Fark NotNewsletter: NYC Hellmouth still open

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1686767783-67263-23915 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: [ 91336](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 Welcome back, Reddit Farkers! If you're here, = you've found the NotNewsletter. Not much has changed here either, but [WilderKWight](3D")and [NM Volunteer](3D") poste= d about some of the ways Fark is still different from Reddit. = DisseminationMonkey's moved on, I'm the new writer, un= imaginatively titled the NotNewsletterMonkey. I've been ma= king some changes to the format, and I hope you enjoy them. Speakin= g of - Fark can be difficult to navigate for new readers. Share any tips yo= u've accumulated, please! XOXO, NotNewsletterMonkey= ________________________ A message from Drew Curtis: ________________________ Hey everyone hope your week's been well.= > Traffic is way up these past few da= ys. I figured something was up over the weekend when we started getti= ng a ton of [Farkbacks](3D"=)asking to recover old account passwords. = I try to stay offline as much as I can on weekends but Monday I was back o= n the article queue and there it was - Reddit's having some trouble. = > I saw a few media accounts of what'= s going on but here's my understanding. Reddit's being scraped like c= razy to train up AIs and they don't want to let this happen for free anymor= e. So they decided to charge for frequent API calls. However th= is also negatively impacted third party apps, which in some cases have mill= ions of users, forcing third party apps to shut down. A large percent= age of communities revolted by taking themselves private. And a large= number of former Farkers decided to come back and see how things are going= here at Fark. Welcome back ev= eryone! Not much has changed. I didn't become Governor of Kentu= cky and at least a hundred million people on social networks outside of Far= k think I'm a time traveler thanks to [a Twitter joke with a five year time horizon.](3D") I can tell a = few of you haven't been around in forever because you've been asking where = the Boobies went - just so you know, that was over 15 years ago. = And that's about it! Other than th= e fact that social media online discourse in general has degraded to the po= int where even the [politics tab](3D"https://w=) looks reasonable on occasion.&nbs= p; Speaking of, I haven't deleted the [politics tab](3D" in over a decade= now but I'm saving a future bourbon blackout disaster for a stunt down the= road - details TBA later. We = are still very much supported by TotalFark subscriptions so i= f it's not a hardship those are available for $10/month ($8.33/mo if you su= bscribe for the year). You get no ads, first look at new Fark feature= s, gifs autoplay, and my undying gratitude and thanks. You can also p= urchase [Fark Units](3D"=) which can be used to tip the Swear Jar in the ev= ent that you want to swear in a post. I'm hoping to get a tipping fea= ture going for comments and link submissions if I can ever get enough spare= time in between news cycle blowouts. Speaking of news cycle blowouts - normally, when we know stuff's ab= out to hit we can spin up more servers in the cloud in advance to handle th= e extra traffic. The process is even somewhat automated. Howeve= r holy jebus did we ever get slammed on Thursday when whatshisname got a su= rprise indictment. Everything I'd read said that the Grand Jury was g= oing to meet that day, but anything they decided likely -wouldn't- come out= that same day, probably next week or later is what they said. So, so= rry about that, I should have realized it might come out Thursday anyway.&n= bsp; You might have noticed Tuesday went just fine. 4pm eastern Thursday it's the return of the [Fark News Livestream](3D")! We've got everyone back thi= s week, Christine's done being drunk in Greece and has returned to being dr= unk in Texas. Lucky's up in Michigan, and Drew and Dill have gone now= here. Killer whales, rabid moose, Cormac McCarthy's wild ex-wife, ali= ens, and I've got a bingo on my Fark Livestream bingo card. _____= ___________________ End Drew transmissio= n ________________________ Top Interactions Some of the best interactions from= the past week. - Farkers in [This Thread](3D" caught up returning Farkers on what's changed. - Fark= ers in [This Thread= strong>](3D") celebrated the start of the Trump indictment. - Farker= s in [This Thread](3D") [shared ho= w the Canadian wildfire is affecting them.](3D" - Farkers in [T= his Thread](3D") are confused by this California house's asking pric= e. Is it too much? Too little? - I have a sample size of 2, but ap= parently [volcano threads](3D"=)= > are great reading? This one had a bunch of puns and satirical webcomic re= commendations. - [maxwellt= on](3D"ht=), [fredirc, and](3D"=)[natazha](3D"=) poke= d fun at a missing hyphen, creating the mythical "ass panties." - = In the same thread, [RogueWallEnthu= siast](3D"https://=), [Lorelle= g>](3D"https://=), and [austerity101 discussed](3D"=)[thongs](3D"=) instead. - [Fasces Breaker= a>,](3D"=)[todangst= a>,](3D")[Hydrostatic_Equilib= rium](3D"), and [cman= ng>](3D"https=) shared some Reddit stories. - While discussing Pat Robinso= n's death, khitsicker quipped, "[Somehow this will be blamed on Diablo 4.](3D" MadRadhu= ong> [responded with an ad that was photogr= aphed and posted to Twitter the day before.](3D") - [FlashHarry](3D"), [karnal](3D" [gi= antmeteor](=3D" [Klom Dark](3D"http=), and [Austin =](3D"=)discussed the meaning of "based." - [steklo](3D" [muphasta](3D")shared parenting stories.