Ep. 364: "Why Are You a Bad Boy?"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Thelongwinters, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Merlinmann, Johnroderick

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2019

⏱️ 79 minutes

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The Problem: The costume is telling you what to think.

(Recorded on Monday, December 9, 2019.)

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0:00.0	I want to know how many people here not to take the taste of alcohol!
0:05.0	Okay!
0:07.0	Hello.
0:12.0	Hi John.
0:13.0	Oh, hey, Marilyn.
0:15.0	Hi, how are you?
0:17.0	Good, I didn't expect you here.
0:20.0	I'm smiling.
0:21.0	Why?
0:22.0	Because it makes me sound friendly.
0:25.3	Oh, it does.
0:26.3	Doesn't it?
0:27.3	It does.
0:28.3	Where did you pick up this technology?
0:30.8	I learned this from my mother who was in real estate. She said
0:34.5	that if you smile when you're speaking into the phone you sound more friendly.
0:38.4	Hello? It's absolutely true you know the, the same thing works in singing. It works in singing.
0:46.1	Yes, if you sing with a smile. Sing with a smile. So it really, it really translates to the to the quality of the recording. It's why Eddie
0:58.2	Vedder always has that kind of crazy like grimace because he's he's he's getting the smile sound without smiling.
1:09.2	Lemon yellow sun. Yeah. Good morning. Good morning. It's, they say it takes fewer
1:17.0	all the trade or shows. They say it takes fewer muscles to smile, but I've never really tracked that down.
1:24.0	That's what they say.
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