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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 36: "Uncle Licky"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Society & Culture, Johnroderick, Philosophy, Thelongwinters, Merlinmann

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2012

⏱️ 68 minutes

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0:00.0

Feeling that way.

0:05.0

Whoa.

0:07.0

Hi John.

0:08.0

Hi John.

0:09.0

Hi Merlin.

0:10.0

Ha ha ha ha. Oh where's my button? Where's my button? I'm fine without the button personally. I think you get what you get.

0:22.1

You do, that's right, you get what what you get how much are you paying for this

0:25.0

podcast is what I would ask good point they say that at that birthday circle at my daughter's

0:28.6

school when they give up when if a kid brings presents for everybody you say you get what you get and don't be upset.

0:35.2

Oh that's a nice adage. Yeah it's it's it's it's both useful and passive aggressive like so many

0:39.9

grow minds. I'd like to say that to all the 40 year olds I know who are like why aren't I

0:44.7

rich you get what you get and don't be upset get what you get. Boy you know John I

0:50.4

that seems like that might find a place I don't want to I don't want to try to

0:54.8

you know circumnavigate your ethos but I could see that finding a place in your

0:58.9

ethos over you get what you get and don't be upset right the way I just said it it kind of takes on a

1:06.3

oh I like the way you said it a little tougher right yeah when Rima when teacher Rima

1:10.3

would say she said you get what you get and don't be upset when you say well you get

1:14.2

what you get don't be upset that's right there's a little bit of fatalism there's a

1:17.4

little bit of like well yeah it's a nice mix of of you all obviously, if I may say you're being helpful.

1:25.0

But there's also, there's a hint of resignation of I've been there, I've gotten and I've been upset, and I'm just telling you.

1:31.0

There's a little bit of farm wisdom to it too like shut up I mean like like shut up

1:37.7

shut up the basis of a lot of farm wisdom? Yeah, shut up is the is basically if that is farm wisdom condensed to two words

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