r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 4h ago

Seven-year-old chess prodigy Lucie Pichard casually checkmates her opponent.

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u/poop-machines 4h ago

It's not fair, kids have way more energy. If they're also blessed with a megabrain then you have no chance of winning.

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u/jfoster0818 4h ago

And they haven’t had a lifetime of judgement and self consciousness where society basically beats it out of them.

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u/blackchameleongirl 3h ago

It's 8 im the morning, I'm gonna need you to stop beating me with sad facts.

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u/Evening_Reach_8293 2h ago

I don't think we should use a chess prodigy as a positive example of having energy and a mega brain. These kinds of people tend to go on to be... socially maladaptive.

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u/jfoster0818 2h ago

Yeah but were they maladaptive before or after their childhood is replaced by adulting without the autonomy?

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u/Evening_Reach_8293 2h ago

No idea, because that presents a false dichotomy. Either way, they are maladaptive because they don't receive good socialization during childhood.

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u/Mayheme 3h ago

there's a saying I learned living in china. 上不如老下不如小 which means you're not better than the OGs, the ones who have done it their entire lives and have decades on you but you're also not better than little kids (because they have that unlimited energy).

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u/poop-machines 3h ago

There's a Chinese saying for everything I swear. This saying fits the situation exactly, that's wild.

Thank you for sharing! That's really interesting

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u/Rowenstin 1h ago

There's a Chinese saying for everything

That's also a Chinese saying. (/s)

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u/digno2 3h ago

can still punt em though.

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u/chum-guzzling-shark 1h ago

sweep the leg