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I've never seen anyone big enough to actually follow through on eating a hat. Props Peter Beck.

by croddin 6y ago

RivieraKid 6y ago
I doubt he ate a whole hat. He probably just put a bit of a hat into his mouth without eating it.
- Robotbeat 6y ago
  He showed it. I take the video to be accurate (he really did eat a small part, but not the whole thing), and not misleading. I’ve eaten much worse. Now if only more people would be as willing to correct course when their previous opinion was proven incorrect. This alone is one reason I really like Peter Beck.
- jrv 6y ago
  I mean, there's a dude who ate an airplane. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito
geenew 6y ago
Werner Herzog ate his shoe: "In 1979, Les Blank took a detour to film German filmmaker Werner Herzog honoring a vow he made to Errol Morris that he (Herzog) would eat his shoe if Morris ever actually made one of his films he was forever talking about. Stung to action, Morris directed Gates of Heaven and Herzog, true to his word, returned to Berkeley to consume one of his desert boots at the UC Theater. Blank's film documents Herzog's strongly expressed belief that people must have the gutts to attempt what they dream of." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGcWTIWYDMQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGcWTIWYDMQ (just the lead-up..) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kii4jQ7XHuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kii4jQ7XHuY (shoe-eating..)
schoen 6y ago
Scott Alexander at least chomped on his hat in response to this 2017 incident involving Maciej Ceglowski: > 12. (4/9/17) G.K Chesterton On AI Risk was an April Fools’ joke and not meant seriously. But it did criticize Maciej Ceglowski’s piece where he accused singularitarians of not caring enough about the poor. The fake Chesterton of the piece said that if Ceglowski himself gave to charity at the same level as the people he was criticizing, he would “eat his hat”. Ceglowski pointed out that he does indeed give a lot of money to charity, including a $15,000 donation last year. Under the circumstances, I felt honor-bound to eat my hat and post a video of it on Twitter. https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/01/g-k-chesterton-on-ai-risk/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/01/g-k-chesterton-on-ai-r... https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/848396684862275584 https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/848396684862275584

I've never seen anyone big enough to actually follow through on eating a hat. Props Peter Beck.

RivieraKid 6y ago

I doubt he ate a whole hat. He probably just put a bit of a hat into his mouth without eating it.

Robotbeat 6y ago
He showed it. I take the video to be accurate (he really did eat a small part, but not the whole thing), and not misleading. I’ve eaten much worse. Now if only more people would be as willing to correct course when their previous opinion was proven incorrect. This alone is one reason I really like Peter Beck.
jrv 6y ago
I mean, there's a dude who ate an airplane. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito

geenew 6y ago

Werner Herzog ate his shoe: "In 1979, Les Blank took a detour to film German filmmaker Werner Herzog honoring a vow he made to Errol Morris that he (Herzog) would eat his shoe if Morris ever actually made one of his films he was forever talking about. Stung to action, Morris directed Gates of Heaven and Herzog, true to his word, returned to Berkeley to consume one of his desert boots at the UC Theater. Blank's film documents Herzog's strongly expressed belief that people must have the gutts to attempt what they dream of." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGcWTIWYDMQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGcWTIWYDMQ (just the lead-up..) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kii4jQ7XHuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kii4jQ7XHuY (shoe-eating..)

schoen 6y ago

Scott Alexander at least chomped on his hat in response to this 2017 incident involving Maciej Ceglowski: > 12. (4/9/17) G.K Chesterton On AI Risk was an April Fools’ joke and not meant seriously. But it did criticize Maciej Ceglowski’s piece where he accused singularitarians of not caring enough about the poor. The fake Chesterton of the piece said that if Ceglowski himself gave to charity at the same level as the people he was criticizing, he would “eat his hat”. Ceglowski pointed out that he does indeed give a lot of money to charity, including a $15,000 donation last year. Under the circumstances, I felt honor-bound to eat my hat and post a video of it on Twitter. https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/01/g-k-chesterton-on-ai-risk/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/01/g-k-chesterton-on-ai-r... https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/848396684862275584 https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/848396684862275584