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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 386: "Pass the Dude"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Thelongwinters, Merlinmann

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Admiral Pee-Paw

The Problem: John was there for the chainsaw incident.

(Recorded on Monday, June 8, 2020.)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello. Hi, John.

0:10.1

Hi, Merlin. I have a little bit of audio visual video settings problem here.

0:17.8

Let's see here. You got to do the, no, we don't want that.

0:22.6

We don't want, it's not the built-in microphone that we want.

0:27.0

We want it to be the system preferences here.

0:32.8

Let's see over here to sound.

0:36.2

I like to imagine that your glasses are down at the end of your nose, like Chuck Schumer. Yeah, that's it. You got the head back thing, and you're like, okay, I'm clicking. Go. Well, I'll see here. Hang on, I'm going to hot plug. Ready? You're not supposed to do this. Hot plug thing. Hot plug. Hot plug. Oh boy. A hot plug.

0:55.0

Hey, there's that guy.

0:57.0

There is.

0:58.0

Uh huh.

1:00.0

How's it going?

1:02.0

I never see the hot plug coming.

1:05.0

Hot plug!

1:06.0

Hot plug!

1:07.0

I got to get my glasses here.

1:08.0

Where is it?

1:10.0

We did it. We did it. We made it. It's another day. Everything's happening. Yeah, you want to do this over video? You want to do video chat? No, I'm good. Thank you. Actually, ironically enough, I am doing more video because I have to. And it's a lot of work.

1:28.1

Oof.

1:28.4

Ooi.

1:28.9

Oie.

1:48.7

In this economy? And I really do. I really, I really need a haircut. And my family has forbidden me from using the cat clippers on myself. Why? Well, I mean, I think they're worried that I'll become a grotesquery, more so. I don't know if the cat clipper part or the auto cutting that is more upsetting to them. Let me interrogate two different angles here.

1:52.7

Please.

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