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This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1634764478-3334-54212 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: [ 53751](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. A quick = technical note - a bunch of folks have written in saying they've had troubl= e getting images on Fark to load. There's a problem over at DigitalOc= ean (our image host), images should be back as soon as they fix it. N= o idea what it is or when that will be, I assume since they make 100% of th= eir income from being able to deliver data online that they'll put adequate= resources towards the problem. Then again, that doesn't stop Comcast= from not doing it. At 4 p.m. ET Thursday on the [Fark News Livestream](3D"), Christine, Trevor and I are back. It's= another edition of Where In The World is Trevor as he may have f-ed off to= Morocco, or maybe that's next week. Anyhow, this week's topics take a hard= turn into Halloween stories - the first "Cops called due to overly-realist= ic Halloween display" articles have begun to appear. Plus cocaine hip= pos and sexy Magikarp cosplay. The usual ridiculousness. Come j= oin us! Added bonus - I may have figured out how to green screen. Her= e's hoping I don't break anything in the process _______________________= _ 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: fragMasterFl= ash wasn't too sure that [Mo= ntanans really have a librarian fetish](3D" thatguyoverthere70 = strong>explained [how goth hospitals= work](3D"https:=) InfoFreako showed us [what happens when you insist on speaking "American"](3D") bekaye revealed [wh= o murdered Gabby Petito](3D" markie_farkie described&nb= sp;[what caused the death of an anti-vax fl= at-Earther](3D") Louisiana_Sitar_Club let us know what a TikToker's neighbor was so angry abo= ut scottydoesntknow shared [a scene from "Goth Hospital"](3D") Benevolent Mis= anthrope provided proof tha= t we were meant to touch ourselves EL EM told us a= bout [a challenging way to communicate=](3D"=) emersonbiggins was [upset when a small plane crashed into houses in Santee, California TorpedoOrca](3D" d a Farker who couldn't access a tweeted photo of a type of spider whose bu= tt looks like an Oreo](3D" Smart: Mr. Coffee Nerv= es wasn't too sure about [th= e ability of many TSA agents to properly assess risk levels](3D" = Pocket Ninja suggested [some = laws to keep towns from being taken over by rental properties](3D" SpectroBoy had [an idea fo= r John Deere workers who were on strike](=3D" The Googles Do Nothi= ng [discussed Eric Clapton's guit= ar skills as a fellow guitar player](3D"=) Pocket Ninja h= ad [big ideas for education and health= care](3D"=) rosekolodny shared [a philosophy about bad people who make good art](3D") G. Tarrant told us about [a= coworker who thinks they're so valuable to the company that they = ;can ignore the company's vaccine mandate](3D" CSB Sunday Mo= rning: [First date stories](3D"=) Smart: Otera's [date kept his= hands to himself](3D=) Funny: pissnmoan [disappointed an old flame](3D") CSB [Cool S= tory, Bro] Sunday Morning is a thread for Farkers to share true stories fro= m their own lives based on a weekly topic. If you have a topic idea for a C= SB Sunday Morning thread, please [contact Farkback](3D" ahead of time= , or just [submit it](3D"=) on Saturday afternoon/evening. Please note: W= hile submitted CSB Sunday Morning threads have a high likelihood of being g= reenlit, there is no guarantee they will be. Politics Funny= : EnzoTheCoder warned [those of us who buy women's pee funnels at Trump rallies](3D" Sub Human [couldn't deny= the truth](3D=) thorpe helpfully edited [a photo of a pro-COVID activist to include his final= words](3D") Ghastly [told us about struggles](3D" A discussion about abortion restrictions = led to nocturn giving [valid medical advice](3D" Politics Smart: Monty_Zoncolan noticed [some= of the sweet perks of a job nobody showed up for](3D" meehaw = trong> commented on [Dave Chapelle's r= ecent specials](3D"htt=) Night Train to Wakanda discussed&nb= sp;[the appearance of armed police after a = British MP was stabbed to death](3D") eurotrader explain= ed [why some people who refuse to be v= accinated against COVID-19 are being denied organ transplant surgery](3D"=) NotCodger looked at [an anti-vaxxer lawmaker's claim to be authorized to make medical decision= s for a friend](3D" Top Conte= st Entries Some of the top-voted contest entries from las= t week, listed from highest number of votes down Photoshops:= > RedZoneTuba scared = the years right off this traveler Yammering_Splat_Vector = trong> [reunited a celebrity with an old fr= iend](3D") bugdozer [put= something interesting in this aquarium](3D" Driedsponge = >showed us [who was really behind this= Blue Origin stunt](3D".