Fark NotNewsletter: Drew teases us with fire, plus Farketplace is back!

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1667401381-51542-35264 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: [ 26908](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. So Elon Musk is in charge of Twitter now. Lots of folks have b= een asking me what I think about how it's going so far. The thing is,= it's only been three days. I've got opinions, but let's wait another= week and see how things pan out. A heads up for non-To= talFark subscribers: We're going to be testing a new mobile-only ad unit th= is week. TotalFarkers won't see it, because TotalFark includes a no-a= ds experience. It will replace the existing mobile ad unit at the bot= tom. We've requested that the unit only run if the mobile device is o= n Wi-Fi, so please [let us know if anyone experiences otherwise. It also won't appear 100% of the= time. You might not see ads at all, we're also using the new unit to= promote the](3D"https://w=)[Fark News Livestream](3D"=). Chance= is currently compiling the best clips from our most recent episodes for me= . Can't wait to see what his favorites are. By the way, Fark receives more revenue from a [TotalFark subscri= ption](3D" than we do from ads being served. So if you're looking for = an early Xmas present for the team, definitely consider [signing = up for TotalFark](3D". Also, if you are experiencing financial hardshi= p and need TotalFark for the no-ads experience, just [write in and let me= know](3D" we'll get you taken care of. Speaking of the= [Fark News Livestream](3D") - we're on hiatus this we= ek, I've got a thing to go to unfortunately. We'll be back next week = however! One thing I can tease is that Dill and I met up at the Ohio = Renaissance Festival this past Sunday and tl;dr I am now a fire acrobat.&nb= sp; We've got video for you too, and let me preface it by saying that I vol= unteered before I knew what I was going to be doing. We'll definitel= y have that for you next week. ________________________= End Drew transmission _________= _______________ Cool Stuff: Farke= tplace! [F= arketplace](3D"htt=) is back! A new Farketplace thread went up yesterday, so post= about any stuff you sell, and do some shopping while supporting your fello= w Farkers' businesses. What's Farketplace, you ask? Farketplace i= s a thread where Farkers are invited to share information about their onlin= e shops and small businesses. There's a much better explanation in [the Farketplace thr= ead](3D"), so go check it out, and see all the awesome stuff your fellow Fark= ers are selling. And if you happen to make and sell, for example, custom wa= ter buffalo saddles, or you have a business installing Styrofoam nuns,= go tell everyone in the [Farketplace](=3D"-Post=) thread about how to give you money in exchange for go= ods and services. Be sure to read the posts from Moderator= rong> at the top of the page, and don't go threadjacking in there or you wi= ll be trampled by a million water buffalo wearing fancy saddles. = Spooky story threads! We had our annual Fark s= pooky Halloween story thread on Monday. If you dig scary stories, check out= any and all of the Fark spooky Halloween story threads from the last = 19 years: 2004 [2005](3D") [2006](3D"=) [2007](3D") [2008](3D") [2009](3D") 2010 [2011](3D") [2012](3D"http=) = [2013](3D") [2014](3D") [2015](3D") [2016](3D"=) 2017 &nb= sp; [2018](3D"=) [2019](3D"=) [2020](3D"=) [2021](3D") [2022](3D") Twitter source logo! Thank you to null for suggesting [a change to the source logo for Fark threads tha= t link to Twitter](3D") XOXO, DisseminationMonkey= rong> Top Comments= an> Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the p= ast week Funny: Pocket Ninja [lectured us about boomers' budgets](3D") = AnotherBluesStringer knew [w= ho Tom Brady should date next](3D" koder explained = ;[how Elon Musk got so far ahead of the r= est of us](3D") FlashHarry found [Kanye West getting a head start on the holidays](3D") bearded clamorer gave some [inf= o about a middle school teacher who was arrested for nudely committing sex = acts in public](3D" Cafe Threads [took a stand against Amazon](3D" Go'zirra l= ooked at [how much Adidas gave up by d= ropping Kanye West](3D"=) SVC_conservative shared informa= tion about [Mike's ph= one in Fark's "server down" photo](3D".=) aleister_greynight = g> [gave business advice](3D") Etc= hy333 let us know what it's= like to play chess with Elon Musk Smart: b= loobeary listed [reasons El= on Musk doesn't like playing chess](=3D" Pocket Ninja [lectured us about boomers' budgets](3D") Cicada42 described [ho= w easy it is in the U.S. to live paycheck-to-paycheck on $100k/year](3D" = Monkeyfark Ridiculous had [a plan for scoring a free house](3D" holdmybones = > thought that [one particular number = seems to be immune from inflation](3D"https://=) Lorelle shared&nb= sp;[more information about a man who was fr= eed based on DNA evidence after spending 38 years in prison](3D") = Sorelian's Ghost called out [James Cameron's criticism of DC and Marvel movies](3D" mongbioh= azard [reminded an uptight homeow= ner to chill out about Halloween](3D".