Are Chess Players Outsiders?

We're like murderers. We just look like normal people. 

I would have to know what an "insider" is to answer that?

None of my normal friends like chess, and that's probably because they don't want to spend time playing a board game for such a long time, which is understandable. I guess chess players are just weird

i am an insider

just look inside my stomach & u shall understand

Maybe. Maybe not.

I don't think that I've ever actually met a chess player in real life.

I used to move around between different groups in school, from the criminals and druggies up the courts, geeks in the library, punks in the music rooms, etc. Still just never known anyone who played it.

I think if it were promoted more as a mobile game, would be better.

As it stands, I think people have to go quite far out of their way to get into it (can be circumstantial such as covid).

I don't really take the Netflix show and parental choice into account. One is fashion, and the other isn't individual choice either.

I don't think chess makes you an outsider at all. Just look at Carlsen! He's the world champion, yet plays in many volleyball matches as well. In fact, there are some who know him only because of his volleyball skills.

On the contrary, chess players have my respect just simply for playing the game, love the game win or lose, many levels of ignorance and intelligence, anyone can have a brain fart and or not pay attention, loss on a bad day, blame yourselves for losing

I love chess and I still fit in society, all I need is just calculated what kind of topic will be in the conversation and what respond will I get, and plan it up to 5 step in conversation. and viola, I just fit in the conversation lol

FYI, chess has helped me in my job. I am a marketer. since I take chess as my hobby, it's hard to put it in word. but I can see where the opener, scan what problem my customer have, and provide solution with my product, and then come the end game. that is closing. it help me think in structured fashion. the better I'm in chess, the better I do in my job. it kinda feel like that. well, maybe that's just my imagination, but the effect is real.

Chess can help you to being a Twitch artist 

that's very True @asiaphone12 for my job too

when i started to capture more Kings in my end-games i found out that i'm automatically catching more TUNA herds. & i believe there is no coincidence in Life ... in short CHESS is good for Fishing especially when the big Waves hit the bottom of your Minds

So far, how many fish did you catch by playing chess? Did you ever catch a shark?

if you tease me more...i'll change my Mind into something of a better  taste

I am a blue whale myself. So, you can't swallow me.

then let's fight deep into a 3 min Live Chess

I do not think people consider chess players outsiders but they do consider them as nerds though many chess players aren't.

OK now deeper Question for both => the Elite & nerds

is there any relation between Chess & Reincarnation ?

Not unless you're the reincarnation of Paul Morphy.