I don't know. I've seen, heard and read enough "THIS IS blablablubb" jokes and skits even before 300 made it to the cinemas here. This joke is played out. There are only so many things THIS can be.
Show Leonidas during the famous scene: "THIS! IS!" cut to Jerry Maguire on the phone: "THE MONEY!!!!!!!!"
repeat
That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
Are you implying chess club people are losers? Because all I am implying is that some jocks see them as convenient targets for an early morning beatup. And I'm only implying that because I saw too many US sitcoms in my youth :-D
And the Spartans saw Athens as a convenient target quite often. There never was much love between the two.
I tried chess as a kid, gave up on it early, because I didn't know what I was doing, and considered it geeky.
I took it up in this past year, got my ass kicked a lot of times, and have become a much better player. Chess is fucking brutal. I love that game now. Oh, and I'm a 250 pound monster.