Fark NotNewsletter: It's weirder than you think Posted by NotNewsletterMonkey at 2025-05-22 12:08:53 PM (5 comments) | Permalink More: FarkBlog 200 clicks; posted to Main » on 22 May 2025 at 12:08 PM (1 hour ago) | Favorite | Watch | share: Copy Link ________________________ A message from Drew Curtis: ________________________ Hey everyone hope your weeks been well. Had a blast at the Chicago Fark Party this past weekend. The venue was the Lincoln Tap Room, where we had several Fark parties in the past mainly because Bukharin used to live right next door to it and he was the one who set them up. Can't say much has changed there, including the 24 hour diner next door that I have zero memory of but everyone says I've eaten there at least twice. I drove there from Western Iowa the day before, I was at a friend's wedding reception. Got to drive through a dust storm on the way there - apparently it made the national news cycle. While I was driving in it, it started raining mud. It's going to take me hours to wash the car this weekend. Shoutout to our Farktography folks - thanks for 20 years (and still going strong) of sharing your amazing photography. Today 4pm ET it's the Fark News Livestream: we've got everyone this week. Gonna lead with a deep dive into the weirdness around Musk's very bad no good media cycle this week - it's weirder than you think. Also, AI is going great, live action Skibidi Toilet directed by Michael Bay, and parrot chlamydia.________________________ End Drew transmission ________________________ Top InteractionsSome of the best interactions from the past week. Do note: this takes priority over being placed in "top comments." - In This Thread: Farkers shared screenshots of the hilariously-bad Grok AI update. Top CommentsSome of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week.If your post isn't here, assume that NotNewsletterMonkey couldn't think of a tagline.(The Smartest and Funniest for the past month are found elsewhere.) Funny:- SonOfSpam can't un-see the potential Dune reference in this tank.- Nah'mean: "You will be hard pressed to find a house with a better, unobstructed view of such a glorious assortment of power lines." Smart:- MrBallou knows how they'd prepare for the apocalypse.- Private_Citizen points out the mundane realities of prepping. - koder has a list about the joys of vacationing in Galveston.- Badmoodman is right about Disneyworld's unsustainable price increases.- Sabreace22 has a guess about what happened to the Southern accent. PoliticsPolitics Funny:- markie_farkie notes what TFG really cares about. Politics Smart:- SpectroBoy wonders how many infections RFK's brain can take.- Elon Musk's Botched Penis Enlargement Surgery had no idea why so many are still alive, despite their attempts to earn Darwin Awards.- OptionC explained why Walmart can't take any tariffs without raising prices.- Weaver95 laments the current direction of the Democratic party.- Shostie "Like a Ship of Theseus of Listening Devices."- HugeMistake knows what one change they'd make to the DNC.- Redh8t has a more likely guess about how this dude didn't notice that the paint wasn't dry.- iheartscotch points out more failures in this administration's "cost cutting" Monkey's Pick I felt these posts were exceptionally funny or smart, even though they didn't get many votes.Warning: Unsorted, may contain politics. Smart:- Warthog: "Remember boys and girls, if you can see the ocean from your investment property, the hurricane can see you back."- Ragin' Asian learned the hard way not to go to a theme park on Christmas.- New Rising Sun boiled down the modern Fox's business model.- MillionDollarMo highlighted an example of the Republican spin machine accidentally turning on itself. CSB Sunday Morning theme - "The one family recipe that's been passed down through generations"Last week, Farkers were challenged to tell us about their old family recipes. Funny:- bighairyguy discovered the source of their Meat Loaf Dinners.- uberalice cited the recipe that made up their family relationship.- ms_lara_croft had certain family recipes she hated.- berylman: "I died that day but pretended to enjoy it" Smart:- ThomasPaineTrain shared the history behind why they don't have any family recipes - and why bland post-war food wasn't so bad.- cherryl taggart's mother must have been a pie wizard or something.- little big man's carrot cake recipe traveled from the lofty heights of the Innes department store. (post includes recipe!)- Jesus McSordid 's family just called them "Daddy's Balls". Top Contest EntriesSome of the top-voted contest entries from last week, sorted by how likely they are to still be open. Go send in your own submissions, they're fun even if you don't get the most votes! This week, we had a Photoshop Tennis thread: "Cumbrian lake" edition.Photoshop Tennis is a special Photoshop variant where posters add their edits to other Farkers' edits. Photoshops: Since there's a lot of these, everybody (and every thread) gets one and only one.- Thoaar snuck a polar bear into the birdnest.- Dodo David found the "This is Fine" dog a new home.- TxRabbit added digging equipment to this "Raiders of the Lost Ark" scene.- Surly U. Jest used brooms as skirts.- Yammering_Splat_Vector's sign warns of nazi danger.- starfish01 sent animals to their best vacation locations.- SubsequentDamage should probably be worried about breaking that table.- I_Am_Weasel found a toy boat in the sea. And totally not a giant.- Mojongo celebrated the first Tesla.- RedZoneTuba knows there's some odd fetishes out there.- thealgorerhythm knows one person in this photo has had Malört before.- samsquatch found themselves in the trash compactor.- asstamassta O RLY?- Aside_Adventure tiptoe away from the neon. - Stephen_Falken stalked the monkeys with their pet face-eating leopard.- bawsoot upgraded this ancient machine.- Terrapin Bound absolutely terrified their horse.