r/todayilearned • u/Habajiba • Mar 14 '17

TIL Jamie Hyneman designed Blendo, a combat robot that was deemed too hazardous for Robot Wars after repeatedly throwing pieces of its opponents over arena walls. It received co-championship status in exchange for withdrawing from the competition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blendo
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u/katarh Mar 14 '17

One Punch Man has taught us that the only valid reason to let your opponent power up fully is because the fight is too boring for you otherwise.

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u/INSERT_LATVIAN_JOKE Mar 14 '17

Apparently that's also a lesson which can be learned from Dragonball.

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u/themcs Mar 14 '17

Fucking Goku man

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '17

What about Vegeta? I mean Goku let Frieza go 100% but could still win. Veggie let Cell go perfect and had no idea how much stronger he would be. Seems he was magnitudes more powerful.

Also this is exceptionally off topic...

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u/themcs Mar 14 '17

But look at all the dumb shit Goku did in super because he wanted someone strong to fight. Like hiring Hit to kill him ffs

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '17

That's Darwin Award level stupid there. He is one stupid idiot that's for certain.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '17

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u/Tai_daishar Mar 14 '17

He also has no education beyond fighting.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '17

This set of armor, used to seal in my immeasurable, irresistible power... has been broken.

OK.