Fark NotNewsletter: Tab changes, dirty words, and trying out a new unit

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1602702467-64968-56093 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: [ 5258](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message = from Drew Curtis: ____________________= ____ Busy week last week. Last Friday on TotalFar= k, we had a great [conversation ab= out the SwearJar feature](3D"=). This coming Friday on TotalFark, I've g= ot more info to share about it, in particular we've got some SwearJar UI qu= estions and I'd like to share where we are on that. Input will be wel= comed, and again if you'd like to join the conversation about this and othe= r upcoming Fark features, [join TotalFark](3D"ht=) and we'll see you on= Friday! Monday we completed some tab changes, namely splitting out = Geek into [Fandom](3D"=) and [STEM](3D"h=). So far it's been going great;&nbs= p;I especially appreciate the uptick in Fandom submissions. A couple = of open questions have popped up around topics that might belong in two tab= s, in particular: · Does car stuff go in STEM or = Fandom? Seeing a lot of submissions to Fandom. We can also cross= -post to both. · TotalFarkers have suggested th= at perhaps wrestling belongs in Fandom and not Sports, however we can cross= -post to both. Coming possibly as soon as tomorrow, we've got a vide= o ad unit we're going to test for 24 hours. Unfortunately, it's one o= f those box video ads (audio off) that rides down the right-hand side. On t= he plus side, they may allow us to run best-of clips from the Fark News Liv= estream content in there so hopefully it's less lame. [BareFa= rk](3D" and [TotalFark](3D".=) subscribers won't see this of course, be= cause no-ads is part of the subscription. ________________________= We now return you to your usual Fark NotNewsletter. ___= _____________________ = Top Comments Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest = comments from the past week Funny: jonjr215 = rong> [made a rude comment](3D") about Dolly P= arton possibly posing for Playboy for her 75th birthday Circusdo= g320 figured [there's only on= e reason anyone would wear this ugly, expensive dress](3D"=) naught= yrev noticed [one phenomenon = in particular in a colorized video of a snowball fight in 1896 France](3D"=)TWX helped when someone asked to see [the selfies from two university students who fell from a = four-story rooftop while taking selfies](3D") mcsiegs sh= ared a story about [getting suspended = in seventh grade for wearing a tasteless shirt](3D"http=) nitropisserin= g found out [where such an ol= d fashioned dress style came from](3D"h=) Optimus Primate = thought that [one of Eddie Van Halen's = theories maybe didn't stand up to scientific scrutiny](3D"=) brap was willing to wait for [Dolly= to appear in another magazine](3D" Naido's [hopes were crushed](3D") JerseyTim = ng> thought [a priest's threesome on a = church altar sounded familiar](3D"=) Smart: Man On = A Mission pointed out [just o= ne of Billy Porter's gorgeous outfits](3D" brantgoose h= ad [a pretty good explanation for why B= lack men are disproportionately targeted by law enforcement](3D"=) = vicejay shared advice on [wha= t you should and shouldn't do if you want to help after a disaster](3D" naughtyrev noticed [on= e phenomenon in particular in a colorized video of a snowball fight in 1896= France](3D" AdmirableSnackbar cited evidence that = ;[police were never really like the good guy= cop characters from old TV shows](3D") madgonad argued = for [the actual best album of the '80s a particular individual gave](3D"=)[a lesson in punctuation](3D") GRCooper s= ummed up [how a home became covered wit= h purple splotches](3D"=) mrwknd argued that [the IRS is not about to royally screw Prince Harry=](3D") CSB Sunday Morning: [Tales from the woods](3D") Smart: Salted Metal H= oney [had a terrifying run-in with= a wild beast](3D"=) Funny (tie): chewd [pulled off an impressive feat](3D") Funny (tie= ): Unobtanium [accide= ntally brought home some souvenirs from a Boy Scout camping trip](3D" Funny: ChrisDe [end= ed up in the Fark park](3D" CSB [Cool Story, Bro] Sunday Morning is a= thread for Farkers to share true stories from their own lives based on a w= eekly topic. If you have a topic idea for a CSB Sunday Morning thread, plea= se [contact Farkback](3D"=) ahead of time, or just [submit it](3D" = on Saturday afternoon/evening. Please note: While submitted CSB Sunday Morn= ing threads have a high likelihood of being greenlit, there is no guarantee= they will be. TotalFark Discussion: Note: This section = can only be accessed by [TotalFarkers](3D"http=) Smart:= GardenWeasel [shared some= excellent news](=3D" Smart: flucto made two adorable additions to the family and= [posted an update](3D") and [another update](3D") Smart: Solt= y Dog made [a suggestion for = Fark's upcoming swear jar](3D"ht=) Funny: Brawndo = had [big plans for the swear jar](3D"=) Smart: Eclectic made [a mouth-watering dessert](3D" Politics Funny: OldRod had question= s about Mike Pence's change in plans bdub77 stated= [the most shocking thing about a call = Donald Trump had on Sean Hannity's show](3D") OldRod des= cribed [what Pence did the day after hi= s debate with Kamala Harris](3D"=) Mike Pence's Head Fly = explained [stealing everyone's attentio= n during the debate](3D"=) Mike_LowELL [demanded an apology](3D") Politics Smart: = Man_Without_A_Hat gave [a professional analysis of Trump's post-hospital balcony performance](3D" Serious Black [fit mos= t of the traits of someone you'd expect to be Republican](3D" Kat= 09tails found [new evidence o= f just how abnormal things have become](3D=) gilgigamesh = predicted [what could make Trump repla= ce Attorney General William Barr](3D".