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Guinness Book of Records: Dear Reader,

2019-09-23T14:58:35.582Z


The digital world is playing an increasingly important role - even when it comes to world records. The "Guinness World Records 2020" are now also bizarre best on Instagram and with VR glasses on the nose.



A rather unusual review copy for our department recently landed on my desk: the Guinness Book of Records. This cult-trashy folk song is traditionally given to children around their tenth birthday - and, yes, even the current ten-year-old was reliably fascinated by the biggest "Star Wars" character out of toothpicks or even most handstand rollovers backwards and forwards with one hand, which has ever made a person behind each other. But what is the record book doing in the networld resort?

Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records 2020: Now with robots

"They sent us that, because this time there is a chapter with robots," says colleague D. Thus, in the issue "Guinness World Records 2020" is no longer just, which person put the most drinking straws in the mouth (Nataraj Karate, 692 pieces) or which had the most toothpicks in the beard (Joel Strasser, 3500 pieces) - but also on 22 pages, which record which robot has set up. One of them is the "first two-footed backflip".

But in other chapters, the digital world is playing an increasingly important role in the world records: It's about "Fortnite" and Facebook Likes, the YouTube channels with the most subscribers and the most popular video games. However, it is like the older disciplines: The book only says what the Guinness Book makers know. In addition, some digital records seem somewhat intentional: "most Instagram followers of a TV naturalist" for example, or "most people who use virtual reality glasses (multiple events)".

But who knows, maybe one day it will help me to know that the Miniature Spitz Jiffpom from California is currently the dog with the most Instagram followers. Or that the current record for the longest selfie stick is 18 meters. "Pah", meanwhile fellow D: grumbles. "Which camera is still taking good selfies at this distance?"

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Guinness World Records 2020: German language edition

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256

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Strange digital world: know-it-alls from the next table

May 2015, Canary Islands: My husband and I are sitting in a restaurant, at the next table a toddler couple watching a movie on a tablet with headsets. We blaspheme: What are these people? A tablet at the table, even while eating! They should talk to their child, we were, and we would never do that sad thing.

September 2019, Hamburg: My husband and I are sitting in a restaurant, between us a toddler who plays on the tablet. An elderly couple at the next table, shaking their heads.

If you do not have a child with you, you sometimes think you know better than those who have a child with you - by the way, that does not just apply to digital media. If you do not have to travel a lot yourself, you can even recommend not to go to quiet restaurants with children.

However, I have learned my lesson and I do not want to judge more about other parents - certainly not from afar. They are usually stressed enough and will have their reason for what they are doing right now. And should you even observe such a scene: Perhaps the reason is even you - the ones that should not be disturbed on the train or in the restaurant.

App of the week: " Hot Lava "
tested by Matthias Kreienbrink

Klei Entertainment

"The floor is lava" is a popular breeze. If the sentence is pronounced, you must no longer touch the ground and must find security on chairs and tables. This is how "Hot Lava" works. The player controls a boy who fancies that the ground is lava. Now it's time to reach the end of the levels, playing in a gym or basement, without touching the ground.

In the ego perspective, the player jumps on boxes, over railings and hangs on chandeliers, just not to burn. The game can be operated with gyro control, touchpad or gamepad. With the Touchpad control one should adjust however necessarily the sensitivity in the attitudes, otherwise it becomes the agony.

" Hot Lava " , Klei Entertainment, part of the flatrate Apple Arcade for iOS (one of about 100 games), five euros a month

Foreign Link: Three tips from other media

  • "Digital Fears" (series with multiple parts)
    Have you ever wondered whether Google reads your emails or always knows your location? Whether we are all bugged on our smartphones - and how dangerous is the 5G radiation exposure? "Zeit Online" answers questions about digital fears.
  • "This developer collects Dickpics for a penis filter" (three minutes of reading)
    Unsolicited penis pictures are a serious problem on the web. A developer explains how software can possibly help to solve it.

  • "Twitter thread: 25 years of entertainment software self-control (USK)"
    On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, the Entertainment Software Self Control (USK) takes its followers on Twitter on a journey through the milestones of USK history - from the Game Boy to Playstation 4.

I wish you a successful week

Judith Horchert

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