=) retrophil [put something very interesting in a tank](3D" dlarsen= 222 found [a celebrity endors= ement deal for William Shatner](3D"http=) dlarsen222 designed= [a suit that will draw more attention= to any press conference](3D") bucket_pup added [this face's signature smile](3D") cl= overcat [carried on for Led Zeppe= lin](3D"=) bugdozer's people always [drive their Ferraris single file to hide their numbers](3D")= Fartist Friday: Show & Tell Vol. 11: H= appy Accidents Vol. Two thespindrifter's [eye just needed a drop of water](3D") = This week's Fartist Friday theme, brought to you by E-bra= ke: Abstraction Distractions. We'll be creating specially for= this contest an abstract work using any art medium: drawing, painting, Pho= toshop, photography, MS Paint, macaroni and glue on cardboard, etc. Us= e shapes, forms, colors to create a view beyond physical reality. You've ju= st crossed over into...The Fartist Zone. Farktography: [Louder than Life](3D") Herb Ut= smelz showed us that [trains= have changed a lot since 2004](3D" Fark Headlines of the Week A selection of some of = the top headlines from last week [USDA dropping rabie= s vaccine packets coated with bait in eastern Tennessee to fool unsuspectin= g racoons into eating them and vaccinating themselves. The next plan is to = drop Pfizer vaccine packets wrapped in bacon on Tennessee cities](3D") [Shortage = of glass means supply chain is half empty](3D") [The Merriam-Webster word of the day for October 14 is "= cabal," as in: "By inadvertently throwing a freshly-caught fish into a bask= et, Michael Jordan accidentally created the sport of bass cabal"](3D") [Between June and September, COVID-19 accou= nted for 90,000 deaths among independent virus researchers](3D") [Smeggin' Thee Stallion](3D") [Men char= ged with stealing $1.5 million worth of rented textbooks from Amazon and se= lling them for cash. Police have not recovered either of the books](3D") [It's going t= o be hard to run with your Chubb out](3D") [Halloween Ends s= et to be the one where Michael Myers refuses to wear a mask](3D") [Caine mutinies aga= inst reports of his retirement](3D") [Wasbro](3D" = [You're not a real bodega cat until you refuse to move for anyone](3D") [List of wineries you can take your dog = to, because you're going to need a designated driver](3D") [New Ford = taillights let you know when you're too loaded to drive](3D") Beyond Fark We're sad to = have lost Farker VOCSL5, who died unexpected at the a= ge of 37. She was known on Fark for her kindness, empathy and intelligence.= She lived in the Twin Cities area, and loved cats and Japanese language an= d culture. You can [read VOCSL5](3D"http=)'s memorial thread here. Our hearts go out to VOCSL5's family and loved ones. Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by= ox45tallboy) Another fun time on the Quiz thi= s week, with a higher average score than usual. However, no one made the 10= 00 club, and I'm gonna assume that's because they all thought I was serving= candy corn. That's okay, I'll leave it out in the bowls for next week. On = the Quiz itself, Denjiro came out on top with 946, followe= d by FrancoFile in second with 939 and l= eftofcool just behind with 937. Glockenspiel Hero= rong> came in fourth with 929, and maddog2030 made it= into the top five with 925. The hardest question on last week= 's Hard Quiz was about where you can go to see the sites where the first tw= o Dred Scott cases were decided, which rank among the worst parts of Americ= an history - but parts which should never be forgotten. Only 27% of quiztak= ers remembered that Dred Scott had been taken back to Missouri, and was sui= ng for his freedom on the basis that since his owner had taken him to Illin= ois, a free state, for an extended period of time, by law, he was therefore= free - before the Supreme Court told him that Black people had no right to= sue since they weren't citizens. So if you're ever in St, Louis and = want to see the famous arch known as the Gateway to the West, be sure and c= heck out the other historical sites within the same park. The = easiest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about the most-searched term = on Bing. You know, that search engine Microsoft started? Bing? The one they= tried every way in the world to market, including sponsoring MTV's "Ridicu= lousness"? Bing? Anyone? Anyway, 83% of quiztakers knew that Google thought= it would be great for their defense in an antitrust suit to bring up the f= act that most people when faced with Microsoft's IE and Edge browsers = see the default start page and say "WTF is this" and type "Google" into the= search bar. Seriously, Google's lawyers thought that this was a defense ag= ainst their monopolistic practices, It's likely not going to prove what the= y thought it would. The hardest question on the Easy Quiz was about = which language had 26 words added to the Oxford English Dictionary this yea= r. Only 48% of quiztakers recognized the popularity of South Korea in = Western culture and the fact that some Korean words are coming into fashion= . FWIW, "banchin" is a small side dish, like a vegetable; "Hallyu" is a wor= d for the current "wave" of popularity of Korean culture worldwide - think = "New Wave" music aka "the British Invasion" only with fewer extraneous vowe= ls; and "manhwa" means printed comics, whether comic books or the funny pap= ers. So enjoy your banchin while reading some hallyu banhwa Gangnam Style. The easiest question on the Easy Quiz was about those poor gamers we= forgot all about during the Great Facebook Outage of 2021. 83% of quiztake= rs knew that Oculus Quest users couldn't access their VR games during the o= utage because the devices require the user to be logged into Facebook in or= der to play. So not only could they not battle facehugger aliens in "Half L= ife: Alyx" or dragons and Daedra in Skyrim VR, they couldn't even go onto F= acebook to complain about it, and had to scramble to remember their Twitter= passwords and then realize they didn't have any followers to whom they cou= ld vent their frustrations. If you missed out on last week's Q= uiz, [be sure to catch up](3D") now that you know a few of the an= swers. Congratulations once again 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. 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