Tuesday Night Open Thread

Ah, old songs. And some might not be what you think.

If you’ve never heard of the song “Nagasaki” and found out there were many recordings in the 1940s, what would you think? The dropping of the bomb?

Well, you’d be wrong. The song is actually from the 1930s.

[The YouTube]

What’s been on your mind? Got something you’d like to share? A topic to discuss? It’s Sunday Night Open Thread.

Who wants to start?

There’s Precedent for This

Scientists have produced the firmest evidence yet of so-called sterile neutrinos, mysterious particles that pass through matter without interacting with it at all.

Ah… sorta like when good news about Trump hits a liberal journalist.

Forget Terminator. In The 80’s, These Were the Robots That Would Kill You

[TANK (short film by Stu Maschwitz)] (Viewer #66,753)

This was what cutting-edge video games were like 30 years ago. Not sure they’ve improved since then.

Link of the Day: My Favorites – Both Harry Potters, and Lord of the Rings

[High Praise! to Townhall]

Movie Plots Explained Badly #explainafilmplotbadly [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: If You Were a Wrestler, What Would Be Your Entrance Theme Song?

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 were a wrestler what would be your entrance theme song?

John Cage’s “4’33”

Just the first movement, though.

Autodrive My Car (Song Parody)

[High Praise! to Oppo]

Autodrive My Car (to the tune of “Drive My Car” by The Beatles)

Asked the world what it wanted to see:
It said, “Baby, more I.T.!
I want autonomous, a car on a screen
But right now there’s something in-between.”

USB can drive my car
Yes I’m gonna beat OnStar
Say, YouTube can drive my car
And maybe T-bone you….

I told Alexa my reflexes were good
And she said “Baby, it’s understood:
Avoiding humans is all very fine
But I can’t be fined for any crime.”

GPS can drive my car
Yes I’m gonna beat OnStar
Say YouTube can drive my car
And maybe T-bone you;
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah….

I told that girl to Kickstart right away
And she said, “Listen, baby, I got nothing to say
I got no car that ain’t breaking apart
But I’ve replaced a driver, and that’s a start.”

Google View can drive my car
Yes I’m gonna beat OnStar
Baby, Musk can drive my car
And maybe T-bone you….
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah (0101010101)
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah (0101010101)
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah (0101010101)
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah (fade out)

Straight Line of the Day: The Chinese Have Developed a New Secret Weapon…

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

The Chinese have developed a new secret weapon

The Illustrated Frank J: You Hear This Everywhere, And It Works Just As Well As You’d Expect

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Not a Collaborator

According to the New York Times, President Trump’s legal advisers are telling him that “misleading journalists is not a crime“.

True. Since journalists dropped the mask during Rathergate, it’s more of a duty.