Fark NotNewsletter: Can we talk about something other than Mass Shootings?

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1683737847-95821-25508 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: [ 52186](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 Hello again! Hope your week's been well. I'= ve been codifying my changes to the Newsletter and I'd like to think I'm ma= king it my own. Here's a question for all you Farkers: What makes y= ou open Fark? What're you looking forward to? XOXO, NotNewsletterMonkey ________________________ A message from Drew Curtis: _____= ___________________ Hey everyone hope your weeks been we= ll. The news cycle has been super quiet recently. No idea what's be= hind it. We usually have a slowdown in June, July, and August, but not usua= lly May. The month's not even half over though, so we'll see how it goes.The digital media exosphere has been super stressed lately. Buzzfeed axed= its news division, layoffs elsewhere. There was an interesting interview l= ast week including both Jonah Peretti AND Nick Denton who hasn't been seen = much since Gawker went down in 2016. The most interesting takeaways for me = were Peretti saying social media doesn't drive traffic anymore and the inte= rviewer saying he's started reading Drudge every morning because there's no= place else to just read a news roundup. No place else? Anyhow he said he w= rote an article about it, Drudge linked it, and suddenly traffic like it's = 2007 all over again. Interesting times if this trend continues. = Thursday 4pm ET, it's the [Fark News Livesteam](3D"ht=) -= IF- my laptop is back from the shop in time. Fingers crossed it's a quick r= epair. In particular, looks like our Santos of the Week feature may take= a hit for the foreseeable future. It was unlikely the guy was going to get= re-elected anyhow, but damn he sure knows how to go out with a bang. ________________________ End Drew tra= nsmission ________________________ Top Interactions Some of the best interacti= ons from the past week. [This Threa= d](=3D" realized that May is both Volcano Awareness and Masturbation month. D= on't worry, it's all SFW. kkinnison and co. [gave an example of a spam text, and how to deal with = them.](3D") arrogantbastich and co. [discussed the best kind of job.](3D" Yesterday was World Donk= ey Day. [This Thread](3D"=) celebrated it. = whither_apophis, gunga galunga, t= oddalmighty, WickerNipple, and Uchih= a_Cycliste ([scroll down](3D"https:/=)) each= made an attempt to search for [the term S= ubby was missing.](=3D" Top Comme= nts Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from= the past week. Monkey note: I had a hard time collating the no= n-Politics links - the mass shootings (yes, plural!) meant all the top comm= ents were about gun laws, The Right(tm), and/or Nazism. I went thro= ugh all 300 links, and got 6 good non-politics ones. I think it fried my se= nse of humor. Funny: question_dj wrote [a better tagline](3D"). Psychopusher= gives us [an accurate representation of Twit= ter's current staff.](3D"https://w=) sno man found [Juan](3D"). Smart: markie_farkie= celebrated [a close call.](3D"https:/=) = jars.traptone knows [the b= est kind of Nazi. (Hint: It's not a live one.)](3D" Cubansaltybal= ls believes that [there should be = a difference between news and reality TV.](3D"ht=) Politics Fun= ny: Giant Clown Shoe wrote a Wikipedia-style summa= ry of [this battle](3D"). Notabunn= y roleplayed [a hysteric person'= s view of politics.](3D"https:=) gunga galunga says [what on-camera officers are really scared of.](3D") bloobeary listed why peopl= e want to impeach Biden. GoodDoctorB knows [where "trickle-down economics" is trickling.](3D") Politics Smart: Pocket Ninja dominated = the best posts. Pocket Ninja listed [a bunch of misused political terms.](3D") Pocke= t Ninja - "[I'm not sure which one= gets to be Gandalf, but we win either way.](3D"https://=)" Pocket Ninja= trong> knows [Putin's standard response](3D"=)= . Zombie Jesus has[an = idea as to why the economy's screwy under Democrats - and it's not what you= think.](3D" Marcus Aurelius - "[It's not liberals they're angering...](3D" This Is Bold= Text noticed [the education stat= istics Florida's trying to sweep under the rug](3D"https=). ShavedOrangu= tan summarized [every newsworthy r= ich idiot.](3D"http=) NewportBarGuy offers [an easy way to identify a terrorist organization.](3D") Don't Troll Me Bro! found a [c= ritical logic error](3D". CSB Sunday Morning theme= u> This time, the theme was [Caffeine Club](3D"). It asked users "where was the best cup = of coffee or tea you ever had, and what made it so great?" Monkey n= ote: I really needed this after the non-politics posts. = Smart: Someone Else's Alt knows that [there's nothing like a cup of coffee after surviving a tornado= strong>.](3D") bibliophile42 experienced the saying "[one good deed deserves another](3D")." goodluckwiththa= t misses [her late husband, and his coffee](3D"=).leviosaurus was gifted [the best coffee t= hey've ever had, because they accepted someone who wasn't.](3D") = Funny: Brawndo was given [far bette= r than he asked for.](3D") Someone Else's Alt made the ef= fort to [clean