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This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1659558265-79232-44984 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: [ 95746](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. We've ha= d some weather here in Kentucky recently. Where I live, we've gotten = a lot of rain but not much flooding - I'm about 400 ft up and 10 miles away= from river level. In the southeastern part of the state though, it's= pretty bad. A friend of mine lives near Whitesburg, the creek runnin= g through the down usually has a depth of six feet. Until last week t= he all time record flood level was 14 feet. It hit 22 feet. Unf= ortunately there's more rain in the forecast. I don't have a great s= egue for this so I'll just wheel into another topic. A question came= up earlier today on TotalFark in a link about Tony Hawk showing up at the = performance of a band that does live covers of music from Tony Hawk Pro Ska= ters. Which is awesome in and of itself. The question was, does= this link go to Sports, Entertainment, or Fandom? There's a ton of = overlap between these three, and oftentimes when I can't tell I'll crosspos= t it. The general rule for Fandom however is that it covers any topic= that might appear at a comic con. I know this doesn't clear things u= p entirely, because pro wrestling and classic car mania probably also quali= fies. But for example, anything Star Wars? Fandom. Comic = books? Fandom. Comic book business-related? Crosspost to busine= ss and fandom. I know the distinction is still fuzzy but hopefully th= is makes it less fuzzy. Tl;dr some things are obviously one or the ot= her, some things aren't, some things are both. Thursday 4 at p.m. Ea= stern it's the return of the [Fark News Livestream= a>. We'll definitely me Christine and Dill, Lucky is a game time decision. = Want to learn who else other than China we made mad last week? The answer p= robably won't surprise you but the event might because it went completely b= elow the radar. Amazing science news this week, plus a deep dive on P= atrick, the Pony Mayor of Cockington. And whatever fresh hell we run into t= omorrow. At the rate the Alex Jones trial is going, we'll have to touch on = that as well. Join us! ________________________ End&nbs= p;Drew transmission ________________________ = ; Top Comments Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past wee= k Funny: xanadian figured out](3D=)[why reporter Mindy Basara hadn't returned aft= er tweeting about a 100-mg THC gummy](3D") ImpendingCynic = > explained [how a fire in Dallas was = able to cause so much destruction](3D"=) bearded clamorer = planned on [cheating on this year's t= axes](3D"=) I Have A Bo Burnham GIF For That was [ready to join... something that was happening= in Texas](3D") Naido knew [what that strange group activity was meant to accomplish](3D" phalamir defended [a p= harmacist who called a customer a demon and threatened to kill her](3D" Combustion had [alarm= ingly strong feelings about a morning news anchor](3D" I Have A B= o Burnham GIF For That pointed out [a clear preference for jokes on certain topics over others](3D" markie_farkie [said a lit= tle prayer for us](=3D" EvilEgg knew [the mistake someone made that caused her to have such a = high ambulance bill after a car accident](3D") Smart: Carter Pewterschmidt weighed in on [a lawsuit claiming the U.S. Navy accidentally shot down TWA Fli= ght 800 back in 1996](3D" NeoCortex42 decided on the best amount to win in the lotteryheymonkees wondered [if a shooter who targeted unhoused people in the Vancouver, Canada area = was influenced by a certain American idiot](3D" bearded clamorer = knew [the main reason to bui= ld a house with a tree growing through it](3D"https://=) Azz had = advice in case you're a [billionaire w= hose billionaire friend had sex with your wife](3D=) Munden = ng> had a suggestion if [Apple wants p= eople to stop putting cases on their iPhones](3D=) Mr. Coffee Nerv= es imagined ["Saturday Night= Live" continuing after Lorne Michaels retires](3D"h=) CSB Sunday Mo= rning theme: [Summer remodeling/renovation stories](3D"https=) Smart= em>: hubiestubert [f= ixed up a house for physical therapy after nearly dying](3D" Funny= m>: Teddy Brosevelt [ruined Independence Day](3D" Politics Funny: No= tabunny gave more information about [the new U.S. political party being formed by Andrew Yang and Chris= tine Todd Whitman](3D" I Have A Bo Burnham GIF For That = demonstrated [what Donald Trump admit= s he wanted to do as president](3D"https://w=) Marcus Aurelius cou= ld [get a job making weapons in Russia=](3D") duppy found [a savage attack by Google](3D" Albino Squid commented= about [how bad it was that Mark McClo= skey's campaign tried to make it look like Vanilla Ice and the Ying Yang Tw= ins supported him](3D"=) Politics