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No Stupid Questions

60. Why Do We Complain?

No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Society & Culture

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Also: what do you really mean when you say you “don’t have time”?

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0:00.0

Wait a turn the tables on me, Steven.

0:05.1

I'm Antelope Duckworth.

0:07.1

I'm Steven Dubner.

0:08.1

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

0:10.5

Today on the show, what's the value of complaining?

0:14.8

Oh, God, I can't believe we have to listen to more talking heads at the end of this podcast.

0:19.2

Also, what do you mean when you say you don't have time?

0:23.2

I'm just in a very socially graceful but also self-serving way, giving somebody the brush off.

0:29.4

Angela, question for you today.

0:32.9

It's actually not a question.

0:34.0

It's a command.

0:35.0

No stupid commands.

0:36.3

Tell me one thing that you personally complain about that you probably shouldn't.

0:42.6

This is assuming that there are legitimate complaints, of course.

0:45.2

I mean, I complain a lot about my 19 year old daughter leaving coffee cups on the white

0:52.6

counter and empty splendor packets everywhere.

0:56.7

I can vouch for the volume of your complaints about that.

0:59.4

Okay.

1:00.4

Well, fair.

1:01.4

It's annoying to me.

1:02.4

Recently, actually, she pointed out to me that this was an irrational pet peeve, maybe

1:07.8

all pet peeves are irrational, that the coffee cup wasn't doing any harm, nor was the

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