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Uncle Greg the Drunk Railroad Operator (Fake 9/11 Post)
from Cheese Plate Time · #58
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minRay tells the story of a fabricated Facebook post about his "Uncle Greg," a supposedly drunk railroad operator caught up in a 9/11-adjacent narrative, and how people believed it; leads into a riff about people believing anything on social media.
- 4:37There's a fat slob on the Long Island Railroad, and if you see something, say something.
- 4:50Tim made a post claiming his Uncle Greg was a drunk railroad operator who was drawing out in rehab in Arizona on September 11th.
- 5:09The misdirection was that Greg wasn't doing anything to help anyone while people were being taken out in New York that day.
- 5:29People believed the post was real because they want to believe in things, and Tim gave them something to believe in.
- 5:44Five different people recently called Tim to say Ray is so smart, based on the fake Uncle Greg post.
- 5:54Tim's insights about what's going on right now come from nowhere in particular.
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