Thursday Night Open Thread

Ah, music. Back when it was music.

[The YouTube]

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

Who wants to start?

There’s a Reason This Is Happening

A legislator in Russia says he wants to ban “mockery” of the national soccer team.

Easy fix: stop letting grown men play a little girl’s game.

Not So Much “Wrong” As “Larger Margin of Error”, But It Sounds Like the Mistakes Were in Both Directions, So I’m Guessing the Average Was Accurate

[Declassified Nuclear Films Prove We Were Wrong About Their Explosive Power] (Viewer #2,105,125)

The important part is that you get to watch nukes explode.

Link of the Day: Sadly, I’ve Never Seen One of These in Real Life

[High Praise! to Geeks Are Sexy]

25 HILARIOUS Clothing Tags [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: What’s the Most Out-Of-Character Thing You’ve Ever Done?

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.

What’s the most out-of-character thing you’ve ever done?

Dangled a guy off a cliff, told him “remember when I told you I’d kill you last?… I lied”, then let him go.

Not like me at all. I’m normally very strict about keeping promises.

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This Is What I Think of Whenever I Hear the Word “Organic”

[High Praise! to Rubes]

Straight Line of the Day: The Easy Way to Tell if a Story Is Fake News…

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

The easy way to tell if a story is fake news

The Illustrated Frank J: It Should Be a Binary Universe

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I’m OK With It, As Long As It Doesn’t Involve Midichlorians

President Trump is announced that he is directing the Pentagon to create the “Space Force” as an independent service branch.

All I want to know is: will all Captains be required to face the Kobayashi Maru test?