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?

I’m Deliberately Not Taking the Monica Angle on This One

Bill Clinton said that, with his hateful rhetoric, President Trump has “poured poison down people’s throats“.

Yes, unlike the left, which won’t let anything at all go down your throat.

I Am Not a Number! I’m a Free Man!

[Robot Surveillance Balls Can Swim And Roll On Any Terrain] (Viewer #529,621)

Not sure whether to say “that looks so cool!” or be disappointed that it has no apparent defenses against people who don’t want to be surveiled.

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Link of the Day: Mime, Not Mine – I Was Halfway Through the Article Before I Caught That

[High Praise! to Duffel Blog]

French Navy christens new Mimesweeper

[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 Is One Article of Clothing That Someone Could Wear That Would Make You Walk Out on a Date With Them?

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 is one article of clothing that someone could wear that would make you walk out on a date with them?

Oh, there’s lots, I suppose, but wearing a ushanka hat with a red star would definitely get a walkout.

After I set the accursed thing on fire.

I’m a Cold War vet. Soviet symbolism triggers me.

Liberals Get Disappointed for the Weirdest Reasons

[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

Straight Line of the Day: 44% Think There Will Be a Civil War Soon, Between…

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

44% think there will be a civil war soon, between…

The Illustrated Frank J: You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Wanted Poster

[High Praise! to walruskkkch for the suggestion]

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I Just Need a Credit Card Number

A new survey shows that 72% of Americans think the media “report news they know to be fake”.

Weirdly, 100% of these people still trusted that the stranger on the phone was actually a Gallup pollster.

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