The Useless Rock Worth Dying Over

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  • My hair is fabulous. I should model.
    Today's episode is about value. This is the story of a rock. It was once worth fighting wars over. Now its just a rock.
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  • @RareEarthSeries
    @RareEarthSeries  Před 6 lety +466

    Thanks to everyone who asked about our Patreon. I'll put out a full video when I get the time, but for those who want to jump the gun and get on board from the start, here's the link: www.patreon.com/rareearth
    It means a huge deal that so many have asked us to start an account. I never thought anyone would watch these videos, let alone support them.

    • @simoncohen4769
      @simoncohen4769 Před 6 lety +6

      Your videos are creatively unique, and bring their own flavour to historical discussion. You deserve the support!

    • @BalwinderSinghcheemaonelife
      @BalwinderSinghcheemaonelife Před 6 lety +8

      Did you try to blow in it

    • @adamsmith13real
      @adamsmith13real Před 6 lety

      Love the series. Since your lady is Hungarian, It'd be nice to see some episodes shot in Hungary. Not only Asia and Polinesia can be cool and foreign. What the subject might be...I guess you have to brainstorm. Could be anything from pigslaughters in villages (a.k.a. family gatherings) to stories from the Soviet occupation.

    • @djmontoro
      @djmontoro Před 6 lety +1

      Hi, I have been watching all your videos since the beginning, I like your series and there is a lot of people that I think would love them too but the problem is that they don't understand english, have you ever thought to translate your videos to Spanish?, not only subtitles but also the voice, there is a huge amount of spanish speakers that are using CZcams and I think could be a big opportunity to keep growing. I have not money to support you on patreon (venezuelan -_- ) but if there is another way in which I can help please let me know.

    • @CraftyF0X
      @CraftyF0X Před 6 lety +2

      I just love how you always manage to put some fundamental truth into your videos. I mean it's not a travel chanel but a traveling philosophy channel.

  • @flashflinch1380
    @flashflinch1380 Před 5 lety +724

    The Rock didn't lose it's magic, the magicians left.

    • @joegofacyasulf4744
      @joegofacyasulf4744 Před 5 lety +5

      From what I gather it was a weather predictor ..I'm guess I g when it did make noise that meant the wind was bringing in a storm ..sooooo yeah magician shmagician...stupid magic ppl ....jk ....I completely agree...condescending remarks at the end were not even remotely funny ...if they were I would have laughed ...but I didn't ...so that means it wasn't right ......right?

    • @flashflinch1380
      @flashflinch1380 Před 5 lety +5

      @@joegofacyasulf4744 Highlighted Shmighlighted. Great name Joe , why don't you?

    • @SteraFaux
      @SteraFaux Před 4 lety +7

      It's sad that people don't believe in magic, truly.

    • @AceMaheswaran
      @AceMaheswaran Před 4 lety

      Wow!!! thats profound!!!

    • @josephastier7421
      @josephastier7421 Před 4 lety +1

      It is waiting a geologic moment for their return.

  • @coolmanjack1995
    @coolmanjack1995 Před 5 lety +308

    Rated 2.5 stars. Who are these people rating a rock display? What did they expect?

    • @mountainpass4255
      @mountainpass4255 Před 4 lety +46

      People took offence to that rating, it's now 4.9.

    • @iamwhoyousayiam6773
      @iamwhoyousayiam6773 Před 4 lety +3

      2:35 Is this a CRATER? Looks like a meteor hit there 🤔 I wonder if that's why people seen something special in Easter Island....

    • @iamwhoyousayiam6773
      @iamwhoyousayiam6773 Před 3 lety

      @R B lmao (no offense to those who think this... Just how you said that)

    • @yoymate6316
      @yoymate6316 Před rokem

      perhaps some rock music at least…

  • @buxtro7
    @buxtro7 Před 5 lety +231

    When everybody living on this planet is gone that rock will still be here. rock on...

    • @rondohunter8966
      @rondohunter8966 Před 4 lety +6

      But will it increase in value? I bet if you videotaped yourself (or better yet, a friend) pushing it over that would get a lot of views. A bunch of negative reactions as well but what they hey, it's just sitting there. A stupid rock.

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 Před 4 lety +8

      Depends, it'll erode after awhile

    • @rondohunter8966
      @rondohunter8966 Před 4 lety +1

      @jhnnytsunami1 I agree with you completely. It's just a rock. But it has much history; that is what makes it special, for what it represents. But almost no one knew about it until some a-hole videos himself doing something stupid and posting. Now all his idiot friends and their idiot friends will send it round the world. Many will think it's "cool." Such stupidity.

    • @jasonrubik
      @jasonrubik Před 2 lety

      Certainly someone will pick it up and load it onto the last space ship to leave earth, bound for our new home.

  • @jadekayak01
    @jadekayak01 Před 5 lety +62

    im glad you mention debeers influence.
    they CREATED the desire for a diamond engagement ring and the stupid 2 month salary value

    • @robertbernstein4488
      @robertbernstein4488 Před 5 lety +3

      Not stupid for deBeers, they created this whole crazy market !!

  • @dankufranku7170
    @dankufranku7170 Před 6 lety +2719

    Damn now I feel bad for a rock

    • @lindaymohegan3529
      @lindaymohegan3529 Před 6 lety +30

      Danku Franku I think I just fell in like with you.

    • @dracorex426
      @dracorex426 Před 6 lety +28

      I feel worse for the god. The rock, at least, persists. The Trumpet is not forgotten. It still has a tiny shrine to its importance. What of Hiro? Nothing. Hiro is nothing. Forgotten. Undone. Dead. Hiro doesn't even exist anymore.

