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Marat, the Guy Who Died in the Bathtub

from Babies in a Volcano · #53

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1 min

Tim riffs on wanting to be the propagandist Marat for YouTube stars, and Shannon impressively finds Marat's name from a vague clue about dying in a bathtub during the French Revolution.

In this bit4 moments
  • 7:45Tim asks if you know who Marat was — the guy who died in the bathtub.
  • 8:13Tim bets Shannon would've guessed something completely wrong, like oil of Olay, if given 45 minutes.
  • 8:35Tim imagines himself as Marat for YouTube stars — writing propaganda, then getting his throat slit in a bathtub.
  • 8:48Liberal arts degrees are fake; Tim doubts even Harvard graduates actually know who Marat is.
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