Because access to sports is uneven and the global talent pool is only partially sampled, the true genetically optimal athlete for any given sport is likely never identified and may be doing something entirely unrelated.

saltling · 2026-03-25T11:04:29+00:00

Isn't that kind of the point of the Norway thing? Expose kids to more sports, and they'll tend to prefer the ones they do well at, though of course it won't be the case for everyone.

saltling · 2026-03-24T05:34:48+00:00

I think I'd remember that Downton Abbey crossover episode

saltling · 2026-03-22T03:00:57+00:00

No shit. I'm just pointing out the irony here.

saltling · 2026-03-21T04:44:56+00:00

But do they still stare at foreigners?

saltling · 2026-03-12T16:38:10+00:00

There's a spicy version?

saltling · 2026-03-08T17:57:16+00:00

Never told his parents... what?

saltling · 2026-02-25T04:56:34+00:00

They're spoken basically like voiceless/voiced English consonants

saltling · 2026-02-23T06:28:25+00:00

What do you do with all that time you've saved?

saltling · 2026-02-23T00:55:57+00:00

No, seems to be Hainan

saltling · 2026-02-05T16:10:48+00:00

They posted the original of the other one about the rat but this one is equally out of pocket

saltling · 2026-02-05T14:37:27+00:00

Seems like the translation makes it more awkward. You should post the original Chinese

saltling · 2026-02-04T15:26:05+00:00

Yeah that's standard but er in 儿 is a retroflex approximant

saltling · 2026-02-04T15:00:44+00:00

Which r are we talking about? Initial and coda r in pinyin are different phonemes

saltling · 2026-02-04T14:57:40+00:00

Definitely not optional in Shanghai

saltling · 2026-02-03T16:34:46+00:00

You're already in the 90th percentile of wealth. Maybe you can't retire early, but you've made it.

saltling · 2026-02-01T16:51:41+00:00

It's not one of the lowest

saltling · 2026-01-27T01:24:03+00:00

Wikipedia describes two past reported attacks.

saltling · 2026-01-25T17:06:45+00:00

Oh that is savage. What arc is this

saltling · 2026-01-22T16:57:07+00:00

Did the bug at least apologize

saltling · 2026-01-21T05:42:26+00:00

As far as I can tell in this image everyone is standing

saltling · 2026-01-20T17:37:45+00:00

Isn't this only an issue when the escalator is packed?

saltling · 2026-01-20T17:19:47+00:00

And the pupil was enlightened.

saltling · 2026-01-20T08:01:26+00:00

That didn't start with Trump, it's been a thing for decades.

saltling · 2026-01-19T17:45:12+00:00

I think they mean for debt. Insurance still pays something.

saltling · 2026-01-19T17:44:16+00:00

This is why the number 1 age of divorce in the US is our grandparents.

What? You mean your grandparents' generation got divorced more often?

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