Fark NotNewsletter: The One With The Captions Explosion

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1693432747-56642-18044 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The](3D")= > [3D"Totalfark"](3D") Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here](3D". Comments thread: [http= s://fark.com/12975970](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message= from Drew Curtis: ___________________= _____ Hey everyone hope your we= ek's been well. Anyone checked= out a list of local fall festivals recently? I just did today and I = was not ready for how many there are. I can't figure out if life was = always this busy and the pandemic changed my perspective or what. On = the plus side it looks like I won't have any trouble figuring out what to d= o on weekends until at least Thanksgiving. Speaking of November, sure it's way too early but I'm doing a = bike ride in Death Valley to raise money to fight climate change. My = friend Rebecca Watson set everything up. I have two requests: 1) if you can donate please do so at = [ drive.team&teamID=3D6370](3D"=) - click = Roster and then Donate next to my picture. Rebecca is clearly kicking= my ass, partly because I was concentrating on not dying on RAGBRAI in July= . 2) if anyone wants to join u= s on the ride please do so! Click Join Our Team to sign up. Ski= ll level isn't important, tl;dr I'll personally make sure you get through t= he ride. You can draft off me the whole way if you want. People often ask me "why do you do all the= se long ass bike rides?" Mainly because it's healthy, partly because = I've been active all my life and I just can't stop. I played soccer f= rom when I was 6 until about ten years ago when I first discovered that it'= s not that you -can't- play soccer well as you get older, it's that you don= 't recover anywhere near fast enough to make it enjoyable. Being able= to barely walk for three days after just one game was where I drew the lin= e on playing regularly. Cycling on the other hand I can do literally = for days without it killing me. It also takes my brain out of the Int= ernet, something I personally have need for. My other favorite part i= s you actually get somewhere at the end of the ride, unlike jogging which d= oesn't seem to get you anywhere. Thursday 4pm it's the [Fark News Livestream](3D"htt=) -= probably! It's been a light news week this week however my gut says = things will pick up enough to do the show. If not, maybe it'll be a l= ittle short. Anyhow, keep an eye out tomorrow for the final word.= an> ________________________ End Drew = transmission ________________________ Top Interactions Some of the best interactions fro= m the past week. Do note: this takes priority over being placed in = "top comments." - [The "Gen X" thread](3D"ht=) ended = up generating a bunch of great tiny discussions, like: -Teddy Br= osevelt and Jojo_TheDogFacedBoy [commiserated ove= r still being treated as "the youth."](3D") -Mr.Insightful= > [warned against getting too comfortable in online echo chambers.](3D") bostonguy [wondered where they think we are.](3D"https:=) - The [Prigozhin plane crash thread](3D") e= nded up with ~70% of the top 25-ish voted comments this week. Holy c= rap. - Lars The Canadian Viking and co. [had a weirdly i= nsightful discussion about fuel types.](3D") Top Comments Some of the top-voted smartest = and funniest comments from the past week. If your post isn't here, assum= e the NotNewsletterMonkey couldn't think of a tagline. = (The [Smartest](3D") a= nd [Funniest](3D") for= the past month are found elsewhere.) Funny: - TigerMWD[knows how Bob Barker won 'the price is right' on his= own death.](3D"https:=) - Ragin' Asian[knew the shape of= this estate reminded them of something.](3D") - Wic= kerNipple[: "It looks like three different people designed [this ho= use] and they all hated each other slightly more than they hated the owner.= "](3D"=) Smart: - VoiceOfReason499[c= ongratulated the senders of the Target Bomb Threats for staying on brand.= a> - Gyrfalcon](3D")[suggested a possible motive for tho= se tree-poisoners.](3D" [Politics](3D" Politics Funny: = - little big man[found a post detailing an interestin= g historical coincidence.](3D" - Wireless Joe[final= ly completed their Treasonous Surrender set.](3D") - DarnoKon= rad[put TFG back in one of his old shirts.](3D"=) - x= anadian[knows why TFG is so light - he's full of hot air!](3D".