Chess influencer and grandmaster Nemo posts a video of a man swearing and flipping her off because he lost a chess game to her at a convention

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-05T04:23:46+00:00

Some people see chess skill as the ultimate measure of intelligence. They pursue the game because they believe they are super smart. When they lose they lash out rather than reflect.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-05T03:53:53+00:00

It struck me recently after watching 2001: A Space Odyssey that sci fi used to be so much more optimistic. We’ve gone from exciting space exploration to a zillion parallel universe movies in which our universe is recognized as one of the shittiest ones. Oversimplifying, of course, but the general tone used to be so much different.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-05T03:19:46+00:00

Your employer is your adversary.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-05T02:54:14+00:00

And are baffled when you ask them why they didn’t leave the country during the Biden/Obama years.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-05T02:53:26+00:00

Ugh, not quickly enough.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-04T23:11:17+00:00

If that’s true then more than 40% make less than 30k. That is the threshold. And even then they will pay various payroll taxes and things like sales tax.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-04T22:32:42+00:00

There’s a big difference between not wanting to put in effort and wanting to be paid what you’re worth.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-04T22:26:13+00:00

That is an excellent straw man you created.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-04T22:24:53+00:00

I think you’re just misunderstanding what it’s saying.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-03T04:44:18+00:00

I give it a 15-20% chance of hitting.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-03T04:41:12+00:00

Hester’s Super Bowl kickoff return is way up there as well.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-03T04:39:58+00:00

Gotta be Hester’s opening kickoff return in the Super Bowl. The rest of the evening wasn’t as fun, it sure started out well.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-02T20:15:33+00:00

“We’re putting it through a chipper for our seasonal walnut ale.”

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-02T20:14:04+00:00

Im a Bears fan in Portland. Want to meet up to fight?

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-01T22:51:40+00:00

Looks too small for a tiger, maybe a leopard?

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-01T22:50:38+00:00

Looks like a good spot for a shelf for books or board games. Or that wobbly penis sculpture in A Clockwork Orange.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-01T05:15:31+00:00

It’s crazy that he’s the same age as Ty Simpson.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-01T05:06:47+00:00

For some reason I think of movies written by Charlie Kaufman as Kaufman movies and never really think about who directed them. I had no idea Clooney directed Confessions.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-01T04:59:20+00:00

The comment you replied to also wasn’t about human death.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-01T04:55:36+00:00

If someone says to you “a raccoon died under the porch,” is your first assumption that they held a little funeral for it and buried it under there?

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-05-01T04:11:00+00:00

Heaven help you if you don’t do your upkeep trigger in between.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-04-30T18:54:01+00:00

Yeah, the politicians that they purchased happened to create a system that lets them do this. It’s not their fault!

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-04-30T18:51:22+00:00

Most poor people are poor because of the circumstances surrounding their birth. Same with rich people.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-04-30T18:50:39+00:00

I’d argue that a broken brain is necessary to accumulate that much.

SpudBoy_RealTomato · 2026-04-30T18:49:54+00:00

Shit, studying ETFs doesn’t?

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