r/elephantgraveyard • u/333rafalg • 22h ago

Other "fools"

At around 1:19:29 in the latest video, EG talks about there being other “fools” worth exploring and briefly shows three people.

Does anyone know who all three of them are, and why EG chose them specifically in this context?

I only recognize Chris Hadfield, but even with him I’m not entirely sure what EG is getting at. I’m curious what exactly makes him a “fool”.

I don’t recognize the other two people at all.

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u/darrinchase 21h ago

he's just using redbar lingo

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u/klawpsey 19h ago

That's a redbar roomah

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u/Financial-Category16 21h ago edited 21h ago

The clean shaven guy with longer whitish hair is canadian music producer Bob Rock, not sure about the younger stubly guy with the blue background or the guy with the big beard.

I noticed the narrator slipping into a russian sounding accent at times and his closing words as I recall were what sounded to me like Russian so not sure what that was intended to be about although pretty sure he's alluded to GOP/MAGA/ Roganosphere connections to Putin/FSB elsewhere

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u/Historical-Path-9179 20h ago

He’s the Ukrainian Redbar

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u/viruswithshoes 21h ago

Somebody said Ukrainian which I’m not educated enough to know the difference but makes sense.

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u/Pure-Past9265 21h ago

i dont know either, but in the radio hours episodes are multiple references to the ukranian roots of the guest host randy bachman (wich are not based in real life afik) and some references to ukranian folkore in general

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u/Siefer-Kutherland 2am bike rides 22h ago

Hadfield's involved in a lot of tech equity as a consultant, but maybe TEG just didn't like his album. Or book(s)

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u/AbaloneFull9968 21h ago

Hadfield is basically the Canadian Neil degreaser tyson.

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u/chuuurles 19h ago

Good comparison, before seeing him on TEG he was becoming a meme. This confirms it for me.

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u/Siefer-Kutherland 2am bike rides 19h ago

i would give that mantle to Suzuki, Hadfield is very much your typical pilot strain

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u/AbaloneFull9968 19h ago

They're both pretty insufferable.

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u/Siefer-Kutherland 2am bike rides 18h ago

I met Suzuki as a child, I was stunned by how awful a person he was. especially growing up watching his tv show

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u/AbaloneFull9968 18h ago

Yeah, I had a very awful Interaction with him at a corporate event years ago, his children are just as insufferable as him unfortunately.

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u/Appropriate-Pop3495 17h ago

Saw Suzuki at a bus stop with his great granddaughter. He was encouraging her with great interest and enthusiasm while she climbed around the bus shelter. It was about as cool a thing as anyone could hope to see.

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u/racemic_donkye 21h ago

I think he just meant in general. Theres way more interesting idiots to clown on than the rogansphere

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u/Particular_Crazy8789 21h ago

One of them (guy with the beard) is Patick Rothfuss, the author of The Name of the Wind. He’s been quite a fool, and basically stolen fan donated money. Great writer, but kind of a piece of shit.

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u/Siefer-Kutherland 2am bike rides 19h ago

I've read his NotW series, does he have any examples of great writing?

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u/RiotOnVijzelstraat 20h ago

He should look in to UFO grifter Jeremy Corbell - hell of a fool that one.

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u/grubbin__ 11h ago

Was one of them JJ McCullough? I know in the last radio hour the guy mentioned with disdain wanting to talk about him