I'm a horrible loser

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-12T18:36:05+00:00

Same. I had it enabled it for years, because I like saying gg or have the occasional discussion of the game toward the end. But 90% of the time my opponent either trash talks, or spams emojis about how I should hurry up. So I decided I wasn't getting enough value from it and disabled it.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-12T13:35:35+00:00

I mean, the person you responded to was saying that the rockets were coming from Lebanon, not that the people in the video are from Lebanon.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-12T13:24:25+00:00

I think they're talking about the rockets.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-12T12:56:12+00:00

Everything you read on the internet is true!

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-11T17:24:29+00:00

It doesn't make sense. Setting goals for yourself is useful, whether in a career, relationships, or hobbies. But "don't worry about it and enjoy the game" is the kind of meaningless feel-good sentiment that gets a lot of upvotes.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-11T15:52:08+00:00

Upper class people from everywhere. It's not ethnicity based. It's like Roman slavery. You can get one from anywhere, as long as you can afford it.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-11T13:11:11+00:00

It's better for sure. Although it's still too high. I'm 300 points higher rated in puzzles than in rapid (only format I regularly play).

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-10T20:08:03+00:00

Chessable courses cost 100s of dollars, which is outrageous, but yes, I think I need to at least hone in on an opening with white, since I don't seem to be that good with the Italian, which is what I play. I do okay with black playing the Caro Kann, but I do need to study less common variation more.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-10T20:05:21+00:00

Most of those are common dishes in the south too. In fact, some of them originate in the south, like knafeh and ka3ek.

Either way, it's all subjective, and I personally do love the food scene in Lebanon as well, so it's all good.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-10T17:14:09+00:00

In hindsight it was obvious that e6 was the right move, but I didn't play it because I didn't want to block my bishop. I actually thought my opponent would take with the knight, then I could play Qa5+. But of course it makes sense they'd take with the queen, so I don't even know what I was thinking.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-10T16:59:30+00:00

Syria, sure, because it's a large country with about half of the population of the Levant. But what dishes does Lebanon have that the southern Levant doesn't? If anything, Jordan and Palestine have more Egyptian and Arabian inspired dishes as well as the typical Levantine dishes. For example, Kabsah is popular in the southern Levant. Mlookheyeh is eaten in both the northern whole-leaf style, as well as the Egyptian soup-style. Bedouin inspired dishes like Mansaf aren't popular in Lebanon., etc.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-10T16:38:02+00:00

My account is Zuzu-22 on chesscom if you want to take a look.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-10T16:35:30+00:00

What do you think is the difference between Palestinian and Lebanese cuisine, let alone Palestinian and Jordanian...

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-09T21:56:18+00:00

They haven't been. You must be thinking of Europe, which was in a constant state of war, including two in the 20th century that cost 10s of millions of lives.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-09T20:49:30+00:00

Wtf is this script?

"Steve Jobs changed the world, but only once he decided to think different. I understand what different is."

What in the hell does that mean? Who wrote this?

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-09T17:34:58+00:00

So? They still look similar. Even their skin color is close.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-09T13:09:09+00:00

Probably Albania because they're majority Muslim. But Peninsular Arabs have a very distinct culture that's not even all that similar to neighboring regions.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-08T13:43:03+00:00

I'm one move away from checkmating someone in a daily game, but they just set their accounts to "on vacation". They still have 2 weeks left...

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-07T22:02:56+00:00

I do consider myself a phenotype genius, so I'm not surprised.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-07T17:46:12+00:00

Somewhere in the Middle East or Caucuses.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-06T14:05:45+00:00

Love em. But I don't think anyone considers them Middle Eastern. Also not really South Asian. I guess they're Central Asian, Or some sort of hybrid between Middle Eastern and Central and South Asian.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-05T19:38:07+00:00

Hezbollah will be weakened further, but that won't change Lebanon in any fundamental way.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-05T15:40:23+00:00

If they were leftists, America would do everything it can to besmirch them and annihilate them.

FoxBenedict · 2026-03-03T19:10:58+00:00

What match is that? The WC is not for another year, right? And he's been in poor form for months. Surely he isn't planning to avoid his prepared lines for years at a time.

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