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________________________ Top Comments Some of t= he top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week F= unny:
UberDave agreed with [an assessment of the methods used by rioters in the Capito= l building](3D")
GardenWeasel considered [the consequences of chastity cages being hacked by s= omeone demanding ransom](3D")
ArkAngel had an idea for&n= bsp;[how to use a swear word in an X-Men mo= vie](3D")
orbister thought that [someone on Twitter was wrong about something](3D")
m= arkie_farkie knows how to k= eep an internet-connected chastity cage secure from hackers
= Prank Call of Cthulhu knew [who could help men whose chastity cages were hacked](3D"
HugeMi= stake figured out why Bruce= Willis was causing trouble at Rite Aid
WhiskeySticks = ng> explained [Saudi Arabia's planned = linear city](3D"https://w=)
HighOnCraic confirmed that [it wasn't a podium that was stolen from the Capi= tol](3D")
Enigmamf had [a couple of things](3D" to say [ab= out tweet threads](3D" Smart:
styckx ha= d advice on [what to say to people who= think health care workers are exaggerating or lying about COVID-19](3D"=)
= styckx praised [the = great work and courage of CNN correspondent Sara Sidner](3D"
Huge= Mistake discussed the varyi= ng value of money
funkyeuph pointed out [the most deceiving thing about state lotteries
Budweiser Baptist let us know](3D")[another way to help animals in need](3D")
phalam= ir explained [the problem wi= th having your thing locked in a thing that's part of the internet of thing= s](3D"=)
Watubi owed Mom= a big favor
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat brought up&nbs= p;[the best thing about working from home
itchyvelour described](3D")[how bad things are in U.S. hospitals now](3D" CSB Sun= day Morning: [Culture shock](3D"=)
Smart & Funny: Winterlight [stumbled into a home and a job without even being forklift cer= tified](3D") CSB [Cool Story, Bro] Sunday Morning is a thread for Fark= ers to share true stories from their own lives based on a weekly topic. If = you have a topic idea for a CSB Sunday Morning thread, please [conta= ct Farkback](3D" ahead of time, or just [submit it](3D" on Saturday aft= ernoon/evening. Please note: While submitted CSB Sunday Morning threads hav= e a high likelihood of being greenlit, there is no guarantee they will= be. TotalFark Discussion:
Note: This section can only b= e accessed by [TotalFarkers](3D"=)
Smart:= granolasteak shared [advice= about potentially hateful terms](3D"
Funny: 10.0.0.1 = strong> explained [why one might use = nitrogen in welding](3D"https=)
Funny: Weatherkiss ha= d [somewhere else to be](3D")
Fun= ny: pdxbarista's [kid was unintentionally hilarious](3D"
Funny: Eclectic= was [left behind](3D"https://=)
Smart: MethySophocles explained [why you shouldn't get off on being withholding](3D")
Funny: Earthworm Jim Jones [came up with a new game for TotalFarkers](3D" Politic= s Funny:
Garza and the Supermutants thought that&= nbsp;[maybe things were turning around](3D")Cake Hunter pointed out [someone who apparently cares about the horned Capitol rioter's diet= ary demands in prison](3D"
Lambskincoat was [thisclose to sweeping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez o= ff her feet](3D")
snowybunting somehow knew [what an ecstatic Trump fan yells](3D")
t= hecactusman17 explained [why= Trump was wrong when he told Mike Pence, ""You can either go down in histo= ry as a patriot, or you can go down in history as a pussy"](3D" P= olitics Smart:
gilgigamesh will [always appreciate a certain type of video](3D") (No, no= t that type. Well, maybe that type, too.)
