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I haven't given a poo poo about that since I was like 14 I think.
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Guys see things like this and say “hell yeah”
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Dec 7, 2023 16:15
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If I wanted to look at pictures of weird people and weird things I'd just look at the
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Grey Cat posted:If I wanted to look at pictures of weird people and weird things I'd just look at the monitor lol got em 
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Dec 7, 2023 17:05
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they don’t allow dangerous record attempts anymore like highest drop from a plane without a parachute, most cans of monster energy drinks consumed in one hour, longest time juggling chainsaws or highest amount of blood consumed that tested positive for Ebola nobody cares about how many pillows a guy laid his head on in a row
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Dec 7, 2023 17:17
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AKA Pseudonym posted:I think it was really mostly something kids cared about OP. Yeah, obviously the Internet has really taken the shine out of its star, but some of it's just down to you not being in the fifth grade anymore. My nephew is still pretty obsessed with this stuff, he's 9 years old and every year since he's 6 he's asked us to get him the Guinness World Record book for that year. I wanna take him to a Ripley's Believe it or Not museum soon, I think it'd blow his mind.
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Dec 7, 2023 17:49
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I actually visited the Guinness World Record exhibition at the London Trocadero when I was 12. They had a lifesize statue of Robert Wodlaw, the tallest man who ever lived (8'11). There was a small spiral staircase where you could walk up and see it face to face and a handprint display where you could compare your own to his. That and the world's biggest weight loss exhibition are the only two things I can really remember. I will agree with other posters, I got a Ripley's photobook around the same time which was much more interesting. It had things like men lifting anvils with their ears, pulling nails out of wood with their teeth and a guy who could blow saliva bubbles on the end of his tongue full of cigarette smoke. Also a very old woman who grew a third set of teeth. There were some things in the Ripley's book that don't seem quite so strange today. Like the woman with a neck piercing which was a bar with two diamonds on the end. Transporting some guy with a diamond studded grill back to the 1920's would have made peoples head explode.
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Dec 7, 2023 18:11
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...! posted:These guys and the guy with wavy fingernails five feet long are the pictures that that book have forever burned into my brain I'm not sure I've ever looked at the books but I saw several episodes of the TV show they did way back when. They had that guy on there but the eye milk squirters bugged me far more
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Dec 7, 2023 18:30
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The Guinness Book is still popular with my students. The library has several copies, and they are almost always checked out. Mainly for kids to find the weirdest thing, or something they think they can beat... The book was begun because the reps from the Guinness Brewery in Dublin noticed there seemed to be lots of arguments over various records going on in pubs. They suggested compiling an authoritative list that they could provide to the pubs that could then be used to settle these disputes. The book was published, and it had the side effect of people trying to surpass the published records.
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No, ever since the dude who owned ripley’s believe it or not bought the guinness book of records company in 2008, it has turned into a moneymaking venture like the websites that will list “national pizza day” for domino’s or whateverWiki Article posted:Traditionally, the company made a large amount of its revenue via book sales to interested readers, especially children. The rise of the Internet began to cut into book sales starting in the 2000s, part of a general decline in the book industry. According to a 2017 story by Planet Money of NPR, Guinness began to realise that a lucrative new revenue source to replace falling book sales was the would-be record-holders themselves. While any person can theoretically send in a record to be verified for free, the approval process is slow. Would-be record breakers that paid fees ranging from US$12,000 to US$500,000 would be given advisors, adjudicators, help in finding good records to break as well as suggestions for how to do it, prompt service, and so on. In particular, corporations and celebrities seeking a publicity stunt to launch a new product or draw attention to themselves began to hire Guinness World Records, paying them for finding a record to break or to create a new category just for them. As such, they have been described as a native advertising company, with no clear distinction between content and advertisement.
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rotinaj posted:No, ever since the dude who owned ripley’s believe it or not bought the guinness book of records company in 2008, it has turned into a moneymaking venture like the websites that will list “national pizza day” for domino’s or whatever A fitting end imo
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i have one friend who really gives a poo poo about guiness world records. she is the current record holder for fastest time to commute to all 472 subway station in nyc on the train, and is the first woman to break that record. she also broke the record for going through all the nyc ferry stops.
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Dec 7, 2023 22:49
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I'd love a mature version of it. Widest stretched butthole. Largest amount of stallion semen chugged. Longest turd shat out. Biggest butt. That type of thing. It would be an actually entertaining read unlike this tame poo poo the Guinness book has these days.
