Just for giggles, maybe. Debate done right?

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   tsmogposted 16 months ago

   
   
   Thoughts?

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      Nathanvilleposted 16 months agoin reply to this

      In my last year at school I briefly joined a chess club, but quickly lost interest because I was winning every game; and as a teenager I had a close mate who was good at chess, which made it challenging, but I still won every game, even when I was drunk - so it quickly became pointless.
      
      My final game as a teenager was with a complete stranger who was very good at chess, and sober, and although I was so drunk that I could hardly stand and couldn’t coherently focus on a conversation; I still won him hands down –
      
      But what I did experience in playing chess when drunk is that my mind fully focused on the chess board (like a tunnel vision where I was oblivious to everything else other than the chess board – a most weird experience!
      
      I even bought myself a computer chess board, but I always won the computer – so lost interest.

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         tsmogposted 16 months agoin reply to this

         Thanks! How about tuning up your talent and head out for competitions for a challenge!
         
         I played in middle school (12 - 14 age group), yet it competed with new interests. I became involved with church youth group and boy scouts. Never took it up again.
         
         Pondering the graphic I wonder if discussing or debating while intoxicated gives cause to more open mindedness? Or, maybe not, because I know some mean drunks.

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            Nathanvilleposted 16 months agoin reply to this

            I can’t say that being drunk makes you “more open mindedness”; but it certainly lowers inhibitions and causes people to act stupidly.
            
            I couldn’t “tune up my chess playing talent and head out for competitions for a challenge” because I’m not a competitive person – so I wouldn’t enjoy it:  That’s why I never took any interest in sports at school, and why I don’t like watching any sports on TV – It must run in the family because nether my wife nor son are competitive, and nether like sports:  Our home is a ‘sports’ free zone!

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      shanemorgan1posted 16 months agoin reply to this

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         tsmogposted 16 months agoin reply to this

         Yup, one would think more clarity.

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