Fark NotNewsletter: I survived 2022 and all I got was this lousy canceled flight

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1672276996-58771-32153 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: [ 96858](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message= from Drew Curtis: ___________________= _____ Hey everyone, hope your year's been well. Well,= this is it - 2022 comes to a close. Kentucky's been under a deep fre= eze all week but today for the first time temps are going above freezing.&n= bsp; Then they'll continue to climb into the 60s. If that happens and= I can dodge the rain, I may be on my bike all weekend. No [Fark News Livestream](3D") this week - taking a break, we'll = be back next week! ________________________ End Drew transmission ________________________ Top Comments = Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week= Funny: RodneyToady [told khitsicker what the temperature was = in Kelvin](3D") coffeetime added [more information to a JFK sign](3D") khitsicker knew [why Twitter isn't block= ing links to Fark](3D"https://w=) Pocket Ninja advised us on = [driving safely in the snow](3D") = Pocket Ninja found out [just= how dangerous fentanyl is](3D" freakdiablo figured out= [what would make the escape of a gian= t mascot balloon even worse](3D") Exile On Beale Street = brought up [the real danger at an airp= ort where a woman threw a computer monitor at a gate agent](3D".=) f= oo monkey explained why eve= n living in a hole in the woods doesn't provide any escape from problems as= sociated with HOAs kudayta [had to deal with extreme weather](3D" Too-Tall = ng> guessed [wrong about a man Elon Mu= sk said was stalking him](3D"=) Smart: jars.trapto= ne knew [what a pain it wou= ld be for an entrepreneur to have to keep training new employees](3D"https=) SpectroBoy shared a story about [a cop keeping someone from receiving potentially life-saving tr= eatment](3D" Driedsponge admired [a legal strategy being used against Madison Square Garden = Entertainment](3D") Xcott described [the strange life of a sysadmin](3D") TwoHead = trong> predicted [the platform that = will win the social media wars](3D"https:=) Ker_Thwap discussed= [what it's like using Mastodon](3D") NM Volunteer gave advice on [driving in snow](3D" Rapmaster2000 talked a= bout [the victims of cryptocurrency sc= ams](3D"=) CSB Sunday Morning theme: [The best gift you've ever rec= eived](3D") Smart: cherryl taggart did jus= t fine despite [a crappy assessment fr= om Mom](3D"https://=) Funny: Squid_for_Brains got t= o [sound like a badass at school](3D") Politics Funny: markie_farkie figured = out [why the U.S. and Canada have diff= erent COVID vaccine guidelines](3D"=) JasonOfOrillia [questioned the logic of a "sovereign citizen" = January 6 insurrectionist](3D") Naido explained [why Elon Musk better not push a French offici= al by deleting his links to other social media sites](3D") inert predicted [an unexpected cons= equence of a tweet of the "Downfall" video meme adapted for Musk](3D"http=) GardenWeasel [took Musk's po= ll about stepping down as chief twit as a sign](3D"=) Politics Sma= rt: pueblonative pointed out [one often overlooked fact about the military prowess of t= he French](3D") Bith Set Me Up [did the math on minimum wage](3D" gunga galunga = called out [the lack of a citation](3D"=)= > OptionC discussed [the overwhelming wave of COVID infections in China](3D" Jason= OfOrillia [questioned the logic o= f a "sovereign citizen" January 6 insurrectionist](3D"https://=) Top Contest Entries Some of = the top-voted contest entries from last week Photoshops:chewd gave us [eve= rything necessary to get through a family gathering](3D" RedZoneT= uba showed us [what happens = when Geordi goes overboard](3D=) Redwing [pulled the old switcheroo on Bill and Ted](3D") = RedZoneTuba went on a bogus= journey to the edge of forever Yammering_Splat_Vector = ong> [let cooler heads prevail in the ice t= rade](3D") retrophil stumbled upon [a time traveler meeting](3D") zeon [beamed Rufus up](3D") Stephen_Falken = found [Don King sporting a f= estive new look](3D"https:/=) Yammering_Splat_Vector [dialed up the wrong phone booth](3D") r= etrophil [toiled at the cheese qu= arry](3D"https://w=) Farktography theme: [Seasons' Greetings 15](3D") Lovesandwich = ong> found [a tree with festive fruit Fark Headlines of the = Week A selection of some of the top headlines from last = week](3D".