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Jeff's avatar

Meaningless arguments are what bonds two (or more) people together. Eventually someone would venture to the library, look it up, and when you got back together, have a good laugh at those who were wrong.

Now in the age of Google, the only arguments left are philosophical. And those are divisive as there is no single point of truth.

Do I miss the old days? No, but yeah.

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Cathy Pyrek's avatar

That definitely pushed a button for me. In the early 2000s, my husband and I owned a bar and grill in St. Pete Beach. (It was one of those things people did as a result 9/11, not wanting to leave this world with regrets.) If you aren't aware, the average age in that part of the world is older than dirt. Look it up. Most weekday afternoons, we had a lively crowd of curmudgeons who enjoyed sitting around the bar while I read questions from Trivial Pursuit cards. There were plenty of disputes.

I've often thought about how different that scenario would have been just a few years later. It was good fun to argue that which could not be definitively proven. And in that environment it is ever so clear how Guinness came up with the idea to publish a book of records.

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