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This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1674670179-5893-30440 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: [ 29538](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message= from Drew Curtis: ___________________= _____ Hey everyone, hope your week's been well. Nothi= ng huge to report this week. Thanks for the trivia team suggestions l= ast week, I used a variation on the suggestions about eggs but it was too d= umb to repeat here. I was going for self-aware ironic dad joke, but m= eta humor is a tough sell to the general public. So it goes. If= anyone has suggestions for this week, I'm all game. Probably somethi= ng about checking my own garage for classified documents, those things are = everywhere apparently. And now for something comp= letely different: Anyone who doesn't play Magic: The Gathering can skip thi= s paragraph. I've played since 1994, just after it came out. Wh= ich is too bad because I missed out on the super insane never reprinted car= ds, on the other hand I'm not sure I would have held onto them until now.&n= bsp; Although I do have full sets of all the dual lands among other things = because those seemed useful. Anyhow, I've been playing Arena since i= t launched and that's fun. Recently Wizards announced a toolkit for h= olding online tournaments. They don't need a ton of people to enter b= ut I'm considering applying to host one. If anyone's interested, keep= that in mind and watch this space going forward. More when I know it= . At 4 p.m. Eastern this Thursday it's the [Fark News Livestream](3D") with me, Christine, Dill and Luc= ky. The news cycle is absolutely on fire with weirdness for a change.= Lots of AI stuff, including designer clothes that foil facial recogn= ition for a weird reason, and Niagara, NY has a dog up for adoption describ= ed as a "fire-breathing demon." ________________________ End Drew transmission ____________________= ____ Top Comments= > Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from = the past week Funny: Epic Fap Session = was [a little confused when David Cro= sby died](3D"=) Unobtanium [replied to Andrew Tate's car](3D" khitsicker [shared a kink](3D") Abe Vigoda's Ghost [switched Jesuses](3D"=) D= OCTORD000M heard [a rumor ab= out the fatal shooting on the set of "Rust"](=3D" thealgorerhythm = described [why someone might= Google "Ten ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to"](3D"htt=) Walker figured out [w= hy some people ran toward danger](3D" Dr.Fey told us ab= out seeing [well-edited graffiti](3D".=)Spice Must Flow explained [why Elon Musk is often referred to as "Elmo"](3D" North_= Central_Positronics knew [wh= at to do if all the shopping carts have been taken from a store](3D" Smart: Coincidentally-named Farker Giant Clown Sh= oe shared [inside informatio= n about an infamous clown](3D"htt=) TWX argued that [Alec {NAME} will not be convicted for the de= ath of the cinematographer of "Rust"](3D") Tr0mBoNe [will never fit two of each animal on this thin= g](3D") IndyJohn discussed [what led to the shooting death on the set of "Rust"](3D" Opacity had a suggestion for [fixing a school's lights that nobody's been able to turn off for over a = year](3D" Private_Citizen [contrasted two high-profile shootings](3D" Freud's Cigar = rong> showed [why it's important for p= eople to take precautions against getting and spreading COVID-19 even if th= ey're not at high risk](3D"=) kmgenesis23 had evidence th= at [criminology students would indeed = make stupid basic errors](3D"=) CSB Sunday Morning theme:&nbs= p;[C= ooking and/or baking successes and disasters](3D") Smart: vudukungfu taught an assistant to [salvage baked no-bake cookies](3D") Funny: W_Scarlet [cooked up some Kra= katoa carbon](3D"http=) Politics Funny: cretinbob = rong> had [an unusual reaction to seei= ng "the future the atheists want"](3D"=) NeoCortex42 knew= [why it took several submissions befo= re admins greenlit one about Rio Verde Foothills suing Scottsdale for cutti= ng off their water](3D") Palined Parenthood had [a message for media outlets who speculated ab= out Lynnette "Diamond" Hardaway's cause of death](3D") revrendjim = shared a [spoiler about a po= tential "West Wing" reboot](3D"http=) Angry Drunk Bureaucrat = posted [the text of the Third Amendmen= t to the U.S. Constitution](3D"=) Special FarkStaff Pick: = khitsicker was [not = going to be bothered with small details](3D" Politics Smart:= > jasonvatch looked at the idea of [abolishing income tax and implementing a national 30% sales t= ax in its place](3D") jars.traptone discussed [the purpose of a video of a 5-year-old doing gu= n tricks](3D") ChibiDebuHage predicted [what could happen if the U.S. changed to a 30% sales t= axes](3D") New Rising Sun noted that [freedom can be very dry](3D") Spiritual Pagan shared [what it was like to b= elong to a church that preached prosperity gospel](3D"https:/=) Top Contest Entries Some of = the top-voted contest entries from last week Photoshops:kabloink