    • @oldboy9267
      @oldboy9267 Před 6 lety +52

      i wanna blow it

    • @mrbigoofs9820
      @mrbigoofs9820 Před 6 lety

      boi

    • @refusefntk
      @refusefntk Před 6 lety +10

      Cal Clove for real, why didn't he blow on it

  • @iarrcsim2323
    @iarrcsim2323 Před 6 lety +1757

    That rock had such a stellar status in the Easter Island community that it was the world's first rock star.

    • @thecostlypanda
      @thecostlypanda Před 6 lety +10

      IARRCSim Youre great lmao

    • @bemisal6440
      @bemisal6440 Před 6 lety +1

      IARRCSim 😂😂😂😂

    • @spacelion3001
      @spacelion3001 Před 6 lety +8

      but does it know how to play thunderstruck?

    • @samj45345
      @samj45345 Před 5 lety +2

      i actually laughed at this

    • @michaeljacobs1186
      @michaeljacobs1186 Před 5 lety

      This comment had 666 likes but may CHRIST COMPEL YOU WITH THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY LIKE BOTTON! *Boop*
      667

  • @georgplaz
    @georgplaz Před 5 lety +37

    I love how you keep talking about how this rock is interesting to no one and yet you centered your whole video around it. It is as brave as it is beautiful

  • @toamaori
    @toamaori Před 5 lety +18

    Hiro is remembered in Aotearoa (New Zealand) as Whiro, in Hawai'i as Hilo, in Tahiti as Hiro, In Rarotonga as Iro. He was an ancestor far in our shared past and genealogy, who lived in Te Henua Enata, the land of men , (The Marquesas islands)... he is remembered by some as a deity, and by others as an ancestor. Fascinating to learn that he is also remembered in Rapanui as the bringer of rain.

    • @Manurewa44
      @Manurewa44 Před 4 lety +1

      My country is only known as New Zealand.

    • @toamaori
      @toamaori Před 4 lety +6

      @@Manurewa44 you're an idi*t. Go back to Zeeland.

  • @johnalexander651
    @johnalexander651 Před 6 lety +377

    It has a 4.2 rating now. Just from this video its value/rating increased.

    • @mhyotyni
      @mhyotyni Před 6 lety +23

      Publicity, advertising included, can indeed add the value.

    • @ironzingotz
      @ironzingotz Před 6 lety +11

      4.6 now

    • @ayyylmao3915
      @ayyylmao3915 Před 6 lety +11

      4.8 :clap:

    • @Orinslayer
      @Orinslayer Před 6 lety +4

      The rating uncertainty principal.

    • @jonathantan2469
      @jonathantan2469 Před 6 lety

      In before Peter Thiel/Koch Bros./George Soros/Rupert Murdoch has it stolen to harness its divine powers.

  • @TheImaginaryAxis
    @TheImaginaryAxis Před 6 lety +853

    The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!

    • @RRW359
      @RRW359 Před 5 lety +33

      FORGET THE STUPID PIONEERS. Have you noticed that there are NONE of them left?

    • @CVM174
      @CVM174 Před 5 lety +2

      The Imaginary Axis hahahaha

    • @BassNinja
      @BassNinja Před 5 lety +23

      It's not just a boulder... it's a rock!

    • @xelonconsole9936
      @xelonconsole9936 Před 5 lety +6

      Fruits punch samurai & Fruits chinpo samurai r/wooosh

    • @therichie27
      @therichie27 Před 5 lety +5

      Fruits punch samurai & Fruits chinpo samurai r/whoosh

  • @raptrz_
    @raptrz_ Před 6 lety +199

    RIP Rich, an amazing self taught pilot. This was his last liked video before everything. May he rest easy.

    • @gunnardavis2162
      @gunnardavis2162 Před 6 lety +4

      RaptrZ_ he was truly free

    • @JT-il1uk
      @JT-il1uk Před 6 lety +6

      You need to watch "the house that beebo built" it explains everything... rip rich.

    • @leovigild_
      @leovigild_ Před 6 lety +11

      Feels weird to just stumble across this fact. The whole story just seems so larger than life at first. It gives you some strange perspective when you see that (aside from the dramatic end) he was just another human going through life, apparently with similar interests to us. I don't know if it's exactly a meaningful revelation, but it's interesting. I hope he found peace, however that may be.

    • @placebo4815
      @placebo4815 Před 6 lety +12

      Mind telling me who this Rich guy might be?

    • @JT-il1uk
      @JT-il1uk Před 6 lety +2

      @@placebo4815 czcams.com/video/L93Ke7Mm7gU/video.html

  • @4grammaton
    @4grammaton Před 6 lety +20

    "The Useless Rock Worth Dying Over: A concise history of human civilisation"

  • @ZappForThat
    @ZappForThat Před 6 lety +849

    BUT WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE???

    • @LemonsRage
      @LemonsRage Před 6 lety +154

      czcams.com/video/hrrC-1C6vcs/video.html

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  Před 6 lety +156

      Lemons Rage, you spoil us.

    • @AynenMakino
      @AynenMakino Před 6 lety +53

      It wasn't the rock itself that had the value, but the sound it could make. The one thing you didn't show. Even the demonstration in Lemons Rage's video, I would guess, doesn't demonstrate what it could sound like if played by a person who dedicated themselves to bringing the rain with it.
      In that sense, your video is like going to a chello concert where, instead if hearing the chello played, it's being displayed.

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso Před 6 lety +31

      AynenMakino the sound is irrelevant here, this story is about the instrument itself.

