Friday Night Open Thread: Space — the Final Frontier of Stupidity

Posted by Oppo on 5 November 2021, 9:00 pm

A Russian Spacecraft Pushed the Space Station Out of Position and Sent Astronauts Into Emergency Mode ― Again
Business Insider | 15 October 2021 | Morgan McFall-Johnsen and Aylin Woodward

A Russian spacecraft pushed the International Space Station out of position on Friday morning, prompting astronauts to go into emergency mode. It’s the second time Russian hardware has caused such an incident since July.

Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky was conducting engine tests on the Soyuz spaceship, which is docked to the ISS, on Friday morning when its thrusters fired too aggressively…

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Christmas Song Throwdown : Sweet 16

Posted by walruskkkch on 5 November 2021, 2:00 pm

The Moving on down to the Elite 8 is upon us. Polls will close November 11th.

Match 1

Merry Christmas Darling vs What child is this

Merry Christmas darling – Carpenters

Defeated Wonderful Christmas time 168-39

VS

What child is this – Tanya Tucker

Defeated Believe 140-27

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Match 2

Fairy Tale from New York vs We need a little Christmas

Fairy Tale from New York – Pogues

Defeated All I want for Christmas is a really good tan 67-52

VS

We need a little Christmas – Glee cast

Defeated Everyday is Christmas 63-34

Match 3

The Season is upon us vs Silver Bells

The Season is upon us – Dropkick Murphys

Defeated I saw 3 ships 97-28

VS

Silver Bells – Twisted Sister

Defeated Merry Christmas everybody 72-21

Match 4

The Night Santa went crazy vs Christmas Auld Lang Syne

The Night Santa went crazy – Weird Al

Defeated Merry Christmas from the family 72-32

VS

Christmas Auld Lang Syne – Bobby Darin

Defeated It’s Christmas 54-20

Straight Line of the Day: Karmuppance(™) Would Be: …

Posted by Oppo on 5 November 2021, 12:00 pm

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Christmas Throwdown : Results

Posted by walruskkkch on 5 November 2021, 7:00 am

Elite 8 coming up at 2:00 pm today.

Here are the results.

Results

Merry Christmas Darling 168 Defeats Wonderful Christmas time 39

What child is this 140 Defeats Believe 27

Fairy tale from NY 67 Defeats All I want for Christmas is a really good tan 52

We need a little Christmas 63 Defeated Everyday is Christmas 34

The season is upon us 97 Defeats I saw 3 ships 28

Silver Bells 72 Defeats Merry Christmas everybody 21

The Night Santa went crazy 72 Defeats Merry Christmas from the family 32

Christmas Auld Lang Syne 54 Defeats It’s Christmas 20