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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 543: "The Two Spleens"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

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

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The John of Theseus.

The Problem: Ken can’t be the queen bee every day.

(Recorded on Monday, July 8, 2024.)


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0:15.0

Oh, Lord. Oh, oh, uh, the... Oh God.

0:18.0

Whoa! Whoa! Hi John!

0:20.0

Hi John.

0:21.0

I'm Earl.

0:22.0

Oh man, you just missed a really good sneezing fit. Oh you just had one.

0:27.5

Yeah I did you know before before we're a professional you know. Oh sure sure you got it out of the way. I mean, there might be more, I don't, do you sneeze

0:36.2

louder as you get older? I do. My sneezes are upsetting. No, I mean, like, I've gotten warnings on my watch.

0:46.0

Oh, wow, that's something bad is happening?

0:48.0

Like a decibel warning?

0:50.0

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:52.0

The watch will tell you, if you it to it will tell you when you're around loud things. And yeah, I hit the 90s.

0:58.6

I'm a hot amp. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow, I mean I'm not like that but I definitely I knew somebody that stifled their sneezes that's no good and it was so

1:09.9

upsetting I hate the people who go like that kind of thing where this was like a this was like a you know like a like a I don't know it it I can't imagine hearing that sound and thinking that's a wholesome response to a body.

1:24.4

You know, I just felt like this can't be good for you and it's not good for me like you're not

1:29.7

you're not helping anybody. Let it out. But I definitely go, gee, ah, do you know? Can I ask a follow-up question?

1:38.0

Of course. Do you get more multiple serial sneezes than you used to? They do come in waves of three I think. Like

1:45.8

Celebrity deaths. Like Celebrity deaths. I mean the last two nights I have had a

1:51.2

strange thing where I couldn't clear my eyes.

1:55.0

Oh, tell me, oh, tell me more, I have eye issues, tell me more about that.

2:00.0

Oh, well, you know, I get a weird, I get, first get first one I'm learning to listen to my body

2:04.4

John at the grand old age of 57 I'm finally realizing that when my eyes start

2:09.5

feeling kind of crackly that means I should go to bed that's my body telling me it's time to go to bed. But I also get a weird like, like you can't see them kind of

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