Fark NotNewsletter: Fark and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, 20 years after

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1675279436-27453-30152 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: [ 38104](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message= from Drew Curtis: ___________________= _____ Hey everyone hope your week was well I wanted t= o draw your attention to an exceptional Fark thread from the archives - [Spac= e shuttle Columbia explodes on re-entry. All on board killed](3D") Tw= enty years ago today, Columbia broke up over Texas on re-entry. I had= forgotten we had the discussion going in real time. I remember someo= ne calling me the minute it happened so we could post the link. I had= been asleep - early 2003 was pre-kids for me, I haven't slept past 7 a.m. = in years. Good ole Fb- is there in the comments as w= ell. Wonder whatever happened to that guy. Other than fathering= 1000 kids. 2003 was a wild ride in general. Late= r that week, 20 years ago, I turned 30. Later that month, Kentucky go= t hit by a huge ice storm and we were without power for over a week. = Later that summer, Storm was born. He's taking a gap year this year b= efore heading off to college, it's been nice having him around. We've= spent a bunch of time together this year. He started driving me to t= he gym twice a week for driving practice, and last month decided if he was = going to be at the gym he might as well try to build a workout regimen for = himself. He's progressing so fast he'll be passing me in no time.&nbs= p; I'm going to miss him in the fall, but wherever he ends up, it's just a = round-trip flight at most. Been thinking a lot about annivers= aries because next week I turn 50. Fark turns 24 around the same time= ; I had just turned 26 when I started down this crazy path. I have no= plans on stopping anytime soon. By the way, if you're wondering what= to get me for my birthday, there's really only one thing I would like more= than anything else - [TotalFark subscribers](3D"https:=). Fark woul= dn't be here today without TotalFarkers. As an added bonus, we've got= some fun new features coming down the pike this year. More on those = later, I'll be releasing them on TotalFark first so I can get some help fin= e-tuning them before we release them to everyone. Help us keep the li= ghts on as we gear up for Fark's 25th anniversary next year. It's gon= na be weird and fun. I've decided it's not worth my tim= e to feel old. I thought I was old ten years ago when I turned 40, no= w that seems young. I'll probably feel the same way about 50 when I'm= 60. Never younger than today, I figure. No [Fark News Livestream](3D") this week - we should be back next= week. ________________________ End Drew transmission ________________________ Top Comments = Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week= Funny: ScrimBoy spotted [a problem with a video of a cop demonstrating how= to use plungers to break into a car to save a baby doll](3D") Poc= ket Ninja was [inspired by a= n article about exposed oriented strand board walls as an interior design t= rend](3D=) snowjack had some [information about a survey of pickup truck owners](3D" Cake Hunter [didn't appreciate = the tone of west.la.lawyer's question about a bike ride vi= deo](3D"http=) nigeman shared [behind-the-scenes gossip about "Home Improvement"](3D" Ga= rdenWeasel revealed the ins= piration behind an interesting design choice The Dog Ate My = Homework helped out with [be= arded clamorer's question about a video of a bike ride down a long hill](3D" Squid_for_Brains had [seen this red swirl room before](3D" talkertopc = built [a home for those who love the = bare OSB aesthetic](3D"=) WickerNipple knew something abo= ut [trees in Cache County, Utah being = chopped down by mysterious vandals](3D"=) Smart: h= ardinparamedic shared [exper= iences from working as a first responder in Shelby County, TN](3D" TWX recalled [a recent c= ampaign from the church that prefers to not be referred to as "Mormon" anym= ore](=3D" Pocket Ninja was [inspired by an article about exposed oriented strand board walls a= s an interior design trend](3D" yahyahyah thought about = the fact that [people tend to regain w= eight they lost if they stop taking the new weight loss drugs](3D"https://w=) Tr0mBoNe could see [why so= meone who scammed investors out of $4 billion chose a particular country as= her destination](3D" Bith Set Me Up argued that "defund the police" is a valid sloganmistahtom pointed out that [Adult Swim could stand to reconsider more of their collaboratio= ns](3D" NephilimNexus knew [who'd like a car for people who "have a lot of disposable incom= e" and are "scared of anything and everything"](3D" CSB Sunday M= orning theme: [So shines a good deed in a weary world](3D"http=) Smart: Miss Stein shared [how much a small bit of kindness can mean to someone who needs = it](3D" Funny: Halfabee64 was [confused after a couple of Catholic priests perf= ormed a mitzvah](3D") Politics Funny: Gordon Benn= ett explained [who the guy w= as who announced he was running for president as his pregnant wife passed o= ut in the background](3D=) Jiggatron69 knew [what the amendment was that Marjorie Taylor Green= e proposed](3D") Chariset described [the pattern that explains Donald Trump's behavior at Lyne= tte "Diamond" Hardaway's funeral](3D") Palined Parenthood = > found [damning evidence against Ted = Cruz](3D"=) DoctorCal pointed out that [the amendment introduced by Marjorie Taylor