    • @ZappForThat
      @ZappForThat Před 6 lety +16

      AynenMakino the point of the video wasn't to discuss or display the audio produced by the rock. The rock is used to demonstrate & discuss the relativistic nature of "value" and how it is defined within the context of culture. To this end, by discussing the rock, and to a lesser extent talking about-but not showing -the sound it can make, I think Rare Earth has added to value to the rock. They've made it relevant, curious, something to ask questions about-something to get upset about in CZcams comments. They both present the discussion and contribute to it. So, in the same vein, I asked "what does it sound like?"...
      We all have Google, we can all find what it sounds like, the point of my comment was to poke fun at the omission and to promote curiosity in the object itself. In short, to participate in the conversation & to contribute to the rock's "value" by prompting the same question in others.

  • @than217
    @than217 Před 6 lety +640

    "When blown the right way it created an inimitable sound."
    *DOESN'T DEMONSTRATE THE SOUND* ....

    • @than217
      @than217 Před 6 lety +55

      That's completely fucking different. You can measure the size of that and know if it could fit someone else. You can't 'play the sound' of this just by looking at it. It's a fucking rock, it'll be there hundreds of years after I'm dead and it's been there hundreds of years till now. Go ahead and play it.

    • @diamondproductions2
      @diamondproductions2 Před 6 lety +11

      than217 why are you so stupid?

    • @than217
      @than217 Před 6 lety +15

      @Carnage can you explain that in any way? Any valid argument of any kind against what I said? No?

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  Před 6 lety +151

      It is an archaeological site, surrounded by a fence. You absolutely should not touch the rock. If I saw a Stradivarius in a museum, my first instinct would not be to cross the barrier and play it, either.

    • @than217
      @than217 Před 6 lety +14

      Well yeah get permission for sure first.

  • @haveyaseen22
    @haveyaseen22 Před 5 lety +81

    anyone else thinking about that spongebob episode?

  • @Tom_Ate_95
    @Tom_Ate_95 Před 6 lety +87

    Sky King brought me here. RIP

    • @kerrystarkey4869
      @kerrystarkey4869 Před 4 lety

      You remember Sky King?....they was a good TV show! Penny, the Jeep Nellie Bell! You must be around my age 67, Sky King was born the same year as my father 1911.

    • @MrJohannson
      @MrJohannson Před 4 lety +3

      @@kerrystarkey4869 It's not about that show. It's about Richard "Beebo" Russell, the Sky King. This is the last video he liked before doing the deed he's most famous for. Look it up.

    • @rdobery
      @rdobery Před 4 lety +1

      Admirable post. RIP Sky King.

  • @elijahbuscho7715
    @elijahbuscho7715 Před 6 lety +1050

    *but what does it sound like*

  • @mullac1992
    @mullac1992 Před 6 lety +54

    If I ever become leader of a country, I'm making it my mission to steal that damn rock.

    • @Automedon2
      @Automedon2 Před 6 lety +7

      I guess that rock ain't going nowhere then.

    • @deviantartguy0
      @deviantartguy0 Před 6 lety +2

      Callum Allaway North Just to say fuck you?

  • @Alorand
    @Alorand Před 5 lety +92

    Now I want to hear the sound that this rock makes.
    Can you still make a sound by blowing into it?

    • @justinhenryhaynes
      @justinhenryhaynes Před 5 lety +17

      That was the #1 thing I was wondering about. I really hope he or someone in his entourage did actually play it. I want to hear it? Perhaps we can ask him to post that as well?

    • @dosmundos3830
      @dosmundos3830 Před 5 lety +11

      there's a link in the description ;)

    • @iandalziel7405
      @iandalziel7405 Před 4 lety

      Aeolian Harp - you blow across it - just like you do with a bottle....
      If you've got it flaut it!

  • @nathanjamesbaker
    @nathanjamesbaker Před 6 lety +86

    Beebo Russell liked this video.

    • @JT-il1uk
      @JT-il1uk Před 6 lety +1

      Nathan Baker checkout "the house that beebo built" in his liked videos... it's a kids story that explains why he did what he did and why he gave himself that name

    • @nathanjamesbaker
      @nathanjamesbaker Před 6 lety +2

      Link, please?

    • @JT-il1uk
      @JT-il1uk Před 6 lety +2

      Nathan Baker czcams.com/video/WNiz1HUk3Ow/video.html
      It's amazing you couldn't type what I wrote into youtube by yourself but anyways there's the link.. the ending is pretty metaphoric

    • @nathanjamesbaker
      @nathanjamesbaker Před 6 lety +1

      I did try searching for that title in quotes but could not find it, because there is a missing space in the actual title: "The *HouseThat* Beebo Built"

  • @ROGER2095
    @ROGER2095 Před 6 lety +750

    I've heard it said that children know the value of everything and the price of nothing. Put a cupcake and a doorknob-sized diamond in front of a 1 year old, and she'll grab the cupcake and squeal with delight. To her, the diamond is worthless.

    • @misterc435
      @misterc435 Před 6 lety +154

      venomsucks kinda the point of what hes sayinh

    • @Gillsing
      @Gillsing Před 6 lety +55

      Seems that there's a chance that the doorknob-sized diamond might look more interesting to a toddler, even if she doesn't know how to sell it and use the money for cupcakes. Ooh, look! Shiny!

    • @ROGER2095
      @ROGER2095 Před 6 lety +84

      I think the toddler who chose the diamond over the cupcake is the one who grew up to be my ex.

    • @carlosoliveira-rc2xt
      @carlosoliveira-rc2xt Před 6 lety +69

      ROGER2095 Try to give your fiancée a cupcake instead of a diamond ring. If she is fine with it, then you have a keeper...a future fat wife, but a keeper nonetheless.

