Fark NotNewsletter: Leaving in a jetpack, don't know when I'll be back again

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1599075962-24740-56297 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: [ 8422](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message = from Drew Curtis: ____________________= ____ Hey everyone, hope your week went well. This week'= s News Meta has been a little strange. I'm attributing it to the left= over fatigue from the DNC and RNC respectively, both of which required a lo= t of news coverage. As well as Falwell Jr. stories, although I'm plea= sed to report there have been no new pool boys this week. My favorite= story of the week so far was the guy in the jetpack who buzzed a flight inbound to LAX at 3,000= feet. Incidentally, I texted [Adam Savage](3D"),= who is an avid Farker, to see if he was doing any test flying in his [titanium Iron Man suit](3D". He said= he was in San Francisco at the time and has no idea who jetpack man could = even be. If anyone else has any leads, be sure to let us know. We've got a [Fark news livestream](3D"=) coming up at= 5 p.m. Eastern today; I'm still putting it together. It's scien= ce-heavy today, for whatever reason. Join us at 5 p.m. or feel free t= o check it out later, we've got all the recent livestreams available in [our video section on Twitch](3D"). _____________= ___________ We now return you to your usual Fark NotNewsletter. ________________________ Top Comments Some of the top-voted smartest an= d funniest comments from the past week Funny: Na= die_AZ knew [which class Libe= rty University students are most eager to attend this semester](3D"h=) OptionC reminded us [what = the true definition of "marriage" is](3D" west.la.lawyer = > knew about [a popular elective at Lib= erty University](3D"=) maxandgrinch discussed [the danger posed by Hurricane Laura](3D") Mr. Coffee Nerves [hoped "The = Batman" would finally shed some light on a missing plot point](=3D" Naido figured [there was n= o audience participation after all](=3D" Elvis Jagger Abdul-Jabbar= pointed out [how silly it wo= uld be to write your emergency information on an index card with a Sha= rpie and put it in a bag in your pocket if you're in the path of a hurrican= e](3D"=) Fingerware Error wanted to [take a science class at Liberty University](3D") A= l Roker's Forecast found [a c= ompany to sell doughnuts that have been glazed 25 times](3D" whit= her_apophis noticed [something t= ruly amazing during news coverage of Hurricane Laura](=3D" Smart: Nadie_AZ knew [which class Liberty University students are most eager to attend this sem= ester](3D" xalres asked people to [look at what happened to Jacob Blake from another point of = view](3D") luna1580 shared [what it's like to go without showering for a while](3D" W= ilderKWight considered [an ap= propriate way to continue including Black Panther in Marvel movies](3D" EvilEgg pointed out that [one celebrity was wearing the "Brokini" style long before these guys ca= me along](3D" OldRod discussed [a high school's ridiculous policies](3D") W_Scarlet reminded us [to not judge the = harmless things that make other people happy](3D"ht=) WilderKWight = strong> had an idea for [addressing T'C= halla's death in the next movie](3D=) Adolf Oliver Nipples = g> thought that [police officers should= try looking at things differently](3D"https:/=) JohnnyApocalypse = > [translated a confusing gamer tweet= into English for us](3D") CSB Sunday Morning: [Goofy= memories](3D") Smart: rickythepenguin went to&= nbsp;[a lot of trouble to see the Grateful D= ead](3D") Funny: Ker_Thwap showed that [the rules of basketball are simple and finite.= Any sports dad would have known](3D") CSB [Cool Story, Bro] Sunday Mo= rning is a thread for Farkers to share true stories from their own lives ba= sed on a weekly topic. If you have a topic idea for a CSB Sunday Morning th= read, please [contact Farkback](3D"=) ahead of time, or just [submit= it](3D" on Saturday afternoon/evening. Please note: While submitted CSB Sun= day Morning threads have a high likelihood of being greenlit, there is no g= uarantee they will be. TotalFark Discussion: Note: This = section can only be accessed by [TotalFarkers](=3D" Fun= ny: JerseyTim described [the frustration of trying to advise a spouse who's failing at "tak= ing care of business"](3D" Smart: Badafuco loo= ked at [someone feeling smug about maki= ng a wisecrack to the ex while paying child support](3D"=) Smart: meg12279 discussed [parents giving up a child because he or she has cognitive and physical dis= abilities](3D" Smart: brap shared [something beautiful](3D") Funny:= The Pope of Manwich Village knew [the best way to sell your handguns](3D" Funny: un= remarkable asterisk wanted to [see if Solty Dog's kokeshi tastes good](3D" Funny:= merrillvillain [forg= ot what cats are like](3D" Politics Funny: JulieA= zel626 explained [why it was = actually necessary for a cop to jump up and kick a cooperating man in the b= ack](=3D" King Something [called a professional](3D" to help when the chair of Maryland's delegation = to the RNC mentioned [two revered "segregati= onists," Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman](3D"https:/=) scottydo= esntknow had [inside informat= ion about Jerry Falwell Jr.'s resignation](3D"=) I Have A Bo Burnha= m GIF For That showed that [inclines are hard for a lot of people, not just Donald Trump](3D" Martian_Astronomer discovered that [the more we learn about Q, the more questions we have](3D" Politics Smart: growinthings explained why&nbs= p;[you don't have to worry that people wil= l turn in fraudulent ballots](3D") Circusdog320 gave an = example of [how voting by mail or drop-= off is verified](3D".