Fark NotNewsletter: When the U.S. sends its culture, they're not sending their best

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1542735542-59756-60089 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The](3D")= > [3D"Facebook"](3D") [=3D"Twitter"](3D") [3D"Totalfark"](3D") Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here](3D". Comments thread: [ 3248](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 Well, it's Thanksgiving week in the U.S., and = of course we have Black Friday, which apparently has spread to other countr= ies because all our worst things end up infecting the rest of the world. It= seems like stores are putting more of their sales online and trying to min= imize [stampedes](3D"=), I guess because they're a bia= tch to clean up after. It's hard to believe that after people have literall= y died because of these Black Friday sales, the stores still advertise "doo= rbuster" deals, but nothing should be surprising anymore, right? Just, if y= ou feel the need to do any Black Friday shopping, be sure to wear protectio= n and get me something nice. Comment Votes Some of the top-voted smartest and funnies= t comments from the past week Funny: Yoda's Pen = Is predicted [one more appeara= nce for Stan Lee](3D"h=) Weatherkiss had [another reason for believing we'll see Stan Lee again](3D")= > wkndfrk was [worr= ied about George Zimmerman](3D" gaslight [had fun teasing classmates](3D") UncleDirtNap = trong>revealed [which company stands to= gain the most from the anti-vaxxer movement](3D"https://=) Subtonic = ng>had some [advice for asking out mill= ennials](3D"=) Warthog gave a [good reason for not wanting to move to a less expensive country fo= r retirement](3D" BizarreMan commented on [Stan Lee's condition](3D") HawgWild = g>[said goodbye, Fark-style](3D") AintNoAmoeba imagined [a man'= s conversation about being sued by an ex](3D" Smart: HotWingConspiracy described [how police killed a security guard who was doing his job](3D" = koder listed [the next steps f= or police to do after a cop killed a security guard](3D"h=) Gordon B= ennett [explained "white privilege"= for anyone who still doesn't get it](3D".=) unyon had some= [questions about the changing standard= tip in restaurants](3D") Glockenspiel Hero knew a group that is sure to stand up for an armed = security guard who was killed by a police officer Weaver95 figured that [a man's crimes we= re so bad that he's likely to do more when released from prison](3D"ht=) Xanadone had a retort to [Bill Maher's criticism of adult comic book fans](3D" DarkSoulNoH= ope pointed out [when people= don't need concealed carry permits](=3D" Marcus Aurelius = >knew [what all megachurch pastors real= ly want](3D".=) alechemist thought that [certain people profit from the anti-vaxxer movement](3D") TotalFark Discussion: Note: This section can only be acce= ssed by [TotalFarkers](3D"=) Funny: b= rap [doubted the veracity of a Fark= submitter's story](3D"=) Funny: a particular individual knew [who submitted a thread ab= out getting some satisfaction during an upcoming trip](3D"=) Smart:= > flucto gave advice to a [vegan who doesn't want a car from a company that uses leather](3D" Smart: JerseyTim had a helpful [reminder for people who steal jokes for Fark headlines Politics Funny: Hobodeluxe reassure= d us that](3D")[Donald Trump is solving the = wild fire problem in California](3D"=) impaler showed = ;[Snekretary's reaction to some bad news](3D")= plecos predicted a [very mature name for a new right wing social media platform](3D" FlashHarry showed a reaction to news that [one of the men behind the "Swift Boat" ads attacking John K= erry will be charged in the Russia investigation](3D") NeoCortex42= explained [why Trump couldn't= make it to the American Cemetery in Paris](3D"htt=) Politics Smart:= em> FormlessOne answered the question of [whether or not Mike Pence is loyal to Trump](3D") FormlessOne argued [in = favor of the methods left-wing protesters have taken lately](3D" = Dusk-You-n-Me summed up the argument that [left-wing protesters are as bad as the other side](3D") Mantour showed [someone who= would feel sorry for Trump having to stand in a little rain while thanking= veterans](=3D" BizarreMan gave [one reason for preferring Beto O'Rourke over Bernie Sanders](3D")= CSB Sunday Morning: [Teachers](3D") Smart: FrancoFile's [professor exceeded expectations](3D") Funny= (less storyish): Norquist Vagprobe [made a teacher feel old](3D") Funny (more storyish):= em> Recoil Therapy got [advice from the chemistry teachers when building a still](3D" CSB [= Cool Story, Bro] Sunday Morning is a thread where Farkers share stories bas= ed on a weekly topic. If you have a topic idea for a CSB Sunday Morning thr= ead, please [submit it](3D"=) on Saturday afternoon/evening (if you're pos= ting an intro, you'll want to write it out first so you can copy and paste = it in for the Boobies), or email [dugitman= ong>](3D". Contest Vote= s Some of the top-voted contest entries from last week, l= isted from highest number of votes down Photoshops: DrSandyBeech found that [Thomas the Tank Engine took a very wrong turn](3D" hail= 2daking showed that Ralphie i= s always there to help anyone who is changing a tire gasligh= t discovered that [Thomas the = Tank Engine enjoys providing a public service](=3D" sl4psh0t = ong>revealed [Queen Elizabeth's appeara= nce in a classic music video](3D"=) Yammering_Splat_Vector = >[put an elderly woman back to work](3D") crispy pizza showed us that [Thomas has a smile that can't be trusted](3D" Don_cos = rong>found [a very stylish Dalek](3D".=) hail2daking gave [two= best friends a perfect place to nap](3D" RedZoneTuba [exposed the Fark mascot's life of crime](3D")Alligator found out that [the queen had a side job](3D" Farktography: CiliarySpasm won Farktography Contest No. 706: "[Profiles](3D")" with [this fancy fin](3D" Farktography is Fark's weekly photography contes= t. If you would like to suggest a Farktography theme, you can contact [Elsinore](3D") or stop by the [Farktography Forum](3D" . Upcoming Fark Parties See Farkers up close in their unnatural habitats Wednesday, February 27: [Las Vegas= Fark and 50th Birthday Party](=3D" Fark Weird News Quiz Results (brought to you by ox45tallboy) We had = some fun with the weather and the early snows seen in some parts of the cou= ntry last week. DrunkenGator managed our only 11/11 o= n the quiz and sits alone in the 1000 club, drink in scaly claw. Evandar made second with 936, followed by FrancoFi= le in third with 924, and PeddlerOfBombast i= n fourth with 920. kuzo rounds out the top five with = 916. The hardest question on the Hard Quiz was over where you could = pick up some KKK robes and Nazi memorabilia at the National Gun Day Expo. A= lthough the sale or giveaway of items bearing the Confederate Battle Flag w= as strictly prohibited, event organizers never thought it would be necessar= y to explicitly ban Nazi crap, because come on. Only 27% of quiztakers knew= that it was Kentucky where vendors were openly offering these things. Alth= ough, for the record, the vendor with the swastika Christmas ornaments (?!?= !) was actually from Florida (of course). The easiest question on th= e Hard Quiz was over what Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles was "dressed as" fo= r Halloween. 74% of quiztakers knew that the fictional restaurant of "McDow= ell's" featured heavily in the plot to the Eddie Murphy comedy "Coming to A= merica". Interesting note: Madge Sinclair, who played Queen Aoleon, later p= layed Geordi LaForge's mom on an episode of "ST:TNG", and then teamed back = up with James Earl Jones to act as a royal couple once again - this time as= the parents of Simba in "The Lion King". The hardest question on th= e Easy Quiz was over which state did not observe Daylight Savings Time in t= he entirety of its borders. Only 35% of quiztakers knew that the area of Ar= izona owned by the Navajo Nation did indeed observe DST in order to keep it= in sync with the Navajo Nation parts of Utah and New Mexico which also obs= erve the time change. Therefore, the correct answer was Hawaii. I mean, it'= s not like they really need to save any daylight anyhow, since they're soli= dly within the tropics. The easiest question on the Easy Quiz = was over which online social network got the boot from both payment process= ors and their hosting provider after horrific anti-Semitic and anti-immigra= nt messages posted by the Tree of Life shooter surfaced. 84% of quiztakers = knew that it was Gab who was given the boot by just about every company it = did business with. When you offer "freedom of speech", you tend to get the = people who want to read and write stuff no one else wants to read, and that= becomes your user base. There's a good reason most social networks don't t= olerate that kind of thing. Congratulations to the winners, and this= week's quiz should be up very soon. I'll post in the comments when it's re= ady. --------------------------------------------------------------- ([Fark.com](3D"") sent this newsletter emai= l to: {EMAIL}) To stop these emails, go to the Notifications tab of your [MyFark profile](3D"https:=) to change your subscription preferences. Or, [click here to unsubscribe](3D") from newsletter emails, even if your Fark login isn't '{NAME}'. [Click her= e to unsubscribe from ALL Fark emails](3D"). Fark, Inc. 333 West Vine St Suite 210, Lexington KY 40507 = ------------=_1542735542-59756-60089--