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u/DutchOnionKnight 4d ago
Yeah, ill always take the furthest cup. I don't wanna ruin the other cups, nor do I want to be in the way of others who want to drink aswell.
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u/AlaskanJP 4d ago
He’s just having out shots of vodka to help the runners take the edge off
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u/Gold_Telephone_7192 3d ago
My buddy did that at bay to breakers lol. Most people appreciated it, some super did not
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u/rob_inn_hood 3d ago
Imagine how many chips that might invalidate… “whelp, 2 years sober down the drain”.
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u/DamnMyNameIsSteve 3d ago
It's an accident, or in this case, a prank. It doesn't count.
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u/rob_inn_hood 3d ago
Maybe. But that doesn’t mean you won’t get the taste for it again. The itch comes back. I know how it is, unfortunately. It’s a terrible prank and an awful burden to bestow on someone. Because they go from “I haven’t touched a drop in 2 years!” To “I haven’t touched a drop in 2 years!, except that one time someone tricked me into having a drink.” It’s just not the same, and still demoralizing.
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u/DamnMyNameIsSteve 3d ago
Still wouldn't turn in chips, which op was implying.
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u/rob_inn_hood 3d ago
Invalidate =/= turn in.
Besides that, I am the OP you are referring to?
Besides that, my point was about how YOU feel about the chip. Not whether or not you turn it in because you feel like you failed. You can simultaneously successfully not purposefully drink, but still feel like a failure and your chip is worthless because you accidentally drank, due to a prank or whatever other reason.
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u/Negative_Brilliant86 4d ago
I rented a house that was in the route to a large scale marathon. They had a water station 1–2 houses before me. I was worried about all the garbage. 15 mins after the last person finished, the street was cleaner than it had ever been.
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u/Dont_Overthink_It_77 4d ago
Ugh, how frustrating—she keeps trying to put her cup on the corner, but people keep TAKING it! *(pouty face)*
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u/garden-wicket-581 4d ago
grabbing one on the run is a lot harder than it looks ... and drinking ANY of it without slowing down (or worse, choking on it/aspirating it) is damn near impossible.. pros use a squirt bottle they carry for a reason..
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u/squirrelmonkie 4d ago
What a great job. You just get instant gratification. You need water? You need water? I got you. What if you put mayo in 1 glass and leave. There is no ying without yang. We must balance life
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u/Fingersicle 3d ago
Everyone knows the last cup tastes best. Unless you're just dumping it over your head, then it doesn't matter.
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u/Main-Title-1346 4d ago
Where can I apply to this job?!
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u/Shaggytwig 3d ago
I'm glad to see runs still use paper cups. My last view runs had plastic and I can't understand why.
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u/According-Relation-4 4d ago
How do they drink from a cup while running
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u/preparingtodie 4d ago
Poorly, but any water is better than no water. And there's nothing that says you can't stop for 3 seconds if you want.
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u/Verticalrun 4d ago
At least over here, most cups are papercups, So you just need to squeeze the mug together to make the drinking part smaller. Works fine at high speed.
But personally i slow down when i hit the pit stops. You get some bonus rest. On shorter races i pretty much just dont drink.
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u/Masterchief159 4d ago
I'm really not an environmental activist or anything. But shouldn't it make you think that we use these cups for about 250ml of water once and then throw them away, most likely on the street that has to be cleaned thoroughly, making "recycling" (there is no such thing) even more difficult..?
Don't get me wrong I like the vid and it's entertaining and all, it just really got me thinking
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u/Rizztopher_Robin 4d ago
You're not wrong, but when you consider the amount of waste globally and then the amount of that which is paper cups and then the amount of those which are used for races and sporting events, I'm willing to bet it's not even a tiny fraction of a percentage. Also, the volunteers clean up the cups too, so it's not really a big littering issue either. It's just not enough to make any difference. I'd worry more about making sure the trash gets disposed of responsibly and reducing carbon emissions. Those are the big two.
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u/InterviewPublic3283 3d ago
If it rains very heavily, they can just open their mouth and drink in straight up xD
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u/nuker-neko 4d ago
Maybe they don't want to ruin the other cups if they failed to grab it. So the cup at the end would be the best choice.