minus-squareemb@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you feel like popular media using a game of Chess to depict a "battle of wits" to be too cliche/cringe?linkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down2·1 day agoSuper cliche yes, cringe no. It’s not entirely a bad metaphor or whatever, but it’s certainly tired. It’s also a bit misleading. Being good at chess isn’t a really a sign of high intelligence generally, it just means you’re good at chess. linkfedilink
Super cliche yes, cringe no.
It’s not entirely a bad metaphor or whatever, but it’s certainly tired. It’s also a bit misleading. Being good at chess isn’t a really a sign of high intelligence generally, it just means you’re good at chess.