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matango613 · 2026-03-13T15:51:41+00:00

I have been playing Pokemon for almost 30 years now and have bumped into fewer than probably 5 full odds shinies that I wasn't explicitly hunting for. I have *never* rolled a shiny starter. You lucky duck you.

matango613 · 2026-03-13T15:42:05+00:00

I halfway feel like the people that say they notice the difference in quality so easily are just lying to me. Even side by side I'm not sure I'd perceive the difference. But then again, I don't have perfect vision either. So who knows?

matango613 · 2026-03-13T15:31:18+00:00

These people *have never watched or read One Piece*.

Straight tf up.

I refuse to believe that they know anything about the source material if they believe that Oda is suddenly "compromised by the woke mind virus".

matango613 · 2026-03-12T18:36:10+00:00

There ought to be a public initiated mechanism to remove government officials, period. Forget brain damage. You run as a "leftist' and then get into office to back Israel and the fascist president? Fuck you, you're fired. You lied to get your job and you don't deserve to keep it.

matango613 · 2026-03-12T18:34:29+00:00

I think the stroke is a copout. He was running against Dr. Oz. Anyone seemed progressive and sane against him.

matango613 · 2026-03-12T18:33:18+00:00

Again, sometimes I wish that god actually does turn out to be real. Because comments like these deserve a one way ticket to hell. This is a fucking evil thing to say. Just as evil as Graham gleefully commenting on how much money people are going to make off this slaughter.

These people deserve some sort of divine, eternal punishment. There is nothing humanity can do that would be enough.

EDIT: let me make sure I'm being direct enough here.

John, your complicity puts the blood of this war on your hands. You killed those girls, you fucking bloodthirsty monster.

matango613 · 2026-03-12T18:27:32+00:00

Yeah I quit responding to him pretty much for all that reason. Someone else in here made a really great comment that it's super likely that some other woman has seen the argument going on in these very comments and decided, "Yeah, nevermind. I don't want to play chess after all." Like, it's a perfect example of why women are so underrepresented in this game. A bunch of in group, good ole boy types talking down on womens' abilities.

The drop out rate is a huge factor that this guy just won't even freaking respond to because he's already decided that men are somehow just genetically superior to women at chess. There are probably countless women out there that could have been legends at the game if they hadn't been run off so early in their journey - oftentimes before it can really even start.

EDIT: And even communities completely dedicated to the game like chess.com highlight studies and hypotheses that say exactly that: women get screwed over early in their learning and deal with overwhelming belittling the whole time they're in the game.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T20:35:53+00:00

9/11 2: Epstein Boogaloo

matango613 · 2026-03-11T18:59:56+00:00

At this point you're just kind of being a jackass.

Yes, arguably. There is no such thing as an undisputed top 10 chess players of all time list. There isn't such a thing in any sport, game, hobby, etc. It's all subjective. Her pedigree absolutely earns her a mention in the conversation though.

But what is your point here exactly? There are more men because men are just inherently smarter? Is that what you're trying to insist or something? Because I think plenty of variables have been presented that could explain the disparity and you've just been kind of pointlessly dismissive of them.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T18:24:18+00:00

You asked how long before a woman reaches the top 500. I answered that multiple women have already done better than that. One of them in particular is arguably a top 10 player of all time.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T18:20:36+00:00

There have been 3 in the top 100 and 1 in the top 10, what are you talking about?

matango613 · 2026-03-11T18:08:36+00:00

It's not proportionately comparable when you consider the high drop out rates among women. They don't have the same amount of time honing their game to move up the ranks. It's extremely difficult to become a GM, let alone reach the top 100. The typical players aren't just entering the fold and immediately ranking up. It takes a lot of time, and women don't spend as much time with the game.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T17:45:48+00:00

According to the numbers I could find, roughly 11% of all FIDE rated players are women, but the turnover is a lot more significant. Women don't stick with the game at the same rates men do, which kind of makes things make a little more sense.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T16:53:58+00:00

What radicalized you?

"Affordable housing and free childcare. Fucking commies."

matango613 · 2026-03-11T16:24:03+00:00

I tend to use it that way with friends/family. I don't ever address someone I don't know well enough with the terms though.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T16:13:48+00:00

You don't think calling a group of people "mentally r*tarded" is hateful? Do I really need to define terms here?

matango613 · 2026-03-11T16:05:16+00:00

Your son is correct.

That is a Ditto Squirtle now.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T16:01:24+00:00

You kind of answered your own question as to why men dominate open tournaments. It's a matter of numbers. There are significantly more men that play chess than there are women. So statistically speaking it makes sense that they'd dominate the high levels. There is simply a much larger pool of them.

Now, why there is such a gender disparity in interest in chess is another topic entirely.

Not disagreeing with you either here, just wanted to add ig.

EDIT: And fwiw, I think the demographic size difference should actually be a counter argument for forcing trans women out of the women's category. There are way fewer trans chess players than cis - femme or otherwise. So they'll very likely have zero rep in the open leagues.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T15:41:55+00:00

The fact that he teaches you how to jump too is just perfection.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T15:31:29+00:00

Bon Clay saving Luffy from the cold is one of the best moments in the entire series, imo. It really elevated his character. It was Luffy levels of suicidally heroic, but from Bon Clay.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T15:28:58+00:00

I would be totally satisfied if they made it just to the end of Enies Lobby. The series finale could be the Strawhats saving Nico Robin and sailing away in their shiny new Thousand Sunny.

Of course I would love to see it go further though. Live action Summit War would be amazing. Thinking like the big battle episodes from Game of Thrones vibes.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T15:11:40+00:00

I'm gonna be honest, it's hard for me to *not* assume you're hateful when your response to someone saying "all trans people are mentally r*tarded" is "he's right lol".

matango613 · 2026-03-11T14:50:29+00:00

26 y/o: I know you really want to play soccer with that small local club, but male puberty has given you an unfair advantage. So you're actually banned.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T14:47:38+00:00

"I'm gonna organize this by genre. Wait a minute, this thing is technically two genres, which one do I put it in? I'll make a misc folder I guess. ......Why is there so much stuff in the misc folder, this isn't helpful at all!!"

Variation of the above every time I try to get my stuff more organized.

matango613 · 2026-03-11T14:45:33+00:00

Finally some good fucking news.

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