all of them or most of them are master persuaders because they can all operate on that same level and it's just a level above other entrepreneurs. You see it fairly consistently. You see it with Reid Hoffman. You see it with Elon Musk. You see it with Peter Thiel.

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All right. I think my afternoon Periscopes get more attention. It might be because more news has broken by then. I'm gonna get off now. I've got some other things to do. I just wanted to get on and if you have a chance today to check out CNN it's going to be like a comedy channel all day long because they're gonna be trying to criticize him for all the things that they agree with. You know pardon…

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