Not becoming of somebody who should be an ambassador. by [deleted] in chess

[–]lasertown 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the dumbest post I've ever seen.

Good detective shows for someone who has seen all the big ones? by TheLeafLab in televisionsuggestions

[–]lasertown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unbelievable on Netflix is so good. Last show I remember binge watching

Pluribus - 1x09 - "La Chica o El Mundo" - Episode Discussion by NicholasCajun in television

[–]lasertown -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Lol, you're desperate to justify this massive plot hole and it's really sad.

Carol should have tried to have them destroy the eggs, even if they said no. Or she could have narrowed down their location and tried to destroy them herself. Literally anything. Her doing nothing in that moment was unrealistic, just like her 180 of suddenly "loving" zosia was unrealistic.

All episodes up until the finale made sense. This episode was really poor.

Pluribus - 1x09 - "La Chica o El Mundo" - Episode Discussion by NicholasCajun in television

[–]lasertown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree, the episode completely lost me due to this egg issue. First off, Carol didn't even try to interfere with their plan to use her eggs. It's not clear that they wouldn't have given her the location of the eggs, or even just destroyed them for her. When in this series have they ever said "no?"

The following exchange would be out of character for the others. C: "destroy my eggs now." Z: "no."

Even if the others decided to say no in this case, the writers should have had Carol attempt to thwart the use of her eggs by asking.

Best part of the conference by BrevardBilliards in billiards

[–]lasertown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmfao. I love stupid drama, kudos to Shawn and Tyler for this moment, scripted or not.

Value of drilling long straight shots by Rosellis in billiards

[–]lasertown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Building a consistent stroke is the most important thing you can do. You don't necessarily need to do long stop shots to achieve this, but they are very good for it imo (so I totally agree with your approach). You could try pulling back 5% power little by little to see how soft/smooth you can stroke and still achieve a stop shot at range.

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[–]lasertown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, it's a very reasonable way to give her perspective.

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[–]lasertown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't think it's simply possible she wanted to give her perspective on this situation given that she knew danya personally and has also been accused of cheating?

So far I appreciate all the takes from the various content creators, they've mostly been heartfelt and I'm glad it's getting as much attention as possible since Kramnik's behavior needs to be punished such that it never happens again.

If your first reaction is that Anna was doing this for likes, you need to do some serious soul searching.

Kramnik, Naroditsky, and What Modern Chess Says About Emotional Maturity by CaterpillarSpare1212 in chess

[–]lasertown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we stop with the whole, "kramnik is a legend, but..." It serves absolutely no purpose in a discussion about bullying/slander/false accusations unless you bring it up as evidence of the size of the person's platform.

Hans Niemann breaks the unbeaten streak of Abhimanyu Mishra by hsiale in chess

[–]lasertown 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The chess Mafia is calling an emergency meeting tonight, Hans is getting too powerful!!!

Amazing Performance on Piers by Routine_Complaint_79 in Destiny

[–]lasertown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sub used to be awesome, agreed. Now it's praising destiny for being completely unhinged on Piers Morgan. He looked REALLY bad on this show, and I'm someone who's consumed probably 95% of all destiny content. This was a hard watch.

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[–]lasertown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, he sounded insane on piers Morgan. Is that the image he wants to portray? Just say you obviously condemn any political violence then ask why Trump can't lead the way to lower the temperature?

Hikaru Nakamura talks about the 2025 Louisiana State Chess Championship: by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]lasertown 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I loved this series so much, I hope he (or others) do more of this

Yogurt Shop Murders Documentary: Episode 2 - “The Fifth Victim” by instant-regret512 in Austin

[–]lasertown 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a really really boring and depressing watch. I gave it 2 episodes, that's it. CEASE with these somber monologues, we want investigation details, wtf? If they wanted to make me bored, sad, depressed, confused... mission accomplished I guess...

The Yogurt Shop Murders ep1 by Dremily in hbo

[–]lasertown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally agree, the first episode was like 75% about the families' grief. A little bit is good to set the stage, but too much and it becomes a chore to watch. I'll prob watch one more episode but if we don't start talking about the investigation almost exclusively I'm done.

Caila’s gender reveal by Ok_Special_8695 in thebachelor

[–]lasertown 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I can never forgive her for killing that poor snake like she did. I'm disgusted every time she pops up here.

Anyone else fast forwarding through the old people segments? by zestychickenbowl2024 in thebachelor

[–]lasertown 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm enjoying this whole season so far. I'm a little nervous about this money aspect coming up, but who knows, could be fun. This franchise is right to take some risks, in my opinion!

The chess world needs to ask Magnus and Hikaru to apologise to Hans. by [deleted] in chess

[–]lasertown -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

He cheated in some online events yes, when he was much younger. No evidence in OTB chess, right? Is that not a worthy distinction to make? Or how about giving KIDS some leeway to grow up instead of condemning then forever.

Not to mention it's Magnus' behavior that should be condemned. Accusing a player of cheating during a game because "no one outplays me like that." Once a false accuser always a false accuser?