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Oct-04-17
 | | Domdaniel: <Ohio> But I must say I'm deeply impressed by Marcel's phrase "not necessarily derogatory derision". That seems to sum up the whole LOL-culture we see online. Stupidity, jeering, mocking for the sake of it, lollery gone mad. Duchamp points to a more subtle and intelligent form of humour. The kind seen (in my opinion) in your song parodies and pastiches. |
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Oct-05-17
| | Domdaniel: <your opening line reminds me a little of the Katalymov variation of the French -- 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2/c3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Qd5!? and then either 5.Bd3 Nf6 or 5.Nc3 Bb4.> Improbably, a week after posting that I played in the Munster Championship, where I had been 2nd in 2016. This time I ran into an in-form Nick Larter, and only came 4th - his rating is much the same as mine, and I'd never lost to him. That was about to change, when I played a French with 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be3 ... got into trouble and lost, even missing a forced draw near the end. Ouch. Nick actually had 5 French games out of five - including the Katalymov and Alapin variations (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3?!) - which I hadn't seen in 30 years! |
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Oct-07-17
| | Domdaniel: Two American words, widely used on this site - not *only* on this site, obviously - increasingly annoy me. They are "root for" and "sucks". Both have clear sexual connotations - strangely, this is often unknown to those who use them frequently. "Root (for)" - meaning to cheer for or support a sports competitor - is made dubious by the fact that in some varieties of English 'root' is a synonym for sexual intercourse. "Sucks" is even clearer and more interesting. Somebody in the Kibitzer's Café recently used the phrase "sucks on a big one" as a way of intensifying the word. The implication could barely be more clear: oral sex is equated with failure, weakness, and loss. The entities that are said to 'suck' are linked unequivocally to male homosexuality. Gays suck, therefore gays are weak un-American losers. Both words have begun to spread across the Atlantic in recent years. Probably just the reflex actions of idiots who think American words are cool ... but even so. |
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Oct-08-17
 | | chancho: Thanks for the well wishes, <Dom>. |
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| Oct-09-17 | | Alien Math: if there were any gods they should have let you be for fear the wraith of friends unleashed, your almost photogenetic ability to read and recall words spoken in jest in other's books should be a source of pride, your ability to read characters is unsurpassed in this generation i think |
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| Oct-10-17 | | zanzibar: <Dom> I wonder about the etymology of sucks: <Meaning "do fellatio" is first recorded 1928.> But, an earlier use, with the modern meaning clearly on exhibit: <<Suck eggs> is from 1906.> "Suck eggs" is the root usage I first learned.
http://www.etymonline.com/word/suck
(Not sure I like the new redesign of my favorite etymology site - it sucks in comparison to the older design, imo. I'd root for the older design's return, but I'm sure the mobile influence is here to stay, alas! root (v.2)
"cheer, support," 1889, American English, originally in a baseball context, probably from root (v.1) via intermediate sense of "study, work hard" (1856). Related: Rooted; rooting. http://www.etymonline.com/word/root
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Oct-15-17
| | Domdaniel: < idiots who think American words are cool > Cool, eh? Obviously I'm also one of those idiots. |
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Oct-15-17
| | Domdaniel: <Zanzi> Very interesting. I've seen the phrase 'suck eggs' - but only, I think, in the phrase "teach your grandmother to suck eggs" where there doesn't seem to be any implication of failure or weakness. The opposite, if anything: elderly grannies, being toothless, have expertise in egg-sucking and thus teaching them the art is futile. |
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Oct-15-17
| | Domdaniel: <Alien Math> Whether there are any gods or not, they tend to let me be. It's an everybody-wins universe. Thanks for the encouragement. |
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Nov-27-17
 | | OhioChessFan: Idle curiosity: what person you interviewed surprised you the most in regards to their private persona? |
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Nov-27-17
| | Domdaniel: <Ohio> Interesting question. Of course, you don't necessarily get close to the private persona in an interview -- some people, especially movie stars, are adept at constructing a fake persona to be wheeled out in interviews. Maybe a very good interviewer could get past that, but I didn't always succeed. A couple of people did surprise me in different ways: Val Kilmer -- I interviewed him twice in the space of a few months. The first time was for the release of The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone, where Kilmer played Jim Morrison. He went to great lengths to stress, repeatedly, that he didn't wear leather, do drugs, use profanity, have sex with singers, or even particularly like rock music. He kept saying that he was nothing at all like Jim Morrison. So much so that I wondered why he was doing this ...