    • @ROGER2095
      @ROGER2095 Před 6 lety +8

      Carlos Oliverira - I like the way you think! I wish you'd have told me sooner. . . .

  • @Maxi100ful
    @Maxi100ful Před 6 lety +85

    Fun fact about Diamonds. They are literally not forever, since it is not the most stable form of Carbon. Graphite is thermodynamicly more stable. So in the end all diamonds will change into a very expansive pencil.

    • @theasiangamer2962
      @theasiangamer2962 Před 6 lety +6

      That's purely cos graphite has less bonds therefore less energy in bonds I think diamond is more stable as it takes more energy to break all bonds in diamond therefore it is more stable
      Edit :
      Graphite could be the more stable allotrope due to its delocalised electron therefore stronger attraction between atoms, but that's not due to thermodynamics as u said in ur first comment

    • @theasiangamer2962
      @theasiangamer2962 Před 6 lety +1

      seigeengine you don't say

    • @theasiangamer2962
      @theasiangamer2962 Před 6 lety +2

      Obviously there will be entropy at the end of the universe

    • @theasiangamer2962
      @theasiangamer2962 Před 6 lety

      Palindromemordnilap there are 3 currently accepted theories of how the universe ends, but it is te inevitable

    • @jonathantan2469
      @jonathantan2469 Před 6 lety +5

      25000000000 A.D. : "This is the Koh-i-Noor Pencil. It used to be called the Koh-i-Noor Diamond eons ago & was apparently worth bazillions in today's money. But we have mind-control holo-touchscreens now, so it's practically useless, except to scribble crude drawings of dicks on walls."

  • @Maxime_K-G
    @Maxime_K-G Před 6 lety +5

    This is one of my favorite Rare Earth videos ! Thank you so much for making these, your videos are truly unique !

  • @nicktatters7523
    @nicktatters7523 Před 5 lety +6

    Truly one of the most inspiring videos on CZcams. Well produced. It questions materialism in the modern world. Well done!!!.

  • @aldinlewis5579
    @aldinlewis5579 Před 6 lety +372

    Ya know with modern technology you could probably get a 3D scan of the rock and recreate it. That way you could blow into it without messing with a historical artifact. (Given all the interest from people wanting to hear what it sounds like)

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 6 lety +50

      +You could also make moss grow on the replicas...
      Voila!: #OcarinaOfSlime.

    • @vidard9863
      @vidard9863 Před 6 lety +45

      It's outside... In the rain and wind... Blowing will not damage it...

    • @ghourenuwu1450
      @ghourenuwu1450 Před 6 lety +35

      Using a different material than the rock would probably alternate the sounds too

    • @jacobblanton5179
      @jacobblanton5179 Před 6 lety +34

      There is no way it sounds the same as it did hundreds of years ago

    • @J1428753
      @J1428753 Před 5 lety +2

      projectmosul.org/gallery

  • @Jim58223
    @Jim58223 Před 6 lety +88

    That rock looks surprised to be a rock

    • @Jim58223
      @Jim58223 Před 6 lety +3

      4:18

    • @sicktoaster
      @sicktoaster Před 6 lety +1

      It was a person once. Medusa was vacationing in Easter Island and looked at him.

    • @volkerallert5364
      @volkerallert5364 Před 6 lety +1

      yes, it certainly needs friends czcams.com/video/7BzTjyh_JDQ/video.html

    • @datboibarlos6766
      @datboibarlos6766 Před 6 lety

      Just as I saw it lol

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 6 lety

      +Jim Ferdinando
      It found out who its #RealFriends were...
      :'(

  • @elizabethferguson7002
    @elizabethferguson7002 Před 4 lety +3

    That was a great "Lesson Taught" in a very relatable manner.
    The sights of Easter Island were gorgeous.
    Very Well Done.
    Thank You

  • @kingofools
    @kingofools Před 6 lety

    After watching several videos, your end frames made me subscribe to the channel.
    Great job mate. Keep up the quality content and writing.

  • @roguishpaladin
    @roguishpaladin Před 6 lety +50

    Ironically, though, by making this video the value of the rock has been increased once more. People who watch this video may go to Easter Island and take a drive by and tell their friends. They, in turn, will spread knowledge of the rock to another. In time, perhaps someone will devote effort to learning how to play it properly again. Perhaps someone will even try to steal it again in the future, or perhaps local authorities will fight over who has rights to it. All this may come about because a Canadian played a guitar in space one time. The cause and effect of life is fascinating sometimes.

    • @danielmachado9441
      @danielmachado9441 Před 6 lety

      roguishpaladin What does Chris Hadfield has to do with this? Seriou question.

    • @bananobanana1870
      @bananobanana1870 Před 6 lety +1

      Daniel Machado because that video was uploaded to this channel and brought him a lot of viewers I guess

    • @roguishpaladin
      @roguishpaladin Před 6 lety +1

      Daniel Machado Chris Hadfield promoted this chanel on his own channel and went along for the first video. I came over because of that promotion, and I'm sure others did as well.

    • @volkerallert5364
      @volkerallert5364 Před 6 lety

      and if someone claims to be healed from some serious desease, it will become a place of pilgrimage.

    • @bunnyyamor3154
      @bunnyyamor3154 Před 6 lety

      Daniel Machado because the guy talking in this video is chris's son

  • @GordieGii
    @GordieGii Před 6 lety +60

    I want to hear the inimitable sound.

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 6 lety +7

      +GordieGii
      Rumour has it that they tried... but sadly, they were unable to imit.

  • @donaldrenish41
    @donaldrenish41 Před 4 lety

    I love your videos! The quality,the subjects,and locations are so much better and more consistent than even a Vice documentary. Thank you. Please keep doing your thing,it's important!

