Chess is an oasis of sanity in an insane world.
I just now lost a three-minute ICC game to a Ukrainian player whose 3-min rating is 1378. He calls himself IM Serg2008. I am happy to play the patzer for someone so beleaguered. (Actually, I am not merely playing the patzer; I am one.) Well, at least Serg has access to cyberspace for the nonce, and Caissa's consolation in any case.