Another Pointless World Record Attempt: Fake Mustaches

I’ve complained about this before, but I just saw an article that made me want to do so again. Some town apparently is going for the world record for the most people wearing fake mustaches. Again, I say that the madness must stop.

After all, is this even really a record? Sure, there is some organization involved, but this isn’t even an accomplishment. It’s a condition. Are people wearing fake mustaches? Yes/No. The only bit about the record is that fewer people put them on in the same place in the past.

Wasn’t there a point when records were actually achievements? Fastest runner? Longest jumper? When did we get to the point that records were just something that someone hadn’t bothered to do before? That’s all this is. It isn’t an achievement, there are just more people wearing fake mustaches.

I may be missing out on the fun of this, but this world record thing is really starting to bug me. I think we should save world records for things that are actual achievements, even weird ones, as opposed to just being stuff no one ever bothered to do before.

That’s my two cents.