Ep. 616: "Accruing Crust"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Merlinmann, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

The Problem: You can’t assign specialness.

(Recorded on Monday, February 23, 2026.)

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0:00.0	Hello?
0:06.4	Hi, John.
0:08.3	Hi, Merlin.
0:09.3	How are you?
0:10.4	I didn't see you standing there.
0:12.0	Oh, he's standing right behind me, isn't he?
0:14.1	Ha.
0:15.0	Ha.
0:15.2	Yeah.
0:15.8	Yeah.
0:16.8	Yeah.
0:18.8	I think that's a funny joke.
0:20.6	I think it's an old joke. It's an overused joke, but it's always fun. He's standing right behind me, isn't he? I still think it's kind of funny, as a bit. You know, as a bit, I never use it. No, listen, I understand. What I'm saying is, I like to think of myself as a learned man. But that doesn't stop me from making the kinds of jokes that I think are appropriate. And one that I'll often say to my child is, hey, I'm sitting right here. Do you ever do that one? Yeah, I do use that one a lot. Because that's kind of related to your whole iceberg situation. Yeah. Or I say, no matter what anybody says, I say, what did you call me? Yeah.
0:54.6	Yeah.
0:55.5	Oh, that's funny.
0:58.2	You do that here twice a year and it always makes me laugh.
1:00.1	Oh, I'm so glad you keep that one dry.
1:01.2	I like that one a lot.
1:03.1	What did you call me?
1:04.1	Okay, all right.
1:05.6	Stop some breaks.
1:06.5	That's really good.
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