Post #2154650
2026-05-06 21:13 UTC
so, this woman was a world-champion Tetris player ...
... and *didn't know it*
her husband discovered she regularly got scores higher than anyone on the planet
she went to a competition and crushed the world record
Item #2 in my latest free Linkfest newsletter: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-44-microchimerism-sonic-boom-duct-tape/
Replies (3)
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@smellsofbikes@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 21:20
@clive@saturation.social this is awesome.
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@Zotmeister@mastodon.online 2026-05-06 21:23
@clive@saturation.social I was there! I met them! (I'm one of only two competitors that attended that tournament every single year it ran.)
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@blargyblargh@a2mi.social 2026-05-07 00:14
@clive@saturation.social this is one of my favorite Internet stories! I forget about it and then stumble across it again every couple years. this and the one about the Excel design review with Bill Gates that went shockingly well Edit: found the link to the other one https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-review/