Chess players have no sense of humor

We all know too many chess players with a feeble sense of humor. They take themselves and life too seriously. They may be chronic downers or boring people. They need to be more lighthearted, humorous, and engaging. A vivacious sense of humor is needed to counteract the seriousness of chess or you'll go nuts like Fischer, or become a lonely bitter old curmudgeon, or talk about politics, roll your eyes and give dirty looks. Get a personality. No one likes hanging out with a brain in a jar. 

You are wrong.

Ha! Laughable. And we are supposed to just take it on faith that you have a good sense of humor?  

I doubt it. I think they just think they have a sense of humor, and are scapegoating the forums. If they had a better sense of humor, rather than complain about the caliber of the forums, they'd make the forums more entertaining.

A bored person is a boring person.

it seems like 50/50, but those with humor win at life and chess :)

You can't tell dirty jokes on Chess.com.

OK, wait - Once upon a time there was dirt with such a dry sense of humor, nobody liked him, but eventually he clod his way to the top.

Howard Stern plays chess?

Also look at the other guys in the room - clearly no sense of humor.

@knightlynews

aren't you a chess player?

so...

I think they do. I think it's worth pointing out though that it's good that people have different characteristics. You certainly need to be able to find times to be very focused if you want to get good. Tournament games of chess are fun, but usually not that funny. So you have to know when to go into "game" mode, and sometimes when you're in that mode it's hard to immediately jump out of it. But in that mode is where all the beautiful games are played by the best players in the world, for all of us to play through and marvel at. So chess players will be more likely, anyway, to have this kind of tendency, but it serves its purpose. Other pursuits require different skills, and we're glad there are people out there that have those.

Yeah, he caught himself on the second post, hence the humor of it. I don't know many other chess players in my sphere of influence so I have not seen that side of those who play chess.

So a bear and a rabbit are in the woods, both taking a dump side by side.

The bear turns to the rabbit and asks, "Do you have trouble with poop sticking to your fur?"

The rabbit answered, "Luckily, I do not."

So the bear wiped his rear with the rabbit.

@knightly news - I digress but I thought your screen name looked familiar. I can't believe I actually played a chess.com celebrity who also happens to be a fellow pacific northwesterner.

Not true. From Chess ebook: A group of chess enthusiasts had checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. 

"But why?" they asked, as they moved off. 
"Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer." 

Are you projecting? Perhaps you are the one who is taking things too seriously.

I looked up our matches. We should play again real soon :-)

So, Seattle huh? Cool!  Well at least you've met one of the Chess.com social elite. A little name dropping here and there should elevate you among the ranks.

imsighked2 wrote:

Not true. From Chess ebook: A group of chess enthusiasts had checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. 

"But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer." 

Okay, that one is pretty funny.

Kill me now.

imagine giving up a normal life to play chess, that is funny so I think they do have a good sense of humour.

well atleast we do funny things like playing the bongcloud opening.