Friday Night Open Thread

I love Weird Al.

[The YouTube]

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?

Can They Even Count That High?

A new study shows that half of Millenials expect to be millionaires.

Millionaires? These slugs couldn’t even get a million likes on Facebook, and you can get a bot to do that for you.

Now THIS Is How to Make Capitalist Propaganda

[The action-movie style trailer Trump says he played to Kim Jong-un] (Viewer #411,016)

It’s all about the feelings, folks. Doesn’t have to make sense, it just has to associate good feelings with the words and images you want to promote. This does it even better than a Michael Jackson Pepsi Generation commercial

Link of the Day: Surprised This Didn’t Happen Years Ago

[High Praise! to Duffel Blog]

Captain America promoted to major, moved to staff position

[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: Have You Ever Completed Anything On Your “Bucket List”?

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.

Have you ever completed anything on your “bucket list”?

Well, I was stationed in Alameda CA back in the 80’s and spent a lot of time doing touristy stuff in San Francisco. 20 or so years later, I went back to see how it had changed. Short answer: not enough to be unrecognizable.

Also, the street performer I took a picture of in the 80s while he was juggling torches while standing on a slack rope, was STILL working Pier 39, juggling torches while standing on a slack rope.

Puny Human! You Can’t Even Destroy Capitalism Without Using It

[High Praise! to Liberal Logic 101]

Straight Line of the Day: In 2026, America Will Host the World Cup Soccer Championship. It’s Tagline Will Be…

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

In 2026, America will host the World Cup Soccer Championship. It’s tagline will be…

The Illustrated Frank J: I See No Possible Flaws

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Rock, Paper, Scissors… Loser Gets Compton

Coming to California’s ballot this fall: a plan to split the state into three parts.

I’m good with it at long as the Pacific Ocean gets San Francisco.

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