=) -= Unobtaniumwrote the story of the TFG co-defendant p= rosecutions in the form of a bible passage. Politics Smart:= - SergeantObvious[... With TFG's "legal acu= men", he might actually believe you.](3D" - OptionC= [put this politician's campaign strategy in words we can understand.](3D") Monkey's Pick I felt these posts we= re exceptionally funny or smart, even though they didn't get many votes. Warning: Unsorted, may contain politics. Funny: - = ;Gubbo[: "There's white. And then there's so white that the= glare obscures you completely from your mugshot."](3D"https=) Smart= m>: - Fart And Smunny[has an interesting idea on h= ow to handle the SFO Archdiocese.](3D" - Bennie Crabtree= rong>[thinks they know one way to become a town pariah.](3D") [CSB](3D"=)Sunday Morn= ing theme - "[Outstanding Meals](3D"=)" This we= ek, Farkers were asked to share some outstanding meals they've had. (Eve= n if they didn't bring enough for everyone.) [Smart](3D"): There was a 3-= way tie for 4th. - With Six You Get Spittle[lost a= ccess to a friend's free, amazing ribs.](3D") (Fark cancer.) - cherryl taggart['s mother used to cooked a buffet every Sunday, f= or decades, by herself.](3D"ht=) (Doublefark cancer.) - cfreak= strong>[: "Dinner and a show. I've never experienced more beauty, better foo= d, or nicer people."](3D") [Funny](3D"): - DuneClimber = clearly visited Japan - some cooks there make their food 'cute.' -&n= bsp;oldfarthenrytalked up a fast-food experience. = - Brawndo[... are you Principal Skinner?](=3D" -&nbs= p;Omnivorous[went to a French restaurant. You probably kno= w the rest.](3D=) Top Contes= t Entries Some of the top-voted [contest](3D" entries from last week. As always, everybody g= ets one. [P= hotoshops](3D"https:/=): - Snubnose[gave Fozzie cocai= ne. God help us all.](3D") - Clockwork Kumquat[made = an image in this audio's Fourier Transform.](3D") - [Take a look at Vortex Dweller](3D")'s version of the Lost Boys of Neverlan= d. - [...Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't eyes - those are](3D"=)Yammering_Splat_Vector['s candies!](3D" - nit= ropissering[dipped TFG's feet in molten iron. There's no way he's = getting those back.](3D"https://=) - Petite Mel[found the leg= endary FISHGUN!](3D") - Driver[helped Opus the Pengu= in find his parents.](3D" - RedZoneTuba[found a sad= , lonely Clint Eastwood.](3D") - Thrakkorzog[brought= back an old news tabloid.](3D") - samsquatch[gave t= his school a new school.](3D") - opalakea[knows who = this playroom was meant for.](3D") - jdh[gave these = tomb guards a new style of helmet.](3D") - west.la.lawyer= rong>[finally brought in this menace to society.](3D") - Dadd= y's Big Pink Man-SquirrelWarning: Low-Flying Reindeer. -= EvaDewer[exposed this news-reader's dirty dish coll= ection.](=3D" - MaliFinn[dressed up this father-and-= son duo as the Blues Brothers.](3D" - SkoalReaver[T= HERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!](3D") - koyote11[re-styled thi= s post-War delivery.](3D") - fisker[... Oh no, he's = a ghost!](3D") - proton[found this Dune-like picnic = spot.](3D" - dlarsen222['s friend was surrounded by = bears.](3D" [= Captions](3D"http=): Man, when I asked you Farkers to [submit more Captions links](3D" I didn't expect= this many! Good work! "[Caption this posing penguin](=3D" - = AstroJesus [was mistaken for a different Penguin.](3D=) -= The Irresponsible Captain [discovered a Bloom County= refugee.](3D" "[Caption this Medieval tragedy](3D"https=)" - RedZoneTuba [discovered the reason for an old saying](3D"https=). -&nb= sp; Snubnose [couldn't resist the urge to be punny.](=3D" "[Caption these winners](3D"=)" - RedZoneTuba = [knows why folks watch T-Rex races.](3D") - Cythraul= g> [wishes the cloning method was perfected first.](3D") "[Caption this= pic of a hungry dog](3D")" - Private_Citizen [notic= ed this dog's movie reference.](3D") - RedZoneTuba = [wants a bigger bowl.](3D") "[Caption this fishing moment in time](3D" " - Klippoklondike [detailed this fish's soliloquy= .](3D" - Cheron [noticed this bowl of petunias.](3D" "[Caption these Michelin men](3D"=)" - Aardvark Inc= . [knows what the ribs are for.](3D".