Ep. 626: "Chili Dog Meetup"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Thelongwinters, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Merlinmann, Johnroderick

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

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The Problem: The top bunk is the worst bunk.

(Recorded on May 25, 2026.)

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0:00.0	Hello
0:06.1	Hey John
0:08.5	Hello
0:10.9	How's it going
0:11.8	Listen
0:13.7	I'm not a vain man
0:15.7	I mean
0:16.7	Be honest
0:18.1	You consider me a vain man
0:19.1	No you're not a vain man
0:20.3	I don't think of myself as a vain man, but I, no. You're very handsome. You're naturally very charismatic. It's really all crumbles, doesn't it? I, I, um, I just would like our listeners to know that I'm operating at a slight deficit and three, at least three ways by my accounting. Okay.
0:37.7	Okay?
0:39.2	Can I just lay them out?
0:40.8	I don't know if you even know all of these.
0:42.8	One of them is it's so early here.
0:44.2	It's so early.
0:45.0	It's so early.
0:47.1	It is known that it is early.
0:48.0	Yes. Now, it used to be that when we record, it was somehow equally early for both of us.
1:15.8	But as reality turns out it affected you week to week a little more than it did i that's that's right that's right so usually i'm technically working at an advantage there now although we're in the same zone now um you are still, you are on a time zone where you're more awake than you've ever been on this show. Is that right? That's right. Can you see that? Can you see how
1:21.2	that feels? No, I don't think I'm a vain. I don't think of myself as a vain man, but I want you to like,
1:26.3	like, you're, you're smart enough and
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