Fark NotNewsletter: Fires and storm systems and feeling old

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1599681255-11448-56270 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: [ 5942](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message = from Drew Curtis: ____________________= ____ Hey everyone hope your week has been well. This we= ek's news meta started out heavily slanted toward weird news, but as of Wed= nesday afternoon, all the air got sucked out of the news cycle by politics = stuff. And fires if you live on the west coast. Stay safe out t= here. Don't worry, East Coast, a couple new storm systems popped up i= n the Atlantic, getting us ever closer to 2020 being the first year that we= run out of names for storms. We're finally loading the last of the = new Fark tagline ideas from the TotalFark thread a couple weeks ago, thanks= to all who participated. I've got Storm doing it as an after-school p= roject, he just turned 17 by the way if you needed to feel old today. This Friday during TotalFark Office Hours, we're discussing NotNewsletter= email layouts, would love to hear everyone's thoughts and suggestions on t= hat. ________________________ We now return you to your usual= Fark NotNewsletter. ________________________ Top Comments Some of the = top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week Funn= y: KingOfTown showed [how Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is doing since his COVID-19 diagnosi= s](3D" swankywanky [reas= sured us about a somewhat complicated situation](3D" Highlan= derRPI knew [how Disney can a= ddress the loss of Chadwick Boseman in future Marvel movies](3D"h=) = Nadie_AZ [realized something upon = seeing a woman being arrested for insulting the size of a cop's pants pal= a> foo monkey was](3D"https://w=)[worried about a friend from the internet](3D" Mindlock = pointed out that [weddingsin= ger was making assumptions about racing star Miguel Oliveira marry= ing his stepsister](3D"https=) jbc explained [why it's unreasonable to expect people to wear masks in= Family Dollar](3D") NikolaiFarkoff gave examples of&nbs= p;[insults between rival Alabama high scho= ols that got their football game canceled](3D") downstairs = g> [praised one of Family Dollar's sto= re policies](3D") Begoggle had a pretty good idea of&nbs= p;[why Penn State's team doctor initially = shared an overestimate of Big Ten athletes with heart conditions from COVID= -19](3D") Smart: capn' fun gave an examp= le of [how hard COVID-19 can hit you ev= en if you live through it](3D".=) FriarReb98 predicted&nbs= p;[what will happen when more businesses c= lose down](3D") eurotrader was [hoping for a lawsuit for false arrest mainly to get a look at t= he discovery materials](3D") Sin'sHero [corrected Mad Scientist's comment about a = sensitive cop arresting a woman for insulting him](3D") naughtyrev= had an idea on how to [begin= to replenish a coral bed where some douchebags dropped their yacht's ancho= r](3D" TWX discussed [why social media has become a problem](3D" MycroftHolmes = looked at [the possible conse= quences of some idiot nursing a container of Pringles his entire time on a = plane to keep from having to wear a mask](3D"htt=) Benevolent Misanthr= ope wrote [an advertisement f= or rural Alaska](3D"htt=) Nuuu wrote [a commercial for living in the city ... except during a pan= demic](3D") capn' fun talked about [ways in which COVID-19 is much worse than the flu](3D") TotalFark Discussion: Note: This section can only be accessed= by [TotalFarkers](3D") Smart: MissFeasanc= e figured out [what went wron= g with a compliment](3D=) Funny: merrillvillain = wanted to [know one thing about anothe= r Farker's injury](3D".=) (thread includes injury pics, but none are gory)= Smart: We Ate the Necco Wafers cheered up&nb= sp;[a Farker who creeped out a colleague](3D")= > Smart: meat0918 named [the worst movie that was based on a terrible book](3D") Smart: Beeblebrox voiced [an opinion on a drink that's not a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster Smart: Earguy named](3D")[a favorite movie musical](3D") Funny: Sna= ps described [life before the= invention of the slow cooker](3D"=) Politics Funny: markie_farkie argued that [you can, in fact, vote twice](3D" thatguyoverthere70 st= ated [the real issue with the ramp lead= ing to the USS NC being covered before Trump's visit](3D"=) culebra= let us know [what a woman in= the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade was thinking during a frightening moment=](3D"=) vudukungfu [expect= ed Trump's hands to be