Friday Night Open Thread

I love Weird Al.

[The YouTube]

Do you have something you’d like to share? A link? A joke? Some words of wisdom? A topic to discuss? It’s Friday Night Open Thread.

What’s on your mind?

Oh, Look… How Did Fox Get Way Down There?

Facebook announced it has begun to implement a system that ranks news organizations based on trustworthiness.

It’s a fair system, rooted in openness and honesty. Much like a Cuban presidential election.

Most Bond Movies Would Be Better If They Were This Short

[Agent Gunn: Vulkanite [Saxxy Awards 2017 – Best Overall]] (Viewer #29,449)

The video is fun, but the ending is hard to explain without explaining Team Fortress 2 machinima, which is hard to do succinctly. You & Google are on your own for that one.

Link of the Day: Don’t Know Why the Scooby Doo One Amuses Me So, But It Does

[High Praise! to Geeks Are Sexy]

Photographer Reveals Alternate and Hilarious Toy Universe Reality [Pics]

[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]

Icebreaker: Which Office Machine Is Your Favorite?

Having finished “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data” and enjoyed the results, I’m moving on to a new list:

76 Fun Icebreaker Questions (Not all of which will be used, since some are either/or questions, which are boring.)

Your mission: answer the question in the comments with a good story.

If you don’t have a good story, you are encouraged to make one up.

Which office machine is your favorite?

Either the fax machine from Office Space (which I imagine coming back in a sequel that’s also a “Christine” parody), or Agnes the computer from that one Twilight Zone episode.

Mostly for the Sign on the Left

[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

Straight Line of the Day: The Best Way to Celebrate Karl Marx’s 200th Birthday…

Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.

The best way to celebrate Karl Marx’s 200th birthday

The Illustrated Frank J: Won’t Someone Please Think About the Innocent and Defenseless?

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I Don’t Need to Know How to Spell, My Phone Has Autocorrect

A new report shows that 65% of public school 8th graders aren’t proficient in reading.

I don’t think they’re worried about it. Mostly because they don’t know what “proficient” means.