Sunday Overnight Open Thread - January 18, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday night ONT. So glad you stopped by. Wouldn't be the same without you!

Giant checks are what it takes, sleeping on the moon.

You Can Book a Room at the World’s First Moon Hotel for a $1 Million Down-Payment

GRU Space, a startup founded by 21-year-old Skylar Chan, hopes to open the world’s first moon hotel by 2032, and is already accepting down-payments from space enthusiasts with very deep pockets. The final cost of the rooms is still unknown, but Chan says it will exceed $10 million. The good news is that you don’t need to pay it all up front. The company is currently taking deposits of $250,000 to $1,000,000, depending on the options selected.

You'd have to be a lunartic to do this.

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Florida Man has some competition!

Pennsylvania Man Charged in Chilling Grave Robbing Case Involving Over 100 Human Remains

Authorities in Pennsylvania have charged a man with multiple crimes after uncovering what they describe as one of the most disturbing cases of grave robbing in the state’s history.

Jonathan Gerlach, 34, of Ephrata, is facing more than two dozen charges after police allegedly caught him robbing a grave at Mount Moriah Cemetery, a historic site located on Kingsessing Avenue spanning Southwest Philadelphia and Yeadon, Delaware County.

Virginia Woman Gains Attention for Snorting Food as Daily Diet Habit

A Virginia woman is drawing national attention after revealing an unusual eating habit: snorting food through her nose. Kathryn, a woman in her 30s, showcased her behavior on the Season 7 premiere of TLC’s My Strange Addiction, where she demonstrated how she blends her meals and consumes them nasally.

The habit, which Kathryn says began five years ago during community college on a dare, involves liquefying entire meals — from omelets to guacamole — and inhaling them through a straw. “It started with a flavored fruit drink. I got a head rush and it tasted even fruitier than drinking it. I was hooked,” she said on the episode.

Chicago Man Addicted to Eating Live Bugs Cuts Back After Health Warnings

Carlos, a 26-year-old from Chicago, has a unique habit—he regularly eats live bugs like mealworms, cockroaches, and crickets. His unusual eating behavior is featured in an episode of TLC’s “My Strange Addiction,” where he describes the taste of mealworms as similar to buttered popcorn and compares crickets to vegetables. He even claims the insides of cockroaches taste like custard.

Carlos says he enjoys the sensation of live bugs squirming in his mouth, calling it a satisfying and primal experience. He admits he’s been fascinated with eating bugs since childhood, and now consumes up to 100 live bugs a day. According to the show’s producers, that adds up to around 30,000 insects a year—roughly the weight of a turkey.

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First time for everything! (H/T - Piper)

Speaking of Piper...

'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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The Pitti Peacocks

Every January and June, the ancient walls of Florence’s Fortezza da Basso transform into something more than a fashion trade show. Welcome to Pitti Uomo, pronounced “Pete-y Whoa-mo”, the biannual menswear fair launched in 1972. It was originally housed in Palazzo Pitti, hence the name, and has long been the beating heart of international menswear business. Over the past 15+ years, it has also become famous for something else entirely: the Pitti Peacocks.*

These larger-than-life attendees — fashion buyers, influencers, stylists, editors, tailors, and self-styled dandies — treat the event’s courtyard as their personal runway. They strut in slow motion, pause dramatically for street-style photographers, and layer outfits with the confidence of creatures whose very purpose is to be seen.

Florence just wrapped Pitti Uomo 109 (Jan 13–16, 2026) and the street style delivered. Some of these pictures may require the use of a paper fan, you have been warned fellow ‘ettes.

Pitti Peacocks remind us menswear doesn't have to be boring. Show up, turn up the volume, and own every cobblestone. Who's ready to strut?

*Filmmaker Aaron Christian humorously captures the scene in his 2016 mockumentary The Life of Pitti Peacocks, narrated in classic David Attenborough style. It portrays the courtyard as a mating ground where “peacocks” jostle for camera proximity, preen, and perform elaborate rituals — all in the hope of landing that one viral shot

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