r/ContraPoints • u/conancat • 1d ago

Ambien chess

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u/BikesAndBBQ 1d ago

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 1d ago

straight account

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

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u/BikesAndBBQ 1d ago

"Oh no must be the drugs"

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u/klutzfrommars 1d ago

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 1d ago

"I can get a doctor's note"

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u/SaiyanPrinceAbubu 1d ago

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 1d ago

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

or bullet

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u/gimmeredditplz 1d ago

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

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u/highclass_lady 1d ago

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/xmashatstand 1d ago

I mean, who amongst us hasn’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 1d ago

Does she have a website?

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u/xmashatstand 1d ago

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/void_juice 1d ago

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 1d ago

Yes. These are her tweets.

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u/succulentdelectable 1d ago

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

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u/conancat 1d ago

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

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u/Efficient-username41 1d ago

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 1d ago

"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 1d ago

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/jewsonparade 1d ago

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 1d ago

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

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u/ranandtoldthat 1d ago

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

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u/Efficient-username41 1d ago

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

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u/grrrzzzt 1d ago

what did he lose this time? I lost track

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u/OldValyrious 1d ago

WI supreme court race