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Trash talking in chat

You can kibitz Chess games. You can't kibitz language or its usage.

Something seems wrong with that statement. But, hey, it's life, apparently.

In the modern world, you should never say anything you never want repeated by another. This is according to the millennial generation, gen X, snowflakes, those who are over-sensitive to everything, but don't have enough maturity to have had their own mistakes held against them (yet).

Have you ever seen the melt-down that one of those over-sensitive generations has when they get called-out on the carpet for their own lack of awareness or sensitivity: It isn't pretty. But that's more in the sense of needing medication and counseling and social support.

As much as modern generations are "up" on the internet, always connected, living digital social lives, they're also the worst sort of people always looking for fault in textual communication. We all think that adding Emoji's to the mix might help convey some sort of intent or inflection: It's not the same. (Rather backhanded sometimes, if not more often than not.)

Good natured chat? Sure. No problem. Interpreting what one person thinks or believes is good natured, versus another: Good luck.

Just meant to be observational. Please don't poke me with a stick. Whether or not you like or understand these observations.
@SJCVChess You ascribe an awful lot of bad characteristics to other generations. I see you've upvoted your own comment. What generation does "self-congratulatory" fall under?
@SJCVChess Alrighty then. I'll file that one under, "Dishes It Out But Can't Take It." Then again, I suppose there's always the possibility you didn't understand my observation.
@Nutshotmania

"If i make a dumb move, of course i need to spam for a takeback and insult my opponent when he doesn't give it to me. Is that not normal? *sarcasm*"

What are you talking about? That is not 'trash-talk' in the traditional sense. That is just BEING TRASHY.

@pawnmulch I agree most people don't chat in my experience and usually trash talk is just trying to be an ass to the other person. I don't like that either.

@Flyingjat "Trash talking is an excuse for bad play."
Not true. Even Carlsen trash-talks - but he keeps his trash talk away from the board because you generally do not trash-talk in prestigious tournaments.

Light-hearted banter is ok, and anyone who thinks otherwise simply can't take the heat. That is no excuse for insults and being mean-spirited. if it is just light-hearted banter then - in my opinion, of course - you shouldn't take it personally.
@SJCVChess nice point u got there. But saying these things "millennial generation, gen X, snowflakes, those who are over-sensitive to everything" is actually a fallacy. So I would rather restate what you have said, as just sensitive people who cannot tolerate criticism's or light banter. It can also depend on their culture and their loyalty to it, on how they will react to it.
Not everything milennial are sensitive, Not all "modern generation" are "up" on the internet.

I have not yet research about this topic, so I don't know much about this.
Clearly!

No yeah. But no. Most of these youngsters are snowflakes.

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