Episode 2758 CWSA 02/22/25
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What is the dopamine of the day?
A cup or a mug or a glass, a tank or chalice or sign, a canteen jug or flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the dopamine of the day, the thing that makes everything better, especially on a Saturday. It's called the simultaneous sip, and it's going to happen right now. Thank you, Paul. Go. Go.
That should hold you. That should get you through the rest of the show. Well, after the show, remember it's Saturday, so Owen Gregorian will be hosting a Spaces event. Spaces is the audio-only thing that's on X, so you have to be on X to get that. But look for Owen Gregorian, and you'll see the link for that. Now, yesterday I was binge-watching that show Severance, and I was thinking, I feel so good about this show, I feel like I'm going to post on X about it, because I've mentioned it before. And then I noticed that Joe Rogan just posted it on X. He said, Severance is a fantastic show, says Joe Rogan. Completely original and totally unpredictable. Amazing writing, directing, and acting.
What are the highlights of the show Severance?
Just a totally unique show. He just finished season one. He's going to two. That's exactly where I am. I think I have maybe an episode left. But just finishing season one. Totally addicted. Then Jon Stewart. He also posted on the same topic. The Severance was amazing. He dropped an F-bomb to say how much he liked it. Now, here's why it took me so long to watch it. It's the title. When I see a show that looks like people in an office and the title of the show is Severance, here's what I assume. Okay, I get it. It's another one of those remakes where there's some severance, meaning people got fired. So the people who got fired and got the severance, the severance payment, they decided to, what, get back at their evil boss and tie him to a chair and ha, ha, ha?
So I didn't want to watch that. But then I found out that Severance has nothing to do with losing your job. And that it's more of a sci-fi and sort of an ongoing mystery than it is like anything else. So here's what I like about it. And I will say that since entertainment is subjective, no more than half of you are going to like it as much as I do. Half of you are going to say, well, I don't get it. And half of you are going to say, why have I missed this for so long? But here's what Ben Stiller has done that is actually very impressive. So Ben Stiller is the, I guess he's director, producer, whatever he is, but he seems to be in charge. And we know Ben Stiller being a little bit more woke than you want to be.
So one thing you'd kind of assume about the show is it's going to be really woke. Turns out, it's very diverse, but you don't even really notice. The diversity is the natural kind, where there's one character who's kind of a key character, a black character, and you watch the black character do his thing, and you say to yourself, he's kind of perfect. That's good casting right there.
Why is Ben Stiller praised for his show Severance?
And then you watch the other characters, and you realize they are very diverse. But they still allowed the boring straight white guy to be the lead character. And I thought, when was the last time I've seen that? So it's diverse without the wokeness. And it's kind of refreshing. Nothing's in your face. You never notice. You don't see any actors who look like they don't belong there. They're all well chosen. They're all great. And not once... Does a 90-pound woman use her kung fu to beat up a 200-pound man? That drives me crazy. But no, not once is there a car chase scene. No car chase scenes. Not once is there anybody tied to a chair to be tortured. I don't think. I don't think I saw that. So when Joe Rogan says it's...
fantastic and inventive it holds my interest like nothing ever has it's really special so uh here's what i'd like to now if it sounds like i'm spending way too much time on this and you're saying to yourself i don't even have apple tv there's a bigger point here's the bigger point ben stiller has created a masterpiece but it's more than that because he's also proven you could violate
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the dopamine of the day?
0:00–1:22
2
What are the highlights of the show Severance?
1:22–3:48
3
Why is Ben Stiller praised for his show Severance?
3:48–13:48
4
What happened with Brian Ramelli's account on X?
13:48–49:05
5
What are Trump's views on the death penalty for drug dealers?
49:05–1:24:25
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from Real Coffee with Scott Adams
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