- Clockwork Kumquat used the Force to free yet another transport from the marsh.- Wembley9 figures this castle wouldn't be out-of-place in the first Mario game.- SonOfSpam went overboard on the thickness.- p51d007 colorized this ancient demonstration.- GoodDoctorB couldn't take the food back from the opossum.- Mock26 visited American Airlines Hindenburg R&D. Captions:"Caption this group therapy session"- RedZoneTuba commenced the most recent meeting of FAPT. "Caption this pooch on parade"- Maturin: "You take this vest off me or I tell them about the peanut butter"- Hardy-r-r: "Man, my balls are sweating like crazy in this getup."- benelane: "Canadian tuxedo?! I'll show ya Canadian tuxedo, ya hoser!" "Caption this gathering of Greenlanders"- RedZoneTuba has some Greenland tips for you.- Pinnacle Point: "Biatch stole my whale blubber!"- Gordon Bennett: "What part of NO don't you understand, Donnie?" Farktography theme: "Happy 20th Farktography Anniversary"In celebration of 20 years of Farktography, Farkers were challenged to post their highest vote-getters or personal-favorite photos.- RagnarD gave us a Montana mesocyclone.- Lovesandwich caught a plane in flying distance of a mountain.- Elsinore fondly remembers turning a real train into a toy.- All Latest visited a lookout post. Upcoming Fark Parties 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! Tintar's Memorial Service #2*May 24, 2025 - 01:00 PM (local time)(2 days!) Fark Headlines of the WeekA selection of some of the top headlines from last week. Dicks eating Foot Locker is probably better than Foot Locker eating Dicks Masshole arrested after allegedly driving 118 mph on I-93 in Campton, race track five miles long doo dah doo dah Drummer detained by CBP before flight to Europe for band's tour, but all the musicians were allowed to go through RFK Jr. goes swimming in DC's Rock Creek despite National Park Service banning swimming over high bacteria levels since the 1970s. Sounds like either a self-correcting problem or professional courtesy Saturday. Trailer park. This kid, was playing with some guy. Saturday. Trailer park. This kid, was playing with some guy. People drinking, lots of drinking. A man throwing right hooks. Kicking deputy's knee. Can you dig it? Yes, I can Nailed it How Troy McClure Always Looked So Young or How I Learned To Skip the Article and Just Go Straight To the Comments "Your Amazon delivery is just 2 deuces away" Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by ox45tallboy)Another fun time on the Quiz last week, where we learned that sometimes the key to progress is having an annoying lawyer. On the Quiz itself, richh99 came out on top with 1016, followed by jordawesome in second with 1013 and krispos42 in third with 997. wildcardjack made fourth with 990, and JasonOfOrillia rounds out the top five with 976. The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about the very Canadian treat known as Nanaimo bars. Only 34% of quiztakers knew of the ubiquitous dessert that's about as common in Canadian potlucks, barbecues, and other get-togethers as American brownies. The bars are made from a base of ground nuts, wafer (or graham cracker) crumbs, and coconut, with a vanilla custard on top set in the refrigerator and then topped with a chocolate ganache (melted chocolate chips). If you want to surprise the family with some international fare, there are plenty of recipes online, just be prepared to make them again because you'll be getting requests. The easiest question on last week's Hard Quiz was also about Canada, this time about the royal charter signed by King Chuck II in 1670 that many consider to be one of Canada's most important founding documents. 88% of quiztakers knew that Chuck granted control of all of the territory whose waters flowed into Hudson's Bay, aka Rupert's Land, to the company founded by his cousin Rupert and coincidentally named the Hudson's Bay Company, some 40% of modern Canada. The company later evolved into a Canadian retail giant but is now facing bankruptcy due to not further moving with the times, or possibly some medieval prophecy relating to there being a new King Chuck for the first time in 355 years. The hardest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about which Yacht Rock artist hates his music being called "Yacht Rock". Only 66% of quiztakers knew that the 1985 Paul Young hit "Everytime You Go Away" featured in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" was actually written by Daryll Hall and recorded by Hall & Oates for their 1980 album "Voices". Fun fact: John Oates likes the term, which might actually explain their huge and rather public breakup last year. The easiest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about the 45th birthday of a true Japanese icon. 84% of quiztakers knew that Puck-Man cabinets started appearing in coffeehouses, shopping centers, and department stores in Tokyo in 1980. When Namco was in the process of bringing them to the US, someone had the good sense to point out the predilection of American youth to deface things in order to make them say bad words, and that the "P" in "Puck-Man" was just asking for the right-hand side to be scrubbed off or painted over by creative hoodlums, So Puck-Man became Pac-Man because Fac-Man isn't funny. But to make up for it, Namco's US price of twenty-five cents per play was far lower than the 100 yen it costs in Japan, which was the equivalent of about 42 cents US in 1980. If you missed out last week, now's a great time to catch up on the Fark Weird News Quiz now that you know a few of the answers. Congratulations once again to the winners, and we'll do it all again on Friday. (view entire blog) Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results: Smartest and Funniest Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results: Smartest and Funniest Redisplay/refresh comments