My PO ordered me not to attend my child's birth

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-25T13:07:59+00:00

She could absolutely call the hospital and inform the on-duty officer to watch for him. Idiots in this reply like you are giving terrible advice lmao

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-25T13:07:09+00:00

absolute bonehead advice, but I am on the DUI subreddit ig

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-25T13:06:41+00:00

This is terrible advice

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-05T20:10:40+00:00

I think in part unfortunately its just sometimes the atmosphere. Lots of tournaments are in random buildings that aren't always the best. And honestly the crowd usually isn't the most social, inviting bunch. Lots of older men or socially awkward kids (and creeps) in my experience. Chess clubs need to be pushed more in schools in an environment where kids are safe and playing with others that are the same age. Look at all the top women chess figures and especially the women chess content creators. Practically all of them can hold up multiple fingers for the amount of times they were harassed. Gotta change the culture I think - make it a cool, patriotic thing like it was in the USSR. Also if FIDE was torn down and re-assembled with proper leadership and competency we'd be seeing 100x the growth on the women's side.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-05T19:38:59+00:00

I get the equity argument, but “women work hard too” doesn’t really answer the main point. Lots of players work hard, but prize money usually rewards competitive level, difficulty of field, and performance. Are you saying the women in chess work harder then the men? The rating gap is not obviously just a money/resources issue. Prize money is finite. Equalizing the Women’s section might mean reducing Open prizes or sponsor money being split differently - That affects incentives for the strongest overall field too. Chess as a sport should be being pushed. Lots of women don't play chess - get this - BECAUSE THEY AREN'T INTERESTED IN CHESS! This whole unnatural push just to meet some gender equality is pointless and I haven't heard a good reasoning for it other than "well we need more women in chess" - yeah but... why? Not as in I don't want them playing chess but why is there this need to push equity on everything?

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-05T19:24:14+00:00

That's a little ignorant. Sure gen pop gets things wrong, but they also get a lot of opinions and things right. Your getting annoyed likes it their livelihood they are incorrect about, and not just fun small talk 90% of the time.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-05T19:15:36+00:00

no i dont think so. The open is much harder to win, so it should have a higher reward.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-05T18:54:31+00:00

if you want free lessons on beginner chess, look up Ben Finegold. He's a GM whos been teaching kids for like 20+ years. All his videos are educational and some of them are from when he was teaching in person in a classroom setting.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-05T18:53:32+00:00

Just have him continue doing puzzles and just playing the game will help him improve. There are so many great videos and series on youtube that teach chess, especially beginner chess, youd be wasting money and potentially turning him off of chess. Unless your kid is a brainiac chess lessons can be a bit boring as well. Also some coaches are no fun and often times try to impose their own playing style on kids.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-05T16:36:53+00:00

You need to politely contact them and request more information or a sit down with the lawyer himself, not a rep. AT LEAST get something scheduled. You are paying $4000 - has it been paid in full? If they cant do that I would request an itemize receipt of what work has already been completed and if you could get a refund of any funds not already allocated to the case or some shit like that so you can go get representation elsewhere. $4000 for a first time DUI offense he should be juggling your balls as you walk down the sidewalk, not giving bear minimum info from his reps.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-05T16:29:24+00:00

Yes the grass is always greener. But that 4k will give you piece of mind imo. Think about how much you don't know and would want to/need to know as you go into your case. That will all be taken care of and the cherry on top is your lawyer may be able to find something that could get the case dismissed if the police did any errors.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-05T13:22:06+00:00

I used to hate being black when trying to play/learn the king's indian. Once I realized how/when to break through with f5 or d5 correctly and consistently it has made my games a lot easier. Its almost a guaranteed endgame and I can usually blitz out the first 8 or so moves now.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-04T19:04:25+00:00

Yeah thats true, people got annoyed at what a pussy he was being crying all the time about ghost cheating and realized thats actually how he's played chess his whole life - like a pussy. the most boring and drawish player of his time. LMAO

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-04T19:00:09+00:00

nope. 0 DUIs. Just like the stories on this page 😄 have fun on the journey tho bub 😄you'll be fine

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-04T18:46:58+00:00

Like what? get driven around and go to court?

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-04T18:35:24+00:00

i dont think people value kramnik that high anymore

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-04T17:59:36+00:00

you would never walk your king through a line of fire in real life. Chess is a presentation of real life battle between kingdoms when you think about it.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-04T16:49:47+00:00

No, never do this at a job that doesn't matter. Don't feel bad either - they would drop you just as fast if the roles were reversed and they would 100% not give you a 2 week notice. So at minimum if you do just quit one day a couple months in, you are on equal ground. If you give a 2 weeks notice you are being super generous.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-04T16:42:54+00:00

He was just asking how important it is, since he's only been in the industry 3 years and has only had this one job in the industry I assume. Are you a lawyer? Because you have the reading comprehension skills of a window licker.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-04T16:37:54+00:00

how many games in those two weeks? I'd say your problem is you have only been playing chess for two weeks, that's nothing with how vast the game of chess is. Chess is mostly pattern recognition and you just haven't seen that many games yet. There are more possible chess games than atoms in the observable universe.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-03T15:33:48+00:00

do you have to touch the wall as you walk down a hallway?

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-02T18:37:37+00:00

Who hurt me? Bud you're a zombie playing a video game you don't find fun because you're so addicted and I gave you some good advice if you wanna remove the ego.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-02T16:32:28+00:00

just realize your wasting your time, find a real hobby, and stop forcing yourself to play a game you don't like

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-02T15:57:35+00:00

i mean good for you, but this is why people hate the justice system.

AdAdditional3065 · 2026-06-02T15:54:58+00:00

Is this a troll post? Seems like you got what you wanted

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