211: I'm Deeper Than You

The Mortified Podcast

Mortified Media and Radiotopia

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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"Am I wearing a mask or is this my face?" The epically philosophical diaries of teenagers who are convinced they're deeper than most of their peers.

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0:00.0	Radio Tepi.
0:04.0	From PRX.
0:12.0	I'm originally from Massachusetts, but we moved.
0:18.0	And I went to high school in rural North Carolina.
0:23.0	And I stood out from the other kids in school because I had a Massachusetts accent
0:28.0	and I was the only Chinese kid.
0:30.0	When John was a teenager and he felt like he just didn't fit in,
0:34.0	he turned his sorrows into epic poetry.
0:37.0	This is a love poem.
0:40.0	And it's titled,
0:42.0	The 1,632 Days,
0:45.0	My grandfather has left to live.
0:47.0	My grandfather with eyes, fillings, with memories,
0:50.0	always speaks of the death of my grandmother by ending the story.
0:54.0	And when I left the hospital, there was such a sky full of bright stars.
0:59.0	The average lifespan of the American man is 75 years.
1:03.0	Or rather, 28,700 years.
1:07.0	And I was born in the middle of the year.
1:11.0	The average lifespan of the American man is 75 years. Or rather, 28,781 days.
1:19.0	How many rainstorms is that in a life?
1:23.0	Sure, John might not have been the school honk or captain of the football team or even valedictorian.
1:29.0	But he could always take comfort in knowing he was really deep.
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