Dumb threads and chess

What do you think about people who start dozens of dumb threads about chess? Or squirrels, you can talk about squirrels.

I have upgraded from posting dozens of dumb threads to posting scores of them.

It's funny. There are a pair of threads about the Norway Tournament and nobody wants to post a thing. But if someone make a foolish thread like "Has top players big noses?" , the forum become a big success. Is chess affecting our brains?

I'm not arguing with you, I'm making fun of you (and others). If you want to be offended then it's your life, but taking it as tongue-in-cheek is probably your best option.

If a squirrel played on chess.com, what would its rating be? And would it be better in bullet or in turn-based??

Some squirrels don't want to be associated with chess players.

What makes you think I'm not?  I thought it was funny.

Guys, seriously. Stop bickering! Chess.com is about realising everyone's passion for chess! So what if someone makes a silly thread? That is there option! Just don't say it to there face! (And don't even think about saying it behind their backs) When we all unite, play chess, have fun, laugh in forums, and help each other get better, Chess.com will be a fantastic, if not, perfect, Chess website!

Stop bickering with our bickering, when you could be laughing at our mockery.  Don't worry, I'm too embroiled in a sense of ennui today to take anything too seriously besides making myself chuckle and creating pleasant diversions.

Thank you. I was hoping that someone would finally bring up this important topic.

I am posting to alert you to the danger of the worldwide squirrel conspiracy. The little buggers are trying to take over the world... and I can prove it!

Have you ever looked at a forested hill, and wondered how that happens? I mean... how do the trees manage to spread uphill? When a tree growing on a steep slope drops a seed or a nut, that seed will naturally roll downhill, not uphill.

Through hours of careful observation, I have deduced just how this uphill spread takes place... and in the process, I have uncovered the squirrels' nefarious plan.

During a squirrel's lifetime, it collects and buries seed and nuts, storing them up during the summer to be eaten in the winter, when natural food supplies are scarce. Have you ever watched them do it? They come running down out of the tree, pause at the base of the tree and take a look around for possible predators, then they dash out AWAY from the tree into open ground and bury the seed or nut there.

Ask yourself... why take that risk? Why expose themselves out in the open, where any roving predator... a Hawk for instance... might pounce on them? Why not just bury the damned seed right at the base of the tree, where they are safely screened from predators?

I have decided that this away-from-the-tree behavior constitutes an evolutionary advantage for squirrels... not, of course, for the individual squirrel that takes the risk, but for the race of squirrels as a whole.

You see... squirrels don't live forever. When a squirrel dies, any seeds or nuts that it buried will continue to lie in the ground over the winter (instead of being eaten) and will germinate in the spring. But if they were buried right next to the base of the tree, the new plants would die for lack of sunlight. Only if they are buried out in the open are they likely to generate new trees... extending the squirrel's habitat-zone.

... and this is how forests spread uphill, despite the steep slopes. The squirrels do it. Secretly.

They're trying to take over the world! They are trying to terraform the Earth into one huge squirrel paradise! Wake up, people... before you wake up some morning and find yourself pinned under the furry fist of our squirrel overlords!

Oh, you think I'm funny do you?

I'll bet you're in league with those Fyromians.

It's called "The Internet".

By who, your mother?

Sounds like you're around 2400-strength at holding a grudge.

By who, your mother?

I notice that the squirrels have not posted a rebuttal to my post #10 above.

Ok, clearly this thread is getting off topic.

I can't stand dumb threads, especially about dumb threads so I'm not commenting.... No, wait... Doh!

I like your cat.

Hacer discuciones tontas sobre tonterias, es una tonteria, y lo mas tonto de todo esto es que las tonterias son las que mas se discuten.