I would imagine everyone had it because the no E-Sports scene.
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There's fairy chess with custom rules. People historically have made changes they see fit to the game.
Oh yeah I know and it's really cool. This is more me malding about gamerculture
I get that, I just think it's funny how people have bickering over chess rules as long as it's existed
Oh yeah that is funny too
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Wasn't en passant invented to "balance" chess?
Something about the first pawn move being too powerful in the end game because it meant any pawn in a starting position could just skip being threatened by an opposing pawn if it moves two squares.
I (36F) always wear bright red lipstick whenever I decide I'm not going to let my husband (52M) win. AITA?
Is this intended to be a complete nonsequitur cause I do not understand...
In the history of "girls can't play chess", there was a time when Anna Rudolf was accused of cheating with lip balm somehow.
So this was meant as an example of someone trolling the chess-loser subreddit. The fictional, suspiciously age-gappy husband can't comprehend that he isn't winning for himself, and the super-obvious lipstick is to bait him into ridiculous accusations of cheating. Would such behaviour be assholish? The subreddit decides.
And since I'm explaining the joke anyway, there's also an underlying criticism of the way women have to manage the egos of men—particularly the kind inhabiting OP's fictional subreddit—by letting them win, etc. So, no, absolutely not a non sequitur.