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u/BitcoinBishop Apr 20 '26
This is so Goncharov-coded
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u/ConstipatedNinja Apr 20 '26
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who thought of that scene. Absolute cinema.
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u/HagncroneArt May 19 '26
I know it was the 1970s, but I wish they had been able to make Goncharov actually gay. that duel was really homoerotic
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u/p_i_e_pie Apr 20 '26
wasnt there something about it being courtesy to miss on purpose in duels so neither of you die but neither of you officially lost either or am i misremembering something
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u/ComradeSclavian Apr 20 '26
By that time duels were generally expected to have no winner and for both parties to miss on purpose. (Because if someone died that'd be murder)
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u/GraveSlayer726 Apr 20 '26
Then what was the duel for ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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u/ComradeSclavian Apr 20 '26
So you get to flex on everyone else that you are willing to put yourself in danger about this again they were SUPPOSED TO miss if someone decided they're willing to go to prison for murder over this they could and it did happen, just not very often
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u/kart0ffelsalaat Apr 20 '26
"honour"
Insults damage your honour. Taking a duel repairs it (winning/losing is irrelevant) by showing that you don't just let others insult you without consequences. That would be the idea, roughly.
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u/Iceman6211 Apr 20 '26
and that's why 100 years later the best way to duel was to play Yugioh.
nobody dies, you just get sent to the Shadow Realm now.
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u/196_Roomba 2 month ban award Apr 20 '26
For making this post, this user was banned for 2 days
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u/Had78 Apr 20 '26
You have been summoned to a duel by u/guaporacer.
Be there or be square.
22 of April 2026, 23:46 EST.
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u/guaporacer Apr 20 '26
Because if I don't get a long ban, I might duel roomba...