> It goes on to say that at the same retreat Baillie drank a Guinness standing on his head, after sharing that he had learned the trick from his former father in law during a conversation inspired by the trust session.
Honestly, the whole thing seems sort of innocuous. He had some particular medical treatment and then drank a Guinness upside down. Maybe there was something else to it but if you're a big corp then you probably should just give a safe answer.
According to ChatGPT it's the skill of taking exactly one sip such that when you put the Guiness glass down the new beer level ends up precisely through the horizontal middle of the "G".
According to LadBible the actual trick was drinking a pint of Guinness while standing on his head.
This conversation is at a level of triviality where OP did not think it was worth looking up and no one would have clicked through to any source anyway. I didn't even believe it was worth GP's time to have to type out an answer. This way, everyone who was wondering got an accurate answer instantly. Note that I did source the claim where it actually matters if you believe the wrong thing about the person.
I feel you just need to get comfortable with the idea that an 80% confident answer is better than none, since the correction can always be searched for and posted by anyone who requires 100% confidence. I spend half of my day requesting and sifting 80% confident answers, so the idea that they have no value compared to hard sources makes no sense to me.
Please try selecting the text "splitting the G" in your browser, right click, and click "search". Immediately you will see...
> ‘splitting the G’ is the act of taking your first sip so precisely that the creamy white head of your drink drops clean through the centre of the “G” in the Guinness logo printed on the glass.
Asking ChatGPT for "trivial" questions like this is absolutely bonkers. This is a question that a search engine can answer immediately and accurately. There is no reason to gamble whatsoever.
Suggesting that we must "get used to the idea that an 80% confident answer is better than none", despite a properly sourced answer being easier to obtain instantly via a search engine, is bizarre, and only a reflection of how much brainrot these things are causing.
First, I was able to search for this by pasting in the comment, because I also wanted to know about whether splitting the G was what he did. So I got two answers in one search.
Select and right-click is not much faster than my shortcut of copy => Opt-Z => paste. "Ask Gemini" is also there on right click but ChatGPT is my "ask any question" workflow that covers any request.
If I did Google it, I would rather take Google's AI answer than parse out either of the top two results. Neither answers without clicking through, the second offers me disambiguation I simply don't care about.
* foodrepublic.com
https://www.foodrepublic.com › Drink › Beer and Wine
Feb 18, 2025 — The art of splitting the "G" is well-respected in Ireland so much so that a pub owner in Galway offers a second pint free to anyone who manages to do it on ...
* Is this splitting the G? : r/Guinness
Reddit · r/Guinness
7 comments · 2 years ago
There are two ways to do it. First one is what you've nearly achieved, for the head of the pint to end on the horizontal line of the G (hence the name).Read more
It's simply more efficient to be 20% skeptical of an instant answer than to try to reach 100% confidence with a bunch of clicks and reading. Even when all the readers of my comment have to be skeptical as well.
It seems to be a challenge where you drink a specific amount from a pint in one try such that the bottom of the foam splits the Guinness logo. It's not even a huge amount. It seems to less than 20% of the pint eyeballing it.
Is this just splitting the G? If so, it's the most mundane thing in the history of alcohol related party tricks.