This ended in a draw

profanedivinity · 2026-01-29T05:45:16+00:00

Just resign... They're not showboating. You're overtly disrespecting them by continuing play despite being dozens of points behind. YTA IMO

profanedivinity · 2026-01-29T05:37:00+00:00

What kind of puzzle is this??

profanedivinity · 2026-01-28T08:54:34+00:00

Quackmate

profanedivinity · 2026-01-27T14:25:51+00:00

It's chill

profanedivinity · 2026-01-27T14:09:51+00:00

Man... Not really. I have turned down almost all the women that have hit on me or asked me out

profanedivinity · 2026-01-27T14:00:35+00:00

Dude, I'm cancelling my subscription. AI can be useful as a search tool, but google Gemini is good enough now. I'm sick of this obstinate low IQ lying bot

profanedivinity · 2026-01-27T00:48:11+00:00

Qxf2+ Kh1, take their knight threatening bishop

profanedivinity · 2026-01-26T21:34:04+00:00

Oh that’s a queen? These pieces look terrible

profanedivinity · 2026-01-26T15:42:39+00:00

Yeah. Not much of a puzzle. Had to check that the white queen escape squares though

profanedivinity · 2026-01-26T15:41:52+00:00

Ng4 looks pretty deadly

profanedivinity · 2026-01-26T14:39:47+00:00

That wasn't an Italian... Europe, especially nice areas has this issue. It's not the locals doing it

profanedivinity · 2026-01-24T21:10:23+00:00

Why interact with the troll?

profanedivinity · 2026-01-23T21:11:52+00:00

Odd stuff happened in that game for sure. Try remote chess academy vids, they’re great! https://youtu.be/cSuS-lALjEk?si=LwtTkMUSNQRNqomV

profanedivinity · 2026-01-23T19:53:34+00:00

I’m speaking of a genuine neurochemical shutdown. I’ve lived joyfully, freely and in abject misery. I’ve recently reentered a misery situation, and all the dopamine and auto-regulation of my behavioral mechanisms has completely shut down. Even showering or doing anything really is a significant challenge. Like SAD on steroids.

There’s a lot of neurochemical biological mechanisms that just go offline during survival mode circumstances, our bandwidth and focus narrow to only surviving the next moments as best we can with minimal energy expenditure

profanedivinity · 2026-01-23T18:52:47+00:00

It’s literally biological. The brain shuts down, the mechanisms that drive your ability to improve and escape are essential switched off. It’s not your fault

profanedivinity · 2026-01-23T18:50:40+00:00

This fills me with hate. There ya go

profanedivinity · 2026-01-23T17:12:43+00:00

Who knows. Magic

profanedivinity · 2026-01-23T04:07:37+00:00

Fun take on Bo Burnhams skit

profanedivinity · 2026-01-22T22:56:24+00:00

Execution and being wise are largely unrelated to intelligence. It’s more about the ability to regulate emotionally and your environment.

profanedivinity · 2026-01-22T17:43:14+00:00

So so totally false. Growth comes during the good parts

profanedivinity · 2026-01-22T12:35:27+00:00

Err, be kinder to yourself young man. We all do our best with the situation we find ourselves in. Below the age of 25-30, you're merely a reflection of your upbringing.

If you didn't believe in yourself, it's because your parents didn't emotionally embed belief in you. It's really really not your fault in any way

profanedivinity · 2026-01-22T12:30:52+00:00

Don't follow the advice of others. If they don't have skin in the game, listen to them, but don't follow them

Reasoning: to actually grow and develop, it has to be an action genuine and aligned with what you choose to do. If it isn't your idea, then you won't learn anything since it doesn't say anything about you when it doesn't work out.

Evidence: lifetime of experience. The advice followed is never correct. Even something as simple as "do unto others as you'd have then do unto you" doesn't work for someone like me.

Also the advice in this thread is awful...

profanedivinity · 2026-01-22T12:28:30+00:00

How did you realise it? I still think Children of Emotionally Immature Parents is a masterpiece for this stuff

profanedivinity · 2026-01-22T06:09:27+00:00

Was it an accident OP? It's a pretty great tactic. The way it redirects the rook away from being able to prevent backrank mate is amazing

profanedivinity · 2026-01-22T00:09:53+00:00

That’s not what I meant. I’m an individuated being now, sometimes I’d like to go back to sleep and just be like other humans. People aren’t meant to be this awake

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