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I'm Merlin. Hi John. I didn't answer like I normally do by just saying hello

hello because I knew it was you yeah Yeah, it's always me.

It's always you, but sometimes I'm not sure, even though it says Merlin.

Some people use Skype as a social network and that troubles me.

You know, every time I log on to my computer now or every time I open Skype it has a status report on there from Brett Terpstra.

Oh yeah. I don't know why Skype thinks that that I'm wondering what Brett's

doing every day I do I yeah I think I get that too I get that too and I find out it's mostly everybody like me

angrily announcing to please not bother them because they're on Skype. Yeah or yeah

it's exactly it's like I'm if I'm here I'm eating breakfast.

Sometimes it tells me it's someone's birthday.

Oh yeah, yeah no I don't want to have another social network.

I really don't. I don't want to have the ones I have.

Oh I know.

This is one where I feel particularly unplugged from reality

because I've, for years, I've used Skype,

if you looked at the total number of hours,

well over 95% have been for exactly one thing

which is recording podcast with other people and then very occasionally like

especially somebody in like Australia or something wants to have a phone call it's easier

and cheaper by a Skype.

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