stronger](3D" nekom remembered&n= bsp;[back in 1996 when Richard Jewell was su= spected of being the Olympic Park bomber](3D") Bonus FarkStaf= f Pick: west.la.lawyer [adapted a sign to celebrate hump day](3D" Politics Smart: Raoul Eaton figured out [how Seattle could save some money](3D") Ker_Thwap = rong> discussed [some of the dangers in= misreading statistics about COVID-19](3D"https:/=) markie_farkie = > argued that [you can, in fact, vote t= wice](3D"https://w=) Chariset looked at [blaming deaths on existing conditions rather than on COVID-19= a> fragMasterFlash examined](3D" DOJ and DHS investigation into "violent left-wing civil= unrest"](3D" Top Contest Ent= ries Some of the top-voted contest entries from last week= , listed from highest number of votes down Photoshops: RedZoneTuba made [a ho= rny campaign poster](3D" Thrakkorzog [got this robot's circuits firing](3D") #2 = > was [ready to start a movement](3D".=) RedZoneTuba [set a trap Terrapin Bound picked](=3D" low-hanging fruit](3D" kabloink found out&= nbsp;[how stormtroopers spend their vacation= s](3D") Circusdog320 discovered [a curious obelisk](3D") RedZoneTuba [got ticked off](3D") RedZoneTuba = > encountered [the mighty cyrus tree](3D"https://w=)= > Yammering_Splat_Vector showed us [where pugs really come from](3D") Fartist Friday= : [Happy Accidents - Art p= rojects that came out differently than expected but became Happy Accidents ruudbob](3D")got throug= h a tough time with the help of an accidental demon This&nbs= p;week's Fartist Friday theme, brought to you by E-brake= ng>: Make musical art by posting a recording of your own music via a Y= ouTube video, showing off a photo of your instruments, or creating and shar= ing original art featuring musical notes using ONLY MS Paint/Draw-type prog= rams Farktography: [Pandemic Putterings](3D") Circusdog320 caught a&n= bsp;[fleeing falcon on film](3D") Farkt= ography is Fark's weekly photography contest. If you would like to suggest = a Farktography theme, please contact [Elsinore](3D" ong>. Fark Weird News Quiz= u> (brought to you by ox45tallboy) Anot= her fun time on the Quiz last week, with no one being able to come up with = an explanation for the Microwave Onion Cooker available at my local redneck= supermarket. On the Quiz itself, Oak cae out on top with = 1027, followed by coscausticevil who will join him in= the 1000 club with a score of 1018. Blackstone made = third with 925, abmoraz was right behind in fourth with 92= 4, and runwiz rounded out the top five with 913. The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz was over where to find the= Empathy Suite, a custom-designed penthouse that is currently the world's m= ost expensive hotel room at $200,000/night. Only 17% of quiztakers knew you= could find this in Las Vegas at the Palms Casino Resort. For comparison, t= he Royal Suite at the Armani Hotel in Dubai can be had for less than $10,00= 0/night (depending on booking) and the La Paiva Suite in the Maison Souqett= e in Paris an unbelievable steal at a mere $408/night when I checked this m= orning. Offer not valid to countries with COVID-19 restrictions still in pl= ace. The easiest question on the Hard Quiz was over which former chi= ld actor tweeted out congratulations to himself on his 40th birthday, there= by making all of us feel even older than he's feeling. 84% of quiztakers kn= ew that it was Macauly Culkin who had hit the big 4-0 and didn't want us to= forget it. But so that you feel a little younger, Jonathan Taylor Thomas i= s still 39 and Frankie Muniz is an absolute babyish 34. The hardest = question on last week's Easy Quiz was about "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything= ". Only 24% of quiztakers knew that this was the title of an upcoming Advan= ced Dungeons & Dragons supplemental accessory book with new options for= character subclasses, group mechanics, and racial traits. Still no infield= fly rule, though. Also, Keira Knightly's new AppleTV series is titled "The= Essex Serpent", although I'm sure most Farkers would be fine with her in a= series called "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything". The easiest q= uestion on the Easy Quiz dealt with where you can find Carole Baskin this f= all. 89% of quiztakers knew that she'd be seen on the new season of "Dancin= g With the Stars", where her dance partner will no doubt unsuccessfully att= empt to have sardine oil banned from the set. If you missed out on l= ast week's quiz, you can [catch up on the Fark Weird News = Quiz right here](=3D". 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