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.
Archive of entries posted on June 2018
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]
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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”
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.
This Is What I Think of Whenever I Hear the Word “Organic”
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
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?
Wednesday Night Open Thread
I’ve been playing around with a new streaming device. I got an Android TV device, the Mi Box.
I wrote about it over at my little blog.
If you want to read about it, here’s the link. If not, here’s the bottom line: It’s a good little device, but the limited number of apps means it won’t be my top choice.
But what about you? What’s on your mind? Got something you’d like to share? It’s Wednesday Night Open Thread.
Who wants to start?
Earth Is a Pleasure Planet for Electronic Devices
An artificial intelligence researcher warned that robots could be capable of outsmarting humans and taking over the world.
Are you kidding? My phone has already trained me to touch it 2000 times a day. I think we’ve already lost.
That’s Not a Knife… THAT’S a Knife… A Very Tiny Knife…
[I Turn a Stainless Steel Bolt into a Beautiful little Hunting Knife] (Viewer #21,035,126)
Simultaneously the silliest and most sublime project I’ve ever seen anyone work on.
Also, there’s a couple weird staring parts in the video… just wait ’em out… things get normal again.
Link of the Day: #21 I Remember. He Did Great Work With Splotches
[High Praise! to Mental Floss]
23 Surreal Facts About Salvador Dalí
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Icebreaker: If Aliens Landed on Earth Tomorrow and Offered to Take You Home With Them, Would You Go?
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.
If aliens landed on earth tomorrow and offered to take you home with them, would you go?
Heavens, no.
Because I – like Roddy McDowall – know that “People Are Alike All Over“.
Makes the Flash Look Like a Tim Conway Character
Straight Line of the Day: President Trump Directed the Pentagon to Create a New Branch of the Military: the Space Force. Its Motto:…
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
President Trump directed the Pentagon to create a new branch of the military: the Space Force. Its motto:…