I rest my case!.....Back to humorous and savvy Ben I like the guy.
Correct, you are nuts!
I rest my case!.....Back to humorous and savvy Ben I like the guy.
Correct, you are nuts!
That's what my wife tells me. But,you get a kick out of being antagonistic and abrasive. So many folks are not too wild about your antics.....Surprise me and get back to this thread,about a GM of high intelligence and sense of humor beyond the masses.
That's what my wife tells me. But,you get a kick out of being antagonistic and abrasive. So many folks are not too wild about your antics.....Surprise me and get back to this thread,about a GM of high intelligence and s sense of humor beyond the masses.
You must like my antics. As you went out of your way to post off topic. Just to get me to talk with you about your chess set again.
I don't respect your opinions enough to go there.You are mistaken and are simply being sensitive to criticism and that someone doesn't agree with you....I could care less about your opinions of myself, things I or anyone else owns.I simply felt the need to express myself here,prompted by your knocking Ben,because you've been so abrasive elsewhere to other folks.
If GM Finegold saw these silly remarks between us,he'd roll his eyes ....I'm not responding to you anymore.
I've made my point.......Have the last word,since you're so insecure and need to do so.
Be well.
I just watched Ben's lesson. He teases the students a little, but I don't think he was rude or disrespectful. I've seen much worse. I saw my son's teacher get into a little verbal roughhousing that left a girl in tears on her last day of elementary school. A college professor at an open house for kids made a joke about throwing erasers at his students, and a year later I found out my son was worried about going to college because he thought the professor was serious.
Yasser reminded me of Mr. Rogers.
I got an idea...Let's cancel him because you don't like him! Sounds like a great idea. If YOU don't like him he must be gone...it's a little self aggrandizing.
If you don't like him, don't watch him. Plain and simple. He may be rough around the edges, but if you know him personally he is an AWESOME guy. He works great with students and will take time for most anyone. Have known him for over 2 decades in person. Is his sense of humor for everyone? Nope!
This thread should have died a long time ago. Enjoy Ben for who he is or just move on. Very simple.
Shelby Lohrman
Rochester Chess Center
I thought Finegold was pretty funny. The humor was appropriate for his audience of 8 year olds.
agreed and tbh he looks funny
I was watching some St. Louis Chess Club videos but every one that Finegold does he is constantly ridiculing and mocking the audience. Extremely off putting. Does he just have a poor sense of humor or is this his personality?
come on.. i think youre the one with poor sense of humor here.. his approach to teaching make it more casual and the jokes are just like jokes friends.. the audience must have glass heart if theyre offended by them
His jokes are terrible, beyond unfunny. I feel like I'm being forced to entertain my uncle who took a blow to the head at some point. He talks constantly about himself. I challenge anyone to find a chess video of his where he doesn't talk about some game he won that has nothing to do with the position in the lecture. I challenge them to find a video where he gets on with teaching within 5 minutes.
The truth is that he is mean and self centred. He has no humour to speak of and loves the sound of his own voice. His videos are painful to watch and almost impossible to get through and he imparts almost zero knowledge onto those watching. He is a terrible teacher and should really just step into the background, never to be heard from again. He's not even that good at chess.
I rest my case!.....Back to humorous and savvy Ben I like the guy.
Correct, you are nuts!
Nah, he got you on this one.
The man calls you out for being a jerk and then you prove him right by being a jerk.
Your opinion is not so fantastic that it has to be heard. So if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all.
Posting negitive or argumentative posts is just a sign that you have little control over an aspect of your life and it eats away at you. You then come here to unload onto complete strangers because it gives you some grandiose feeling of superiority that is much needed after your endless days as a civil servant or some other completely disrespected job role.
I rest my case!.....Back to humorous and savvy Ben I like the guy.