= Top CommentsSome of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week. We don't yet have a link we can show you guys, but we have monthly = lists of top voted [Smart](3D"https://w=)and [Funny](3D" comm= ents. Funny: - HighlanderRPI [presented a potential reason to avoid stating= your alibi.](3D") - zez [remixed "jet fuel can't melt steel beams."](3D" - l= eeksfromchichis [realized the arti= cle's similarity to a classic tale about punctuation.](3D"htt=) - mikefinch [joked about what c= ould've been the modern reaction to "witches."](3D"https:=) - Edge= Runner3D"[discovered this dude using the "I did your mom" comeback... and= not lying.](3D" Smart: - TDWCom29= g> [had a great comparison for the path CNN= was taking.](3D") - Patmaniac [had an interesting reason not to go to church.](3D") - = SpectroBoy [explained why = people don't want to switch to electric mowers.](3D"=) - Cyc= lometh [knows how to use a game's = trailer to tell if it's going to be awful.](3D".=) Poli= tics Politics Funny: - EvilEgg= trong>: ["The fact that the gays can take s= o many targets deep in enemy territory tells me we should have encouraged t= hem to join the military a long time ago."](3D"=) - RasIanI = [found an interesting confession i= n the Twitter replies.](3D"=) - Wessoman [wrote THE LEGEND OF MAGA](3D") - hard= inparamedic: ["Yeah, but what do= es that have to do with the fact you're defecating in the middle of a laund= romat."](3D"https:=) Politics Smart: - MattytheMo= use [had to explain prejudice to t= heir dad.](3D"=) - Majin_Buu [knows how to identify Twitter bots.](3D" - Kor= nchex [knows Trump cannot be allow= ed on social media while in jail.](3D"=) - brantgoose = g>[wrote a post that read like Dr. Seuss. Compare to [this Dr. Seuss mem= e](3D"http=), found in the same thread. - Noticeably F.A.T.: ["[Problem: Trump is] the inevita= ble result of all their other policies."](3D"=) - aimtastic [may have predicted the Republican = primary election. We'll see how it goes.](3D"=) Monkey= 's Pick I felt these posts were exceptionally funny or smar= t, even though they didn't get many votes. Warning: Unsorted, may contai= n politics. Funny: - Cheron: "[Pro-tip, slip the radiologist $50 and they c= an selectively alter the image](3D")" - Rapmaster2000= g> [found "the most Florida billboard ever." - wildcardjack](3D")[compared volcano eruptions to constipation.](3D" - Sup= er Chronic [explained this AI-gener= ated video best](3D"https://=). Smart: - jars.trapto= ne [recommended a way to use recom= mendation algorithms as tools](3D"=). - AuggieEast reminded us why fines in Calverton Park are= so large.](3D") - kkinnison [explained the reason we shouldn't blame bird deaths on cats. = a> - Dr.Fey](3D" ained Commercial Real Estate.](3D" CSB Sunday Mornin= g theme - [Adventures in car shopping](3D"https=) This week, F= arkers were prompted to share their car shopping experiences. Dack48 crushed it this time, with 40 Funny votes. Compare that = to the 18 of the next-Funniest! Dack48 [was backed up by their little 1-year old negotiator. Smart: - Squid_for_brains](3D")[has some really old cars.](3D") - Sword and Shie= ld [almost got their car stolen.](3D"=) - Vansthing [met someone with an insane car collecti= on.](3D"https:=) - Recoil Therapy's [dad taught them that "most car dealers should be treated with t= he same amount of caution/disbelief that one would give towards any politic= ian or church figure."](3D" Funny: - ricky= thepenguin[found the car they sol= d, still on the road.](3D"https://w=) - little big man [was recommended the wrong place to test the car.