Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - October 7, 2025 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Hope you've had a terrific Tuesday! The ONT is here to help bring your day to a close. Special hello to the lurkers out there. Won't you please consider jumping into the gray boxes?

ONT Vids

Sombrero Vids Keep Coming!

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On the subject of videos that become a meme - this video puts a well know meme in context. I saw this for the first time recently. How about you?

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This one will likely land differently on 'rons than it does 'ettes

Be truthful, 'ettes -- how "Bro" were you?

Something ELSE Plant Based??

Company Develops Plant-Based Caviar Indistinguishable from the Real Thing

Zeroe Caviar is a plant-based fish egg alternative made from seaweed whose creators say tastes just like the real thing.

Plant-based food alternatives have been getting increasingly popular over the last few years, with burgers and steaks among the most targeted categories, but few would have imagined we would one day get a vegan caviar. Cleverly named ‘Zeroe Caviar,’ the treat is made using seaweed grown organically off the coast of France, combined with other natural ingredients like cayenne, black pepper, turmeric, laurel, leek, dill and tarragon. It has already been adopted by Michelin-star restaurants and chefs, and according to most reviews so far, it tastes remarkably like real fish roe.

“With its delicate textures and exquisite flavors, our caviar will take your taste buds on an unforgettable journey,” the Zeroe Caviar website states. “Made with a deep commitment to marine conservation, our guilt-free caviar lets you savor each bite with a clear conscience. Our caviar is entirely plant-based, meaning no fish or animal products are used in its production.”

Hard NO from me on this. What say you?

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Hard NO on this one, too!

The World’s Most Expensive Burger Costs $11,000, Is Only Accessible by Invitation

Feel Good Story

Anonymous Donor Pays Off All School Lunch Debt In Taylor, Texas

Families in Taylor, Texas, just got a wonderful surprise — an anonymous donor has paid off all outstanding school lunch debt for students in the Taylor Independent School District.

District officials said they won’t be revealing how much debt was cleared or how many students were affected, but the donor asked to remain anonymous.

TISD also took the opportunity to remind families that every child is served a meal, no matter their balance or meal status.

"Every child is served regardless of their balance or meal status."

Hundreds of community members flooded the district’s post with messages of gratitude for the anonymous donor’s generosity.

Cool story. Maybe the anonymous donor would like to extend the generosity to an upcoming assembly of Hordelings in east Texas??

DJ Doof - This Date in Music History Edition
(from thisdayinmusic.com)

Born on this date in 1968: English musician Thom Yorke who is the singer and main songwriter of the rock band Radiohead.

Born on this date in 1951: American singer and songwriter, John 'Cougar' Mellencamp

Born on this date in 1945: English singer-songwriter, drummer and music video director Kevin Godley. With 10cc, he had the 1975 UK No.1 & US No.2 single 'I'm Not In Love', plus 10 other UK Top 30 hits including 2 No.1's). He was later part of the collaboration duo Godley and Creme

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Ace mentioned it in the sidebar, and yes indeed I am ABSOLUTELY excited about the Rush tour next year.

Do I have a favorite Rush song, you probably aren't wondering. Well, if I absolutely HAVE to choose one, it's this lesser known track from Permanent Waves

Weekly commenter stats for week of 10-5-2025

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Number of posts: 101
Number of comments: 26648
Number of unique hashes: 2053

Top 10 commenters:
1 [500 comments] 'Bulg' [71.01 posts/day]
2 [399 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer'
3 [375 comments] 'Blonde Morticia'
4 [355 comments] 'I used to have a different nic'
5 [353 comments] 'whig'
6 [348 comments] 'qdpsteve'
7 [329 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava'
8 [316 comments] 'What's this?'
9 [313 comments] 'Axeman'
10 [310 comments] 'Christopher R Taylor'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [314 names] 'What's this?' [44.59 unique names/day]
2 [203 names] 'Old Man Adams'
3 [89 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
4 [83 names] 'President Miklos J. Trump'
5 [39 names] 'Duncanthrax'
6 [38 names] 'Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison'
7 [33 names] 'Bill Lumpnekker, My pronouns are They/Them and It'
8 [26 names] 'I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper'
9 [23 names] 'mindful webworker - it said no comments when I got there'
10 [22 names] 'gKWVE'

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