Saturday Overnight Open Thread (2/18/23)

"Count your life by smiles, not tears, count your age by friends, not years, and remember
We do not quit playing because we grow old... We grow old because we quit playing"
(H/T Hrothgar)

Didn't get enough movie talk, chat & critique? The ONT is a giver.

Yes, yes. Saturday ONTs are supposed to be fun. How about some science that could where you avoid death and/or injury.

We've said no math. Moar science. The ONT never said anything about the lack of amazing science facts.

Mid-Day Art Thread meets Saturday ONT. Are there any snipers here?

So easy, a monkey could do it. But not to me.

Venezuelan Man Becomes First Person To Be Tattooed by a Monkey

A Venezuelan artist and social media influencer recently generated controversy online by letting himself be permanently tattooed by a small monkey.

Funky Matas is no stranger to tattoos. In fact, he holds a Guinness Record for the most signatures tattooed on his back, over 220 of them, but his latest stunt can be described as unusual, even for him. News outlets across South America have been reporting that the Venezuelan-born influencer trained a small monkey to handle a tattoo gun and then let himself be tattooed by the animal in what is considered a first-of-its-kind experiment.

Say what you want about Lutheran Pot Luck dinners. We aren't pushing projectile vomitting.

Psychedelic churches in US pushing boundaries of religion
“In every major city in the United States, every weekend, there’s multiple ayahuasca ceremonies,” said a lawyer who specializes in psychedelic law.

HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The tea tasted bitter and earthy, but Lorenzo Gonzales drank it anyway. On that night in remote Utah, he was hoping for a life-changing experience, which is how he found himself inside a tent with two dozen others waiting for the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca to kick in.

Soon, the gentle sounds of a guitar were drowned out by people vomiting — a common downside of the drug.

If this author really cared she would have told us how to remove the odor of cat urine.

The Five Smells Americans Hate Most (and How to Get Rid of Them)
There are a lot of people getting skunked out there.

Say it with me, The ONT Is Always Looking Out For You^TM

5 Disgusting Secrets of Fast Food Restaurants

Over the years I have run into some traumatic moments when it comes from fast food. In High School, I remember bringing home pizza from the local pizza place and I was eating my slice and suddenly realized I had eaten half a caterpillar. Their excuse? We use only the freshest ingredients so that is bound to happen. I have had my share of having a rock in my McDonalds St. Patrick’s Day shake and my son finding a strange bone in the McDonalds breakfast burrito. My son is a magnet for awful unidentified objects in his food there— but with the billions of pounds and gallon of food being sold a year, some of that is bound to happen.
This list isn’t about some occasional freak accidents with your food. This is a list of consistent things that happen during the process that may leave your food tainted or disgusting. Check out the list below and let me know if I left something off?

“THERE IS NO great genius without a touch of madness.” Greek philosopher Aristotle made this observation roughly 2,300 years ago, long before legit geniuses like Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Carole King, Elton John, Madonna, and Prince proved him right. Among the many celebrated masterpieces these artists have given the world, they have also turned in works so monumentally putrid that nothing short of “a touch of madness” can explain their existence.

Some of these albums were the products of way too much cocaine. (Elton, we’re looking at you.) Some of them came from label pressure to move beyond a cult following by creating commercial music. (Hello, Liz Phair.) Some of them were crafted before a band found its true sound (Pantera, take a bow), while others came long after key members parted and the band had no earthly reason to still exist. (Cough-Genesis-cough).

A huge percent of them were sad victims of horrid Eighties production choices, most notably the dismal period from 1985 to 1988, when cheeseball synths and shotgun-blast snare drums created a sound that has aged worse than a tuna fish and sardine sandwich left in the sun

Born on this day: February 18, 1933 - Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono, Japanese artist, singer, poet, author and peace activist and wife of John Lennon. Ono moved to New York City from Tokyo aged 14 and first met John Lennon in London in 1966, the couple married in 1969. via thisdayinmusic.com

They aren't toaster fvckers yet. Genius Award Winners.

A mix of limited cash and a new found freedom can lead to an array of interesting, and often rather burnt, meals.

This was certainly the case at the Avery Hill Road accommodation block in Avery Hill, London yesterday.

A group of students had turned a toaster on its side in an attempt to make a cheese toastie.

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