With world records in the news, what's the record for most cuddles in a 24-hour period? What certifies one as 'cuddle completed' for this record?
Shatter the record.
Cuddling doesn't really lend itself to speed, does it?
I can see a hugging world record, though.
Probably more likely for record to be how many people at one time in a giant cuddle.
That record is held by an ant.
@PeopleLikeUs screaming ants were just discussed in another thread, right @TxTom ?
I'm not sure, apples to skyscrapers. And prettty gross
There could be a record for biggest cuddle puddle.
@ReltvlyCanshes the nonsensical mention of screaming ants was the funniest part of that whole diatribe.
I'm sure the mention of screaming ants is was got that other thread locked.
So, let us tread carefully here.
Lily Phillips
@TxTom What about Francis and the CRYING ANTS, is that okay to mention?😊🐜
Well, I guess they CAN scream and cry too...So! 🤷
Agreed TX Tom !
Sings softly to the tune of "The Pink Panther": 🎶 Dead ant , dead ant, Dead ant , dead ant, Dead ant , dead ant, Dead annnnnnnnt, Dead ant , dead ant. 🎶
You know i didn't even read the screaming ants comment.... my shovel broke around 2 paragraphs in.....
And the newest super bug spreading like wild fire was apparently created not in a lab, not contracted in a far away remote rainforest, but was a byproduct of the world's biggest cuddle pile.
@pmvines or whatever happened making this "record"
This has gone in a much better direction than I expected, given the OP's inspiration (which I will not post as it violates site rules).
Instead, I will quote Bob Dylan
"The ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind, the ants are blowin' in the wind"
Heck I do group events and even those are a max 20 people in four hours. I found this video of the largest “facilitated” event https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1G6CnkVktn/?mibextid=wwXIfr
This, btw, is why my events will never have more than 25 people, even if I have a large space which can hold more. In bigger crowds it’s just too hard to keep someone from pulling out their cellphone to record and post a video like this without consent - which is an absolute no-no for an official cuddle party event. It just can’t be a safe container when the size gets bigger than a certain point, regardless of how many facilitators are present.
This video may have been taken with consent - with only those consenting present in the crowd - I’m bringing this up to illustrate the risk of having large events, not to criticize the facilitators of this event.
World records you really don't want to have:
most money lost in one bet
most games of Russian Roulette played
longest time lived with ebola
most times a man has caught himself in his fly zip
most cuddles in 24 hours
How long does something have to be to be considered a cuddle?
@GuyverGordon the answer to this question obviously would define any such record.
Well, we know that it's longer than 20 seconds because conventional wisdom has it that that is the minimum time to get a worthwhile release of oxytocin. And we know it's less than a hour because many cuddle sessions last an hour. I suppose in practice you could call that 50 minutes to allow for the beginning and end.
So, taking the average ...... 25 minutes and 10 seconds.
World records usually allow 5 minutes per hour of relief.
24 * 5 = 120 minutes 24 * 60 = 1440 1440 - 120 = 1320 25:10 = 25.1666...
1320 / 25.1666... = 52.45
So, the most possible would be 52 assuming negligible transition time between cuddles. Although, the logistics and details of how the timings work might reduce that depending on the rules.
The question then arises, does it have to be 52 different people? I suspect it probably does, otherwise it could just be 1 person and then how can you be sure that's 52 cuddles and not just one long interrupted cuddle?
I go to a huge cuddle party every year in DC. Much more than a hundred.. I don't cuddle everyone though
Could also cuddle more than one person at a time. Being the big and little spoon, at the same time.. and probably several other options.
What about the infamous double cuddle? ... I guess that would put you up to 104?
Props to the OP for sliding that reference in…lol
@lonelytauros
Yep. her story was the inspiration for this thread.