  • @TheBushdoctor68
    @TheBushdoctor68 Před 4 lety +4

    It bugs me tremendously that the ones who built the enclosure, didn't make sure the rock was in the middle.
    Actually the entire thing looks like it's been thrown together without any thought.

  • @mybackhurts7020
    @mybackhurts7020 Před 6 lety +202

    Steal the rock for a while get some headlines for it and then have it somehow return. Also did you see those pineapples beautiful

    • @kingpotato7183
      @kingpotato7183 Před 6 lety +7

      just like the monalisa

    • @alainarchambault2331
      @alainarchambault2331 Před 6 lety

      Reminds me of the Stone of Scone. It too was stolen and fought over.

    • @reigh7
      @reigh7 Před 6 lety

      I wonder what kind of security setup they have. would they review satellite heat signatures? Set it up on the other side of the island or rotate it 180 degrees see if anyone notices the disturbed earth?

    • @isaacfoster8070
      @isaacfoster8070 Před 6 lety +1

      I would for sure pay more money than a diamond to get those pineapples.

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 6 lety

      +No Problem!
      #ExtraPoints if you #MakeItLevitate.

  • @InternaIRevenueService
    @InternaIRevenueService Před 6 lety +15

    Truly rare earth, google doesn't turn up results about those stories of people who fought over the stone. Continue to tell stories of those of which would of otherwise been forgotten.

  • @cliffp.8396
    @cliffp.8396 Před 5 lety

    Excellent quality writing, this is why I look forward to each new video. Thanks for what you do.

  • @JackLoveday
    @JackLoveday Před 5 lety

    where has this series been all my life? you are enchanting, keep up the great work.

  • @andrzejbroniarek9256
    @andrzejbroniarek9256 Před 6 lety +83

    I wrote that once, but I'll do it second time. I'm youtube addict, watching hours of videos a day, but nothing I see is any close to being as good as your videos. I would trade my arm to have your story telling skills.

    • @nicklasswihart1972
      @nicklasswihart1972 Před 6 lety +7

      Then you'd have a story to tell about losing your arm. Win-Win.

    • @twothreebravo
      @twothreebravo Před 6 lety +2

      Increasing the value of your arm.

    • @dosadoodle
      @dosadoodle Před 6 lety +3

      I bet if you tried it out and worked at it, you'd get very good at it.

    • @bennylofgren3208
      @bennylofgren3208 Před 6 lety

      Dosadoodle Problem is, he only has two arms, and after losing both and telling their stories, where would he go next...? 😊

    • @lifeisntfair4744
      @lifeisntfair4744 Před 6 lety

      Your arm is of more value to you than anyone else. To us it holds the same value as the rock

  • @Missing_Balloon
    @Missing_Balloon Před 6 lety +111

    A boulder that increases fertility? I guess you could say in makes you *Rock Hard* ( I'll leave)

    • @weeklytens3244
      @weeklytens3244 Před 6 lety +14

      you are ruining his joke

    • @hjh1972
      @hjh1972 Před 6 lety +1

      please stay, to have you leave would be *hard as rock* (lol)

    • @scavenger4704
      @scavenger4704 Před 6 lety +1

      Erectile dysfunction is a fertility problem, you can't have children if you can't have sex.

    • @bofbob1
      @bofbob1 Před 6 lety +2

      The joke was funny. Seigeengine thinking that "funny" requires factual accuracy is even funnier.

    • @danila4322
      @danila4322 Před 6 lety

      Jeanne-Marie Tchoumak don't leave, give me more jokes, I want them all

  • @KatherineUribe-1
    @KatherineUribe-1 Před 4 lety +1

    I've often thought about this very thing. Great video, thought inspiring!👍😎

  • @johnhenry1300
    @johnhenry1300 Před 6 lety +1

    "now it sits by the side of the road rated 2 1/2 stars" lol best part of the video. 5:56

  • @sleuth2077
    @sleuth2077 Před 6 lety +195

    When I'm blown the right way, i curl my toes.......does that mean I'm valuable?

  • @capinkyky
    @capinkyky Před 6 lety +32

    I have to thank you for your insightful and thought provoking videos. I wrote my 25 page end of term paper on Japanese ethno-nationalism because I was so inspired by your video. It's true that people don't often think critically or research about what they hear--but you inspired me to do so. Thank you for that.

    • @b1aflatoxin
      @b1aflatoxin Před 6 lety +3

      In a CZcams world where trivial titillation reigns supreme, I love reading comments like that.

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 6 lety

      +capinkyky
      I came here for the #SharpieTrading, stayed for the #Verbosity.

    • @Immortal__
      @Immortal__ Před 6 lety

      Ethno nationalism is the only way forward

  • @derickyyy
    @derickyyy Před 5 lety

    This series is wonderful. I especially want to praise the writing and research that goes into each video.

  • @themechanic3352
    @themechanic3352 Před 6 lety

    Just found your channel, and these are some of the best videos I've seen on the site.

  • @jabalisearcot
    @jabalisearcot Před 6 lety +11

    How in the world did you make me feel sorry for a rock????

  • @doggoanddoggoaccessories1398

    This is hauntingly good content. Absolutely well done; I was intrigued throughout the entire video.

  • @overcookedwater1947
    @overcookedwater1947 Před 5 lety +7

    It would be more attractive if it's in some kind of garden with flowers, other plants, stone pathways and the stone being in the center

  • @galaxywolf4895
    @galaxywolf4895 Před 4 lety +3

    Hopefully people will one day realize the value of the rock we all live on.