Greene had = a huge loophole](3D") Politics Smart: khitsicker = gave some [reasons China and= the U.S. would want to avoid going to war with each other](3D"htt=) w= eddingsinger tore into [Char= lie Kirk's defense of slavery](3D" Alphax thought that&= nbsp;[Rollan Roberts' announcement that he'= s running for president hit just the right tone](3D") Gyrfalcon = strong> [discussed the classified documents= recovered from Joe Biden's and Trump's respective properties](3D"=) hubiestubert [agreed with a sch= ool board member about the purpose of public education](3D"htt=) Top Contest Entries Som= e of the top-voted contest entries from last week Photoshops:= em> samsquatch [demons= trated these sick moves](3D" Dodo David invited [a famous French stinker](3D") retro= phil [went beyond comparing knive= s](3D"=) RedZoneTuba [gav= e Mars a hand](3D" samsquatch [cooked up some gaghwurst](3D" Dodo David bought= some [special edition Cracker Jack](3D".=)= > Yammering_Splat_Vector [splatted right out of some poor guy's chest](3D" RedZoneTuba's [cat completed a difficult = task](3D".=) Yammering_Splat_Vector showed us [why it's a bad idea to give ladders to gorillas= a> sl4psh0t found](3D")[a stowaway on the International Space Station](3D" Farktograph= y theme: [Rhapsody in Blue=](3D"https://w=) common sense is an oxymoron took [a casual portrait of a pretty bird](3D") Fark Headlines of the Week A selection of some of the top headlines from last week [Ex-Czech general leads presidential= race over billionaire Babis, although some question how Babis was formed= a>](3D")[Road closed signs are ins= talled by overly-cautious crews well ahead of any danger, thought the truck= er](3D".=) [In a stunning reversal of trends, a man'= s life was actually saved by eating at Arby's](3D"=) [I get the sense that Pence will be on defense fo= r an immense offense at our expense. Hence, the suspense is intense](3D") = [Giant douche arrested and charged with setting Illinois P= lanned Parenthood fire](3D") 3 killed, 6 injur= ed in Placentia accident. That thing must have really come out flying [Five Russians who fled military conscript= ion have been living in a South Korea airport for months, mostly because th= e only airline tickets available are all window seats](3D") [Stabababababababa Spadina Bus](3D") = [Photo of TFG and Philly mob boss surfaces, forcing mob boss to= do damage control](3D") [Chrysler announces little ro= bot that will charge your new Ram Electric truck for you. Even smaller robo= t to charge the charging robot still under development](=3D") [On this day in h= istory, in 1993, American Chad Rowan became the first non-Japanese to achie= ve the highest rank in sumo wrestling, proving that there's no goal too hig= h for Americans as long at it involves getting fat](3D") [Tool Time](3D") = Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by ox45tallboy= ) Another fun time on the Quiz last week, although there w= as no real consensus on whether MTV should censor Miley Cyrus or uncensor T= om Petty and Weezer. On the Quiz itself, RaceDTruck came o= ut on top with a score of 893. followed by baka-san i= n second with 881 and a tie for third between Denjiro and = peachpicker with 871. Blackstone and= The Third Man tied for fourth with 862, and = WickerNipple made it into the top five with 854. The= hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about what to eat at a Burns= supper with your haggis, assuming you can get one here being that the USDA= has deemed authentic haggis "[unfit for human consumption](=3D")" due to the= fact that it contains lung, Only 24% of quiztakers knew that "neeps and ta= tties" referred to creamed potatoes and mashed swedes, a type of&= nbsp; yellow turnip popular in Scotland and also called a rutabaga, Persona= lly, if anyone ever names a meal after me, I'd prefer it to be something ot= her than organ meat and icky vegetables. The easiest question= on last week's Hard Quiz was about where the NFL goes to get their Lombard= i trophy each year to present to the winner of the Superb Owl. 77% of quizt= akers knew that the trophy is made by Tiffany & Co of New York, Which i= s unfortunate for the intern they send to pick it up each year, as he or sh= e is also tasked with several hundred breakfast orders from the executives,= The hardest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about which act= or has appeared in four of the six movies which have grossed $2 billion at = the box office. Those movies are "Avatar" and its sequel, "Avengers: Infini= ty War" and its sequel, "Endgame", "Titanic", and "Star Wars: The Force Awa= kens". Only 49% of quiztakers knew that Samuel L. Jackson only appeared in = the Avengers movies, while Zoe Saldaña appeared in green in the "Ave= ngers" movies and in blue in "Avatar" and its sequels. Why do they always m= ake her change colors? The easiest question on last week's Ea= sy Quiz was about what you get when you ask a South Carolina food truck ven= dor for an elephant ear. 97% of quiztakers knew that it was a triangle of d= eep-fried pastry coated in cinnamon and sugar. I guess you can never go wro= ng in assuming food trucks in South Carolina will sell you something deep f= ried and coated in sugar. If you missed out last week, now's a grea= t time to [catch up on the Fark Weird News Quiz](3D"=) now tha= t you know a few of the answers. Congratulations once again to the winners,= and we'll do 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}'. 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