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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 140: "Nadir for Now"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2015

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

The Problem: Left means wall.

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0:00.0

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0:10.5

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0:17.3

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0:28.2

Hello. Hi, John. Hi, Merlin.

0:37.8

How's it going? Oh, super. Super good. I'm tired. Yeah, I'm sorry.'m a little late it's it's the tired season

0:41.9

yeah it is it is so you had uh well we shouldn't say but you had trouble getting your kid

0:47.8

somewhere today uh you know just normal stuff just normally human adulthood stuff.

0:55.3

It takes longer and longer all the time.

0:57.4

Yeah, you wake up in the morning and you're like, here it is.

1:00.4

Here I am.

1:01.3

This is it.

1:02.7

This is it.

1:03.6

The nadir.

1:06.9

Really?

1:07.9

Well, yeah, because, you know, when you're young, you're like, oh, it's one of these days.

1:14.6

It's all going to make sense.

1:16.7

It's all going to come together.

1:18.0

Yeah.

1:18.9

And then when you're old, you're like, I don't remember.

1:22.7

It's the nadir for now.

1:25.0

I feel, I feel amazing.

1:26.7

I'm on medication.

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