=) medius [endorsed whither_apophis' character= ization of the U.S. justice system](3D") sassyfrancis [spoke of the late Leslie Jordan](3D") SpectroBoy shared a story about [the cops who shoot like stormtroopers](3D" Politics Funn= y: educated wondered [why this would prove a homophobic House candidate isn't on Grin= dr](3D" beezeltown defended [using public funding for a new stadium for the Tennessee Titans=](3D" Spectrum figured out [who's posting derogatory slurs on Twitter to see what they can = get away with](3D" OldRod had [Herschel Walker's defense in the face of multiple women's clai= ms that he impregnated them and took them to get abortions](3D") T= his Is Bold Text described [how "mules" are getting away with using ballot drop boxes to conduct vote= r fraud](3D" Politics Smart: NewportBarGuy = ong> told us [why Ian's opposed to the= death penalty](3D"=) BunkyBrewman explained [red states "building back better" than blue state= s](3D") mrshowrules [upd= ated a list of Donald Trump's excuses for having classified documents at Ma= r-a-Lago](3D" AtomPeepers recognized [a website that works hard to keep visitor comments from= getting out of hand](3D") Olympic Trolling Judge pointe= d out that [certain people might be qu= ite happy to have been fired by Elon Musk](3D".=) Top Contest Entries Some of the top-= voted contest entries from last week Photoshops: Mojongo made it so you can [dress up as Fark's furry little mascot](3D" Yammering_Splat_Vec= tor sought to [clear up any = satellitic confusion](3D=) Octafrye allowed us to see food more clearly RedZon= eTuba made [a scary clown co= stume](3D"ht=) Wrongo [used= Trump's own move against him](3D" RedZoneTuba gave us&= nbsp;[the ol' guess what chicken butt](3D")whatsupchuck designed [a plane with room to move about](3D" samsquatch kn= ew that [this isn't seafood](3D"=) zeon [put these twins in pot= ted pants](3D"https://=) zeon depicted [the age-old battle between ape and plumber](3D" Fark= tography theme: [In the Pink](3D"ht=) MorningBreath photographed [a beautiful blushing turtle](3D" Fark Headlines of the Week A selection of= some of the top headlines from last week [Penn St= ate cancels event featuring Proud Boys founder due to safety concerns, mark= ing first time Penn State has shown concern for safety of boys of any kind](3D")[No = word if it was wearing jetpack and roller skates](3D"=) [Germany announces plans to = legalize SchmokenDopen](3D") "UFO" turns out to be upside-down = tent flying over Florida. Apparently no one was in it at the time, which ce= rtainly would've been an intense experience [Church built a baby Jesus statue that looks= remarkably like Phil Collins. No doubt specs came from the book of Genesis=](3D") [DC is ready for the Gunn= show](3D"=) [2 gulls, one CCCP](3D"=) [Lindsey Graham suggests that "every other young child = in America of color might want to be a Republican" if Herschel Walker wins = the Georgia Senate race, possibly because he might have fathered every othe= r young child in America of color](3D") [Cooking with Sylvia Plath. I'd recom= mend leaving the oven off](3D") [Scientists have unco= vered a metabolite that converts white fat cells ("bad" fat) to brown fat (= "good" fat) cells, completely pissing off racist fat cells ("proud" fat)](3D")= > Fark Weird News Quiz= (brought to you by ox45tallboy) Anoth= er fun time on the Quiz this week, where I learned that Alton Brown's recip= e for shepherd's pie with tater tots instead of mashed potatoes actually wo= rks pretty well. On the Quiz itself, coscausticevil came o= ut on top with 1029, followed by Two Dogs Farking in = second with 1025 and KumquatMay in third with 932, jnelson884 made fourth with 930, Shotgun Justice= rong> took fifth with 923, and HighwayBill was right = behind with 921. The hardest question on last week's Hard Qui= z was about Hasbro's new Kobra Kai action figures. Only 28% of quiztakers k= new that the best fit for martial arts characters was with fellow martial a= rtists the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. I'm still confused about the targ= et audience for this show - I mean, nothing bad, I just think that it's pro= bably not people who also collect Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger action = figures. The easiest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about th= e recent fire on Mount Kilimanjaro. 86% of quiztakers knew that the tallest= peak in Africa can be found in Tanzania. If you're hoping to see it in all= its glory, better go soon - the glacier covering the peak has shrunk by 80= % over the last 100 years and is now a mere 2 kilometers in diameter, and i= s expected to disappear for good by 2040. I'm sure a fire didn't exactly he= lp things. The hardest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about = whose dong Frankie Muniz saw way too much of during the filming of th= e revival of "The Surreal Life" for VH1, Only 57% of quiztakers knew that f= ormer NBA star (and actor, sort of) Dennis Rodman shared the house with him= . And when you take into account the fact that Muniz is 5'5" and Rodman is = 6'7", Franle was getting a far closer view than anyone should be comfortabl= e with. The easiest question on last week's Easy Quiz was abo= ut who's Prime Minister of Great Britain this week. 94% of quiztakers recog= nized Rishi Sunak as the guy stuck with the job for the moment, but don't b= e so pessimistic, he has real ideas. Like financing the country through cry= ptocurrency. Seriously. The alternate answer. Sundar Pichai, is actually fa= r wealthier than Sunak and holds a job with far more responsibility - he's = the CEO of Alphabet/Google. If you missed out last week, now'= s a great time to [catch up on the Fark Weird New Quiz](3D"https=).= Congratulations once again to the winners, and we'll do it all again on Fr= iday. --------------------------------------------------------------- ([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 1291, Versailles KY 40383 = ------------=_1667401381-51542-35264--