Did you know there are people who take crosswords so seriously?>Last weekend for the first time in the puzzles 84-year history, The New York Times Magazine printed an unsolvable crossword. Clues didn't align with their corresponding answers or were missing altogether. The grid was correct online, but for print-magazine solvers, the damage to their weekends, and esteem, had already been done.>Some solvers who complete the Sunday puzzle in the print magazine (often with pen) complained on crossword forums and social media, saying they were nearly in tears, some with fears of sudden onset dementia or, worse yet, ineptitude.>When Mike McFadden, in New Jersey, couldnt crack it, he thought, "something was wrong with me. I didnt think that they would have an error." It nagged at him all day. For others, the error triggered an existential crisis. "We trust that its always going to be something that at least somebody can figure out", Irene Papoulis, a former writing instructor at Trinity College, said. "The world is making less and less sense". So its like, The crossword puzzle? Not you, too!>Several people said they felt robbed of a sacred morning routine. "Maybe Im overreacting", McFadden said. "But it ruined the best hour of my week."
>saying they were nearly in tears, some with fears of sudden onset dementia
yeah i mean there are people who treat Scrabble as seriously as any sport.i have a book of 100 crosswords. i made it a rule i CANNOT look anything up. i also can't just guess letters: 'IEGO' might be the answer, but it might be gibberish, it doesn't count unless i'm certain.i have attempted 47 crosswords. i have fully solved 0 ;_;
>>84414735This is the kind of bullshit people mean when they say something's "happened" btw
>>84414735You would act the same if your fav vidya suddenly went to shit.Crosswords are a ritual for old people, I can see why it would irk them that suddenly they find the quality decreased or find themselves uncapable of solving it when it looks like it should be solved
>>84414735i understand them. i felt like that too when 4chan was hacked
>>84414735Everyone has their own obsession and vice in this world. Let people find happiness in this bleak world
>>84414735I do a paper crossword once a week
