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?

Some People Just Aren’t Ready for the Internet

Saudi Arabia announced that it will punish online satire that “disrupts public order” with up to five years in prison.

Crybabies. In America we just let the president tweet that it’s fake news and call it a day.

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[The Twilight Zone: How Rod Serling Writes Characters] (Viewer #5,730)

Today, SciFi is all CGI and Bayhem.

Used to be allegorical objects and dialogue.

I miss the latter, sometimes.

Link of the Day: They Already Sacrificed Their Stock Price, So Why Not?

[High Praise! to ScrappleFace]

Nike to “Sacrifice Everything” for Black Community

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[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 Your Favorite Dessert?

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 your favorite dessert?

Liberal tears, quiescently frozen into a delicate Italian-icelike delicacy of socialism and anguish.

Also, Häagen-Dazs chocolate chocolate chip ice cream.

Also, Regular Socialism

[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

Straight Line of the Day: A Man Intentionally Drove His Truck into a Fox News Studio. The Media Is Blaming…

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

A man intentionally drove his truck into a Fox News studio. The media is blaming…

The Illustrated Frank J: Ponds Demand Apology

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The Party of “No”

At the Senate confirmation hearing for SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Democrats called for the hearing to be adjourned before it even started.

I miss the good old days back when Democrats were all about “pass it so that you can find out what’s in it”

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