Friday Night Open Thread

Posted by Basil on 18 May 2018, 9:00 pm

I love Weird Al.

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?

First World Gold Hole

Posted by Harvey on 18 May 2018, 8:00 pm

Despite being only 4% of the world’s population, the US is home to 25% of the world’s billionaires.

Sadly though, we’re also home to 99% of the people who set cop cars on fire protesting about it.

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Let Me Know When They Find Rigel II

Posted by Harvey on 18 May 2018, 7:00 pm

[How to Find an Exoplanet] (Viewer #225,926)

I was vaguely away that it had something to do with gravity and wobbles & such, but this makes it a lot more clear.

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Link of the Day: This Is Why I Hate to Hear My Name During the Work Day. Or Any Other Day

Posted by Harvey on 18 May 2018, 6:00 pm

[High Praise! to MonkeyUser.com]

Focus

[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: What Sport Would You Compete in If You Were in the Olympics?

Posted by Harvey on 18 May 2018, 4:00 pm

Previously: “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data”

76 Fun Icebreaker Questions

Currently: The Only List of Icebreaker Questions You’ll Ever Need (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.

What sport would you compete in if you were in the Olympics?

That one where you’re least likely to be cripplingly injured after a massive performance failure.

So either curling or snowboard men’s half-pipe.

Because after you eliminate curling, every other event can kill you, so might as well die following Shaun White.