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ryan, in Man who spent 8 years building replica Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks has record rejected for using the wrong kind of matches

Guinness is bullshit anyway. Someone get that man a "World's Largest Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks that was also rejected by Guinness for bullshit reasons" plaque.

sgibson5150,
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May be due to watching Happy Days at a young age but I never questioned the legitimacy of Guinness world records until I saw hbomberguy's video on Tommy Tallarico. Kinda blew my mind.

idiomaddict, in Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

Who the fuck is mad about ten minutes every four hours. It just feels pointlessly evil.

Shialac,

murica

Xeelee,
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The cruelty is the point. They enjoy killing people. All "conservative" policies are designed to kill people.

euphoria,
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i am inclined to say they are all designed for their own profit or benefit, and they simply do not give a single shit if it kills people or of the consequences. they just want to make more money and falsely feel more moral (eg. abortion)

metostopholes, in Man who spent 8 years building replica Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks has record rejected for using the wrong kind of matches
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Mr Plaud, who has loved making models since he was eight, had originally bought matches in supermarkets to build the structure.

But his arduous plans to win the Guinness World Record fell away when he decided the process was too ‘fastidious’ – and instead persuaded French matchstick maker Flam’Up to supply him with huge boxes of filled with 190,000 headless matches.

Apparently this is that Guinness objected to. Since he didn’t scrape the match heads off, they were just sticks, not matchsticks.

I would not agree, but I’m biased. Fuck Guinness.

Zellith,

It's a drinks company lol. Fuck Guinness and their fake authority.

Naich,
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So he holds the world record for the largest Eiffel Tower made out of matchstick sized sticks.

wjrii, in Far-Right Congressman Complains There Aren’t Enough White People Joining the Army
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Yes, the United States Army, noted reservoir of bleeding heart liberalism.

Maybe, just maybe, it has more to do with the military always needing to draw from people with few other options, and despite howls of "reverse racism" from asses like Gosar, white Americans are doing absolutely fucking fine at the demographic/statistical level.

unmagical, in Far-right AfD leader vows to campaign for Brexit-style EU exit vote in Germany

Because Brexit worked out really well …

PoliticalAgitator, in Libs of TikTok Fueled Bomb Threats at Oklahoma Schools. The Superintendent Just Hired Her

If progressives leave space, the far-right fills it.

Atom,

Agreed! Though, unfortunately in this case, Ryan Walters ran on this exact platform and was honest about what he’d be. Oklahoma had moderates, experienced educators, and liberals in the race and they voted overwhelmingly to fuck their public school systems instead.

Kalkaline, in A Chinese man who chain-smoked his way through a marathon was disqualified for smoking on the course

What’s the point of disqualifying him? We all know he finished. It’s not like he gets any prize money for it.

themeatbridge,

To discourage others from smoking during the race.

Imagine this guy was in front of you, and you have to breathe in his second hand smoke while you’re trying to run a marathon. Not everyone has lungs of steel like this guy.

Kalkaline,

I understand kicking him out of the race while it’s going, but it sounds like it was after the fact that they took action.

roastedDeflator,
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It looks like it's the following:

the Xiamen Marathon confirmed that a participant violated an article of its rules and regulations, which prohibits "open defecation, smoking, or trampling on flower beds or green spaces."

9point6,

I’m glad the list is in apparent order of severity

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks,

Covert defecation still permitted, though.

celeste,
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I hope so!

DharkStare, in George Santos says he's lost 97 pounds on Ozempic and a cage match versus Mitt Romney wouldn't be 'fair' because he studied jiu-jitsu

Since George “If that is my real name” Santos said it and we know he’s incapable of telling the truth, I’m going to assume he’s gained weight, has never been in a fight, and would easily be defeated by Romney.

Seriously though, what’s with this trend of famous people trying to fight each other in cage matches?

iquanyin,
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@DharkStare

@Kara

i’ve seen no fights. the trend is attention gluttons talking about it. for attention. 🤣

fluxion, in Far-right AfD leader vows to campaign for Brexit-style EU exit vote in Germany

It’s a model for how to destroy your economy. Amazing how these people continue to get into positions of power in modern society.

admiralteal,

You're presuming conservatives care about the economy just because they say they do.

They don't. The only war is the culture war. When they talk about individual rights or the economy or "good for business" or border security that's just a smokescreen.

fluxion,

I don’t presume that at all. By “people like this” I mean blatant liars who are constantly at odds with reality but somehow still find enough support to threaten democracies around the world

Coreidan, in Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

The entire state of Texas is on drugs. That can only explain the level of moron down there.

ngdev,

It isn’t the entire state. Gerrymandering etc.

Pons_Aelius, in TikToker Fakes His Death, Then Shows Up at His Funeral to Teach His Family a ‘Life Lesson’

How can he think this is a good idea?

If a family member wanted me to cut all contact with them, this is a good way to go about it.

bquinlan,

I'm right there with you. This wasn't about his family growing apart. This was about hurting the people who love him to get views. Only a sociopath could do that and still sleep at night.

Ippei,
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Yep. I would have left right there and then if he pulled that stunt on me.

Tiltinyall, in Israel Has Created a New Standard for Urban Warfare. Why Will No One Admit It?

Countries around the world cry genocide, what’s Isreal doing? “Hey look everybody, we just invented the safest war ever seen!” Get outta here with that shit…

squiblet, in Libs of TikTok Fueled Bomb Threats at Oklahoma Schools. The Superintendent Just Hired Her
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Of course, why confront real problems facing schools when you can fight imaginary ones?

muse, in Libs of TikTok Fueled Bomb Threats at Oklahoma Schools. The Superintendent Just Hired Her
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Won't someone rid us of this troublesome bigot?

Overzeetop, in George Santos says he's lost 97 pounds on Ozempic and a cage match versus Mitt Romney wouldn't be 'fair' because he studied jiu-jitsu

How is this man still a representative?

PlasticExistence,

Republicans have no shame

cnnrduncan,

Nah mate reckon it’s more of a species-wide issue rather than being constrained to just one of the American right-wing parties.

PlasticExistence,

Authoritarians have no shame then

iquanyin,
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@cnnrduncan

@Kara @Overzeetop @PlasticExistence all sorts of folks lie but the gop has almost all members of it being blatant liars and openly grifting. that’s certainly not how all political parties are.

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