SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223

[Insane Jeenyus]

I'd like to join in on this pun thread, but I'm afraid I'd make an ass of myself. Everyone just pretend that I'm American so that that pun will work.

I myself have accused of being too cheeky for my own good when making those kind of cracks.

[Mystic Muse]

Well, I finally beat Level 5 CPU of my Chess Free App Challenge. Now I'm up to Level 6 (Rating of 1435) I think this must be low-tier or perhaps mid-tier territory.

It's a conspiracy. The app is actually making you qorse as you keep playing it.

Pretty soon, you won't know the difference between Chess and rummy.

[Bartmanhomer]

It's a conspiracy. The app is actually making you qorse as you keep playing it.

Pretty soon, you won't know the difference between Chess and rummy.

Qorse? You mean worse right?

[Mystic Muse]

Qorse? You mean worse right?

Yup. I type on my phone a lot.

[Bartmanhomer]

Yup. I type on my phone a lot.

I thought so. But it's actually making me a better chess player. I can tell you're joking about the worse part. LOL!

[Peelee]

Look, if any part of your body besides your brain is smart, I'd consider that concerning.

I dunno, I've been called a smart-ass plenty of times.

[Anonymouswizard]

Pretty soon, you won't know the difference between Chess and rummy.

Gin Rummy or Tonic Rummy?

Also it's been ages since I played Rummy. And as I'm finally seeing my friend on Saturday I need to remember her get well copy of Good Omens.

[Bartmanhomer]

Ok a chess question: Is a rating of 1435 considered low tier or mid-tier range?

[Peelee]

Ok a chess question: Is a rating of 1435 considered low tier or mid-tier range?

I don't think you should worry about it, honestly.

[Bartmanhomer]

I don't think you should worry about it, honestly.

Oh bottom tier. Gotcha.

[halfeye]

It's not my taste I'm worried about, that's just a side effect of what I'm actually worried about; that I'm not as smart as I think I am, to a degree where I'm actually very stupid.

Intelligence is a thing, and stupidity is a different thing, stupidity is like not being careful, lots of clever people are often stupid, and I think unintelligent people are a lot less so because they have to work harder at life.

[enderlord99]

Oh bottom tier. Gotcha.

That's not what he said. He said you shouldn't worry about it.

[Bartmanhomer]

That's not what he said. He said you shouldn't worry about it.

I heard what he said. It's does look like an easy rating to beat.

[Peelee]

I heard what he said. It's does look like an easy rating to beat.

What I meant was don't worry about it. If you're playing for fun, then it's just numbers. It doesn't matter. It's just a level of difficulty that you're reasonably comfortable at (and ideally having fun at). You could call it the orange level for all it matters. If you're playing competitively, then you'll be able to fairly accurately gauge how well you're doing by the competition, tournament placement. In any event, the number isn't important.

Have you looked into chess theory? The mathematics of chess? Would you even be interested in those? If the answer is no, then i promise you the number is absolutely meaningless. If the answer is yes, then the number has meaning but you won't put too much importance on it aside from hitting noticeable milestones.

[Bartmanhomer]

What I meant was don't worry about it. If you're playing for fun, then it's just numbers. It doesn't matter. It's just a level of difficulty that you're reasonably comfortable at (and ideally having fun at). You could call it the orange level for all it matters. If you're playing competitively, then you'll be able to fairly accurately gauge how well you're doing by the competition, tournament placement. In any event, the number isn't important.

Have you looked into chess theory? The mathematics of chess? Would you even be interested in those? If the answer is no, then i promise you the number is absolutely meaningless. If the answer is yes, then the number has meaning but you won't put too much importance on it aside from hitting noticeable milestones.

I'm interested at all of them related to chess.

[Peelee]

I'm interested at all of them related to chess.

That's great! So my advice is to stop worrying about the number and instead look into chess theory. You work at a library, yes? They'll have a bunch of books on chess strategy. Check and see if they have a chess club. Or if they or any community centers have chess theory classes, if a community college offers a mathematics of chess classes, or the like. I'm pretty sure you know this already, but don't go play chess against people in parks unless you're Josh Waitzkin; blitz chess is way more aggressive style than most people play, so unless you're used to that you're already at a disadvantage both tactically and time-wise (and that's disregarding dishonest tactics that can be used against you).

[Bartmanhomer]

That's great! So my advice is to stop worrying about the number and instead look into chess theory. You work at a library, yes? They'll have a bunch of books on chess strategy. Check and see if they have a chess club. Or if they or any community centers have chess theory classes, if a community college offers a mathematics of chess classes, or the like. I'm pretty sure you know this already, but don't go play chess against people in parks unless you're Josh Waitzkin; blitz chess is way more aggressive style than most people play, so unless you're used to that you're already at a disadvantage both tactically and time-wise (and that's disregarding dishonest tactics that can be used against you).

