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Mar 26, 2023
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#263
I appreciate the irony of not allowing those under 18 to be mods; while simultaneously saying
"Avoid being biased/predisposed toward or against any race/religion/sex/gender/etc."
Mar 26, 2023
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#264
# 297
That should definitely be the moderator's go to work shoe, Chuck Taylor All Star's......who's Michael Jordan?
Mar 26, 2023
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#265
BCchessnut wrote:
I appreciate the irony of not allowing those under 18 to be mods; while simultaneously saying
"Avoid being biased/predisposed toward or against any race/religion/sex/gender/etc."
I don't see any irony. Race/religion/sex/gender don't have anything to do with age. In fact, there are good reasons for requiring mods to be 18. Besides the fact that 18 is typically considered to be the start of being an adult, there's another reason. Your frontal cortex doesn't get fully developed until about the age of 25. So, the greater the age difference is under 25, the more likely it is that you'll make suboptimal decisions.
Mar 26, 2023
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#266
EscherehcsE wrote:
BCchessnut wrote:
I appreciate the irony of not allowing those under 18 to be mods; while simultaneously saying
"Avoid being biased/predisposed toward or against any race/religion/sex/gender/etc."
I don't see any irony. Race/religion/sex/gender don't have anything to do with age. In fact, there are good reasons for requiring mods to be 18. Besides the fact that 18 is typically considered to be the start of being an adult, there's another reason. Your frontal cortex doesn't get fully developed until about the age of 25. So, the greater the age difference is under 25, the more likely it is that you'll make suboptimal decisions.
discrimination- based on age, is allowed, but kudos for not allowing the other types of discrimination?
Ageism will be the last bastion to fall, by which time I will be too old to enjoy it. 
Mar 26, 2023
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#267
BCchessnut wrote:
EscherehcsE wrote:
BCchessnut wrote:
I appreciate the irony of not allowing those under 18 to be mods; while simultaneously saying
"Avoid being biased/predisposed toward or against any race/religion/sex/gender/etc."
I don't see any irony. Race/religion/sex/gender don't have anything to do with age. In fact, there are good reasons for requiring mods to be 18. Besides the fact that 18 is typically considered to be the start of being an adult, there's another reason. Your frontal cortex doesn't get fully developed until about the age of 25. So, the greater the age difference is under 25, the more likely it is that you'll make suboptimal decisions.
discrimination- based on age, is allowed, but kudos for not allowing the other types of discrimination?
Ageism will be the last bastion to fall, by which time I will be too old to enjoy it.
Would you want an 8-year old running a major corporation? Most people wouldn't.
Mar 26, 2023
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#268
EscherehcsE wrote:
BCchessnut wrote:
EscherehcsE wrote:
BCchessnut wrote:
I appreciate the irony of not allowing those under 18 to be mods; while simultaneously saying
"Avoid being biased/predisposed toward or against any race/religion/sex/gender/etc."
I don't see any irony. Race/religion/sex/gender don't have anything to do with age. In fact, there are good reasons for requiring mods to be 18. Besides the fact that 18 is typically considered to be the start of being an adult, there's another reason. Your frontal cortex doesn't get fully developed until about the age of 25. So, the greater the age difference is under 25, the more likely it is that you'll make suboptimal decisions.
discrimination- based on age, is allowed, but kudos for not allowing the other types of discrimination?
Ageism will be the last bastion to fall, by which time I will be too old to enjoy it.
Would you want an 8-year old running a major corporation? Most people wouldn't.
Can I be the first to say, “nope!”?
Mar 26, 2023
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#269
I understand his concern, but a 60 yo vs. a 30 yo is much different than a 30 yo vs. a 15 yo.
Mar 26, 2023
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#270
Kids say the same things...
All you have to do is ask them whether or not they're smarter than they were 1 year ago. Then ask whether they're smarter than they were 5 years ago. Then ask them what they think is going to happen in the next 5 years.
Then they realize the person they are now is a huge id|ot compared to who they'll be later.
Mar 27, 2023
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#271
Moderator, a very difficult job considering the huge numbers of debilitating comments, reward Diamonds membership, even though chess.com is very profitable. How fair is this?
I report over 100 a day and got rid of various dictators pseudos, but for free, no benefits...
Mar 27, 2023
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#273
AlCzervik wrote:
here's what i wrote when this was floated around about eight years ago:
i have a partial resume prepared
<snip>
Great resume. What, they didn't snap you up?
Mar 27, 2023
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#274
Is it still available?
Mar 28, 2023
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#276
Dom-02 wrote:
Is it still available?
You have to have a pretty old account
Bruh
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I HATE CHESS
EscherehcsE wrote:
AlCzervik wrote:
here's what i wrote when this was floated around about eight years ago:
i have a partial resume prepared
<snip>
Great resume. What, they didn't snap you up?
mods deleted my post, so i reposted my resume yesterday, and they deleted not only my response to you, but the resume. again.
mods, this is extremely lame (and that's as nice as i can be about it on this "family friendly" site).
there was nothing in it that violates any rule.
perhaps the sarcasm hit too close to home?
Re: P. F. Flyers - When I was a kid, the TV commercials claimed that they made you "Run faster and jump higher". And I really believed it. I can't remember if I got them or not, as my parents controlled the purse strings. The power of advertising...
yeah