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[–] ArugulaZ@lemmy.zip 62 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Ulfhethnar@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The Russians did it again in 2018, apparently. This time either over a rude comment or a book spoiler.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months 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@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Should I be scared to google it?

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You might like what you find.

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This sounds like a mini threat

Edit: holy macaroni the future is now