=) Codenamechaz pointed out [where some of the confusion about "the economy"= comes from](3D") Benevolent Misanthrope [defended Trump against accusations that he's taking orders= from Putin](3D") king of vegas figured out [what would give Trump the lowest TV ratings he's e= ver had](3D") Top Contest Entr= ies Some of the top-voted contest entries from last week,= listed from highest number of votes down Photoshops: kabloink revealed [an e= cho from the past](3D" gaslight [heard you like thread badges](3D" Driver [refused to reflect on anything](3D") Ya= mmering_Splat_Vector [made this c= hicken a little less frightening](=3D" truth be told kab= loink showed that this angry= guy has just about had it with this sort of thing RedZ= oneTuba figured out what bon= e spurs actually are maxandgrinch shared [literature about a strong woman who knows what = she wants](3D") Herb Utsmelz demonstrated [the best thing to do when someone scary tells you to= beat it](3D") Yammering_Splat_Vector [made things more comfortable for the guy in Driver's Photoshop](3D") Thrakkorzog [gave this bird a new play area](3D") Fartist Frida= y: [Create lemony art in honor of "National Lemon J= uice Day"](3D"=) RedZoneTuba showed us that [2020 is just playing a cruel game with us](3D"). Be s= ure to check out the rest of the fun and creative entries. This&= nbsp;week's Fartist Friday theme, brought to you by E-brake= trong>:Show & Tell 3: Happy Accidents. Show us an art project that= came out differently than expected but became a Happy Accident. All medium= s allowed including art programs. Farktography: kittyhas1000legs won Farktography Contest No. 799: "Animal Kingdom 2" with an [adorable singing or screaming or yawning squi= rrel](3D"). Make sure you check out the whole thread, especially if you are f= ond of animals. Farktography is Fark's weekly photography cont= est. If you would like to suggest a Farktography theme, please contact = ;[Elsinore](3D"=). Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by ox45tallboy) Another great time on last week's Quiz, where= we learned that I am not the only Farker who had cinnamon and sugar togeth= er in a shaker when I was younger. On the Quiz itself, technomuse= strong> comes out on top with an even 1000 and has the sole password t= o the 1000 Club Zoom Meeting, where we'll be playing all the movies Drew de= emed were just too terrible for the Friday Night Movie Night Twitch stream.= 4th Horseman made second with 939, and = bud jones took third with 930. TheMothership= came in fourth with 907, and Autoerotic Defenestration= g> finished out the top 5 with 903. The hardest question on the Hard= Quiz was surprisingly over the newest member of the 12-figure club. Only 3= 6% of quiztakers knew that with Facebook's latest stock surge, Mark Zuckerb= erg is now worth $100 billion. In the meantime, Jeff Bezos last week hit $2= 00 billion a few months after a $65 billion divorce, so Mark needs to step = up his game. I'm guessing his publicist is pushing for a sex tape, so look = for that soon. The easiest question on the Hard Quiz was over how Br= itish Airways goes about updating the on-board navigational databases of it= s fleet of 747's. 87% of quiztakers knew that they still used the original = system of 3.5" floppies that came with the planes. No word on if they still= play Oregon Trail on their monochrome monitors, but I'm guessing the fligh= t engineers have long made use of the convenient push-button cup holders ju= st below the floppy drive. The hardest question on the Hard Quiz was= a modern pop culture stumper. Only 29% of quiztakers knew that the previou= s week's debut of "Dynamite" by the K-Pop band BTS had shattered YouTube re= cords for debut viewings, with 3 million concurrent views at the time it we= nt live, and 101 million views in its first 24 hours. By Contrast, "WAP" re= ceived "only" 26 million views in its first 24 hours, which is still the re= cord for an all-female collaboration. Perhaps Cardi B should consider pyrot= echnics or something in her next video. The easiest question on the = Easy Quiz was about New York City's newest shop dedicated to a single brand= of candy. 83% of quiztakers knew that the original "Moon Men" candy became= "Sour Patch Kids" in the 1980's for some reason. Probably to associate the= mselves with the super-popular gross-out Garbage Pail Kids trading cards an= d Razzie-award-nominated-but-not-winning movie. So thank you to Mondelez In= ternational for memorializing this rip-off of a fine cultural touchstone in= 80's culture. If you missed out on last week's Quiz, you can catch up here. Congratulations once again to the winners, a= nd we'll be doing it all again this week. --------------------------------------------------------------- ([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. 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