Then, maybe six months later, I interviewed him again after a film where he played a native American FBI agent. He was completely different - laughing, enthusiastic, where he'd been surly and suspicious before. This time, he said he loved the movie, identified with the character, etc.
I just found the change in persona weird.
Others: Irish director Neil Jordan (Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire, The Crying Game, etc). I've interviewed Jordan several times. He seems genuinely shy ... I've wondered how that works with the need for a director to be in command of a large cast and crew.
Another Jordan oddity: in the film We're No Angels, Robert De Niro played a character who mumbled and gurned and made strange faces. It struck me that De Niro needs to mimic somebody to create a role, and here he was mimicking the director, Jordan. One other director who impressed me was Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, etc). Unlike the ones who construct a persona and reel off anecdotes, he really engages with the conversation. An unusual trait and an admirable one. BTW, I usually charge a fee for this kind of retro narrative, but, as a friend, you can have it for free. |
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| Nov-27-17 | | Charlie Durman: IRISH PANTY BOY |
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| Nov-27-17 | | Charlie Durman: orrishh panty boy |
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Nov-27-17
| | Domdaniel: I found some interesting pics from a tournament in Tralee earlier this year - http://www.irishchesscogitations.co... The final pic is particularly, er, good.
I may have had a win 'under my belt' at that stage ... but I then lost five games in succession, dropping about 70 rating points and having pretty much the worst tournament of my life... Result-wise, at least. I should say that Tralee is a pleasant town and the Rose Hotel is excellent. I had only one quibble - like other trendy hotels these days, their décor had some old-style locked bookcases full of books. So, seeing a book I was interested in, I asked if I could borrow it. Yes, of course, they said ... but they'd never had such a request before, and nobody knew where the bookcase key was. Sad, isn't it? Books are now wallpaper. |
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Nov-27-17
| | Domdaniel: <Durman> Well, hello, Mr Durman. I haven't knowingly insulted you yet - you're small fry, not worth the bother - but I may make a token gesture in that direction soon. If I do, hold on to your wig. I can be pretty searing. |
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| Nov-27-17 | | Dr Winston OBoogie: That can only be harryslime with his pathetic one sentence football crowd insults that kinda come out of the blue like a tourettes patient with a tick. Straight on ignore, I don't have the patience for people like him nowadays. |
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Nov-28-17
| | Domdaniel: <Dr Winston> - I have a horrible suspicion that you're right. Whoever he is - like a very dubious 'new' arrival - he's a cavity in a donkey ... or a hole belonging to an ass, to be less polite. Thanks, Mark. Be well. |
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Nov-28-17
| | Domdaniel: <Mark> - You're right, it's Harry. Gawd, that guy is beneath contempt. He seems to think that I'm an IRA supporter just because I'm Irish. - I despise them, but what would he know? What a totally despicable creepy excuse for a human being he is. Apart from being profoundly stupid. Thanks for help and support, mate. |
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Dec-05-17
 | | ketchuplover: Have a wonderful holiday season young man :) |
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Dec-06-17
| | Domdaniel: <ketch> Thank you, I'll try. |
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Dec-07-17
 | | jessicafischerqueen:
<Dom> er where is the link to the <STATISTICS> page? Didn't it used to be on the home page? Did <Daniel Boone> hide it? I'm not sure why he had that page in the first place if he was going to get so crabby aboot us trying to become the most popular forum. |
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Dec-07-17
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> Funny you should ask, as I was just looking for it. But it seems to be still there on the home page -- ChessGames.com Statistics Page. As with many aspects of CG, I reckon a nice optimistic idea turned out differently when it collided with reality. Terrible thing, reality. |
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Dec-07-17
| | Domdaniel: Fascinating. I just had a look at the Statistics page, ChessGames.com Statistics Page.
Jessica is 1st, and I move up to 5th on the 'most posts' chart, where posts to the Rogoff page and Kib Café are now excluded.
Previously, posters such as <Ohio Chess Fan> and <Jim Bartle> were far ahead of me. Now, suddenly, they are 13-1400 behind. I wonder if this change will reduce Rogoff posts? |
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Dec-10-17
| | Domdaniel: Nuklu time is here again.
O Nuklu, I have grown more agnostic
Or maybe just more stupid.
I can no longer put in the effort
O Nuklu.
But, hey, maybe I'll get lucky
Gods being capricious
As well as probably non-existent
O Nuklu. |
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Dec-10-17
| | Domdaniel: Argh. I solved Klu #2 quickly - you didn't even need full names, as a search for Carls-v-Fred gives a unique result. But my comp decided to go slow and the site didn't reload fast enough ... and Switch beat me, like a Bat out of Helsinki. |
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