I don't work at the library.

[Peelee]

I don't work at the library.

Whoops! Don't know why I thought that, then. Regardless, libraries are good resources.

[Bartmanhomer]

Whoops! Don't know why I thought that, then. Regardless, libraries are good resources.

I haven't been to the library for more than a year. The library that I used to go to is always a dramafest. (People were making noise at the library.)

[Tvtyrant]

I haven't been to the library for more than a year. The library that I used to go to is always a dramafest. (People were making noise at the library.)

I use headphones at my library. They are more like community centers now, lots of study desks and computers.

[Bartmanhomer]

I use headphones at my library. They are more like community centers now, lots of study desks and computers.

Good for you. Anyway one time there was a Caucasian man who was yelling at the teenagers (African-Americans) and saying racist things about them at the library The teenagers was making too much noise. Luckily I didn't hear it because I was on my earphones but I did saw him shouting at them. Crazy.

[Sermil]

Good for you. Anyway one time there was a Caucasian man who was yelling at the teenagers (African-Americans) and saying racist things about them at the library The teenagers was making too much noise. Luckily I didn't hear it because I was on my earphones but I did saw him shouting at them. Crazy.

So, the good thing about libraries is that they have books in them. The bad thing about libraries is that they have other people in them.

That's a sentiment I could get behind.

[Tvtyrant]

So, the good thing about libraries is that they have books in them. The bad thing about libraries is that they have other people in them.

That's a sentiment I could get behind.

Yeah that is accurate. My library kicked a guy out for having a weapon, which backfired when he then started shouting and waving his weapon around.

[Anonymouswizard]

Yeah that is accurate. My library kicked a guy out for having a weapon, which backfired when he then started shouting and waving his weapon around.

Wait, what?

I'd be incredibly worried if that didn't lead to a court forbidding them from going near the library for years, at minimum. Why would you need any kind of weapon in a library, we drove the book goblins to extinction over a millennia ago. Why would a normal person ever need a weapon anyway? It's not like most people have a sudden need to commit murder (unless they're a PC in a modern day game).

[Peelee]

Wait, what?

I'd be incredibly worried if that didn't lead to a court forbidding them from going near the library for years, at minimum. Why would you need any kind of weapon in a library, we drove the book goblins to extinction over a millennia ago.

To be fair, the court thing may well have happened. It's just doubtful that we would know about it.

Why would a normal person ever need a weapon anyway? It's not like most people have a sudden need to commit murder (unless they're a PC in a modern day game).

Assuming that's a serious question, I have a rifle because it's really fun to shoot at the range.

[Anonymouswizard]

Assuming that's a serious question, I have a rifle because it's really fun to shoot at the range.

Serious in 'I have no clue why you'd need to carry a weapon (actually was thinking knives because of where I live) around town', not serious in 'I don't know why people own guns for use at ranges, for hunting, or for pest control'. I understand legal weapons, I even know people who legally own shotguns, and I also understand that the answer to my actual question is not appropriate to here. Although I do want to try shooting at a range despite my sight problems (which stopped me from being good enough at archery to take it up).

[HalfTangible]

Why would a normal person ever need a weapon anyway? It's not like most people have a sudden need to commit murder (unless they're a PC in a modern day game).

One, not everybody lives in a safe area devoid of wildlife capable of doing serious harm to a human being. Two, self-defense. Three, societal collapse (at least on a small scale) is a lot more common than we tend to think it is. Sure, it's not an every day occurrence, but it does happen (riots, natural disasters, etc). Four, why does it have to be "needed" to own it?

I will say no more on the subject, lest we get embroiled in a political discussion.

[LaZodiac]

Got spotted at the restaurant by someone who used to know me in school. They said I was looking really good today.

This might not seem all that noteworthy or relevant but I used to have a crush on her and it has basically made everything feel weird and floaty all day. My fingers don't even feel attached right now.

[Bartmanhomer]

So, the good thing about libraries is that they have books in them. The bad thing about libraries is that they have other people in them.

That's a sentiment I could get behind.

Yes. There will always be jerks at the library.

[Anonymouswizard]

Feeling down because I have to see friends being happy and in relationships while I'm miserable and alone, and struggling to meet new people (due to those problems with social situations that people swear I don't have) with not even online dating helping me to make friends (doesn't help that I don't very any mutual matches anymore). Oh, and my friends utterly refuse to introduce me to any of their friends, even only as people who like the same thing and not as relationship material.

It doesn't help that I occasionally have to deal with 'somebody likes you, not going to say who' and other teasing at work, because people can't see how utterly soul crushing that could be. So I feel stuck in a feedback loop where feeling down and unable to be in a relationship is keeping me down and in a place where I can't/shouldn't be in a relationship. And then I have to deal with the implication from society that I've failed because obviously this is what matters and not being able to do mental maths or deconstruct a story.