Im 28 is there any point in me taking up chess seriously? would it be a waste of time?

Well yes, girls are "physically capable" of stalking. However often a person stalks out of desperation. Girls have many options to choose from when it comes to dating so they don't really need to "stalk" someone out of desparation since they have enough guys who would love to be with them.   Most guys don't have that luxury of having many girls who want to be with them so they become hopelessly infatuated with one girl and stalk her.

psychologytoday.com/us/blog/machiavellians-gulling-the-rubes/201605/the-7-types-stalkers-and-how-spot-them#:~:text=Most%20stalkers%20are%20men—70,perpetrated%20almost%20exclusively%20by%20women.

Most stalkers are men, 70-80% of them are men. Saying that men are the "victims" of stalking is being intellectually dishonest since my point was that women don't stalk nearly as much (which should be obvious) and men can also be stalked by other men. The relevant statistic for my point is how many stalkers are men and 4 out of 5 stalkers are men and it's mostly the case of men stalking women.

wait, what do you mean "girls have so many options but guys don't"? Like statistically I'd assume out of 8 billion people on earth around 4 billion are guys, give or take a couple hundred thousand, maybe a couple million at a stretch.

US Bureau of Justice vs Psychology today

Then you shouldn't argue that men as victims is incorrect. You should argue that women as stalkers is incorrect.

And even then you'd be wrong just from your own data.

What a ridiculous statement.

You must be a teenager, or even younger.

Dude, how come u did not understand my point? my original point was that women stalkers are very uncommon. HIS POINT was that men are victims of stalking half of the time... however men can also be stalked by other men(for ransom money, kidnapping etc) so his point does not refute my point. The relevant statistic for my point is that women don't stalk men nearly as much as men stalk women which is absolutely true and should be blatantly obvious

"Actually, I looked up stalker statistics from the US Bureau of Justice and men are almost as often victims of stalking as women."

@nikkilikechikki

ridiculous statement? many studies and social experiments have proven this. Women just tend to have way more options in the dating scene compared to most men. This should be obvious to anyone who leaves his house every once in a while

The currency is different, but the rarity? Not so much. Women are valuable for their looks. Men are valuable for their wealth.

If you're poor because you were born with a low IQ then that's regrettable, but it's not unique. A women who is born ugly has the same problem.

I hope that you understood my point, it's very simple to grasp. The other guy is focusing on the victim side while i was completely focusing on the perpetrator side

Men Vs. Women: Tinder Experiment Shows Gender Disparity On Dating Apps (elitedaily.com)

The female profile got 70% match rate and was messaged by 54% of all the male matches. The male profile got only 10.5% message rate.  She had 2.6 times more matches and 13.5 times more messages than Brian.

It's fairly well known that women have it way easier in the dating scene. That's also the reason most scammers use female profiles to operate since creating a male profile makes everything a lot harder

As i said, anyone who has interacted with the real world to some extent knows that this is just how it is, it's a common fact.

Women don't need men, they need money.

Men need women.

So of course there's an imbalance... and who is more likely to join Tinder? Desperate men or desperate women? Of course men, so of course there will be an imbalance. If a woman is desperate then she can just live at home. If a man is desperate he joins Tinder.

Exactly, which further reinforces my point as to why women don't stalk men nearly as much, because they are emotionally extremely strong and don't actually need men. Having way more options also helps with that. Men on the other hand tend to be more emotionally vulnerable so they tend to partake in these activities a lot more.

Btw, there are almost the same number of male and female profiles in tinder.

You will definitely not make it without a private coach who will expand your opening repertoire. 

Well look, everyone wants what they can't have. Men want women, but women aren't interested. Women want high paying jobs, but employers aren't interested.

You're a loser on Tinder, while women are a losers on Linkedin.

And teens are losers on Quora. 

Karens are losers on Facebook.

Trump is a loser on Twitter.

Just read the 1st few pages. Llama is correct most of the time regarding chess. His habit of rubbing it in rubs the wrong way though. Most of you are deluded. Have little understanding of yourselves playing our hobby.

DT famously played 1.a4 and claimed victory. Quit thereafter.

What if I'm poor AND ugly?