Thursday Night Open Thread

I never really got Rage Against The Machine. I don’t know if it’s that I’m too old for that, or if it’s just that I have good taste in music.

[The YouTube]

Maybe someone can explain it to me.

Anyway, what’s on your mind? You got something you’d like to share? It’s Thursday Night Open Thread.

Who wants to start?

That’s One Weird Garden

Scientists at the University of Washington School of Medicine have developed a system that uses robots to grow human organs.

That’s fine. Let’s just not ever put them in charge of harvesting them, though.

Like the Rolling Stones of Skateboarding

[Tony Hawk: 50 tricks at Age 50] (Viewer #606,061)

You absolutely need to turn captions on, or you won’t be sure if he’s moved on to a new trick.

And then you need to watch it again, because some of the distinctions are quite subtle.

Also, I still don’t know what a fakie is.

Anyway, it’s an impressive collection. I couldn’t even do any of these when I was 20.

Link of the Day: It’s Not a Job, It’s Untreated OCD

[High Praise! to Mental Floss]

17 Secrets of Magicians

[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 Live in Any Country, Where Would You Live?

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 live in any country, where would you live?

Either America, or whichever country is more awesome than America.

So, America.

It Was Like Having a Tubby John Wayne As President

[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

Straight Line of the Day: The LA Rams’ New Football Stadium Cost $4 Billion, But It Includes…

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

The LA Rams’ new football stadium cost $4 billion, but it includes…

The Illustrated Frank J: But at Least the Ozone Hole Got Fixed, Or So I Infer From the Silence

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Kneel Before Zod!

A new study shows that, although humans comprise just 0.01% of all life, they have destroyed 83% of wild mammals.

That’s right, we make species extinct as a hobby. Don’t mess with us. Looking at you, mosquitoes…