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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 146: "Science Farmer"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Merlinmann, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2015

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Getting to be friends with the Rodericks.

The Problem: Like a young Billy Graham.


This episode of Roderick on the Line is brought to you by Cards Against Humanity. Thanks to The Doubleclicks for greeting John this month.


Transcript

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0:00.0

This month they ask the

0:05.0

they ask the double clicks to help me say hi to John.

0:08.0

Greetings John what you've been eating today?

0:14.0

Roderick on the line.

0:17.0

Hello, John.

0:22.0

Hey John.

0:23.4

Beep.

0:24.4

Beep-boop.

0:25.7

Bep-Barp. Would you like to begin a conversation online?

0:29.2

Mm-hmm.

0:31.2

How are my pops and buzzes? How's buzz and buzz and buzz and crackle and pop?

0:36.0

Let me listen.

0:37.0

Pop, pop, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, did you change something?

0:40.0

Crackle, buzz, buzz.

0:42.0

Mmm, on a poetics know what poetics it turned out that my that's right those are on it you know I used to have a college

0:48.7

Teacher that did I ever tell you this? No. He pronounced that word on a monopa aia.

0:56.8

Ew, that's a little cute.

0:58.9

Because he added a ligature.

1:01.0

Well, he felt that that he felt that the Greek letter that is A and E squished together

1:07.3

or I think it's is it a it's O and a

1:10.1

yeah it's not a ligature it's a dipthong. Yeah, he wanted it pronounced.

1:14.8

He felt that that was the correct pronunciation.

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