designed [a sexy new logo for Fark](3D" whatsupchuck [made this musician look a little Dusty](3D") RedZoneTuba's [entry expe= rienced technical difficulties](=3D" Yammering_Splat_Vector = ng> had [a hungry, hungry Apple](3D"=) Yammering_Splat_Vector bought [some cool kicks](3D" Wrongo [experienced a conundrum](3D") RedZoneTuba = ng> [wanted you to Spock right there](3D") RedZoneTuba found [the newest Trump hotel](3D" Excelsior [polished the Windows](3D") bugpubez ha= d [a snack with lots of fiber](3D") = Farktography theme: [Houses of the Holy](3D") kittyhas1000legs had a self-ti= e with [a Buddha queue](3D"=) and [a line of stupas](3D") Fark Headlines of the Week A s= election of some of the top headlines from last week [Delta and American Ai= rlines call off their unplanned merger](3D") [Man charged in Lincoln Park church burglary. He stole at least= $9K, but in the end, it didn't even matter](3D") [Crosby still](3D") [Republican says smoking of cigars inside the Capitol Is "about fre= edom," and definitely not about being a belligerent asshole](=3D") [Dolan announces run for Senate in 2024. Gooby, Bog= s Binny, Spoderman unavailable for comment](3D") [U.S. calls on Turkey to finally approve Finland = and Sweden's entrance into NATO, or this year's pardon may not take place= a>](3D")[How dinosaurs fought. Don't fight one yourself, you'll= just get jurasskicked](3D".=) Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out= [Vegas Golden= Knights goalie fails to save](3D"=) [In 2023, Chiefs & Pats will play= in Germany, while Bills, Titans, & Jags will play in London. Bears &am= p; Texans will continue to play in Competently](3D") [The Providence Performing Arts Center had to cancel Tuesday night's o= pening performance of "Jagged Little Pill" because something technically we= nt down in the theater](3D") SAG stands behind Alec Bald= win, as standing in front of him can be dangerous [Plans for huge UK car battery factory go flat de= spite resistance, staff immediately discharged and sent ohm](3D") [Netflix CEO steps down, will continue to watch under his cousin's acc= ount](3D") [Bacon your way in the world today takes chowder in your pot](3D"=)= Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by ox45tallboy) Anothe= r fun time on the Quiz this week, where the spray foam has finally worn off= enough that I can make some good old southern buttermilk biscuits without = worrying about bits getting in the dough. Unfortunately, no one made it in = to the 1000 club to enjoy them, but I'll be sure to tell you what you misse= d in a future update. On the Quiz itself, The Third Man= ng> came out on top with 953, followed by KumquatMay in se= cond with 942 and LizardOnAStick in third with 937.&n= bsp;NINEv2 came in fourth with 927, and whith= er_apophis made it into the top five with 920. The h= ardest question on the Hard Quiz was about who appeared on the very Boobies= age stamp minted by the US Postal Service in 1847. Only 36% of quiztakers k= new that, along with George Washington on the 10 cent stamp, the USPS chose= their very Boobiesmaster General, Benjamin Franklin. That is, of course, a= ccording to historical records - props to SumoJab for= pointing out that recent interviews have demonstrated that the real c= o-drafter of the Declaration of Independence who was honored on the Boobies= age stamp was actually George "Anthony Devolder" Santos. The = easiest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about where you could go to r= ub elbows with the filthy rich and the politicians they owned, as well as t= he lizard people who control them and the prostitutes with a firm understan= ding of supply and demand. 87% of quiztakers knew that the World Economic F= orum takes place each year in Davos in Switzerland. In the winter. So they'= re burning extra fossil fuels to stay warm. Great thinking, rich people. The hardest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about one of New Ze= aland's most popular national dishes. Since the country has banned battery-= caged egg production (the kind that's like cubicles for chickens), they've = had some supply problems as farmers have worked to adjust - meaning it's di= fficult for restaurant owners to produce pavlova. Only 57% of quiztakers kn= ew that the dish, named for the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, was a cake = made from meringue. I guess it makes sense for a ballerina to prefer some b= aked protein over a real dessert with carbs. The easiest ques= tion on last week's Easy Quiz was about British journalist James McConnachi= e and his time as an Agony Uncle. 96% of quiztakers knew that an agony uncl= e (or agony aunt) was an advice columnist. I've been unable to trace the or= igins of the term, but I'm guessing it was self-applied after columnists be= gan reading some of the letters that people will send in to a complete stra= nger to ask how to behave in an unfamiliar situation. 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 answers. 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