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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 470: "Too Clever by a Cat"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Self-help, Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Roderick, Winters, Long, The, Philosophy, Society & Culture, John, Merlin, Mann

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Hussar Jacket.

The Problem: Mores are thought eels.

(Recorded on Monday, August 15, 2022.)


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0:00.0

Hello, hi, John. Oh, hello, Merlin. That's going ah, I mean, John, I'm angry. I'm angry. Oh no, and I'm gonna tell the world. I've had it. I've had oh boy. Oh boy, today's the first. I've had it, John. This needs to end. Today's the first day of high school. August

0:28.2

15th. You're kidding. High school is supposed to start on September 5th. September. It should be after Jerry Lewis has gone back. It should be. I would

0:40.0

October. I would allow. Okay. I'm gonna look past it because we got stuff to do here. But like it was August. We're not even Catholic. Whatever happened to summer.

0:51.4

Does anybody remember summer? Am I right? Eat. And you go there and you're not supposed to. You're not supposed to. You know, I'm not going to complain. What are you not supposed to? Well, well, you're not supposed to. Well, apparently, they've loosened up a little bit on the phone policy. Yeah.

1:07.9

In middle school, you know, you weren't supposed to take your phone all day long, which is a lot to ask of a kid real. Sure. Sure.

1:15.1

What are you supposed to do? You put it in a bastard. When you walk in the front door and I don't know if they can even afford a bastard. But I'll tell you what you do. You go.

1:22.7

You go into the into the unisex bathroom with your friend and you watch a squid game on the phone in privacy. Like a gentleman. Like like we used to do with cigarettes. Like cigarettes. Yes.

1:35.3

These phones are the new cigarettes. People say that. I've heard people say that. I make me want to smoke. I don't know about you. Yeah, I am. You know, are you okay, John? You used to smoke. Oh, my goodness.

1:50.4

How many cigarettes do you have? Overdoor frames at your house right now? Be honest. Well, the thing is I moved into this house long after I last smoked cigarettes. So there are no hidden cigarettes. As far as I know, I haven't put any cigarettes.

2:03.7

There are no joints in the refrigerator because I haven't had me friends over. Okay, huh? You know, my old house was full of drugs because friends would because I was I lived close to the airport and traveling people would stop a stop off. They'd stay with me. No, you're the bastard. And then they said, Oh, I don't want to take these drugs on the plane.

2:24.0

Yeah, you know, nobody cares anymore. They're like still because I'm a nerd because I'm a nerd. I never did drugs until I was 34. I don't know how to do drugs or take it.

2:34.8

Yeah, tell Britney Griner that it's complicated stuff because you know, even you could say it's for you know, I think that we track on the do by Friday program. We have a segment on

2:44.0

there called Man of the Week. Frequently is just somebody who was doing some kind of weird masturbation in public.

2:50.2

And I was wondering, well, I was wondering, is there is there something where you need and what I proposed to Alexandra was, do we need to have something issued that's a cross between

3:01.6

like marijuana for your glaucoma?

3:06.2

It could bind with an open carry permit where there are certain men that just need to masturbate so much they get a note.

3:12.1

Oh, I don't I'm not saying that's right or wrong. And as you know, I'm not a I anal. I'm not a lawyer. Right. I'm just saying maybe it's time to update all of our thoughts about what goes in the best.

3:23.8

I don't think so. I think that I think that the problem is not that we're too restrictive on where and when you can masturbate. I don't think that's the problem.

3:38.8

I know there are people up there that are like society is too. Who do they think they are to tell us, but I don't think that's true. I think they're just so I'm clear. You're saying it's not an issue of, you know, like they say sometimes. Hey, don't make new laws and force the laws we've got. I'm trying to understand. You're saying there's not that many places where it's legally a problem to masturbate until the police arrest you.

4:03.7

I just feel like this whole the whole notion that maybe that maybe there are people who are who have a compulsion to publicly masturbate and that we are too restrictive.

4:20.0

And that is therefore a rights violation. I don't I don't think so. I think we can do an Oxford style debate. I would take the other side just just for you know, just for a rhetorical reason.

4:32.8

I just see the thing is that there's and I'm not trying to be anti woke. I want you to understand that. No, no, no, no, but like for example is their logins farting. A lot of people would say I fart a lot. I ate a lot of processed meats and I don't really move very much true. I have I have three B.M.s a month each one cost several hundred dollars. And now you don't you're in no position to tell me to put my farts in a bastard law law. You're absolutely right. Well, I don't know. I'm just asking the question much like Joe Rogan would. I know you're just asking.

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