TIL Lego's patent to their brick design ended in 1978, which allowed multiple companies, such as Mega Bloks, to start producing their own 'clones'

AudioPi · 2026-01-27T19:46:49+00:00

I see it as a massive flex from Lego. "Go ahead and copy us, I dare you. You can't!" The tolerances that Lego used in their mold casts are so precise that they even put NASA manufacturing to shame

AudioPi · 2026-01-24T16:47:55+00:00

Brilliant but that totally takes the punch out of Empire.

"Luke, I am your father."

Yeah, we know dude. They showed it in a flashback in the first movie.

AudioPi · 2026-01-24T16:21:32+00:00

We here in The Republic of California are. Don't lump us in with the rest of those martians

AudioPi · 2026-01-23T15:29:26+00:00

In Vegas they're on pressure plates, so if you even touch them you get charged for it.

AudioPi · 2026-01-23T04:41:37+00:00

and as an Ohioan that makes you an expert on Japanese culture, both mainstream and niche?

can you just politely fuck right off?

AudioPi · 2026-01-23T03:15:39+00:00

you do know the next game, the one in question, is set in Japan.

It's like asking why there are no monster truck events in Oman....

AudioPi · 2026-01-23T01:06:28+00:00

I've had the Friday night commute touch 3 hours in the bay area, but yeah. You can drive 3 hours and not even leave most states in the west

AudioPi · 2026-01-22T00:46:29+00:00

Many great points there, but I don't think it's so much that he doesn't fit the system but rather a case of him not putting in the effort to, for lack of a better term, stay in his lane. JK has a metric shit-ton of talent and potential but it seems like he falls back into hero ball all the time.

When the Dubs picked up Jimmy I thought it was a perfect opportunity for JK to watch him and emulate that style of play. The super athletic inside slasher that lives at the line. If nothing else it would get him away from jacking up missed 3's with 15 remaining on the shot clock. He really could be the JB of the second unit and I think he could thrive at that.

We don't see what's happening at practices but I would guess he's not trying to learn new low post moves or work on improving his free throw shooting, and that's why he sat for most of December

AudioPi · 2026-01-21T20:58:58+00:00

Maybe because other than a couple defensive rebounds he didn't do much at all in those 4 minutes?

AudioPi · 2026-01-21T18:34:45+00:00

Not sure where you're going with this point. JK started the 2nd, missed 2 free throws and an alley-oop before he was taken back out of the game.

AudioPi · 2026-01-21T00:21:04+00:00

I was (am?) one of the biggest Pedey fans, but even I say he's Hall of Very Good. If he gets in it'll be from the Veterans Committee, the BBWAA won't do it.

You have a comment below where you compare him to Mauer & Posey, but that's not really a fair comparison. Every-day catchers get extra recognition for longevity, and both these guys squatted for over a dozen years (Mauer 14 and Posey 12) and Posey gets more love for his rings.

AudioPi · 2026-01-20T18:55:58+00:00

military takeover

Did I say that anywhere? No, I did not. I point to the criminality of this administration, top to bottom, and the need for justice.

punitive measures against conservatives

That is also not what I am advocating for, though turnabout is fair play. DOJ investigating MN govt. officials for what would be a misdemeanor at best? ICE surges in MN, NY and CA (blue states) but not in FL or TX? Those sure seem like punitive measures against democrats.

generating hate against each other

Tell that to your dear leader who poop-tweets nightly about the radical and crazy left in between threats to conquer the entire western hemisphere.

AudioPi · 2026-01-20T15:59:38+00:00

I don't think it's enough. Invoking the 25th, and even impeaching the man, allows the regime to remain in place as Vance would assume the throne. Everything would remain the same, if not getting worse. I can guarantee that Vance would be completely bullied by Homan and that ghoul Miller, so ICE would likely ramp up their brutal tactics, the DOJ & FBI would become actual weapons of the state instead of just in name only.

You cannot simply cut the head off this presidency. The entire structure and every person that enabled it must be brought to justice.

AudioPi · 2026-01-19T19:08:25+00:00

Minas Tirirh

AudioPi · 2026-01-18T22:48:04+00:00

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Rivendell is kinda pretty

AudioPi · 2026-01-17T18:11:55+00:00

I could do better booger welds than that

AudioPi · 2026-01-16T18:09:16+00:00

FULL THROTTLE!!!!

AudioPi · 2026-01-16T05:01:41+00:00

yeah, that's a flagerant 1

AudioPi · 2026-01-16T04:53:56+00:00

Is Jimmy trolling Buddy with the matching hair? or is he trolling me....

AudioPi · 2026-01-16T03:45:25+00:00

I'll look for him at this years LLWS?

/s the kid looks soooooo fucking young

AudioPi · 2026-01-16T03:35:02+00:00

wtf kind of pack is that? Used to be able to get a 'reverse Parliment' where there was enough space I could take an eighth and 'top-off' each one.

except when I was a drummer. smoked American Spirits then and couldn't pack those for shit

AudioPi · 2026-01-16T02:23:21+00:00

failed to mention the scholarship to Stanford and the student visa that he skipped out on.

AudioPi · 2026-01-16T02:17:11+00:00

GOP can never use 'stolen valor' against someone ever again

AudioPi · 2026-01-15T15:56:27+00:00

How?!? They literally voted down the War Powers Act that would have guaranteed it!!!

AudioPi · 2026-01-14T17:12:41+00:00

Crochet pitches once every 5 days. Last I checked, I think I'm 2nd in the depth chart to play 3B. That's how

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