50. Are You as Observant as You Think?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 2 May 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Angela accidentally discovers the secret to a good night’s sleep

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0:00.0	That is so dumb. Who does that?
0:04.0	I do it. Oh.
0:06.0	I'm Antelod Duckworth. I'm Stephen Dobner.
0:08.0	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:10.0	Today on the show, how do you increase your powers of observation?
0:16.0	The lady right behind us, what she ordered?
0:18.0	Real geez, you like now.
0:20.0	Also, what happens when a good night's sleep feels impossible?
0:24.0	I could wake up on my own, but then it's like 3.30 in the morning and I'm like,
0:28.0	sh**t, now I'm alert and awake.
0:32.0	Stephen, I have a challenge for you. Are you ready?
0:36.0	A challenge, not a question.
0:38.0	Well, it's kind of a question kind of challenge.
0:40.0	A question, a challenge.
0:42.0	A question, a challenge.
0:44.0	Yes, exactly. Now, you are where you are.
0:46.0	You're in a room you've been before.
0:48.0	Wait, I am where I am. Is this a Popeye challenge?
0:52.0	That was just all preamble. Tell me three things about the room you're in now
0:56.0	that you didn't notice before I asked you that question.
0:58.0	Oh, this is a parlor game.
1:00.0	Almost literally a parlor game.
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