  • @ZOMGitsKENNY
    @ZOMGitsKENNY Před 6 lety +17

    Hi Rare Earth. I love your content. It makes me smile to see a video of yours in my feed.

  • @sownheard
    @sownheard Před 6 lety +552

    Diamond ring are useless 🤮
    There not even rare

    • @creamofbotulismsoup9900
      @creamofbotulismsoup9900 Před 6 lety +87

      Diamonds are quite useful, try cutting hard rock without them...

    • @killercaos123
      @killercaos123 Před 6 lety +132

      They are “rare” in the sense that the De Beer company limits the amount available on the market to drive up prices.

    • @sownheard
      @sownheard Před 6 lety +97

      Phlaked Corn try cutting with a Diamond Ring
      Diamond tools are great.
      But the rings are useless

    • @sownheard
      @sownheard Před 6 lety +54

      killercaos123 diamonds can also be grow in labs :/
      All your doing is buying a overpriced hard to break rock for your wife wile you can spend that money on a vacation or a nice day out with your wife
      And what is the first thing you lose after a break up the ring she sells it or trows the ring away
      Because it's useless

    • @joshuasands3697
      @joshuasands3697 Před 6 lety +11

      Sownheard *they're

  • @SuperLindarella
    @SuperLindarella Před 5 lety +1

    Thankyou for taking the time to upload about a rock. Its important :)

  • @epictacowizard5778
    @epictacowizard5778 Před 6 lety +65

    The sea-tac hijacker watched this. Fly high.

  • @cubid0u
    @cubid0u Před 6 lety +11

    I'm no economist, but I'm pretty sure economic scarcity has nothing to do with the absolute numbers of items but rather how imbalanced offer and demand are. Iphones are never scarce (as long as you can always produce more); there's only a last one when nobody wants one any more, like that rock. The attribute of being one the first Iphones produced, however, is scarce.

    • @FFXfever
      @FFXfever Před 6 lety +1

      that's untrue. if there is only one piece land by the beach that have this amazing over reaching view. there is only one beach. that's economic scarcity.
      What you're talking about is supply and demand, the main determining feature of value of a product.

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 6 lety

      +cubid0u
      Tl;dr:
      (s)he's no economist.

  • @jtkm
    @jtkm Před 6 lety +7

    After watching this video, that rock just earned more respect and value from me than any diamond out there.

  • @JavaRatusso
    @JavaRatusso Před 5 lety

    An odd but curiously interesting spectacle of history yet Evan, I think, raised it's perceived value thru the brilliantly written narrative. Liked and subbed!

  • @Tracy137
    @Tracy137 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for such informative videos - I think this has been my favourite one yet.

  • @windstormstrike
    @windstormstrike Před 6 lety +17

    An ocarina carved by Mother Nature itself...Magnificent!

    • @FFXfever
      @FFXfever Před 6 lety +1

      oh that's what the top hole is for. Link's... mouth.

    • @jonathantan2469
      @jonathantan2469 Před 6 lety +2

      The real Ocarina Of Time.

    • @MrLequitas
      @MrLequitas Před 6 lety +4

      They played the song of storm for the rain, this explains everything

  • @username65585
    @username65585 Před 6 lety +3

    Supply and demand are the two sides of a price curve. Supply [the relativity scarcity or lack thereof] is important but the demand is equally as important.

    • @username65585
      @username65585 Před 6 lety

      But if something that people want a lot(high demand) but it is also very common(high supply) it's price will still be low. This is the so called "diamond water paradox."

  • @MrNurseinTExas
    @MrNurseinTExas Před 5 lety

    Your opening was pretty awesome! You hooked me to stay tuned to finish the rest of the video.

  • @monad_tcp
    @monad_tcp Před 5 lety

    Now I want to go there just to hear it's sound. Congrats you just increased the rock's value.

  • @MF99K
    @MF99K Před 6 lety +49

    i wanna know what the rock sounds like

    • @TheWoollyFrog
      @TheWoollyFrog Před 6 lety +4

      Doesn't sound good considering that the knowledge on how to play it has been lost and that the rock itself has suffered from the effects of erosion.

    • @pedrorodriguez2914
      @pedrorodriguez2914 Před 6 lety +2

      Drop it on your ball's,you'll hear 'your'sound.😄

    • @zephyr8854
      @zephyr8854 Před 5 lety

      Oh hi I found you

  • @ZombieChimpanzee
    @ZombieChimpanzee Před 6 lety +11

    I kinda feel like the fact that it's "two months salary" no matter how much you make should have tipped people off sooner. like, does that not set off other people's bullshit detector?

    • @richdobbs6595
      @richdobbs6595 Před 6 lety

      Does it do any good for the bullshit detector to go off? Guys were still engaged in economic competition for women, as well as both partners being engaged in status competition with other couples.

    • @ZombieChimpanzee
      @ZombieChimpanzee Před 6 lety

      was that the concept though?

    • @ZombieChimpanzee
      @ZombieChimpanzee Před 6 lety

      also, it kinda does, because if a couple isn't dropping that kind of cash on rings they have it for other stuff like bills, or actual personally meaningful things or activities. mostly it keeps people from wasting money on an industry that literally causes human suffering in an 1800's style cruelty and inhumane conditions and human treatment way.

    • @fieldy409
      @fieldy409 Před 6 lety

      Its crazy how expensive they've made weddings and everything that goes with it when you think that the number one reason for divorce is stress over money problems. Probably would have helped make working out the budget easier if you kept all that cash you blew. But that works for them because the person might do another wedding all over again in a few years. I'm never buying a diamond ring and my weddings going to be in a backyard, fuck all this ill buy a house with that money.

