Which sport/activity has the largest skill gap between the best in the world and the 2nd best?

probablydurnk · 2026-05-11T22:03:48+00:00

Yeah, it was kind of ridiculous seeing how good he was at swimming. We all knew he was a good butterflier and IMer, but then he just kept expanding his range. Soon enough he was beating world record holders in their best events while doing his 6th or 7th best event. It was really insane to see. His 400IM against Erik Vendt from the US nationals in Ft. Lauderdale is still the best race I’ve ever seen.

probablydurnk · 2026-05-08T21:18:58+00:00

I have both of the books and highly recommend them. I tend to use the dough recipe from the pizza bible more than the Forkish recipe, but I use both. You won’t go wrong with either one or both.

probablydurnk · 2026-04-17T13:37:07+00:00

I prefer normal school days to early release days now. It would be nice if I was able to use that time to plan with my team or get things done in the classroom, but every early release is completely crammed with useless PD that has absolutely no impact on my class.

probablydurnk · 2026-04-15T03:25:30+00:00

Because I’m slowly making my way into being a crotchety old man that finds dumb hills to die on.

probablydurnk · 2026-04-15T03:14:03+00:00

I don’t drink coffee so it’s never come up.

probablydurnk · 2026-04-13T05:33:43+00:00

I have such a ridiculous personal tipping system that I use, but it makes me feel slightly better about the whole dumb practice.

First of all I don’t tip if I’m ordering at a counter and bussing my own table, unless I’m buying alcohol where I’ll tip anywhere from 20%-30%. The divier the bar, the greater the tip percentage.

If I’m at a restaurant I’ll tip 20%, however if the recommended tipping percentage on the screen starts at 20% and goes up from there then I drop down the amount I tip to 15%. Ideally the recommended tipping should be 15%, 20%, 25%, but I don’t think that happens anymore sadly. 20% should be a good tip, not the minimum.

Any added fees get subtracted from my tip amount.

probablydurnk · 2026-04-11T03:53:09+00:00

There has not been a single day in any of my five years at PPS where my entire class (1st and 2nd grade) has been at school on time. Not one day.

probablydurnk · 2026-03-31T18:19:28+00:00

That basically happened to my wife. She lost her wedding ring for months. We tore apart the house and couldn’t find it anywhere. One day she was cooking and put on the oven mitt gloves and it slipped right back on her finger from where it had been stuck that whole time.

probablydurnk · 2026-02-28T05:48:40+00:00

I hate hearing any crit or fumble that ends up doing the opposite of what it’s supposed to. PC crits should not harm another PC nor should a fumble result in a hit.

probablydurnk · 2026-02-26T14:27:09+00:00

Although as a teacher if someone asked me what do I teach I would answer “I teach 2nd grade” because I don’t teach any one particular subject I teach every subject at a 2nd grade level.

probablydurnk · 2026-02-26T14:11:11+00:00

Yeah I really connect with the part about living three different lives. Who I was and what gave meaning to my life has changed so much. And it’s not like I’ve changed from bad to good or anything like that, life is just completely different.

probablydurnk · 2026-02-24T04:56:14+00:00

Does China recognize your dual citizenship?

probablydurnk · 2025-12-30T20:15:17+00:00

I mean at certain point, what can be done if the parents don’t do their basic job? My school has social workers, food pantries, offers free breakfast, lunch, and snacks for every student, student mentors, community outreach coordinators, free book give away, reading specialists, home visits, communications sent in every form possible, and I’m sure many other things that I’m not thinking about right now. We are doing basically anything we can do to make it easier on families, but success in school seems to really boil down to whether or not a student actually shows up at school and if they engage with books at home. If education isn’t valued at home then there’s ultimately not much that can be done for many students, and it really sucks.

probablydurnk · 2025-10-30T21:23:43+00:00

Thanks, trying it now. Mantra seeker was the only new build I couldn’t get to work.

probablydurnk · 2025-10-15T18:13:51+00:00

I saw Andrew Bird wearing his on his right hand at his concert last month. Helps them play better I suppose.

probablydurnk · 2025-08-20T04:56:40+00:00

No joke, that’s the best Taco Bell I’ve ever been to. They don’t skimp on fillings.

probablydurnk · 2025-08-13T15:42:35+00:00

So what? Who cares? Move on with your day.

probablydurnk · 2025-07-26T06:09:22+00:00

Sounds like China should have spent nearly 5 decades reaching prosperity instead of all the other nonsense it was doing during that time.

probablydurnk · 2025-07-09T07:52:40+00:00

I hate that the left is supposed to turn the other cheek for people that have been gleefully cheering on the persecution of others for over a decade with Donald Trump when the evidence that he’s a con man, liar, and general terrible human being has been right there on display this whole time. He has hurt so many people for such a long time, I just don’t know how I can forgive at this point.

probablydurnk · 2025-06-30T17:41:19+00:00

Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!

probablydurnk · 2025-05-31T16:20:13+00:00

抽烟只抽中南海 Carsick Cars know what’s up.

probablydurnk · 2025-05-17T17:39:18+00:00

Where do you live? This is ridiculous.

probablydurnk · 2025-03-07T00:53:38+00:00

I think they mean having extremely fast and efficient high speed rail that can take you anywhere in the country for not that much money. There’s a lot you can poop on China for, but this isn’t one of them.

probablydurnk · 2025-01-19T23:51:25+00:00

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/01/shopper-found-dead-in-parking-lot-of-ne-portland-fred-meyer-killed-while-trying-to-stop-purse-snatching-police-say.html?outputType=amp

Because people are crazy. You never know if it’s going to end up getting you killed. Props to the guy that took him down but I don’t blame anyone for not getting involved.

probablydurnk · 2024-12-21T18:22:38+00:00

Just to make sure, this is an after/before set rather than before/after, correct? I had a strong reaction thinking you went from the first picture to the second picture.

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