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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 345: "Allemande Left"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Thelongwinters, Merlinmann

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Lickatoadalol.

The Problem: John is a preservationist.

(Recorded on Monday, July 29, 2019.)


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0:00.0

Hello. Hi, John.

0:06.0

Hi, John.

0:08.0

Hi, Merlin.

0:10.0

How's going?

0:11.0

Hi.

0:12.0

Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.

0:15.0

Uh, for no reason at all. I was still awake at five plus a clock in the morning last night.

0:27.1

No good reason, no reason for it.

0:29.3

Had not slept and then you were awake at 5 a.m. No, yes that's right I had not slept and then I was still

0:38.7

awake at 5 a.m. There's no reason. You know sometimes you have reason.

0:44.0

There's probably a reason.

0:45.0

But I mean, there's no, yeah, that's right, there's probably a reason, but.

0:49.0

There's not a specific reason.

0:51.0

You weren't going, ah, ah, ah a or anything. No as an adult would say to a

0:56.4

child there's no good reason. Oh as our friend Marker likes to say it's not my fault

1:01.9

but it is my problem.

1:04.0

Isn't that a terrific line?

1:05.6

I think about that a lot.

1:06.6

It's not my fault, but it is my problem.

1:08.1

Yeah, if something breaks with his app.

1:10.3

It's not his fault. His paid customers will go,

1:14.7

me.

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