Monday Night Open Thread

Some of the best songs are other songs.

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What’s on your mind? Got something to share? It’s Monday Night Open Thread.

Who wants to start?

No, He Expects Us to Die

Russian President Vladimir Putin claims that his country now possesses an underwater drone “capable of causing 300-foot tsunamis“.

I don’t have a video, so I don’t know if he was stroking a white cat during the announcement.

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There’s Deja Vu… There’s Language Processing… There’s Deja Vu…

[GROUNDHOG DAYING | Chris & Jack] (Viewer #775,634)

If you’ve seen “Groundhog Day”, you’ll like this. If you haven’t, it’s still kinda fun. Contains a censored swear at the end, though.

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Link of the Day: “How Much Is the Prize? A Million? Vending Machine Change!”

[High Praise! to NewsBiscuit]

World War 3 Would Hurt Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Chances

NOTE: Contains one gratuitous swear right in the middle of it

[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: If You Could Choose Any Person From History to Be Your Imaginary Friend, Who Would It Be and Why?

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.

If you could choose any person from history to be your imaginary friend, who would it be and why?

Andrew Carnegie, because he’d give me sound business advice, and – being Scottish – he’d be able to amuse me with his Groundskeeper Willie impersonation.

“Come on, Andy! Say ‘Bonjourrrrrr, ya cheese-eatin’ surrender-monkeys’ again!”

Is Milwaukee Tool a Subsidiary of Glock?

[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

Straight Line of the Day: Thanks to New Technology, the Government Will Be Able to Tell Who You Are Just By…

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

Thanks to new technology, the government will be able to tell who you are just by…

The Illustrated Frank J: I Stood in Line the Whole Lousy Day, and They Gave Me a Quarter Of a Kilo!

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Hello, It’s Me

The military is developing new ID technology that can tell who you are by the way you hold your smartphone.

Mine is mostly with a look of horror after seeing what autocorrect just did to my text.

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