Silicon Valley's hot new talking points: beer and cigarettes

After Mark Zuckerberg’s cautious-looking sip of stout on Stripe cofounder John Collison’s "Cheeky Pint" podcast became a social-media talking point, a new debate has emerged: which tech leaders can actually hold their drink?

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, currently tops the chart after drinking three full pints during his appearance on Collison’s show.

Introducing The Cheeky Pint Benchmark.We made our intern watch every episode of Cheeky Pint to bring you this breakdown of pints drank by guests to the nearest sixth.Congratulations to @elonmusk who is currently in the lead with three full pints of Guinness. pic.twitter.com/YTTP4P6BSA

The chart prompted characteristically competitive responses from the tech world.

1. Richest man in the world drank the most2. This is pretty weak sauce in general, though not bad for people on a public podcast with a reputation on the line3. Kind of curious if the Collisons match their guests https://t.co/JhqTjDztEe

Andreessen Horowitz partner Martin Casado joked that he'd drink so much if he went on the podcast that the index would need a new scale.

If they invite me, you'll need to make this log scale. https://t.co/8YaB0yWPun

The benchmark follows a viral clip of Zuckerberg appearing to grimace after taking a sip of Guinness during a recent two-hour-plus episode with Meta’s chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang.

One X user came to Zuckerberg’s defense, arguing that Guinness was "performative at best" and noting that the Meta CEO had nevertheless finished two beers during the interview.

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Wang also appeared to embrace the joke, responding to a fan-made "Tech Founder Beer Matrix" that placed founders on a spectrum from "beer sippers" to "beer tankers," and from "good hang" to "bad hang."

you can’t possibly actually think i’m the same quality hang as tim apple https://t.co/GBwnpUe6Rt