Fark NotNewsletter: The week that spawned a thousand memes

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1485198407-99572-65012 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The] [3D"Facebook"] [=3D"Twitter"] [3D"Totalfark"] Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here]. Comments thread: [] Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 If I were a more talented person and had more t= ime on my hands, I'd write a "12 Days of Christmas" type of song about last= week. It would include such things as inauguration attendance estimates, w= omen's marches, alternative facts, arguments over the significance of copyi= ng a cake design, and questions regarding the morality of punching a Nazi (= or just being glad that someone else did it). As it stands, though, I'm jus= t a DisseminationMonkey, looking at a Fark, asking it to to please not rant= about politics in the NotNewsletter thread. ________________________ A message from Drew Curtis: Hey everyone - subscription drive update: &= nbsp; We're at 1500 new [TotalFark] and 750 [= BareFark] subscribers - an increase of= 300 and 150 over last week. I'm still optimistic - it was a short bu= t busy week. Just a reminder: If you could sign up for one or both of= these, it would help us immensely. And if you can't, that's fine too= - telling your friends is helpful as well! ___________= _____________ We now return you to your usual Fark NotNews= letter. ________________________ Comment Mentions The number of comments these words were mentioned in on Fark and TotalFark= in the past week Inauguration - 2079 March - 1731 Alter= native fact - 117 Sean Spicer - 345 Bacon - 392 Comment Voting Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week Funniest: clkeagle gave proof of how useless a 9mm pistol is Pr= ank Call of Cthulhu described the [worst part about Ringling Brothers shutting down] Igor Jakov= sky showed a ["Wheel of Fortune" fai= l] CipollinaFan made note of [jaylectricity's superhero identity] = The Pope of Manwich Village explained [why Marla Maples and Tiffany Trump couldn't get free hairstyling] = Angry Drunk Bureaucrat pointed out that [openly-racist people have their limits] give m= e doughnuts shared [The Oatmeal's ta= ke on working for exposure] culebra [admonished another Farker for posting a NSFW image] clovercat showed why some people are [undecided on whether or not climate change is a real problem] shanrick revealed [what Tru= mp was working on in the "Winter White House"] Smartest= : Weaver95 [celebrat= ed inauguration day] Diogenes [urged Farkers to keep up] HedlessChickn poi= nted out [how stupid it was to fire a school = employee over a tweet] give me doughnuts shared [The Oatmeal's take on working for exposure]kronicfeld disagreed with another Farker's view of [the marches on Saturday] nmrsnr = trong>expressed [sympathy for a lifestyle dow= ngrade] fusillade762 thought [Assange's behavior seemed familiar] someonelse = ng>also disagreed with a characterization of [people who marched on Saturday] wejash thought that= [Julian Assange had lost a lofty position]= > someonelse gave [reason= s for joining a march] CSB Sunday Morning: [Being strande= d] Smartest: hubie= stubert was [rescued in the desert b= y a girlfriend's protective brother] Funniest: xanadian had a long adventure [trying to get home for New Year's Eve] If you would like t= o suggest a topic for a CSB Sunday Morning thread, please email [dugitman]. Politics Funniest:= > King Something requested [a German translation] what_now pointed out that sometimes size matters Farking= Clown Shoes [defended Trump against= accusations of dishonesty] Rev. Skarekroe was [happy that Trump got a new phone] R= on Vibbentrop posted a [photo of Tru= mp's parade] Politics Smartest: Grand_M= off_Joseph thought that [Obama got a= raw deal] Weaver95 had [a message for a regretful Trump voter] aaronx [insulted Trump voters] Redh8t = trong>found some [partially-delicious symboli= sm] Barfmaker pointed out that [swinging your thing around hurts you, too] &nbs= p; Contest Votes  = ; Some of the top-voted contest entries from last week, listed from high= est number of votes down Photoshops: Surly= U. Jest found [a perfect disguise= at The Far Side] RedZoneTuba [made this water creature look a lot friendlier] Iggi= e [updated a Green Day album cover= a> Thrakkorzog combined][Disney tragedy with real tragedy] Yammering_Splat_Vector = trong>[made Obama look less out of place]RedZoneTuba showed something that would [make White House press conferences even more awkward] Circusdog320 found something [scarier than a snake in the toilet] Ennuipoet sho= wed what it looks like [when Disney actually = ruins your childhood] Yammering_Splat_Vector invente= d [a toothbrush that cleans between your teet= h] Yammering_Splat_Vector discovered [just how much Trump loves gold] Farktog= raphy: Queen Mab won Farktography Contest No. 611:= "[Ju= st Desserts Part Deux]" with a delicious photo of [churros with chocolate sauce and aged rum] If you = would like to suggest a theme for a Farktography contest, you can contact [Elsinore] or stop by the [Farktography Forum= a>. Headlines of= the Week (brought to you by ox45tallboy)][I guess it does look better shaved] That Maserati doing 185, slid into a pond and no more will it drive= [Brain behind killing Pinky to be evaluated for m= ental competency] [Anything can be beautiful if see= n at a sufficient distance, and for Detroit that distance turns out to be l= ow Earth orbit] [Sweden sets new record for wind sp= eed, clocking in at 106.93 miles per hour or 394 börks per lutefisk]= > [Alt-right hook] [Trump s= ends Woody Johnson to the UK. Aren't those things usually made of plastic?][The cake is a IIe] [Dogs = no longer have a purpose. Cats have been saying this for years]  = ; [Monica Crowley out of Trump administration after discovery of= extensive plagiarism in her past] [Monica Crowley = out of Trump administration after discovery of extensive plagiarism in her = past] [Soup at Whole Foods recalled for mislabeling= , which presumably caused it to be accidentally sold at normal prices]&n= bsp; Weird News = Quiz Results (brought to you by ox45tallboy= >) We had a great quiz this week thanks to quizmaster Jesus Farking Christ. Once again, no one broke the 1000 mark,= but it wasn't for lack of trying. Firststepsadoozie reign= s supreme in our top slot with a score of 979, with Huntceet= strong> and mfgordon tying for 2nd with 936. = JasonOfOrillia was a hair behind with 933, and edmo= g> rounds out the top five with a very respectable 931. = This week's hardest question was about Grand Theft Auto V. Only 31% of you = knew that GTA online had an insurance policy available for your nicer cars,= and would charge other users for intentional damage they caused. = The easiest question this week was about a restaurant in British Columb= ia. 80% of you knew that local government wouldn't license a fish-n-chips s= hack called "Moby Dick". Bring your brain to this week's Fark = Weird News Quiz [right here]. --------------------------------------------------------------- ([Fark.com] sent this newsletter email= to: {EMAIL}) To stop these emails, go to the Notifications tab of your [MyFark profile] to change your subscription preferences. Or, [click here to unsubscribe] from newsletter emails, even if your Fark login isn't '{NAME}'. [Click here= to unsubscribe from ALL Fark emails]. Fark, Inc. 333 West Vine St Suite 210, Lexington KY 40507 = ------------=_1485198407-99572-65012--