Fark NotNewsletter: A Fark group celebrates a milestone

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1493657599-98180-67454 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: [](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 Fark is a community of many interests. Somehow,= along the way, a group has formed with the very Fark-specific interest of = competing to make the final post in a Fark thread. Those crazy Farkers dedi= cated to posting the Last Post call themselves the LPers, and they have sta= rted their [one-thousandth LP thread](3D"=) today. Congratulations, LP= ! ________________________ A message from Dre= w Curtis: We picked some winners in the Best/Weirdest thi= ng that happened to you as a result of Fark contest. An anonymous spo= nsor paid for 10 people who wrote the best entries to get TotalFark for a y= ear - we picked 11 because we couldn't choose. We'll be putting= one in the newsletter each week for the next several weeks. Our fourth = winner is mama2tnt. ----- Most o= f you know the downward spiral of depression, so I won't elaborate. &nbs= p; I ended up spending one weekend on the couch, my phone in one hand (t= o read Fark - although I wasn't up to commenting, I was able to read it vor= aciously) and my remote in the other hand, switching from Hallmark movie to= Lifetime movie and back again. (I TOLD YOU I WAS DEPRESSED, DAMN IT!) &= nbsp; After that weekend, I realized that I needed REAL help, so I heade= d for my doctor and began much-needed medication that has helped me deal wi= th the depression that threatened to overwhelm me. "And I'm mu= ch better now!" as they say. But I might not even BE here toda= y if I hadn't had all those wonderful Fark and TotalFark people right there= in my hand, communicating to me that the world was going to turn again, ev= en if I couldn't reach out to a single person that weekend. An= d that's not the last time, either - TFers, especially, have become dear to= me, helping me cheer up when the world seems to be at an end, solve proble= ms, give my kids a piece of my mind, etc. I try to give back b= y helping others, by "mothering" those who seem to need it for a minute, or= reaching out in compassion when an offhand remark that got overlooked shou= ld be paid attention to. Of course, what I actually TELL peopl= e IRL is, "Fark is a news aggregation site, with instantaneous headlines." = But when I hear a rumor (as my housemate asked me the other day, "Didn't so= -and-so die? I swear I heard that on the news"), I can run straight to Tota= lFark to see if there are a bunch of headlines screaming someone died or no= t. (There were none; so-and-so hadn't died, it turned out.) Su= re wish I'd've known about Fark years before I did, but am so glad one of m= y best friends (thanks, Jeff!) pointed me to this site, however long ago it= was. ----- This is not an uncommon occurrence ei= ther. Farkers may be snarky in general, but when things get serious, = they are super supportive of each other. Can't say that about many on= line communities. You guys rock. As always, feel f= ree to sign up for either [TotalFark](3D"ht=) or [BareFark](3D" a= nd/or sign up a friend! It may not seem like much but it makes a huge diffe= rence to us! ________________________ W= e now return you to your usual Fark NotNewsletter. ______= __________________ = Comment Mentions The number of comments these wo= rds were mentioned in on Fark and TotalFark in the past week. Note: This do= es not mean they were the most-used words Correspondent= s' Dinner - 54 First 100 days - 360 Loyalty Day - 79 May Day - 32Bacon - 479 C= omment Votes Some of the top-voted smartest and fun= niest comments from the past week Funniest: Vaginosilicosis [won the special p= rize](3D"h=) Pocket Ninja told about [a strange new challenge](3D" Dead for Tax Reasons = ng>thought [a knife attack on democrats was s= uspicious](3D".=) enry advocated [ditching punctuation altogether](3D" bearded clamorer = ong>found [someone who doesn't want to fly ne= xt to a cat](3D"=) WickerNipple posted the [most recent version of the Confederate flag](3D") = scottydoesntknow showed one answer = to "What's your biggest weakness?" Wanebo found [something alarming about a Fark headline](3D") teto85 showed [the other si= de of the story when a woman didn't want to fly near a cat](=3D" n= aughtyrev showed [Australia's reacti= on to threats from North Korea](3D"ht=) Smartest: Pocket Ninja questioned [how a fa= ther searched for evidence against a neighbor](3D" WickerNipple posted the [most recent version of th= e Confederate flag](3D"https://w=) Atomic Jonb shared some [marriage advice](3D") WickerNipple = >had some [advice for people visiting North K= orea](3D"=) Marcus Aurelius thought [a victim gave the wrong answer](3D" Marcus Aurelius = rong>thought the [United States made a mistak= e after the Civil War](3D"=) The All-Powerful Atheismo [shared a reminder](3D") Primum non noc= ere discussed [the reason Confederat= e states seceded from the union](3D"https=) myschief gave [marriage advice for those who ignore Atom= ic Jonb's marriage advice](3D") Egoy3k reacted t= o [Confederate Memorial Day](3D") = CSB Sunday Morning: [Seriously odd jobs](3D"http=) Smartest & F= unniest: Man_Without_A_Hat [auditioned to be a character at Disneyland](3D" with the help of some = herbs and fungi If you would like to suggest a topic for a CSB= Sunday Morning thread, please email [dugitman= ng>](3D". Politics Funniest: Diogenes = ong>noticed [an oenophile's approach to gover= nment appointments](3D"=) ElizaDoolittle shared a tweet ab= out [an uncaring helpline](3D") imp= aler posted [an update from the Pres= s Snekretary](3D"https:/=) Farking Clown Shoes offered [some encouragement to suffering farmers](3D") King Something listed other [people= who ruined things like Carl Sagan ruined science](3D" Poli= tics Smartest: Farking Clown Shoes explained [the March for Science](3D") cheezesub = strong>proposed some [ways to deal with the l= oss of manufacturing jobs](3D"https:/=) clodcomplex shared a [comparison of Bill Nye and Ken Ham](3D") Hardy-r-r [preferred another day o= ver Loyalty Day](3D"https:/=) foo monkey comforted [a voter who felt bamboozled by Trump](3D") &nbs= p; Contest Votes  = ; Some of the top-voted contest entries from last week, listed from high= est number of votes down Photoshops: RedZo= neTuba's "You had ONE job" [entry ab= out voting got a lot of votes](3D" ionthrust made [a very advanced pop-up book](3D") Iggie proved that [baseball is as dangerous= as motorcycle racing](3D"https://=) Pure Weapons-Grade Bolonium s= howed that [an elephant never forgets its man= ners](3D".=) Yammering_Splat_Vector found a couple of [reasons to avoid public transportation](3D") Pure Weapons-Grade Bolonium revealed [what this guy really fell off of](3D" Wrongo thou= ght [the election went wrongo](3D") Yammering_Splat_Vector showed [a ba= d time and place for a nap](3D" Iggie found [someone who's somewhere he doesn't belong](3D") Iggie figured out that this guy is= really just dancing Farktography: ori= onid won Farktography Contest No. 625: "[On the Border](3D" >" with "[Between Tranquility and Tempest](3D"=)= " If you would like to suggest a theme for a Farktography cont= est, you can contact [Elsinore](3D=) or stop by the Farktography Forum. 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