  • @tacticalmattfoley
    @tacticalmattfoley Před 4 lety

    This is the most interesting video I've watched on CZcams in years. Very, very well done. It would have been epic to hear the sound the rock makes.

  • @WonderingGreenMan
    @WonderingGreenMan Před 5 lety

    Interesting! I have watched tons of documentaries about Easter Island and like you said, have never heard of this rock. Thank you for sharing!

  • @philspaghet
    @philspaghet Před 6 lety +10

    NOW YOU'RE JUST A ROCK THAT I USED TO KNOW!

  • @Chuck59ish
    @Chuck59ish Před 6 lety +149

    You can put lipstick on a pig and it's worth a lot more. Humans are suckers for just about anything, technically a 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang is a piece of crap, but to some people it's priceless.

    • @TheXxmadmanxxkkk
      @TheXxmadmanxxkkk Před 6 lety +24

      Is it though? Does its value come from its technology or the fact that no machine on Earth can produce a 1964 Mustang again? Are all collectors suckers? Or do they see value in something other than the obvious?

    • @pottingmix3733
      @pottingmix3733 Před 6 lety +2

      You would not want to reproduce it again since you would not sell enough to make a profit.

    • @TheXxmadmanxxkkk
      @TheXxmadmanxxkkk Před 6 lety +19

      Nebula trajectory You wouldn't profit with a replica, but the original still holds value, even more so than when it was first produced simply because it was produced in a different time, under different circumstances, and the production of the originals has stopped long ago. That old car is not just an old piece of crap, it's a manifestation of a past world and it can never be honestly reproduced again. If you think humans are just suckers for stupid shiny shit, you're completely ignoring the bigger picture. What about the Egyptian pyramids, or the Eiffel tower? You can say that those are inferior pieces of architecture compared to what we have today and technically you'd be right. But that's obviously not the point. What gives them value is their age and their meaning, not their technical specifications.

    • @pottingmix3733
      @pottingmix3733 Před 6 lety

      I was just talking about the economic standpoint of reproducing the car. Also I can understand the value of iconic human creations but that depends on people. I would just sell a 1964 mustang to a collector if I had one simply because I do not value the car as much as someone else would I value other things I could buy with the money made from the car. (using I shows how its only my opinion not everyone else's)

    • @TheXxmadmanxxkkk
      @TheXxmadmanxxkkk Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah, I understand. As the guy said in the video, the value is formed by what most people think about that particular item. I was just saying that it's stupid to say that people are suckers just because you don't see the value in something other than its technical specifications. If you treat all things as lifeless commodities, I don't see how would you value human life more, because that way we're just a bunch of atoms just like everything else and you can produce one of us easily.

  • @cynsalm2288
    @cynsalm2288 Před 5 lety +1

    This is a marvelous package. I loved it: ancient rock star!

  • @failureblanket8559
    @failureblanket8559 Před 6 lety

    How have a I missed such a beautiful little channel? Some times scrolling into the strange videos can really pay off.

  • @Sylencer1982
    @Sylencer1982 Před 6 lety +17

    Note: People lining up to buy the first of new tech *are* buying into scarcity:
    The least amount of obsolescence.
    The newest stuff is the best, in theory. And with it comes a longer lifespan before your stuff *isn't* the best anymore. And that time, in the technological field, is a *very* scarce resource.

    • @Sylencer1982
      @Sylencer1982 Před 6 lety +2

      Yes. Again, they want to be cutting-edge. Nothing worse than what they have. Because if someone had something better, then what they had would be obsolete.
      It's the drive to be on top. And with tech, that has a limited shelf-life. Which, again, is the scarce resource.

    • @Sylencer1982
      @Sylencer1982 Před 6 lety +1

      ...If it's not the best/fastest, how is it competitive?
      Fighting for fourth place doesn't really cut it.

    • @Sylencer1982
      @Sylencer1982 Před 6 lety +4

      Oh, freaking hell.
      This entire video was about how "value" is subjective.
      Well, so is "competitive."
      Because of that, "obsolete" is *also* subjective; what might be obsolete to me would work perfectly fine even after a few years for someone not as picky.
      Example: The NVidia 600 series. For someone who just browses the internet, it'd be just peachy to run. But as I'm a gamer, that card line is obsolete to me.
      And for people demanding to be on the bleeding edge of tech, yesterday's gadget is obsolete for *them.* It's no longer able to support the objective of being the tip of the technological spear.
      You call me dumb, yet it's you who cannot wrap your head around the concept that maybe, just *maybe* subjective definitions might have a broader interpretation than what you're cramming them in. Jeez.

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 6 lety

      +Muh Richard
      Agreed. Needs some correction with a #LART, methinks.

  • @ecrusch
    @ecrusch Před 6 lety +66

    Your style of story telling makes your channel worth subscribing to.
    I've just subscribed.
    Thank you
    Eric

  • @roymyers549
    @roymyers549 Před 4 lety +3

    any thing is only worth as much as you are willing to give for it

  • @ryshow9118
    @ryshow9118 Před 4 lety

    I wrote 3 separate essays on Easter Island in school and I had no clue until right now that this even exists. Thank you

  • @flagassault9715
    @flagassault9715 Před 6 lety +9

    Why didn't you record the sound it makes?

    • @DoctorRobertNeville
      @DoctorRobertNeville Před 6 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/hrrC-1C6vcs/video.html someone else on this comment section posted it, but i'll leave this here so you can check it out.

  • @rosyorose1061
    @rosyorose1061 Před 6 lety +141

    A very thought provoking video.....Thanks for the upload.