markie_farkie= argued that [everyone invol= ved in the coup attempt must face justice](3D"=)
markie_farkie = rong> considered [Trump's statement = about the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria](3D"https:=)
mrshowrules explained [w= hy Trump was unlikely to pardon any insurrectionists](3D"
OptionC= noted that [Trump was a pro= duct of one of his own frequent complaints](3D"h=) Top Contest Entries Some of the top-vo= ted contest entries from last week, listed from highest number of votes dow= n Photoshops:
Photoshop theme: unlikely actors for a S= tar Trek starship captain turned out to be such a fun theme that all of= the top-voted results came from it. [Here are the voting results for this contest](3D"). The highest-voted en= tries were from [RedZoneTuba= g>](3D".=), [RedZoneTuba](3D".=) a= gain, [retrophil](3D"=), [samsquatch](3D"), [retrophil](3D") again, [Yammering_Splat_Vector](3D"), [hail2daking](3D"), [cowgirl toffee](3D"), [Nick Nostril](3D"), and [clovercat](3D".
Here are some winners from oth= er Photoshop contests:
cowgirl toffee showed us Pheasadent Trump
bugdozer = strong> revealed [Donald Trump's nex= t job](3D"https:=)
Alligator appreciated [an older woman](3D")
cowgirl toffee sho= wed [Trump recruiting more soldiers](3D"=)= >
RedZoneTuba was [dancing on thin ice](3D" Fartist Friday: [I blue myself](3D")
kimwim made [an ombré quilt](3D") This week's Fart= ist Friday theme, brought to you by E-brake: Thi= s week we celebrate National Answer Your Cat's Questions Day with, naturall= y, a poetry contest. Write a poem in any form about the pressing questions = your cat (or any pet) surely has Farktography: [Transformations](3D")
This contest ended i= n a tie between All Latest's [aptly-named snowdrops](3D") and Morchella= 's [brand-new butterfly](3D"=) Far= ktography is Fark's weekly photography contest. If you would like to sugges= t a Farktography theme, please contact [Elsinore](3D" strong>. Fark Weird News Qui= z (brought to you by ox45tallboy) A= nother fun time on last week's Quiz, although no one got into the 1000 club= . A pity, too as the Foo Fighters are playing the main stage this weekend.&= nbsp;Denjiro came out on top with 974, followed by edmo in second with 924 and scrumpox i= n third with 920. leafslinger made fourth with 897, a= nd FrancoFile finishes out the top five with 848.&nbs= p; The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about Japanese = farmers who decided to go all in on some creative marketing to keep sales u= p during the pandemic. Only 16% of quiztakers knew that Wakayama prefecture= is Japan's biggest orange producing region, and their sales were way down = due to the decrease in fresh fruit and vegetable shopping (people have swit= ched to canned or frozen things to limit their trips to the markets). So, h= aving seen some Internet thingies, the farmers decided to juice most of the= ir product and sell it in bottles with cat pictures on them. Japanese kitti= es who speak the local language say "Nyaa" rather than "Meow" in English, s= o they settled on "Nyan Juice" as the name. The easiest question on = the Hard Quiz was about the NHL's newest addition to the rule book for the = new season. 76% of quiztakers knew that they had added a hand signal for "f= ighting". I'm still a bit unclear if this a penalty indication or simply a = way to signal to teams that "it's on" so they'll know to stop batting the p= uck around and make a space. The hardest question on the Easy Quiz w= as about which company was getting a new chicken sandwich with a bigger pie= ce of chicken, a brioche bun, and thicker pickles. 53% of quiztakers knew&n= bsp;that it was the restaurant that suffered the most from Popeyes superior= chicken sandwich - KFC. I could be wrong, but I really do not expect to se= e people fighting each other over the thicker pickle chicken sandwich in th= e next few months, but then again, I didn't think Popeyes chicken sandwich = was worth a street brawl either. Luckily they'll have NHL refs at all locat= ions to let us know. The easiest question on the Easy Quiz was about= actor Robert Duvall and his sole Academy Award. 92% of quiztakers knew he = got the nod for the 1984 film "Tender Mercies" in which he played a recover= ing alcoholic country music star. Are all country music stars recovering al= coholics or something? This seems to have become an extremely popular genre= in the years since. If you missed out on last week's quiz, you can = c[atch up here](3D"). Congratulations to the winners, and we'll do= 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. 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. PO Box 1713, Versailles KY 40383 = ------------=_1611265475-18415-55622--