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I'm wondering if they're just on amphetamines. > He taps his foot gently to keep his alertness on the highest level while still not losing too much energy. He
by insanitybit 3y ago
I'm wondering if they're just on amphetamines.
> He taps his foot gently to keep his alertness on the highest level while still not losing too much energy. He chews gum.
Sounds like the kind of behavior you'd expect when hopped up on something tbh
- mock-possum 3y agoOr maybe stimming?
- BurningFrog 3y agoYou have to assume anything not tested for (that helps) is used at the top.
- DarmokJalad1701 3y ago> You have to assume anything not tested for (that helps) is used at the top. More like, at the bottom[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11SdThUNgLo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11SdThUNgLo
- ephbit 3y agoFirst, my apology that I am making this off-topic remark. Remark: is it just me, or do other people too hesitate to click a youtube link with no title given? I feel like I at least want to know the title of the linked video, even if it doesn't reveal much about the video. IMO it'd be very nice if people made a habit of Ctrl+c/v'ing the title along with a yt link.
- drivers99 3y agoGood point. I think I've seen some subreddits with a bot that does that for YouTube links. Title: Making Beads That Vibrate To Cheat In Chess Length: 18min, 54s Channel: MixMorris (102k subscribers) 17,364 views Oct 23, 2022 #chess #engineering Description: "This video speaks for itself." (sic)
- klyrs 3y agoThanks, I wasn't going to click and this confirms my "never click a youtube" policy is sound.
- crtasm 3y agoHere's a non-video link: https://knowyourmeme.com/news/a-youtube-prank-channel-just-proved-you-can-in-fact-use-anal-beads-to-cheat-in-chess https://knowyourmeme.com/news/a-youtube-prank-channel-just-p... For anyone unaware, this all stems from the allegations made against Hans Niemann last year: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201734274/chess-hans-niemann-anal-beads-cheating https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201734274/chess-hans-niemann...
- klyrs 3y agoI've read way too much about Hans's alleged butt stuff already. I do not need more of that.
- tysam_and 3y agoAnd if your sense of humor is similar to mine, then you might just find this video by DougDoug riffing on the topic hilarious: Title: "I created the ultimate Chess Ai (it can cheat)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_wOsSda3Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_wOsSda3Us
- anon_cow1111 3y agoI don't think I've clicked a no-context youtube link in years. Sometimes when it seems like it might be worth clicking, I just throw the hash into a search engine.
- slkdjfalzkdfj 3y agoThere actually are regular drug tests for professional chess. The simple fact is that doing any kind of mindsport intensely over an extended period is very draining.
- tayo42 3y agoI would think large swings like that are water weight. They're probably really focused and not drinking or eating as much as usual
- insanitybit 3y agoI totally agree. My personal opinion here is: 1. They're stressed and therefor eating less, especially if they're spending the daytimes of the tournament playing games - hardly conducive to appetite, and in fact I expect many will avoid food purposefully to try to not get that sleepy-full feeling. 2. To a much lesser degree, increased stress == increased heartrate == increased BMR. 3. Maybe, and I hate to speculate because of the stigma (personally I don't care if chess players are doing drugs), some amphetamine use, or at least caffeine, all of which can suppress appetate further. I personally very much doubt that it's the thinking hard that's actually burning calories. Unfortunately, I can't even read the linked post! It's paywall'd.
- bluGill 3y agoA pound of fat is 3500 calories. If a chess player eats nothing at all they are unlikely to burn that many calories in a day. Chess players do eat during a tournament. Therefore weight loss must be water.
- dekhn 3y agoThat's not how weight loss works- you don't lose a pound by "burning" fat.
- Detrytus 3y agoHow else would it work? You burn fat (as in: you turn it into energy, powering your own living cells), turning it into CO2 and H2O, which are then breathed out or expelled with urine.
- devmor 3y agoWhat? Yes it is. Your fat cells are turned into ATP via Beta-oxidation and used for cellular energy. The excess carbon from the processes is then exhaled as CO2 during normal respiration and the water is sweated or urinated. When you lose about 3500 calories of energy via this process, you have burned a pound of fat.
- lordnacho 3y agoDoes amphetamine help concentration?
- calamari4065 3y agoAdderall is basically amphetamine.
- Pyxl101 3y agoYes, it can. It provides a feeling of excitement or enthusiasm for whatever you're doing, and can be channeled into working hard for long periods of time. Especially if your job already brings you some satisfaction, then doing your job on amphetamine will provide more. Pilots in the airforce (and possibly other warfighters) are given amphetamine to augment their performance. I think of it as basically stealing energy or enthusiasm from the future, though. You might feel energized and focused now, but it comes at the expense of less energy and focus when the drug wears off. The withdrawal effect is pretty mild if you take prescription doses of it though, e.g. Adderall (which is amphetamine). At normal moderate doses, taken in the morning, almost all of that energy can be recouped during sleep (though not all). I wouldn't want to take it daily for a long period of time though, otherwise you'll build up an 'energy deficit' that could lead to a crash. P.S. I know people who have essentially destroyed their lives by becoming addicted to amphetamine or meth. It's a dangerous drug.
- devmor 3y agoAs someone who basically requires dextroamphetamine to function, I’ve always found the notion of becoming addicted to it crazy, nonetheless. If I don’t set alarms to take it, I will forget, for days at a time until I suddenly realize why I haven’t gotten much done and my memory has been bad this week. I wonder if there is something about the dopamine issues of the ADHD brain that prevents an addiction to substances that aid it.
- tambourine_man 3y agoI’ve been tapping my foot ferociously since I was a kid and the most I’ve been “on” is caffeine. Lots of it, though, but the taping helps me even when I’m not drinking coffee.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoNot that its representative necessarily but have you been screened for AD(H)D, the leg and foot tapping/shaking was always a big thing for me. And its not parkinsons lol, otherwise I've had it my whole life ;)
- tambourine_man 3y agoI haven't, but who knows, we're all a bit neurodivergent here. I can get completely dispersed but also deeply focused to the point of jumping on my seat whenever the phone or door rings.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoNone of that is dispositive on the ADHD side lol
- djbusby 3y agoTapping or that thing where you keep the ball of the foot on the floor and then shake the leg like trying to double-bass hit a-la John Bonham? That's the one I do. Annoys the heck out of everyone around cause it shakes things. So they say Stop! Then get frustrated with my too-loud typing or humming or... whatever, gotta let that excess energy out somehow. Interrupting my focus state with "why are you doing that?" - doing what?
- tambourine_man 3y agoThat's the perfect description :) And yes, it does annoy everyone. I had a stranger ask me to stop in a movie theater once, the seats were connected and it would shake the whole line. My wife just lays her hand on my leg and not a word needs to be spoken. As I'm getting older, the tip of the foot can start to get a little numb if I'm too excited.