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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

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

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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

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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?

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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.

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            Why do your comments tag anyone remotely involved in this?

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              Because that’s how Mastodon works.

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                Ah ok, weird. Thanks!

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

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                Very interesting, thanks!

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

        Too easy

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