=](3D") - ingo's [Mr. Bunny made the= sales decisions.](3D") Top= Contest Entries Some of the top-voted [contest entries](3D" > from last week. [Photoshops](=3D" - = RedZoneTuba [gave one of t= he Cosby Kids a shinier hat.](3D=) - clovercat [is hunting gophers.](3D") - Yam= mering_Splat_Vector [turned Icarus= into a radiator ornament.](3D=) - whatsupchuck's volcano erupted on a golf course. -&= nbsp; dlarsen22 photoshop= ped a pun. - Dodo David [went moon bowling.](3D" - samsquatch made this motel 1000% more American. - Stephen_Falken [g= ave Nick Cage a hat.](3D" - Octafrye[depicted... Is it a Seussian house? This monkey isn't s= ure.](3D") Farktography theme: "[At The Park](3D")" This week, Farkers were challenged to "[Get yourself to a park-national/state/c= ounty/city parks, ball parks, amusement parks, botanical parks, water parks= , art parks, dog parks, etc-and show us what you find there.](3D")" -= orionid [found a ca= bin next to a waterfall.](=3D" - RaptorLC [showed us a natural wonder.](3D") - = lovesandwich [sat below a natura= l bridge.](3D"https:=) [Upcomin= g Fark Parties](3D"h=) Saturday, June 24: [NYS Craft Brewer's F= estival Party in Canalside, Buffalo, NY](3D"). Fark Headlines of the Week A selection of = some of the top headlines from last week. [ㇸ= 5; Donald J. Trump it's all over. Your presidency was a failure, your lifes= tyle's too extreme. I'm your new commander, you now are my prisoner, we ret= urn to the federal courthouse, prepare the transit beam 🎵](3D") [Right now a very awkward conversat= ion is happening as Jesus asks "Where's all the money you said you were rai= sing for me, Pat?"](3D") [One-legged c= rime boss arrested after five years on the hop](=3D") ["Chroming" involves intentionally inh= aling toxic fumes to induce intoxication. If you suspect your child has bee= n "Chroming" look for signs such as empty aerosol cans, blue WARRIORS t-shi= rts](3D") [Well we're breathing = here in Allentown / And it's closing all our alveoli down](3D".=) ["Sm= oky haze could last for days," meteorologist says, before adding 'Excuse me= , while I kiss this guy"](3D") [= He had the hookers, now he can afford the blow](3D") [Dear customers: our las= t communication informing you that you might have cancer was incorrect. Or = at the very least, premature](3D") [Supreme Court rules for Jack Dan= iel's in 'poop-themed' trademark fight, potentially saving Jack Daniel's af= icionados from waking up naked in a drunken stupor in a ditch while holding= a dog toy](3D") Fark Weird = News Quiz (brought to you by ox45tallboy)Another fun time on the Quiz last week, where we learned that not every = Fark-worthy news story makes for a good trivia question. No one made it int= o the 1000 Club, but I don't think anyone will mind since the 1000 Club is = sponsored by Labatt Blue this week and they insisted we show "Welcome to Mo= oseport". dionysusaur came out on top with 923, with = runwiz right behind in second with 921 and Ol= iver Twisted in third with 911. Blackstone m= ade fourth with 902, and gunsmack rounds out the top = five with 896. The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz was ab= out US Geography. Only 25% of quiztakers knew that it was the Tennessee Riv= er that managed to flow in every cardinal compass direction at some point i= n its path. American Cruise Lines is now offering an 8-day, 7-night trip fr= om Chattanooga to Nashville, a trip that's ordinarily about 2 1/2 hours by = car, with stops in Florence and Decatur in Alabama, places one does not ord= inarily visit on one's way from Chattanooga to Nashville. The= easiest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about which European country= had their National Day last Tuesday, as celebrated by King Karl XVI Gustav= and Queen Sylvia. 77% of quiztakers knew that the only monarchy out of the= countries listed was Sweden. Hungary became a republic on November 12, 191= 8 with the deposing of Charles IV, and Finland followed suit a month later = when Frederick Charles gave up the crown. Hmm, lots of European countries = like to end their monarchies with a King Charles. Interesting. The = hardest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about the director of "The Go= onies". Only 37% of quiztakers knew that it was the childless and single Ri= chard Donner who directed the beloved classic, and who writer/producer Stev= en Spielberg pranked by flying all the cast out to interrupt his post-filmi= ng Hawaiian vacation where he went to get away from the kids for a bit. One= should note the two never worked together again after that. The ea= siest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about musical styles. 96%= of quiztakers knew that Astrud Gilberto's English-language version of "The= Girl From Ipanema" introduced America to bossa nova, a style which would s= how itself in later popular acts from Elvis Presley to The Doors to Stone T= emple Pilots to Billie Eilish. Luckily only the musical influence carried o= ver, since I can't imagine Elvis with a bowl of fruit on his head. Jim Morr= ison, on the other hand... If you missed out last week, now's a gre= at time to [catch up on the Fark Weird News Quiz](3D".=) now that = you know a few of the answers. Congratulations 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") f= rom newsletter emails, even if your Fark login isn't '{NAME}'. [Click here to unsubscribe from ALL Fark emails](3D"). Fark, Inc. PO Box 1291, Versailles KY 40383 = ------------=_1686767783-67263-23915--