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Blog (1750): Fark NotNewsletter: Florida
________________________ A message from Drew Curtis: ________________________ Hey everyone, hope your week's been well. CORRECTION On our April 16th Fark News Livestream, we erroneously attributed the alleged battery of two elderly parents in Palm Coast by a Florida gubernatorial candidate to a completely different Florida gubernatorial candidate who was banned from every Waffle House in the state. They apparently are two different men running for the same office.
(14049170) North Korean hackers invade website of Lee & Lee Country Club, steal personal data of 100,000 high-value golfers and low-value hackers
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Fark NotNewsletter: What's your best Fark Dream? Remember when the whole internet was like this?
________________________ A message from Drew Curtis: ________________________ Hey everyone hope your week's been well. I had the best dream of my life last night. I dreamed I was invited to host SNL. We did a couple sketches that were basically a parade of early 2000s throwback memes, they let me do Weekend Update, and the musical guest was Rick Astley, reprising his Choir Choir Choir appearance in Toronto with the entire crowd joining in as backup singers.
(14045080) After decades of gun violence, America's wang vows to bring the responsible culprits to justice: OpenAI and ChatGPT
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Fark NotNewsletter: Science made underwear that counts your farts
________________________ A message from Drew Curtis: ________________________ Hey everyone hope your week's been well. Hate to talk politics but I can't let the opportunity to discuss AI Jesus just pass by. There's lots to unpack about this particular post, but I want to focus on one particular media observation, bear with me. On Sunday, the President posted an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ.
FARK.com: (14019854) Show #508 of Paul's Memory Bank (8PM EDT) brings you 2 hours of semi-randomly selected music from the 60s to the 80s and on The Adventures of Superman, the start of the 9 parter "The White Plague" from June 1941
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(13980826) Apparently Trader Joe's has "cart etiquette", which is just another way of saying "We're better than Albertsons"
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Fark NotNewsletter: What's your best advice for coping with snow and ice? (The cold stuff, good adding other ice tips as well.)
________________________ A message from Drew Curtis: ________________________ Hey everyone, hope your week's been as well as it can be. We launched new badges last week, thanks for your patience while we tweak the styling and the layouts etc. For those who missed it, here's a link to the announcement last week. Thanks to everyone who purchased a badge or subscribed, and thanks especially to those who did both! Along those lines, we're going to try another test next week.
Farkers go to Hollywood: LA Fark Party at the Rooftop Bar at Madame Tussauds Hollywood, April 18. Full weekend details in thread
If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page. Fark Party Host: melopene Description: Farkers go to Hollywood: LA Fark Party at the Rooftop Bar at Madame Tussauds Hollywood, April 18. Full weekend details in thread Date/Time: April 18, 2026 - 07:00 PM (local time) Party Info: Hold on, y'all, we 'bout to be the Clampetts.
(13942706) Hot Freaky Stepmom is both a category on PornHub AND a surefire way to lose your nursing license in The Sunshine State
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Another LA Party question - what price point are y'all comfortable with for hotels? Should we lean cheaper and more basic vs nicer with more amenities? Trying to keep it affordable for everyone etc etc
Hampton Inn, 1133 Vine St (the one I'm initially leaning toward) Hollywood Historic Hotel, 5162 Melrose Ave Ramada Inn, 8585 Santa Monica Blvd What is the location of the main event, and how long will this entire event be? [encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com image 400x169] Location for Saturday is TBD based on what hotel we land at - preferably stumbling distance. Current plan is to end the Friday pub crawl at The Comedy Store for their 9 or 9:30pm show, but they also do a late night show at midnight.
(13928162) Looks like I picked the wrong week to buy a Jeep that only gets 9 mpg
Fungibility. True, but it's only half the story. OPEC loves to raise prices for the Saudis by cutting output, but Venezuela loves to sneak in extra oil for additional profits. Which in turn floods supplies and drops prices. Now that American interests are in play, the question remains if Venezuela will become loyal to the United States, or OPEC?
FARK.com: (13041988) Last chance to vote for our favorite Scary Stories of 2023 Votes tabulated at Noon Eastern. Be a part of giving all the FUs these Farkers deserve. Just think of the potential drop in productivity
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