=) Calypsocookie = > considered [what it might be like to = be a political conspiracy theorist](3D"=) Top Contest Entries Some of the top-voted cont= est entries from last week, listed from highest number of votes down Photoshops: RedZoneTuba was [ready for Saturday night](3D") Herb Utsmelz gave us [a Disney film remake = nobody asked for](3D"https:=) Hirightnow found out that [it's Ming-Na Wen time](3D") kabloink= proved that [Donald Trump ha= s completely recovered from COVID-19](3D"=) RedZoneTuba made the Dead come out on Halloween RedZoneTuba [turned a presi= dent into a king](3D=) X-Geek [took this dance to a meadow](3D" west.la.lawyer = created [a confusing scene](3D"=) #2 went to [pick up some s= upplies](3D=) FarkingIceHole attended [a dangerous event](3D") Fartist Friday: &n= bsp;[Fall into fall](3D") nanim [sent out the bat signal](3D" This week's Fartist= Friday theme, brought to you by E-brake: Celebr= ate National Pasta Day with an homage to Pastafarianism. Using any med= ium - Photoshop/MSPaint/real-life items/etc - create= a tribute to the Flying Spaghetti Monster Farktography= em>: [Rule of Third= s, the Second Helping](3D"=) inelegy captured [a beautiful rural sunset](3D") Farktography = is Fark's weekly photography contest. If you would like to suggest a Farkto= graphy theme, please contact [Elsinore](3D". Fark Weird News Quiz= > (brought to you by ox45tallboy) Another grea= t time on the Quiz next week, although I wasn't able to expand my woefully = inadequate repertoire of cow jokes. We did get two people in the = 1000 club, where this week we'll be showing the same movie Drew and Dallan = will be watching on the [Twitch Livestream](3D=) = Friday night. On the Quiz itself, FrancoFile came out on t= op with 1037, followed by WoolyManwich in second with= 1005 and catmander in third with 989. M= ztlplx came in fourth with 954, and Denjiro = rounds out the top five with 941. The hardest question on the Hard Q= uiz was over the 19th century figures James Wallace Black and William H. Mu= mler. Only 31% of quiztakers caught the article and knew that both were pro= fessional photographers. Black was the first man to capture an aerial photo= graph, and later attempted to discredit Mumler and his "spirit photographs"= . Mumler would capture photographs of people with their dead loved ones app= earing in ghostly images in the frame, most famously of Mary Todd Lincoln w= ith the image of Abe appearing behind her. Whatever method Mumler used for = this, he did wind up later using his talents for good and invented the firs= t practical way of transferring photographs to newsprint, although probably= not with the assistance of the ghost of Benjamin Franklin. The easi= est question on the Hard Quiz was over which major fast food chain was deem= ed by the Supreme Court of Ireland to be serving their sandwiches on someth= ing other than "bread". 91% of quiztakers knew that it was Subway whose "pa= stry confections" were deemed to have too high a sugar content to count as = "bread", so were to be taxed at a higher rate. For a company that went with= the marketing of "we're healthier than traditional fast food", this (and t= heir unfortunate choice of spokesperson) are probably not helping to promot= e that image. The hardest question on the Easy Quiz was a comic book= question. Only 55% of quiztakers knew that the characters Ryan Wilder and = Kate Kane were alter egos to DC's Batwoman. After Ruby Rose declined to ret= urn to the show to play Kane in Season 2, writers decided to go with a diff= erent iteration of the character instead. Hopefully this will free up Ruby = Rose to find John Wick 2 level roles instead of more schlock = like The Meg. The easiest question on the Easy Quiz wa= s about which artist has now surpassed Whitney Houston's record as the woma= n with the most weeks at #1. 91% of quiztakers knew that Taylor Swift's new= album had bounced back to #1 the previous week, thereby giving her the hon= ors. I'm sure she celebrated this milestone with a night out on the town wi= th her newest boyf- oh, wait, they broke up already. That's a shame. If you missed out on last week's Quiz, you can [catch up o= n the Fark Weird News Quiz here](3D". Congratulations to the winners, and 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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