The death of Daniel Naroditsky, a top 200 chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, seems to be directly caused by years-long unabashed and relentless social media bullying by a disgraced former world champion who has gone on a baseless crusade against cheating in online chess to justify the massive decline in his own chess quality.
Freedom of speech is not without consequences. Words also kill.
RIP Danya
Besides being a chess player and a cheater, he was also a drug addict. This should be added to every message about his death so that people don’t forget about the danger of drugs in their lives.
Looks like you are siding with the attackers distorted version. Good to know.
I couldn’t care less about chess. Board games are dead, and every other player’s a cheater, if not the first.
But junkies are a real problem, and they need to be dealt with.
The post is not about chess. It's about bullying that we see every day, even in nostr, and how people are defenseless about it.
Cheaters deserve to be bullied. Because of those fagots, you can’t properly play a single game anymore. They’re everywhere — even in sports, even in card games, even in card games that aren’t for money. And I’m not even talking about online multiplayer. Fake speedrunners, fake esports players...
As for this particular case… he wasn’t really bullied that much. Much worse things have happened in the chess world — like the scandal around Hans Niemann and his vibrator in the ass 😄
This isn't X. Retarded rage-baiting AIs like you will be blocked, and you don't have an algorithm like Elon Musk's to give you extra visibility any more
Goodbye
No word kills ... people kill... themselves or others.
It's funny how many people think their words can't control others without any chance for them to react.
Its not funny. Its realistic. Dont tell me half of us weren't somehow bullied through out our lifes. A times when there is truth in the accusations is where people bend down under pressure of society because its harder to wash down the shame. But come on then half of the globe should just kill themselves if someone calls them names or stuff. While you have life you can fix things if you want if not they tend to kill themselves because its easier then to work it out. Especially if you are a drug user... everything is easier for them than to face reality. Stop this victim mentality everyone is pushing these days.
Selection bias. Thousandos of people die from this every year. Just because we survived doesn't mean that words didn't kill.
They dont. Its their shame that kills them. Not the words spoken.
Have you ever had a friend that took a life because of this?
I have a lot of people that killed themself for so many reasons but all those reasons came from them. It was their insecurities and their incapability to admit their faults and face reality.
There are people around us doing this all the time. Ive studied psychology extensively throughout my life. Its something that occupies my mind on the daily bases. Now I dont agree with you that words kill but I do see that these kind of people do not have a person to actually talk to that will guide them through hard times amd make them believe that it can be fixed. For this I wouldnt blame the excess of words but I would blame the lack of words from a psychiatrist. Todays psychiatrists will just write you a prescription for some insane medicine that will turn u into a vegetable. And that is not the way.
Words domt kill people. Corrupt medical system does.
Looks like you are trying really hard to blame everyone but the terrible people actually doing it.
Looks like you cant be realistic.
I am, not only I have lost friends to this but my wife is a social worker that deals with it daily. The reality is that words kill faster than any health system can save you. That's the reality.
Continue preaching victim mentality.
A lot of people get bullied and dont kill themselves. If that was his easy way out and he did it. It was his decision. And for you not to see that... well thats your problem. Not mine. I will never accept someone telling me a person committed suicide, took his own life and then someone else words to be blamed. Obviously the man couldnt deal with life. And he done what he had to. Words dont kill. I will forever stand by that.
I will. It takes a lot of empathy to recognize that most people are defenseless against evil. And that evil is the party to blame, not the victim.
I am very empathetic person myself. But at the same time im too realistic to play that game of blame. After all man killed himself. Thats it. If you become too empathetic it will consume you and you will be stuck in victim mentality. He wanted to end his life he didnt like it. Lets not forget you can always move out of the environment and company that doesnt support you or your growth. Thats not the direction world should lead. Its time to buckle up, grow some balls and take responsibility for yourself and your life and im talking this in general.
You are just enabling it by getting consumed by your empathy.
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Needless to say that we have the same behavior on Nostr. Clients and relays are constantly battling terrible human beings that are only here to annoying and hurt others.
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Mental stability and resilience mismatch between bullied and bully. Bullies usually don’t see how their actions affect the others emotional wellbeing or can’t believe the magnitude of the effect. Education can fix this.
And then there are the sickest of the sick fucks who know about this mismatch and try hard to maximally exploit it to ends such as this. And they feel justified and blameless. It’s definitionally psychopathy.
Good rule of thumb: treat everyone as if their beloved mom just died. It’ll keep you from inadvertently being a dick.
I went through a massive chess obsession for about a year, four or five hours or chess videos and study every evening. I watched many of his videos. He always seemed to stable and calm and confident, and I was sure he understands how respected he is
