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you must construct additional pylons 

This is possibly the most annoying phrase in the real-time-strategy game Starcraft.

The basic objective of Starcraft is to make a big army to destroy your opponent, however you have this army-size limit known as 'supply' that can only be increased by building a specific building, and for the alien faction 'protoss', that building is the pylon. So every 2-4 soldiers you build, you most build another pylon to sustain them. If you forget, a voice says "YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS", and at that point, you realise that you can't build any more guys until you send a worker to build the pylon, and then wait for the pylon to finish. Then, 4 soldiers later, you will have to build ANOTHER one.

What makes this phrase especially annoying is how often the guy says it if you forget to build them, because soldiers of the protoss race take up so much supply, and their pylons provide such little supply.
*tries to build a soldier*

"YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS"
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A humorous substitute for "pilot," often used within the aviation community. Many believe the obviously incorrect spelling is meant to be the humor itself, but the word actually comes from an anonymous user operating under the username "PyloteP6" who would often write comments online on proposed FAA Advisory Circulars around 2012. These comments would detail supposed outrageous practices the user had witnessed during his career as an airline pilot, and would frequently try to "expose" the aviation industry by claiming that pilots were frequently intoxicated in the cockpit, that sexual favors were required to get top airline positions, and that being anally raped was widely considered a rite of passage for flight attendants.

The term is now most commonly used on the Reddit forum r/shittyaskflying, where users substitute "pilot" for "pylote" as a way of mocking fellow pilots or signalling their participation in the niche aviation humor.
"For some reason, the girl at the bar was not impressed when I told her I was a pylote."

"For pylotes, the alcohol rule is '8 hours, bottle to throttle.' That means that after 8 hours of heavy drinking, the bottle turns into a throttle."
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A defenseman in hockey who does absolutely nothing except for standing in front of the opposing team’s offense when they are on a breakaway hoping that they run into him so it looks like he’s actually doing something productive when in reality he should be a grocery stick because he is ass at everything else.
Matthias: GRADY! STOP STANDING AT THE BLUE LINE LIKE A FUCKING PYLON AND START DOING SHIT!
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additional pylons 

Something you must construct. For you must always construct additional pylons. But be sure that you have enough minerals. You cannot construct additional pylons without enough minerals.

Here's a step-by-step instruction guide to constructing additional pylons.

1) Mine 100 minerals
2) Construct additional pylon
3) Repeat process
additional pylons by Additional January 2, 2009

Artosis Pylon 

A single pylon from the game Starcraft 2 that is the sole pylon powering 2 or more protoss structures.
Man that terran really only needs to attack the Artosis Pylon to essentially win this game.
Artosis Pylon by Imjorman June 10, 2011

Artosis Pylon 

A single pylon powering many key structures.
I roach busted his front and he had an artosis pylon so it was an easy win.
Artosis Pylon by SovietSnipes September 25, 2011
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