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@TheJims@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat

www.bbc.com

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Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat

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@TheJims@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Hans Niemann was accused of cheating after he beat Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen last September.
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  • @mvirts@lemmy.world
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    53•2 years ago

    Omg I read dies.

  • no banana
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    47•2 years ago

    I don’t think using sex toys in a relationship is cheating tbh.

    • @kibiz0r@midwest.social
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      24•2 years ago

      Depends who’s controlling it.

      • Midnight Wolf
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        14•2 years ago

        NSA: giggles from their desk as they tunnel into lovense and control this guys toy and ruin his entire career

    • idunnololz
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      2•2 years ago

      They should make chess piece shaped butt plugs. Some pieces are just perfect like the bishop.

      • no banana
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        1•2 years ago

        The Peasant Plug.

  • ivanafterall
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    42•2 years ago

    “I was using it purely for anal pleasure, it was completely unrelated to the chess match at-hand.”

    • @spearz@lemmy.world
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      3•2 years ago

      “You can stick this game, up your ass”

    • @fluxion@lemmy.world
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      1•2 years ago

      deleted by creator

  • @canthidium@lemmy.world
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    30•2 years ago

    Lol, this story is still going? Didn’t this whole thing blow up like 8 months ago or something?

    • @nutandcross@lemmy.world
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      45•2 years ago

      Yeah, still circling the rim

      • @canthidium@lemmy.world
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        4•2 years ago

        lmao, nice

    • @twistypencil@lemmy.world
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      0•2 years ago

      I heard that there was a lawsuit and they settled, so why did this come back

  • @Aggravationstation@lemmy.film
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    29•2 years ago

    I read denies as dies for some reason. Very different story

  • @RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
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    15•2 years ago

    Again?

  • Decoy321
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    12•2 years ago

    Holy shit, this was a real thing?! So that’s where It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia got the idea!

    • wolfkin
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      @Decoy321 @TheJims It was definitely a real controversy for months a while back. He won and his opponent iirc accused him of having a vib to help him cheat.

      General concensus is that it’s unlikely. The sheet complexity of communicating movements via vib patterns alone makes it a stretch.

      Plus… ya know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCDc4I0cSQ

      • Pietson
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        Wasn’t the accusation that he had a device in his shoe, and the buttplug thing was just a joke that got out of hand?

        • wolfkin
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          @Pietson @TheJims @Decoy321 that wasn’t what I heard but I didn’t look too too far into it. I read a few of the light articles that discussed the viability of the butt plug cheat device, but aside from that I didn’t really go back to the source or anything.

          • @KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee
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            3•2 years ago

            Why do your comments tag anyone remotely involved in this?

            • wolfkin
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              @KidsTryThisAtHome direct replies include anyone in the thread chain by default. It’s like Twitter in that way.

              • @KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee
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                2•2 years ago

                Very interesting, thanks!

            • @adriator@lemm.ee
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              1•2 years ago

              Because that’s how Mastodon works.

              • @KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee
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                2•2 years ago

                Ah ok, weird. Thanks!

      • @MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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        4•2 years ago

        Or … ya know: https://youtu.be/5uDM3fPeNFM?si=VASdcNJQwOwLFEMa

        Too easy

  • @malloc@lemmy.world
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    10•2 years ago

    Looking back at this. This whole thing was a wild ride. Magnus took being a sore loser to another level.

    Grade A asshole

    • @MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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      14•2 years ago

      Known cheater plays a perfect game as black against a world champion who has never lost as white in decades. Grade A asshole, yep.

      https://youtu.be/5uDM3fPeNFM?si=VASdcNJQwOwLFEMa

      • @starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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        9•2 years ago

        Perfect is a bit of a stretch. There was a tiny chance of Niemann winning that match, but smarter folk than I have analyzed the game and said that it was consistent with legitimate play

      • @cryptiod137@lemmy.world
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        2•2 years ago

        If your dumb enough to believe the reddit meme about a vibrating butt plug being how he cheated, seriously reconsider your life

        • @MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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          0•2 years ago

          Reddit meme? You mean the explicit statement/accusation by Magnus Carlson himself on Twitter, and the youtube video I linked that shows exactly how its possible with little effort?

          The good people of the internet can’t do all the reading and video watching for you - Most of have lives, but can still be bothered to look into whether we should open our mouths with some dismissive bullshit. What’s your excuse?

          • @cryptiod137@lemmy.world
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            1•2 years ago

            Help is out there, you just have to reach out.

            Maybe consider something like this?

            Getting help can be hard, but your stronger than you think, I know you can do it!

      • @mvirts@lemmy.world
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        -12•2 years ago

        I don’t know anything about the chess drama, but it really doesn’t matter who you are, don’t publicly shame when you could do it privately.

        • @starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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          19•2 years ago

          It’s kinda hard to privately resign from a match and refuse to play in a tournament because you think an opponent is cheating

          • @mvirts@lemmy.world
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            0•2 years ago

            I mean people would know something’s up, but I was thinking silence would be a good option until some evidence could be produced

        • @MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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          2•2 years ago

          You’re misunderstanding/misrepresenting the historical/societal role of shame. Its not just a personal feeling to be felt, or more likely feigned, nor is it something one person is capable of imparting to another who is not already inclined towards it.

          One’s elders do not wait for friends and family to leave the room before calling out shamefull acts, nor would doing so serve any purpose.

  • @ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml
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    10•2 years ago

    • jBlight
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      4•2 years ago

      IYKYK

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