I happen to celebrate performance wrote:
"For now, 2:09:56 is on the books. Believe it, embrace it, decry it, ignore it. The choice is yours. We all have to live with it." - Jonathan Gault
Wait, what??
We all "have to" live with a world record? Odd turn of phrase.
How about we all get to?
Your bias is showing.
Yes, we “have to”. Anyone that sees <2:10, 14:00, and 29:00 and isnt skeptical is displaying willful ignorance at best or being indirectly complicit with the obvious problem at worst.