Raise a glass — or a couple thousand — to this guy.
Jon May, a 25-year-old from Britain, is striving to drink 2,000 pints of beer in 200 days — simply because he can.
“On the one hand, you’re essentially killing your liver, and on the other, you’re doing something mildly impressive,” May told Vice.
“I’m too young for hangovers … and you can’t get hungover unless you’re sober anyway,” said May, who in a TikTok clip boasts that his soon-to-be $9,700 — or 8,000-pound — contribution to the cause is helping to fuel Great Britain’s economy.
He originally set out to down the drafts over the course of a full year but shortened the challenge because he simply “went too quickly,”
Now he’s on the verge of completing the chug challenge — one inspired by someone who pounded a thousand pints in a year — and has been live-streaming his endeavor while also keeping himself on pace with an Excel spreadsheet.
The Englishman won the admiration of many of his 83,000 TikTok followers and onlookers — and he’s even known as a local legend at pubs in his Guildford neighborhood.
“I was at a wedding the other day, and some random guy started kissing my shoes,” the sultan of suds recalled.
But not everyone wants to buy May a round.
“If you look at a video with 1.3 million views, I’d say about 75 percent of those comments are hate,” he told Vice. “It used to get to me, but now I’ve realized they’re just jealous they can’t drink pints as well as I can.”
Of course, criticism may stem from health experts around the world advising that downing less alcohol is better for one’s health.
In the United States, following earlier guidance from Canada, President Joe Biden’s alcohol czar, Dr. George Koob, recently suggested that downing more than two beers weekly is risky behavior.
The University of Washington also has claimed that a meager two spoonfuls of alcohol daily is the safe target for folks under 40.
May’s presumably glassy eyes are wide open, though.
“Once I’m finished, I will go to the doctor and have a scan,” May said. “This is probably the most British thing anyone can do.”
And he already has plans for celebrating that final brew: A pub in Birmingham is even paying him to ring in beer number 2,000 with them in front of a live crowd.
“Quite a few people say they’ll be there,” he said. “I’ve even had people from Ireland saying they’re going to fly over for it.”
Although experts have also shared the benefits that can come with a month off from drinking, Mays said he only plans a short break after completing his challenge.
“I reckon I’ll give it two weeks [before another beer],” he said, adding that he may even have a new career path in the wake of his triumph.
“Then I think I’ll go on to reviewing pints.”