=) - [UFOlogy expert and= "Michelin Man"](3D") EL EM [knows where Aliens come from. To= tally.](3D" [Farktography theme](3D"http=): "[Weather 4](3D" This week, Farkers= were challenged to photograph "terrestrial-based weather phenomena;" AKA s= unshine, clouds, rain, snow, fog, wind, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes, s= leet, hail, ice, mudslides, flooding and rainbows. - gregsc= ott[went to iced-over Yosemite falls.](3D"=) - calito= m[saw a castle off in the distance.](3D"=) - Wartho= g[was visited by rain.](3D"=) - Clockwork Kumquat= strong>[brought back a Minneapolis storm.](3D") [Upcoming= Fark Parties](3D" It's easy to plan for a Fark Party - you're= effectively saying that "I'm going to be here at this time, come hang out.= " [Submit one!](3D") Fark = Headlines of the Week A selection of some of the top headline= s from last week. [I didn't know polonium could= bring down an airplane](3D"ht=) [Hil= ary ensues. Stay safe and check in, Left Coast Farkers](3D") [The= recent spate of orca attacks may actually be nothing more than a cultural = fad. [Cetacean Needed]](3D") High ranking cardinal claims Pope's synod= will foster 'confusion, error and division'. Pope claims cardinal is hatin= g the synod, not the sin [Write a witty tagline that is better than the o= riginal headline](3D") [Wolverine found guilty of attempted murde= r. Marvelous](3D=) [Three parrots with a knife, hat, man, and tat= toos wanted in McDonalds robbery](3D"htt=) Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by = ox45tallboy) Another fun time on the Fark Weird News Quiz, wher= e we learned that although we're using the Internet almost 7 hours a day on= average, this is not a marked increase over the past 10 years. On the Quiz= itself, loveblondieo came out on top with 986, followed b= y SoundOfOneHandWanking in second with 960 and mathamagical in third with 953. Denjiro ma= de fourth with 923, and MinorThreat1 made it into the= top five with 914, The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz w= as about professional wrestler Chris Jericho and the band he's been pl= aying with when he's not flying off the top ropes or bodyslamming oppo= nents for our amusement. Only 39% of quiztakers knew that Fozzy took the st= age in front of more than 80,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium at the Al= l Elite Wrestling's "All In" event on Sunday. Dogstar is the name of Keanu = Reeves' band, and Wicked Wisdom was formed in Los Angeles in 2002 by that n= ice lady whose name I won't say for fear of Will Smith slapping the crap ou= t of me. But yeah, Will Smith's wife is in a nu metal band. The eas= iest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about where the Snickers bar get= s its name. 73% of quiztakers knew that like many of the ultra rich, candy = magnates and Mars, Inc owners Ethel and Frank Mars were really into horse r= acing, and even fielded Kentucky Derby winner Gallahadion in 1940. Snickers= was a beloved horse that didn't do much on the racetrack but had a special= place in Ethel's heart, so after he died just before the un-named new cand= y bar they had been developing in 1930 went into production, she suggested = they name it for him. So think about a dead horse the next time you grab on= e. The hardest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about Dan= Donegan, Mike Wengren, David Draiman, and John Moyer, and their penchant f= or setting off the sprinklers in concert venues when their production team = takes "Inside the Fire" a little too literally and kicks up the pyrotechnic= s. Only 44% of quiztakers recognized these guys as members of Disturbed, th= e nu metal band you know for the 2000 hit "Down with the Sickness" and thei= r 2015 cover of Paul Simon;s "The Sound of Silence" set about three octaves= below Simon and Garfunkel's rendition. The easiest question = on last week's Easy Quiz was about voice actor Charles Martinet. 91% pf qui= ztakers knew that since 1991, he's been the guy behind "It's-a me, Mar= io!" and other lines from Nintendo's flagship character Mario. He says that= he will continue to be a "Mario Ambassador" and make appearances to promot= e future games, but after 32 years, it's time for someone else to take the = mushroom reins. If you missed out last week, now's a great ti= me to [catch up on the= Fark Weird New Quiz](3D") now that you know a few of the answers. 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