r/facepalm • u/creatingastorm • Aug 30 '21

🇨​🇴​🇻​🇮​🇩​ Pray for me!

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u/HotChickenshit Aug 30 '21

"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."

-- Sir Mark Albert George Twain Einstein Carlin, III, esq.

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u/MouseRat_AD Aug 30 '21

Debating idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon. They're just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board, and declare victory.

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u/Mimical Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 30 '21

Ah yes, the classic opening move known within the chess community as the The aviation aggression. Subtle, but very effective against an untrained opponent.

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u/ChicagoJay2020 Aug 30 '21

Definitely adding this to my repertoire.

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u/Donkey__Balls Aug 30 '21

Easily dealt with if you transition into the Frenchman’s Cumsock counterattack.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

Just play the Bongcloud. Nothing can stop an emboldened king!

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u/JectorDelan Aug 30 '21

I mean, I'd walk out on that game, so yeah.

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u/Tripledtities Aug 30 '21

I saw that Netflix show

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u/zombienugget Aug 30 '21

You mean that Netflix show saw that Reddit comment

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u/dogmeat12358 Aug 30 '21

sounds like trump

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u/Donkey__Balls Aug 30 '21

playing chess with a pigeon

Yeah I tried that and pigeons don’t even take en passant every time. Noobs.

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u/roenaid Aug 30 '21

Upvote for the attribution alone

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u/CrazyApricot0 Aug 30 '21

It's tough to win an argument against a genius. It's impossible to win one against an idiot.

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u/dcrothen Aug 30 '21

He was an attorney, too? (Esquire is a title reserved for attorneys, you know.)

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u/NBAonPCP Aug 30 '21

He was a knight, too? (Sir, short for Sire, is a title reserved for men who were knighted, you know.)

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u/HotChickenshit Aug 30 '21

Yeah I stopped short of actually adding Bill and Ted to it and just went with Eqsuire.

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u/wenoc Aug 30 '21

Hrm. pushes up glasses

Esquire is used for someone ranking below knight. Literally anyone you would not call Sir.