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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 506: "The Shame Police"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

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

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Who the fuck are you?

The Problem: We’re all eating at the same cereal bar.

(Recorded on Monday, July 24, 2023.)


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0:00.0

Hello. Hi, John. Ha! Ha! There he is!

0:14.0

Yeah! Counselor! How are you? You're on her. You're on her? I don't know it.

0:21.0

It's early. Yeah. Still getting over the thing. Oh, wow. It's troubling. Yeah.

0:35.0

It's just dragging you down. It's boring to talk about, but I'm kind of like, whoa.

0:39.0

You just kind of out of it. No, I think it's important to talk about it. No, it's boring. Why is it boring?

0:43.0

Oh, we ought to talk about these things. No, it's, oh, is this one of these WASPy things where you're not

0:49.0

supposed to talk about your health or your finances? Yes. No, no. It's important that everyone know about it.

0:55.0

Why? Well, people aren't aware that this is a very dangerous virus, this coronavirus.

1:01.0

It's going around. Yeah. People should be aware that this is not peace and the economist about it.

1:09.0

It's definitely out there. Hey, everybody. Let's be safe out there. It's out there. It's right. It's right.

1:17.0

And it's attacking my immune system. So I'm like, I'm a little bit like multi-organ wrecked right now.

1:23.0

Oh, no. No, no. Listen, listen. When it happens to a baby, it's sad. When it happens to a senior man.

1:31.0

Yeah. Yeah. It's okay. It'll be alright. Wait a minute. Are you, are you the senior man in this story?

1:37.0

I think so. Oh, you said senior man. I, of course, say your senior man. No, not a senior. Well, yes, a senior.

1:46.0

But also, I was a picture and a guy in a golf cart in the villages, who had a garage band with him.

1:53.0

Actually, we haven't talked in a while. I should tell you some updates.

1:58.0

Broadcasting live from my carport here in the villages, where I'm assistant mayor.

2:10.0

And now you've given me Corona virus. Through the, through the, through the whole, the whole thing.

2:16.0

It's beautiful. It's beautiful down here. It's just, it's, it's sunny and warm all the times.

2:22.0

We have golf cart races and now, do you think that you have long Corona?

2:28.0

Well, I've heard things. Sure. I mean, I always assume people are just being nice.

2:35.0

Um, I, no, I don't, I don't think so. It's probably just, you know, it's, you know, nothing led to another.

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