• @[email protected]
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    621 month ago

    Between this, the antisemitism of Bobby Fischer, and the guy cheating with the power of teledildonics, I have to wonder what the hell is up with chess players.

    • @[email protected]
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      221 month ago

      The only murder in Antarctica was a Russian killing somrone with an ice ax over a game of chess.

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        1 month ago

        Hmmm lets examine this statement.

        Isolated weird place, scary Russians, Russian stereotypes of intellectual game + tremendous violence.

        Gee, it almost sounds like this is a too convenient racist lie. Any proof? The oldest reference just says ‘it totally happened’ and cites something I can’t access on Google books. It’s 20 years after the fact and not a primary source.

    • @[email protected]
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      171 month ago

      Hell hath no fury like a competitive nerd being put on a pedestal.

      I think this happens a lot anytime someone who perceives themselves as being shunned by society gets too much positive feedback and an iota of power over people.

      I think its the same reason why every nerdy twitch streamer ends up being outed as an abusive child predator.

    • Captain Aggravated
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      81 month ago

      Nice to see an instance of my favorite word in the wild.