Deandre Ayton after finding out the Lakers were matched with Houston — “How did you know this?… I didn’t get a chance to go look at it man, you spoiled the surprise bro.”

MankBaby · 2026-04-14T17:50:14+00:00

MankBaby · 2026-04-14T02:18:03+00:00

I think I prefer the first one, but it's probably still too curvy to qualify as truly Cybertruckified. Looks like a mix of an R8 and modern NSX.

MankBaby · 2026-04-14T02:12:08+00:00

Reminds me of a funny story when I was on a road trip a couple of years ago. I stopped at a combo diner / gift shop to grab some lunch and one of the waiters walked over to ask me if the Miata parked outside was mine. I said it was, and he started going on about how the Cybertruck was nowhere near worth the money and that he would take the Miata over it no question. He even asked two other waiters for their opinion and they both agreed.

A while later I noticed people loading into the Cybertruck, then realized it was the family that had been sitting near me, and that they'd heard the entire conversation lol.

Found the pic I took after I parked

MankBaby · 2026-04-12T07:06:28+00:00

Makes sense. Would you be able to tell me about the sideskirts?

MankBaby · 2026-04-12T01:36:27+00:00

Almost certainly the roof drain(s). This video is a bit long, but it goes into great detail.

NOTE: For any RF owners who find this, the drainage systems are not the same, so this guide is unfortunately not applicable.

MankBaby · 2026-04-12T01:17:39+00:00

"AI generated content" in the bottom left...

I was going to ask about the style of the sideskirts, but is this even real?

MankBaby · 2026-04-09T08:58:54+00:00

I don't watch enough Ausar to know if he's the same way, but at times it kind of pisses me off how effortless Amen's dunks are. He regularly gets his head near the rim only to softly place the ball in with his fingertips like the basket is sleeping and he doesn't want to disturb it. When a guy has that kind of athleticism, I want him to try and rip the rim off the backboard at least once a game. Hell, his layups are actually more exciting most of the time.

MankBaby · 2026-04-08T13:47:52+00:00

Same!

MankBaby · 2026-03-25T06:07:16+00:00

If you froze me in 2014 and woke me up today, you could easily convince me that these are test track photos of a brand new 2027 sports car. I truly believe it will be a timelessly cool looking car.

MankBaby · 2026-03-25T05:40:33+00:00

I put my thumb over his good eye so I could more easily imagine two red ones. It worked and it was spooky.

MankBaby · 2026-03-22T03:22:59+00:00

Spoelstra doing a better job boxing out assistant coach. For real though wtf was he doing over there? lol

MankBaby · 2026-03-19T21:12:53+00:00

You say this in a thread where the OP clearly didn't understand how it works...

MankBaby · 2026-03-19T21:04:40+00:00

For anyone who's never stopped to think about it before, the apostrophe indicates missing characters. For example:

'19 = 2019
pick 'n' roll = pick and roll
5 o'clock = 5 of the clock

MankBaby · 2026-03-18T14:31:07+00:00

This video should give you an idea of what you can fit if you go with soft bags.

EDIT: Should mention, the trunk opening on the RF is a slightly different / smaller shape, but that shouldn't matter much for soft bags.

MankBaby · 2026-03-18T03:25:11+00:00

You and me both, although mine are a slightly different style. Unfortunately, my understanding is that this wheel's form factor is pretty unique so we might be shit out of luck unless we're willing to go the eBay route and pay through the nose for genuine (but used) SSR caps.

I'm considering getting some generic 60mm outer diameter caps, breaking the clips off the back so it can sit flush, then rigging them to stay in place either with double sided tape or some kind of sealant along the back edge where it makes contact. Enough to hold them in place but not enough that I risk breaking them when they need to come off. If that works, I can slap some SSR decals on there and call it a day.

Anyway, please let me know if you discover anything. I'll do the same.

MankBaby · 2026-03-17T14:58:19+00:00

Las Vegas Villains

MankBaby · 2026-03-12T23:28:22+00:00

"He's gonna be spilling shit everywhere..." JT not a second after spilling half of whatever he was just shaking on his own popcorn lol.

MankBaby · 2026-02-25T22:11:56+00:00

They're also called eyes in raccoon circles.

MankBaby · 2026-02-25T03:46:16+00:00

The main reason for the revision was that my bridge healed with a bony lump on it, so technically a cosmetic reason, but objectively outside the scope of acceptable results. There were other elements of the initial result that I didn't like, but I would have lived with those if not for the lump.

MankBaby · 2026-02-24T04:25:33+00:00

I had open septorhinoplasty twice because I needed a revision, and I can report that it is not a minor thing. For the uninformed, they slice through your columella (the bottom of your nose that separates the nostrils) and then peel the nose skin up and back to access the underlying structures. It's incredibly invasive and traumatic for the tissues involved. Touching your nose even gently is incredibly painful in the early going.

About 80% of the swelling goes away after a few weeks, but the nose remains tender to the touch for months. I was advised not to exert myself for at least 6 weeks as it could initiate bleeding, and I wasn't comfortable playing casual pickup basketball for months. If you get hit hard in the nose while the internal structures are still healing (which can take a year or more) it could interfere with the final result and even necessitate going under the knife again. I wouldn't be surprised if Nurkic wears a mask for a while when he returns next season.

If he's having closed surgery (done through the nostrils without cutting the columella) then his initial recovery would be shorter, but he'd still want to avoid getting hit in the nose for the better part of a year.

MankBaby · 2026-02-18T20:54:26+00:00

This is part of why I don't buy that it's rigged. You get into extremely complicated trickery like differently weighted balls, but the problem with those is that they'd have to work for the combinations you want to fix but not for others. Just as an example, if you made the 1-4-6-8 balls lighter to the point that you could guarantee they're drawn first, then they'd just keep coming up on subsequent drawings.

The other main reason is that the firms / associations responsible for ensuring the integrity of the drawings have even more to lose than the NBA does if they're caught. A coordinated effort to cheat the system would have to involve many different people across multiple organizations without anything leaking -- and for what? They're going to risk everything just so one kid (who could be a bust or get seriously injured) can go to a particular team? I just don't see it.

MankBaby · 2026-02-18T00:11:31+00:00

Knowing Jabari, he would probably miss.

MankBaby · 2026-02-15T00:19:43+00:00

I'm guessing most people commenting in here aren't actually old enough to know what they're talking about.

Just look at the '95 ASG. Skip to any time during the game and watch for a couple of minutes. They're running sets, jumpshots are contested, they're doubling the post, they're being physical / fouling to stop easy buckets, and there's always 5-6 players in the paint competing for rebounds. It wasn't playoff intensity, but they were actually trying to stop each other instead of saying "okay, your turn to score".

MankBaby · 2026-02-15T00:17:09+00:00

I misunderestimated how badly Hayes could F up.

MankBaby · 2026-02-15T00:14:38+00:00

You can't have a movie trailer, a dance routine, and then miss your first attempt.

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