=)[Roanoke Lacks Lee Statue](3D"=)[Seal= appears with Cranberries on Cape Cod. Kind of an odd replacement for Dolor= es O'Riordan, but I'm willing to have a listen](3D"=) [Yo= u might say there's no such thing as COVID, but as for me and Grandma, we b= elieve](3D") [Plot tw= ist: QAnon was right all along](3D"https://w=) [385,000 tons = of coal stolen in Mongolia. Police describe thief as overweight man with lo= ng white beard dressed in red muttering "Very naughty indeed" over and over=](3D") [= "Higher than acceptable" methamphetamine levels in air ducts close Colorado= public library disappointing the speed reading patrons](3D"=) [Come on baby, light my fire](3D") [J= eff Saturday had "No Doubts" on 4th down call that failed. His team Blink(e= d) 182 and lost, wishes he was Taking Back Sunday because his resume is now= Staind in a Puddle Of Mudd. Thought he was Mr. Big but his team is Garbage=](3D") [Rowdy Beers commits to Flor= ida International. Rowdy Meth, Rowdy Alligators still in the transfer porta= l](3D"=) [In the market for lingerie and perfume? Dude, you're getting Adele= a>](3D"=)[Which anti-abortion pastor got defrocked by the= Vatican? You guessed it, Frank Pavone](3D".=) [Turns out Red #17 and Red #40 can lead to Red= #2](3D") Fark Weird News Qu= iz (brought to you by ox45tallboy) Another fun time on the Quiz this week, even if there weren't that many fo= lks around thawed out enough to take it. On the Quiz itself, Denjir= o came out on top with 844, followed by dionysusaur= strong> in second with 831 and bingethinker in third = with 803. vonster and mrs. badcrumble= trong> tied for fourth with 761, and skippy.fluff rou= nds out the top five with 733. The hardest question on the Ha= rd Quiz was about the Hanukkah tradition of spinning a dreidel, and th= e Hebrew letters on each side. Only 17% of quiztakers knew that nu= n, gimel, he, and shin stood for "= Nes gadol haya sham," which translates to "A great miracle happened th= ere." (Dreidels in Israel will sometimes use the letter pe in= stead of shin so that it translates "A great miracle happened= here.") It's a great way to teach kids about the Hebrew language, the= holiday itself, and the downfalls of gambling. Christmas religious ce= lebrants are usually stuck with a Nativity scene with fidgety kids, a = crying baby Jesus, and animal poop because someone thought live donkey= s were a great idea. The easiest question on last week's Hard= Quiz was about where one could see the 168 newly discovered, 2000+ year-ol= d geoglyphs. 89% of quiztakers knew they were right by the several hundred = already known on the Nazca Plain in modern-day Peru. While scientists still= speculate about what they "mean," I've always thought they were just graff= iti-ish art, and I truly believe Terry Pratchett nailed it when he said som= e just meant "I've got a great big tonker." The hardest quest= ion on last week's Easy Quiz was about which Oscar-winning film's anim= atronic just sold at auction for $2.56 million. Only 52% of quiztakers knew= that "E.T." won four Oscars ("Jaws" only received three) and all three "Ja= ws" animatronics, which barely worked anyway, were destroyed after filming = - I suspect used as piñatas by the frustrated crew, with Spielberg h= appy to see them go. After the movie's success, the studio ordered a fourth= to be cast from the same mold, and after a recent restoration you can now = see it hanging over the escalator at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures = the next time you're in Los Angeles. Here's hoping ET, who is currently a s= keletal framework with eyeballs, will get the same treatment. The easiest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about the upcoming= biopic that Christopher Nolan says used only practical effects in simulati= ng an atomic bomb. 94% of quiztakers knew Nolan was directing the upcoming = "Oppenheimer" about the scientist known as "The father of the nuclear bomb.= " I'm of the opinion that at this point Nolan is coming up with insane prac= tical effects first and then deciding on a movie he can build around them, = kind of like how Tom Cruise decides on a stunt he wants to do and gets scre= enwriters to write it into the plot. If you missed out last w= eek, it's a great time to [catch up on the Fark Weird Ne= ws Quiz](=3D" now that you know a few of the answers. 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