Surfing the internet as much as I do, I've become a connoisseur of sorts of internet memes. Most of them are truly silly, but a few of them have a strong foundation in basic human reality, which enhances their fascination for me. One such is the meme based on NFL coach Dennis Green's "They are who we thought they were" rant, which occurred in a postgame press conference on October 16, 2006. His Cardinals team had just lost to the Chicago Bears, and he was really steamed about it, believing that the Bears were an inferior team and had done nothing in the game to prove that they weren't, even though the Bears had won.
It's very human to be upset when events run counter to one's deeply held beliefs. I can surely empathize with Dennis Green. I have a deeply held belief that I'm an excellent chess player, but recent events are sorely testing that belief :-) I'm reluctantly having to acknowledge that it's just possible I may be who they thought I was - they being my opponents, and what they thought being that I'm not all that good.
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