Fark NotNewsletter: Guess what's back! Actually, don't guess, just read

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1631205845-75147-54401 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: [ 52755](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message = from Drew Curtis: ____________________= ____ Hey everyone, hope your week's been well. By popul= ar demand, Fark Headline of the Week is back! We hadn't been featurin= g this lately because sometimes I'd get too busy to run HotW on Mondays, bu= t lately I've concentrated on making it part of my weekly routine. A= lthough Headline of the Week is pretty much just my personal selection, I t= ake your votes for Fark links very seriously when deciding which to choose.= So if you have been wondering if your link votes matter, they do - a= lot! I'll qualify the occasional link that slips through the cracks = just because I think it's funny, but I rely on your votes a lot - not = just for Fark Headline of the Week, but for deciding which News Flash tagli= nes to pick. This is why sometimes a news flash won't hit main Fark f= or awhile, I'm waiting for the right tagline to be submitted. And if= you're not familiar with the link voting feature - turns out, it's on= e of [the many features that you get](3D") as a [TotalFark subscriber](3D")! So sign on up and help influence th= e winners list. Headline of the Year voting begins in early December, so it= 's not too late to help out. At 3 p.m. today it's the [Fark News Livestream](3D") with me, Christine and Trevor. Acco= rding to the news cycle, it's 9/11 week - I managed to find the few de= cently interesting but mostly obscure stories around the 20th anniversary.&= nbsp; And of course we'll have the usual roundup of things that slipped thr= ough the cracks and my favorite weirdness of the week. Join us! = ________________________ We now return you to your usu= al Fark NotNewsletter. ________________________ Top Comments Some of th= e top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week Fu= nny: Three Crooked Squirrels submitted [proof of being capable of withstanding a hurric= ane](3D") Nadie_AZ forwarded [a message from a wind turbine blade to the train that smashed i= nto it](3D" Xcott knew [the story behind a train's collision with a wind turbine blade](3D" explained [what happened to an antivaxxer who died from smallpox in 1903 shoegaze99 was](3D")[excited to get some Texas barbecue advice](3D" markie_farkie spotted [a familiar sight i= n coverage of Hurricane Ida](3D"https:=) BumpInTheNight [made a dad joke](3D") beezeltown = g> knew [who else might misspell "Mode= rna" on a fake vaccination card](3D"=) mofa [preferred the doggy paddle](3D") Straight Outt= a Wells Branch explained [wh= y Southern accents are often mocked](3D" Smart: U= berDave [did the research and cam= e up with a solid plan](3D"=) The Official Fark Cajun [had to fight in court to do the right thing a= s a parent](3D") Cyberluddite wondered [how it would feel to have made different decisions](3D")= cretinbob thought that [current medical terminology might not be getting the point across a= ccurately](3D" 1funguy told us about [someone who can watch a thousand people walk into a gla= ss door but won't believe it's there until she smashes into it herself](3D")theteacher had a theory on [why Remington subpoenaed report cards, attendance records and d= isciplinary records of kids killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School= shooting](3D" AirForceVet [compared experiences with someone who works in a COVID ward](3D" OtherLittleGuy added [m= ore context to Circusdog320's story about people walking o= ut of church when asked to wear masks](3D" Hey Nurse! s= hared [what it was like having to take= care of a COVID denier](3D".=) Politics Funny: Plai= dJaguar [alerted the authorities = after witnessing a crime](3D"=) weddingsinger thought tha= t [Joe Rogan seemed fine after ge= tting COVID-19](3D") Pinnacle Point figured out [the kind of guy who would report a woman he i= mpregnated and collect the Texas $10k abortion bounty](3D") Shosti= e explained [what a couple o= f idiots were trying to practice at a shooting range](3D"h=) diIdo t= ontine had [a slightly diffe= rent interpretation of what these gun heroes were doing](3D"ht=) Poli= tics Smart: GoodCopBadCop pointed out that in add= ition to punishing people who become pregnant, [Texas also might be punishing those who had sex with them as well=](3D" Redh8t founded a= new church Murkanen described [Chief Justice John Roberts' judicial philosophy](3D") Psychopusher summed up [life in the state of Texas](3D" NeoCortex42 discusse= d [Kevin McCarthy's threat against com= panies that comply with records requests from the Select Committee investig= ating the January 6th insurrection](3D") Top Contest Entries Some of the top-voted cont= est entries from last week, listed from highest number of votes down Photoshops: Terrapin Bound noticed [an overlooked detail in a Hitchcock film](3D")Cork on Fork turned a = face to the sea noazark showed us [how to get to Sesame Street in style](3D") R= edZoneTuba finally found ou= t what this girl was really running from clovercat = [showed this guy getting busted](3D") RedZoneTuba found that [cow discos are actually pretty inclusive](3D" rnatalie = g>[restored this painting to its original = glory](3D") RedZoneTuba [made Mitch McConnell look less like a turtle](3D" Yammering_Spl= at_Vector's [pup exposed this= derriere-ship](3D"ht=) Yammering_Splat_Vector [created a real seahorse](3D") Captio= ns: From [Caption these youngsters: BizarreMan detected](3D"=)[a classic form of sibling torment](3D" Subtonic= 's [stomach was growling](3D"=) steklo [needed a referee](3D"https://w=) RedZoneTuba threatened to [bring Mom's power to bear](3D" Fartist Friday: [Art featuring wildlife](3D") ScrimBoy = shared [a shot from the bee roll](3D"=) This week's Fartist Friday theme, brought to you by E-brake: On September 8, 1966, "Star Trek" debuted= its pilot episode. In honor of Star Trek Day, write a limerick about your = favorite Star Trek character or episode, for any of its series. = Farktography: [Warm It Up](3D"https://w=) MorningBreath captured [the early pelican that gets the worm](3D" Fark Headlines of the Week A selection of = some of the top headlines from last week [i= ppississiM](3D" [Nick Knaack, anti-vax, gave his girl the 'rone. T= his old man came wheezin' home](3D"=) [Too drunk to drive, but just drunk enough to= manage the Mets](3D") [Why the Royals will never trust Meghan Markle and Prince H= arry again. Presumably because they stood them up in free agency and left f= or the Yankees](3D"http=) [Never send to know for whom the pig trolls; it trolls for Ye=](3D"https:=) [♬ No... one... flack= s like Macron, no backtrack for Macron, vows to maintain French troops in I= raq when we're gone... ♬](3D"=) [Wherever you go, whatever = you do, Richard Marx won't take bullshiat from you](3D") [I know a = guy whose brain is toast / He'll roll the coal / And loudly boast / "I don'= t know grammar," / And he'll freely sneeze / He won't use facemasks / Or ta= ke vaccines / But now he uses unleaded gasoline / Unleaded gasoline / Unlea= ded gasolines](3D") [Wild cockatoos make their own= cutlery sets. Not to be outdone, macaws are now into fondue](3D"https:/=) [Today is National Chianti Day, so pick up some fava beans and s= ize up your neighbors](3D") [Scottish reservoi= r levels hit an 18-year low and somehow they STILL can't find that silly li= zard](3D=) Fark Weird News Qui= z (brought to you by ox45tallboy) A= nother fun time on the Quiz this week, although the 1000 club remains empty= . Which is cool, because I'm screening in the back deck. On the Quiz itself= , Joelogon came out on top with 934, followed by Two Dogs Farking with 896 and Denjiro wi= th 892. TheCheese gets into the NNL with 882, and so = do farkyorefeelings with 871 and Cndn Ba= con with 862. The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz= was about the USSR's Lunokhod program. Only 24% of quiztakers remembered t= hat the Rooskies actually sent two remote-controlled rovers to drive around= on the moon all the way back in the early 1970s. This was actually mankind= 's only remote-controlled rover mission on a celestial body prior to the Ma= rs Pathfinder in 1997. We silly Americans sent our own rover to the mo= on but couldn't work out the kinks in the remote control system so we also = had to send astronauts to drive it around manually in that same time period= . The easiest question on last week's Hard Quiz was a food question.= 79% of quiztakers knew that "Caprese salad" was a basil leaf, a slice of t= omato, and a piece of fresh mozzarella. I think the other 21% of people pro= bably have been to Atlanta, since I don't know of a single restaurant that = calls it "Caprese salad" - all the ones I worked at or ate at that served t= he dish elected to call it "fresh mozzarella" as if the basil and tomato we= re unimportant. I'm thinking Georgia people were getting confused when ther= e wasn't any lettuce or ranch dressing on their high-falutin "salad". The hardest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about a new HBO series = based on a DC comic with a widely panned movie adaptation. Only 45% of quiz= takers recognized the names Alan Scott, Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz, and= Simon Baz as members of the Green Lantern Corps. (Hal Jordan, the characte= r played by Ryan Reynolds in the movie, is only one of many Green Lanterns)= FWIW, I think the 55% of you can be forgiven for having turned off every H= ollywood "Fantastic 4" movie ever made before even learning the characters'= names (Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm). The easiest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about the album "Gracel= and," which was not an Elvis LP but an '80s rock album with Afro-Carib= bean rhythms and lyrics inspired by a trip to South Africa during the Weste= rn boycott over apartheid. 94% recognized it as the work of Paul Simon, wit= h three of the songs being inspired by his past relationship and marriage t= o actor and screenwriter Carrie Fisher. Interestingly, the "Betty" in = "You Can Call Me Al" is actually his first wife Peggy Harper, from whom he = was divorced in 1975 - eleven years, two serious relationships, and another= marriage later, he still thought of her. If you missed out on= last week's Quiz, [you can catch up on the Fark Weird News Quiz=](3D"https://w=) now that you know a few answers. 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