This one hurts a lot. On Tuesday, it was announced that cartoonist, media analyst, hypnotist, writer, deep thinker, and humorist Scott Adams had succumbed to the cancer he revealed to the public last May. I never met Scott, but he felt like a personal friend. I listened to his podcast (Real Coffee with Scott Adams) every day - and I mean every day; Scott showed up seven days a week and on holidays.
His wry take on the news was incisive, insightful, and surprising. And despite the fact that the news is too frequently awful, he maintained a sense of humor about it all. Scott's podcast was the only thing Kathy and I could listen to when she was in hospice for two nightmarish weeks. Following her loss, Scott's podcast was frequently the only human voice I'd hear in a day. Despite not sugarcoating the news, he was able to maintain hope and optimism and share it with his loyal listeners.
He did the same as he dealt with his cancer, almost never missing a daily podcast. On Monday, his last day on Earth, he was still doing the podcast although he knew, and we knew, that the end was very near. I even grabbed a screenshot of Scott smiling as the podcast wrapped up, just in case it was my last chance to do so. And sadly, it was.
Scott Adams was famously canceled for his "racist remarks," a lie that sadly is being repeated in most of the mainstream media stories about his passing. Scott was as anti-racism as a person could be, but not in the manner that the woke media demanded. And to the confoundment of that media, Adams saw his cancelation as a new opportunity for unfettered creative expression. His daily cartoon strips "Dilbert Reborn" and "Robots Read the News" went way beyond anything he was allowed to get away with in the newspapers.
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| The simultaneous sip - the dopamine hit of the day that made everything better |
Behind the scenes, Scott shared and popularized his ideas with America's movers and shakers, not the least of whom was Donald Trump. Scott helped bring down DEI and floated the idea of treating drug cartels like the terrorist organizations they are. His influence extended far beyond what most people knew about.
Scott Adams helped show us how to maximize our lives (I recommend his book "Reframe Your Brain") and in his final days showed us how to face mortality without fear. He was, and is, a hero of mine and the world is going to be more quiet and much more stupid without him.
Thank you.
ReplyDeletea perfect post for a sad day.. He was one of a kind. May he rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteScott's take on drug cartels may have had something to do with the fentanyl OD of his stepson in 2017, according to what I read.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace!😢👍🏼
ReplyDeleteSo sad that the good are dying and the bad are still around. RIP Scott.
ReplyDeleteDitto!
ReplyDeleteHis Dilbert interactions with the carpenter guy with the hammer on his belt helped shape and frame my small construction company.
ReplyDeleteGood one, @F. Hubert!
DeleteListening to his daily podcast was SOP for my walks. What now? :(
ReplyDeleteWell said. A great loss. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI Check DAILY but seldom comment...
ReplyDeleteI Miss you MUCH, Stilt - I Hope you May Recover enough SOON to be able to Post MORE often to Help us ALL... 😊😊😊😊
RIP, Scott! From a lifelong (it seemed like it, even if it wasn’t my whole life) fan and admirer.
ReplyDeleteAlthough they were very different, this loss stings like when Rush passed......
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stilton. Sad for sure. Your words are comforting. I too spent every morning having Coffee With Scott Adams in Locals, and his gift of 'being useful' was indeed a blessing during my darkest times the past 5 years, and during the previous 5-6 years on yootoob. I am grateful for you, very much, Stilton.
ReplyDeleteRIP to a friend,
ReplyDeleteA huge & painful loss. Brilliant, witty, creative & very brave. When he said he loved us all, we believe him. Side fact: he was born & raised in the NY Catskills. When my folks bought some land there for a cabin in the early 70's, his mom was the realtor.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Dilbert as many did, such insight into a Bizarro World...but reading his statement about the Black Community seems like he had seriously deep insight there as well...but one many didn't find very palatable. I agree America doesn't have a Race Problem, it has a problem Race.The Irony of Islam making such a large a large inroad among American Blacks...take something profoundly estranged from the American mainstream and add radical Islam to that...and we have Candace, Louis Farrakhan, Ye, and a host of antiAmericans and just about everything being reviled having to do with White people...and it was a slight annoyance being told that, in spite my being noninvested in any racist thought per se, I was in fact an automatic racist (being "White"). Scott, I hardly knew ya...I am one of many feeling a loss. R.I.P.
ReplyDeleteHuge loss of a major daily contribution to what remains of the sane subset of the population. I've listened to him daily since the Periscope days and learned a lot...
ReplyDeleteBTW, it is a most wonderful composition of the simultaneous sip that you created. If you post it on https://x.com/StiltonJ, it should go viral...
My eyes look like a bloated dead fish on a dock this morning. I cried so much yesterday, I got dehydrated. When I learned he was getting ready to do the show and then passed, the dam really broke then. I can't add any more than Stilton so eloquently set forth but I know it will take a while before I get over him as I will be reminded every morning at 9 AM.
ReplyDeleteAre his podcasts archived anywhere?
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of his cancer diagnosis or death until your notice came through today. That truly saddens me as a rational voice crying in the wilderness is unlimited nowadays. Thanks for letting us know, I will miss him and his sense of humor too.
ReplyDeleteHe did not go into The Dark Night quietly - he left a large Legacy on his way out!
ReplyDeleteSee ya soon, Scott, your work was wonderful, insightful, funnily serious, and your podcast was a welcome breath of sanity in an insane world.
We've lost a lot of Giants lately....
Thank you Stilt, for a kind tribute to a great man.
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