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🗓️ 18 July 2021
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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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