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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

At least he still has 37 years to play with a Koosh ball

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 4 hours ago

Conspiracy theory time: maybe they hate old people…

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Sorry Jimmy, it's Mega only for you now

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 8 points 6 hours ago

Probably not, cause they'll make some decent sets and then send then send them to a random Walmart in bumfuck Idaho and nowhere else, unless you want to pay 4x the price on Amazon.

Honestly I think Mattel don't want to be in the brick business sometimes.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 93 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It's for their safety. At that age the might build a sentient robot that votes for Trump who will then take away their social security. Thank you Lego, for responsible toy stewartship.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

I mean, his are probably hanging so low by now that they make legitimately enjoyable fidget toy.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 26 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Do YOU want to tell Jimmy Carter what he can and can't play with?

I didn't think so.

[–] Amanduh@lemm.ee 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What's he gonna do? Beat me up?

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is how you get Isekai's to the peanut farmer world.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 2 hours ago

"I Antagonized Jimmy Carter Over the Internet And Now I'm In Another World But I'm a Peanut That Farms and Also There's A Demon King?!?!?!?!?!"

Totally underrated series that really picks up in Season 4.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 33 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

+1 for the double entendre title 😄

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 13 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Thanks, I was proud of that.

[–] Welt@lazysoci.al 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Pardon my ignorance - what's 'play with my nuts' a reference to for Carter, aside from his gonads?

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago

They made him put his family peanut farm in a blind trust so that he couldn’t benefit it during his time in office.

He was a peanut farmer.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

As well you should be 😄🤜

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 20 points 12 hours ago (9 children)

I find "LEGOs" very upsetting.

Lego is not an acronym. It does not usually get all-caps in prose, though the all-caps logotype is sometimes imitated in text.

Lego is a proper name, and is also used as a collective noun. It does not get pluralized.

"You can't play with Lego anymore."

[–] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Lego deez nuts ha gottem

Hmm. Sorry bout that. What were we talking about?

[–] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Lego my eggo

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 9 points 7 hours ago

Lmao Legos adults

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

fuck that. Lego is a company and I don't need it to tell me how I can and cannot use their name. if they don't like it they can suck my dick.

I really don't understand why there are so many people passionate about how to "properly" use The Trademark™ in The Way that was Sanctioned by The Corporation®

just play with your Legos and get over it

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

Brought to you by the folks behind "Get Off That Nintendo and Go Outside" while you were PC gaming. Lol :p

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I really don’t understand why there are so many people passionate about how to “properly” use The Trademark™ in The Way that was Sanctioned by The Corporation®

Actually, they are advocating against using it how the Lego company does. The Lego company uses LEGO in all caps.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I'm pretty sure the reason Lego isn't supposed to be used is because they don't want the trademark to be genericized. the all caps thing is stylization, I doubt they give a shit if you type it all caps or not.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I assume the people are passionate about grammar, and their corrections have nothing to do with respecting trademarks.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world -1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Legos is grammatically correct.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No, that's Lego. Legos is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

no, that's Lagos. Legos is a principle of rhetoric along with pathos and ethos.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml -2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Which should be your original comment instead of the trademark thing.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

no, I don't care if it's grammatically correct.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Great, doesn't change the fact nobody is passionate about protecting trademarks as you are saying.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

yes they are, because the word Legos has nothing to do with grammar

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

So what? Them being wrong about grammar doesn't change the fact they are speaking about grammar.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

LEGO is too an acronym. it stands for Leg Godt, Danish for "play well"

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

That's...not an acronym. That'd just be LG.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

It's an abbreviation.

Not all abbreviations are acronyms, only the ones that take the first letter from each word. Lego takes two letters from each word, so it's not an acronym.

On a similar note, some but not all acronyms are initialisms, if they're spoken as the letters rather than the "word" they create.

FYI, DIY, PS are all initialisms, and also acronyms, and also abbreviations. ASAP, SCUBA, and LASER are acronyms and abbreviations, but not initialisms. Lego, appt, and st are all abbreviations but neither acronyms nor initialisms.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

That's a really good breakdown of the differences!

Now if you'll excuse me I have a few Ell-Ee-Gee-Oh sets to put together. :p

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

why is english like this... we just call it "shortening".

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why does a language have different words for different concepts?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 3 hours ago

in my language we tend to use base words to broadly describe concepts, and combinations of words for more accuracy.

[–] RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I think the "correct" usage of acronym is only when it is spoken as a word. But language evolves and all that.

You can see the tension in the way MW defines it (including the extended description). Like: here's the definition of the word, but some people use it when they actually mean initialism. This is in contrast to your more concise and cohesive definition of "[abbreviations] that take the first letter from each word". https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 5 points 12 hours ago

It's actually an angry shout

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[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago

This meme made me sad.

[–] bucketofcandyfloss@thelemmy.club 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

you can never be too old for legos

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

You need to be between 4-99 years of age

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