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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 600: "Lifestyle Manager"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

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

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Haunted Eastside Death Golf

The Problem: John was in dignity emergency mode.

(Recorded on Monday, October 27, 2025.)


Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello?

0:06.1

Hi, John.

0:07.7

Hi, Merlin.

0:09.3

How's it going?

0:10.4

Good.

0:10.9

Or as my phone likes to say, Melrin.

0:14.2

I had to change that.

0:16.1

I had to fix that.

0:17.4

How do you fix it?

0:18.7

I would fix it.

0:19.5

Go to general, go to settings, somewhere, keyboard,

0:24.4

and there's a thing called text replacements.

0:27.5

Oh.

0:28.0

So like when you type Melrin with your fingers,

0:32.8

like let's say some people do, even if it's their own name,

0:36.0

you can have that correct to Merlin,

0:57.9

which is technically my given name. God, there are so many words. I know. I know. You know, it's also handy, as long as we're doing life hacks, you can also do that for phone numbers, which is very handy. When was the last time you typed in a phone number? Well, with text replaces, I don't have to. If I want to send somebody my wife's phone number, I just type Mad Sal.

0:58.7

Mm.

0:59.8

One word.

1:01.6

Oh, that's a Mad Cell.

1:02.9

That's a Mad Cell.

1:04.6

She didn't pick her name.

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