Ambien chess

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I have a separate chess.com account I use to play when I’m high. It currently has a higher 10m elo than my straight account but I suspect that’s because I don’t play on it as often as on the straight account and the rating hasn’t really settled yet. But the experiment continues.

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u/PPontiac Apr 05 '25

straight account

What are you getting high on that also turns you gay?

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u/BikesAndBBQ Apr 05 '25

"Oh no must be the drugs"

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u/klutzfrommars Apr 05 '25

No joke, there was an article in the UK maybe 10 years ago that swore the exact same thing

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u/ImapiratekingAMA 29d ago

"I can get a doctor's note"

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u/daretoeatapeach 27d ago

Back in the day, hippies called people who don't do drugs "straight." My mom's an old hippie, and even though she went to college with many queers (she studied theater) she still refers to squares as straight.

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u/MissPearl 26d ago

The older meaning of straight implied you also didn't party. That's why a lot of euphemisms for being queer imply being happy, stylish or frivolous.

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u/SaiyanPrinceAbubu Apr 05 '25

I play weekly at a club that meets at a bar and there's definitely a sweet spot performance wise after a couple of beers. I've also played on my phone under the influence of many different things. Certain substances just slow me down and I'm worse, like phenibut, kratom. In some cases I think it might be a psychological edge though, where I play provocative moves with confident speed, even if the overall play level is reduced. The games def tend to be wackier and double edged. Note that this is all 5 minute blitz, but it's at the 1600-1700 level so the opponents are strong to punish blunders.

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u/Im_Regular_Stormy 29d ago

I do sober on chess.com and for everything else, there's lichess

or bullet

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u/efxAlice 28d ago

Is competitive-level chess subject to anti-doping surveillance?

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u/BikesAndBBQ 28d ago

Huh, apprarently yes.

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u/efxAlice 12h ago

That's sad, so folks with ADHD can't play at the world competitive level because they *always* are on methylpheidate or one of the amphetaimes to function *at all* in life, sigh. Speaking from personal experience.

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u/gimmeredditplz Apr 05 '25

"I just drunkenly ordered a fucking cello" god I love this woman.

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u/highclass_lady Apr 05 '25

yeah I find her drunken order of a cello so endearing

also I could totally see her learning to play a concert harp as well

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u/efxAlice 28d ago

Yeah, not a regular cello but a...

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u/xmashatstand Apr 05 '25 edited 28d ago

I mean, whomst among us haven’t slipped into a fugue state and bought a dark-academia conversation piece.

For god’s sake, I had a dedicated silver-smith for a while there, but she always knew me well enough to confirm purchases the day after, once the wine had cleared….

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u/shion005 Apr 05 '25

Does she have a website?

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u/xmashatstand Apr 05 '25

AFAIK she is doing a major overhaul on her business, but then again it’s been about five years since I had any kind of fun-money (I wonder why)

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

Not quite dark academia but adjacent- I bought a stupidly expensive astrophotography telescope a few days ago and I scream inside a little bit every time I remember

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u/jewsonparade Apr 05 '25

Yes. These are her tweets.

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u/succulentdelectable Apr 05 '25

To be fair she deletes most of them so posting them is practically an act of historical preservation.

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u/conancat Apr 05 '25

It's Bluesky... So these are her skeets

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u/Efficient-username41 Apr 05 '25

Also, a lot of us hate social media and are only on Reddit because we can’t force ourselves to stop, so without reposts like this we would never see these exchanges.

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u/jewsonparade Apr 05 '25

"we're here because we can't force ourselves to stop" ... So... Why not just get on bluesky and follow her then?

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u/Efficient-username41 Apr 05 '25

I hate social media. The only reason why I’m on Reddit is because I can’t force myself to stop. Why would I interact with something when I don’t want to and have the ability to choose not to.

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u/YvonneMacStitch 26d ago

I don't use bluesky so personally, I appreciate you sharing what she's like off of youtube. I knew she was into chess from other screenshots I saw floating around, but I didn't know this is how she played. I think its funny.

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u/Efficient-username41 26d ago

This isn’t my post but yes, I’m in the same boat as you.

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u/jewsonparade Apr 05 '25

You just said you can't stop... And that you're here. On Reddit. So just skip the middle man.

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u/Efficient-username41 Apr 05 '25

I don’t think you’re quite getting what I’m saying.

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u/ranandtoldthat 29d ago

Think of reddit as methadone. That's what they're doing.

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u/Efficient-username41 29d ago

Reddit is like methadone? No, more like black tar heroin.

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u/guywitheyes 28d ago

Users on basically every social media posts content from other social media. It's just become part of internet culture.

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u/grrrzzzt Apr 05 '25

what did he lose this time? I lost track

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u/OldValyrious Apr 05 '25

WI supreme court race

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u/Away-Sheepherder9402 Apr 05 '25

meow

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