Smart: Bootleg = strong> explained [why Trump would ne= ver have considered allowing one of his offspring to have their wedding at = the White House](3D"https=) shastacola took a guess at [why a "young queer conservative" was a Repub= lican for so long](3D") HighOnCraic figured [it might be useful to read the articles you link = to](3D") no1curr made [a prediction of what could happen if China invades Taiwan](3D" Bootleg fleshed out [Trump= 's plan to put unhoused people in tents on "large parcels of inexpensive la= nd in the outer reaches of the cities"](3D" Top Contest Entries Some of the top-voted = contest entries from last week Photoshops: artif= ishy gave us [hose gone wild=](3D"=) artifishy could only [hope for the animator to have a heart attack](3D" Yam= mering_Splat_Vector [lit the Ba= t-Signal](=3D" RedZoneTuba [farted in our general direction](3D" artifishy show= ed us [what a youthful spirit might lo= ok like](3D".=) Yammering_Splat_Vector invited us over to&= nbsp;[put on Zeppelin and eat cheddar chees= e](3D") Yammering_Splat_Vector found [someone who was quite moved by a replica memorial](3D") noazark [spotted the nope= goats](3D"ht=) Yammering_Splat_Vector [something something Spirit Airlines](3D") whatsupchuc= k [captured Steve Bannon's essenc= e](3D"=) Farktography theme: [Festivals and Festivities](3D") Elsinore = > snapped a [Pride Parade personal por= trait](3D"=) Fark Headlines of = the Week A selection of some of the top headlines from la= st week [On this day = in history, in 1956, there were two ships off of Nantucket. One should have= turned](3D"=) [ERs on t= he brink, UMs, UHs, and AHs precarious](3D"https://w=) [Dating app for anti-vaxxers t= urns out to lack protection](3D") [Milli Vio= linni](3D" [Uvalde City Council to investigate every city= officer who responded to school massacre, which shouldn't take long since = almost none of them actually did](3D"=) [Well, that'll chap your ass= : judge blocks applying sunscreen to Butte](3D") [Dow drops for second day in a row](3D") [More = missing J6 texts. This time from Trump's Homeland Security head and Deputy = Secretary. There's more cover up in Trump's admin than on his face](3D") [Hundreds of tour= ists visit Iraqi parliament](3D") [Faulty cartridges powering ejection seats= have grounded hundreds of F-35s. Expected fix is to remove cartridges, blo= w on them, and reinsert](3D") = Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by ox45tallboy= ) Another fun time on the Quiz this week, where three Farke= rs made the 1000 club and will be presenting essays on herpetology fro= m three distinct regions within North America. VooDo= o_Blonde came out on top with 1028, followed by runwi= z in second with 1021 and Denjiro in third w= ith 1010. Tailspin Tommy made fourth with 993, and&nb= sp;freakingmoron rounds out the top five with 991. The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about which artist = was the first to receive the free T-shirt from Spotify to commemorate = passing 100 million followers. Only 36% of quiztakers knew that it was the = soulless ginger leprechaun known as Ed Sheeran. Full disclosure: I've actua= lly seen him in concert, and he's rather talented, if not exactly my cup of= tea music-wise. The easiest question on last week's Hard Quiz= was about the eerie pink glow that people noticed in the skies above = Mildura, a town in Victoria, Australia. 84% of quiztakers knew that glow wa= s caused by the grow lights at a local cannabis farm. The medical marijuana= operation is legal and operated by the government, but to keep its locatio= n secret (to deter theft), shutters are supposed to be activated at night t= o hide the glow lights, and they appear to have failed to operate as intend= ed. Maybe once it's legal there they'll leave them open all the time for th= e townsfolk to say "Whoa." The hardest question on last week's Easy = Quiz was about which artist helped Elton John re-record his hit "Tiny Dance= r" last week. Only 39% of quiztakers recognized that Britney Spears was sti= ll spending a good amount of her newly emancipated time working on her care= er. FWIW, Christina Aguilera has released two studio albums since Spears' l= ast one, the latest being this year's "Aguilera." The easiest = question on last week's Easy Quiz was about fruit varieties. 98% of quiztak= ers recognized Clementines, Mandarins, and Satsumas as varieties of oranges= . I think they're also Marvel villains, but that wasn't in the article.&nbs= p; If you missed out last week, now's a great time to [catch up on the Fark Weird News Quiz](3D"). Congratulations once again to = the winners, and we'll be doing it all again on Friday. --------------------------------------------------------------- ([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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