the coffee urns, and is still unsure if they= did the right thing](3D"=). yakmans_dad took inspiration = from a movie and [ate coffee-flavored sugar cubes](3D"=). Sunnuvah was [a bit too used to engine room c= offee.](3D"=) Top Contest Ent= ries Some of the top-voted contest entries from last week. Photoshops: rnatalie found [a goose bagpipe.](3D") Yammering_Splat_Vector knows that [They Are Out There](3D"https://=)= . RedZoneTuba brang back[the Ceiling Cat](3D". Yammering_Splat_Vector knows [there's no saving that building](3D"). rnatalie witnessed [the Flying= Nun](=3D". whatsupchuck wishes [there could be an afterlife for bankrupt stores.](3D" Yam= mering_Splat_Vector and RedZoneTuba created the front and [back](3D" of this banknote. samsquatch discover= ed that [all it took was a costume change= a>. cyberspacedout took](3D"=)[the "liver-shaped pool" literally.](3D" RedZoneTuba br= ought back [Speed Racer](3D".=). Dod= o David portrayed [a real-life mon= opoly board](3D"h=). Yammering_Splat_Vector found a picture= of [a government spy drone launching.](3D")RedZoneTuba was [the ca= meraman in a horror film.](3D" Farktography theme: Pos= ed orionid took a photo that [could be mistaken = as a famous portrait.](3D") Upcom= ing Fark Parties Saturday, June 24, 2-6 PM: [NYS Craft Brewer= 's Festival Party in Canalside, Buffalo, NY](3D"). Fark Headlines of the Week A selecti= on of some of the top headlines from last week. [🎶At seven PM, the sad news came in; we said, "Go= rdon, it's been good to know ya"🎶](3D") [She wore a pink Hitler beret. We know her name fr= om a fabric store. Vargus wore a pink beret, and her boyfriend said she lik= ed to read Mein Kampf. Pink Hitler beret, she sold the bag on ebay](3D") = [Amorphous, decaying seaweed blob reaches Flo= rida coastlines; residents eager to vote for it](3D") [Woman has orgasm during philharmonic peformance fr= om what can only be presumed as mastery of the G-string](3D") [Study finds 44% of Americans can't name a famous livin= g Asian American. Oh My](3D") [I= mean, it's one shopping cart, Big Lots. What could it cost? Two managers t= heir jobs?](3D") [Scam warnings posted on Bitcoin ATMs. Appa= rently the word 'cryptocurrency' on the front wasn't enough](3D"https=) [It's knot news, it's Fark](3D") Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by = ;ox45tallboy) Another fun time on the Fark Weird News Q= uiz last week, where we examined some of the things King Chuck had to deal = with during his coronation before they let him have the fancy hat. My favor= ite was the spoon the Archbishop uses to hold the oil to lube up the king d= uring the Anointing - which is probably not a good idea to have immediately= before the Investiture, where he has to hold all the swords and staffs and= the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. They should probably save the oil for af= ter they put the expensive (and sharp) stuff away. On the Qui= z itself, EJ25T came out on top with 1022, followed by Denjiro in second with 988 and maddogdelta= ong> in third with 961. mrs. badcrumble made fourth with 9= 44, narrowly besting our modmin champion Two Dogs Farking'= s 943, and WoolyManwich was right behind in fifth with 939= . The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about the defin= ition of "importune". Only 28% recognized last Wednesday's Merriam-Webster = Word of the Day and knew it meant "To annoy or pester someone with repeated= questions or requests", like when we went on road trips in the 80's and Da= d threatened to pull the car over if you asked "Are we there yet" one more = !%^ing time. For the 59% who guessed "inconveniently timed", the word you w= ere thinking of is "inopportune", The easiest question on last week= 's Hard Quiz was about what kind of a vegetable the wild ramp is. 88% of qu= iztakers knew that alliums like ramps were related to onions and garlic. Yo= u can find them growing wild in the spring in deciduous forests of the east= ern United States, or year-round in skate parks all over the country. The Easy Quiz was definitely easy last week, as the hardest question sti= ll had 63% of quiztakers knowing that Pharrell Williams was coordinating th= e "Something in the Water" music festival. Besides his work with Hans Zimme= r on the "Despicable Me" soundtrack, the pair also co-composed the score fo= r "The Amazing Spider-Man 2". The easiest question on the Eas= y Quiz was about which state was about to decriminalize simple possession o= f all controlled substances on July 1. 91% of quiztakers knew that Washingt= on's legislature had put in a stopgap measure after the state's Supreme Cou= rt declared in 2021 the felony drug law then on the books to be unconstitut= ional. However, the stopgap measure had an expiration date, and lawmakers a= re considering not bothering to pass a new law, as neighboring Oregon hasn'= t really had a bad experience since they decriminalized possession in 2020.= If you missed out last week, it's a great time to [catch up on the Fark Weird News Quiz](3D") now that you know a few of the a= nswers. Congratulations once again to the winners, and we'll do it all= again on Friday. 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