  • @ShelbyAQD
    @ShelbyAQD Před 6 lety

    Honestly, that's fascinating. It's the kind of story I could never think up, and would probably deride if I found it in a book or movie. And yet, here it is in real-life history. It's kind of amazing.

  • @fishbuddy547
    @fishbuddy547 Před 4 lety +1

    It reminds me of that freaky episode of Spongebob where he makes large stone statues of himself that makes sound when air goes through the hole, attracting jellyfish.

  • @Stormfox93
    @Stormfox93 Před 6 lety +4

    I would check out the sign. I would be interested why there is a random rock surrounded by a wooden fence. I would want to know the reason.

  • @GhengisJohn
    @GhengisJohn Před 6 lety +6

    Welp at least 125,000 people have heard of it now.

  • @markhall7646
    @markhall7646 Před 4 lety

    You, sir, summed this video up in epic fashion. I salute you.

  • @losaikogogreen3636
    @losaikogogreen3636 Před 5 lety

    Excellent. We see this everyday, from Beanie Babies, to comic books. It's worth what someone will pay.

  • @kylieblair769
    @kylieblair769 Před 6 lety +5

    I love this series so much.

  • @An-Islander
    @An-Islander Před 6 lety +12

    Does it still whistle?

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  Před 6 lety +5

      I suppose it still has the capacity, but it no longer has the user.

    • @TimZarra
      @TimZarra Před 6 lety

      That's what she said

  • @drg8687
    @drg8687 Před 6 lety

    I wish I could articulate why I like this channel and why I find it so interesting. Just keep doing what you are doing.

  • @kitkat6751
    @kitkat6751 Před 5 lety +1

    "I have fabulous hair. I should model" 👏

  • @shboi8103
    @shboi8103 Před 6 lety +3

    2:05 The rock be like: Oh my gersh I'm on camera

  • @patavinity1262
    @patavinity1262 Před 6 lety +3

    Man, am I just really high or is this super profound?

  • @larkrogers3690
    @larkrogers3690 Před 5 lety

    I think this might be my favorite episode so far. When you guys talk about politics it's insightful and interesting but, because it has to be, it's limited. Yes the philosophies can be applied anywhere any time but in order to capture an audience you tailor it to the viewers from what I assume are where most of your watchers are from. (and of course what applies more directly to Rare Earth and the team behind it) But this episode really does apply to everyone, it has to due with business/economics, people's lives, our societies and cultural interaction, international relations even! What people value and why is probably the most important question one can ask. Asking what someone values is like asking who they are, and if you can identify and quantify what a society values, you can own it.

  • @nunya.d.bidnez
    @nunya.d.bidnez Před 5 lety +1

    One of the best Narrations I've ever heard!!! Bravo.

  • @AndroidOO3
    @AndroidOO3 Před 6 lety +12

    so what sound does it make

    • @ABitOfTheUniverse
      @ABitOfTheUniverse Před 6 lety

      Depends who blows on it, like any instrument, but here is someone's attempt.
      czcams.com/video/hrrC-1C6vcs/video.html

    • @evilplaguedoctor5158
      @evilplaguedoctor5158 Před 6 lety +1

      Thank you, I was looking for something like that, pity his lack of talent, sounds like it needs a trombone player to make a good sound.

    • @ABitOfTheUniverse
      @ABitOfTheUniverse Před 6 lety +1

      Made me picture Dizzy Gillespie on that thing. =D

    • @volkerallert5364
      @volkerallert5364 Před 6 lety

      pink floyd might be interested.

    • @screamingtomato1218
      @screamingtomato1218 Před 6 lety

      ABitOfTheUniverse was the video taken down?

  • @dentpeninde
    @dentpeninde Před 6 lety +3

    Try finding a rock anywhere else on earth that trumpets when you blow into it.
    Maybe it should be in a museum.

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 6 lety +1

      +dentpeninde
      Any lava tube, anywhere...
      ...as long as your lips are big enough.

  • @andrewsnowmon2586
    @andrewsnowmon2586 Před 5 lety

    Very enlightening you have reestablished my concept of value thank you.

  • @constandinospappas3009

    6:07-6:25 Well written, beautifully funny! The author has a fine taste of humor. Cheers mate!

  • @manual1415
    @manual1415 Před 6 lety +8

    The rock still has worth, not monetary, but philosophical and historical worth, because it had wars fought over it and changed the culture and history of the island, because the stronger groups killed the weaker ones. If the wars that were fought over this rock would have turned out differently or the rock maybe, you know... does have powers, then heck, the statues might would have never been a thing and this island would have been just any other island. There is a reason for the fence around it, because it is an artifact, a piece of history.

    • @mentalmelt
      @mentalmelt Před 5 lety

      Try to buy it, or steal it and put it up for a collectors auction. You will most likely find that its monetary value is still greater than anything you own.

  • @gaspipe7254
    @gaspipe7254 Před 6 lety +7

    R.I.P Skyking

  • @bbrantley9191
    @bbrantley9191 Před 3 lety

    You bring a brilliant insight to the economic value of items! I learned more here than in any college lesson! Thank you!

  • @mimis.4093
    @mimis.4093 Před 4 lety +1

    Very Nice presentation! Good info and plain speaking so I can understand! Very deep conversation! New sub.

  • @roastedpotato05
    @roastedpotato05 Před 5 lety +18

    The pioneers used to ride those babies for miles...

  • @RickWeberSR
    @RickWeberSR Před 5 lety +8

    I want to buy Napoleon a box of sharpies.
    In every color they come in.

  • @jimmywayne983
    @jimmywayne983 Před 5 lety +1

    Not only when it comes to Iphones, A 1st edition (first print) version of a book, normally also has higher value than books from following prints.