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?
Archive of entries posted on May 2018
First World Gold Hole
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.
Let Me Know When They Find Rigel II
[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.
Link of the Day: This Is Why I Hate to Hear My Name During the Work Day. Or Any Other Day
[High Praise! to MonkeyUser.com]
[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?
Previously: “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data”
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.
This Image Makes Me Smile
Straight Line of the Day: North Korea Is Threatening to Cancel a Planned Summit with President Trump Because…
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
North Korea is threatening to cancel a planned summit with President Trump because…
The Illustrated Frank J: Explaining Gun Control
Some Happy News You Might’ve Missed Because It Doesn’t Fit the Narrative, So the MSM Will Only Say It Once
So You KNOW They Know Fake News When They See It
A new report shows that Facebook had over a billion fake accounts last year.
Basically, Facebook is the Monopoly bank of social media.
Thursday Night Open Thread
Remember music videos? Trick question. Music videos still exist. But, how did they begin? Every now and then it’s interesting to see some early videos, just to see how things have progressed. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not.
So, what’s been on your mind? Got something you’d like to share? It’s Thursday Night Open Thread.
Who wants to start?
I Assume This Is How It’s Intended to Work
Seattle has voted in favor of a tax on businesses to help combat homelessness.
Makes sense. The homeless can live in all the newly-abandoned office buildings.
FPS Fever!
[DOOM Cache and Carry MiniMyth | MythBusters] (Viewer #976,406)
I’ve played way too much Doom to not be interested in the outcome of this.
Link of the Day: Turn the Other Cheek – So You Can Check the Attack on Your Other Flank
[High Praise! to Townhall]
Sigh… No, Being A Christian Does Not Require You Meekly Submit To Leftist Tyranny
[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 Time Period Would You Visit in History?
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 time period would you visit in history?
I’m not picky. Any one that has both toilet paper and internet would be fine.