[HN Gopher] Is the Micro Machines guy still the fastest-talking ...
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       Is the Micro Machines guy still the fastest-talking man on the
       planet? (2016)
        
       Author : lnyan
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2022-09-26 08:10 UTC (14 hours ago)
        
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       | bilsbie wrote:
       | More importantly why did they stop making micro machines? They
       | were my favorite toy as a kid.
       | 
       | (And why did my parents lose my collection)
        
         | conductr wrote:
         | Not sure where they went but they're back. My kid loves hot
         | wheels and just graduated to micro machines (delayed due to
         | choking risk lol). Not sure if they're back with any
         | popularity, my kid is my only datapoint. Hot wheels on the
         | other hand has a pretty entertaining netflix show. Season 1 was
         | a claymation style and had wonderful voice acting. Season 2 is
         | normal animation style you see everywhere now and a bit of a
         | let down to me because S1 was hilarious but the kid didn't mind
         | it.
        
         | IWillForgetThis wrote:
         | Mine too! They actually started making them again recently, I
         | saw some at Target.
        
         | CoastalCoder wrote:
         | > (And why did my parents lose my collection)
         | 
         | Because you were _supposed_ to clean your stuff out after
         | college, but you just left it there! We asked you like _3
         | times_ to deal with it!
         | 
         | (Just a guess.)
         | 
         | We finally got fed up and gave it to the neighbors for their
         | yard sale.
        
       | tootie wrote:
       | One of my high school teachers was a friend of his and it came up
       | in class all the time. He supposed lost his fast-talking crown in
       | a competition while he was still in his prime as Micromachine
       | spox.
        
       | harveywi wrote:
       | Maybe for short durations. But when it comes to an hour, Rick
       | Houlihan might be world champion.
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaEPXoXVf2k
        
       | flatiron wrote:
       | So funny. Was just thinking of this guy last week playing with
       | open ai whisper. It really did a great job transcribing him. But
       | then I got to thinking it most likely trained on him.
        
         | sowbug wrote:
         | Same here, and was surprised that my tween kid knew who the guy
         | was when I mentioned him. Apparently his old commercials get
         | reused and remixed in TikTok videos.
        
       | rippercushions wrote:
       | I wonder how the fastest rappers measure up here?
       | 
       | https://www.redbull.com/in-en/5-of-the-fastest-rap-records-e...
        
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