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Scrotum Modem posted:I'd love a mature version of it. Widest stretched butthole. Largest amount of stallion semen chugged. Longest turd shat out. Biggest butt. That type of thing. I would be an actually entertaining read unlike this tame poo poo the Guinness book has these days. I think I've set a record for at least 2 of these things.
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the ultimate lasting cultural impact of the guinness book of world records
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Most Guinness Book founders clipped by the IRA for being Thatcherite fascists: 1
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The Guinness Book of World Records transitioning into the Guinness Book of Mad Libs Inspired World Records was a good pivot the book was always intended for stupid drunks, OP
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for 400K you can buy the Guinness world record for "World's Best Grandma"
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Genesplicer posted:The Guinness Book is still popular with my students. The library has several copies, and they are almost always checked out. Mainly for kids to find the weirdest thing, or something they think they can beat... I never made the connection between the record book and the beer. If that had happened on this side of the pond, with 3rd graders checking out the Budweiser book of World Records, I bet the school board would’ve had some complaints.
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...! posted:These guys and the guy with wavy fingernails five feet long are the pictures that that book have forever burned into my brain So you think long fingernails are "cool" do you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OPKf12w6W4 
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The one that sticks in my mind is the world’s smallest woman. She looked like a little doll. I always wondered if her and Ludlow ever hung out.
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I seen a Guinness book last year and they had a whole big two page spread about bitcoin
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Ziv Zulander posted:I seen a Guinness book last year and they had a whole big two page spread about bitcoin Most amount of money scammed in a day record went to?
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Anyone Remember a show named Real People or That’s Incredible?
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guinness and michelin really need to team up for a most tires eaten award
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For some reason I'm remembering a woman who could pop her eyes out of their sockets but I think that was Ripleys believe it or not.
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Dixville posted:For some reason I'm remembering a woman who could pop her eyes out of their sockets but I think that was Ripleys believe it or not. I remember that one. They had two different people who could both do it on the episode, and they had some judge with a transparent ruler measuring how far their eyes actually moved out of their sockets to determine who got the record.
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...! posted:These guys and the guy with wavy fingernails five feet long are the pictures that that book have forever burned into my brain Add to that the man with the most cigarettes in his mouth at once (they based that Homer Simpson image on it)
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Nobody gives a gently caress about Guinness records and only lames think the beer is good too. I do hold the guineas record (unofficial) for most times telling co-workers to suck a hyena's rear end though.
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I hold the Guinness world record for tiniest balls (½mm). I have an official Guinness world records shirt with my record on it and my wife hates it. My boss loves it though. AITA?
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i hold the guiness world record for skibidi toilet
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Mozi posted:i hold the guiness world record for skibidi toilet You fit 26 skibidi toilet guy heads up your rear end? That's quite a talent
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oh poo poo i only had to do 26? ... dang
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wesleywillis posted:Nobody gives a gently caress about Guinness records and only lames think the beer is good too. I'm pretty sure your extensive research on Mr. Johnson is eligible for one
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wesleywillis posted:Nobody gives a gently caress about Guinness records and only lames think the beer is good too. once you discover any other stout than Guinness, you figure out how watered down and tame Guinness is. Most Irish dry style stouts are. But just like there are Bud Light drinkers who associate it with their American identity, Guinness beer is the same with the Irish. I just live and let live But seriously if you're a stout fan living in the US and you've only had Guinness, stop punishing yourself
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Scrotum Modem posted:But seriously if you're a stout fan living in the US and you've only had Guinness, stop punishing yourself Guinness is kinda nice for when you're trying to pace yourself since they're only 4.2% abv. American stouts also have the problem of leaning way too sweet, especially once you get above 7 or 8% and into imperial and bourbon barrel aged territory. Russian Imperial Stouts are aces, though.
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Aging in bourbon barrels loses its mystique once you realize they are functionally a trash byproduct of the bourbon industry, and any cask used more than once prior imparts more flavor
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Dokapon Findom posted:Aging in bourbon barrels loses its mystique once you realize they are functionally a trash byproduct of the bourbon industry, and any cask used more than once prior imparts more flavor Yeah, industry regulations stipulate virgin oak barrels for bourbon, so the barrels are cheap af after one batch, which is why they get bought up for use with everything from Scotch and beer to maple syrup and coffee beans.
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