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Rock Steady — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:20:04 -0800

Worst Word Mashup Trademark Filings. From the guy who brought you the FARK NSFW shenanigans and the Dreamcast 2 foofaraw. Innovisioneering? Really?

Kleenex(tm) in aisle NSFW(tm)

F Mackenzie — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:33:58 -0800

NSFW (tm) --Drew Curtis (Fark) attempts to trademark "Not Safe For Work"

http colon slash slash

Armitage Shanks — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:14:04 -0800

Strictly speaking, yourassgotserved.com should really be yourassisserving.com, but, well, you get the idea. (Flash, NSFW, preparing for my first deleted FPP)

Fark.com UFIA Arena

Plutor — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:08:14 -0800

The operators of FleetCenter in Boston decided it'd be a good idea to auction off single-day rights to rename the stadium and give the proceeds to charity. Honorable idea. Unfortunately for them, the winner of Monday, February 28, was the infamously crude news site Fark. They held a competition this afternoon to decide what the name should be. The winning entry: "Fark.com UFIA Arena".

hilarity ensues

reklaw — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:48:24 -0800

Followup: Wired runs an article called "Fark Sells Out, France Surrenders". Drew Curtis writes a response (note the sycophantic totalfarkers and more annoyed normal-farkers) -- but, as the article says, "when pressed on the issue, Curtis refused to deny that Fark accepts payment for placement of links". Was this really a case of one sales rep getting "a little overenthusiastic"? Is Drew ever actually going to deny selling Fark out, or will he just keep writing non-responses detailing his plans for selling it out even more in the future?

farking dishonest? or just farking fine?

reklaw — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 21:02:32 -0800

Fark.com sells their editorial, and the loyalty of their users. "After trying to figure out a deal they told me that I could just buy the editorial. The cost? Like $300 to $400 for a story... They said they didn’t have a problem not telling the audience that the content was paid for..."

Fark Hacked

sourbrew — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:49:17 -0800

Fark is Hacked mefi rejoices, get your commemorative screen shorts here

Pancakes: Is there anything they can't do?

KnitWit — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 07:04:34 -0800

Pancakes! Not just your everyday pancakes this time though. Alan Clark has turned his family recipe into a c13 isotope lased medical breakthrough. - via Fark (of course)

insert generic hell, handbasket quip

taumeson — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 06:34:57 -0800

As Texas Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos said of his Republican colleagues: "They don't want to govern. They want to rule." An apt quote regarding the sea change in American politics found in an enlightening article about the current state of pork barrel politics. I'm going to pinpoint that change as being the 1994 election when the Republicans gained control of Congress. Ever since then, it seems like the welfare of the American people wasn't only low on the politician's priority list, but it plain dropped off...and the PORK found in this batch of legislation has done nothing to disabuse me of that notion.

As an aside, I think I've found my new favorite texan (HA, like there's many), Molly Ivins. little bit of FARKfilter for ya, sorry.

Knee Defender

cup — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:17:45 -0800

Knee Defender is a product that airline passengers can use to keep the person in front of them from reclining their seat during a flight. They market it as an alternative to deep vein thrombosis and lawsuits (Warning: Flash Menu). It is creating a stir in the news. But people with long legs who do not want to detract from a fellow passenger's enjoyment can always save their money and consult the Seat Guru (SG previously discussed here). (Via Fark.)

The sun never sets on the Grand Old Party

condour75 — Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:37:50 -0800

GOP saves a buck or two. Shameless. [via Fark.]

killing kittens?

jasper411 — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:56:08 -0800

Have you or your neighbors killed any kittens lately? Way back in the mists of time, a farkism combined a kitty with a couple of domo-kuns and came up with a saying equating masturbation with killing a kitty.

This site has taken the concept and is attempting to make it into a community weblog -- except the community is limited to those who are taking solo flights into orgasm. The site seems almost innocent, at least now (though it'll probably get over-run with explicit commercial grossness in a while).

Although the interface is nowhere near as clean, my experience with the site reminded me of the early days of amihotornot. I was at it for hours, tripping out on who was masturbating in my state, and what they were thinking, let along who was doing what in other places all over the world (not many global participants, yet).
With this wierd mixture of deeply personal revelations and total anonymity, is this one of those things that only the internet can do? Or am I a total git for thinking this is interesting? (via memepool)

Blood Splatter Tutorial

vraxoin — Thu, 01 May 2003 20:18:49 -0800

Jarrett's Blood Splatter Photoshop Tutorial. Learn to create horrific violence in this step-by-step guide from a Fark Photoshopper. "After you're done with the blood splatters, you might want to add shreds of clothing or body parts at your discretion." And they say reading Fark won't teach you anything.

I Scream

bitdamaged — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:39:23 -0800

I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream Free Scoop day at Ben and Jerry's tomorrow, and Wednesday at Baskin Robbins. (via fark)

Student loans suck. What more needs to be said?

taumeson — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:07:43 -0800

Ted Rall says that college loans are killing America. I'm inclined to agree. At just $14,736, I'm on the lighter-side of college loan debt, but being a single father, I have a hard time making a dent. Ted makes some salient points about young adults who are struggling to make money in a recession. They don't work for the Peace Corps, they don't volunteer, etc. Even China criticizes America on our insistence that students endebt themselves to corporations just for education.(via fark)

Farker dies in car accident

rcade — Wed, 05 Feb 2003 05:31:27 -0800

The denizens of Fark are having a crisis of conscience after one of their members died in a car accident. There are only a few holdouts against the outpouring of sympathy from the biliously sarcastic community. "Farkers, seriously - where's your irreverence?" asked Labberdasher. "Not one 'he should have gone for a Darwin award' ... ?"

Orbitz Marketing head says Pop-ups are Great!

trigfunctions — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:53:15 -0800

Orbitz Marketing head says Pop-ups are Great! Yes, I got this from Fark, but it is still worth a look. The article includes the marketer's e-mail address. Let him know what you think about his ads!

RobbieFal — Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:44 -0800

Yes.. we all know what today is (it's pretty much Wednesday here).. read up on the MeFi reactions, or the reactions from F a r k. Hundreds of these have to be around. I'm just linking some ones off the top of my head here. Here's one timeline of last 9/11 also which seems more skeptical about all of this. Here are some events for today.

Do something good for somebody today.

magnetbox — Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:23:41 -0800

MeFi Users: You're Preapproved! Plastic begs for users, takes shots at MetaFilter with lines such as: "Plastic: the MetaFilter that doesn't reminisce about its 'golden era', three times a week!" and "Plastic: The MetaFilter that's already had weeks of unexplained downtime." Is offering "karma" and "mod points" going to make you switch? Isn't complaining about a lost golden era better than never having one at all?

delmoi — Sat, 06 Jul 2002 04:48:25 -0800

Israel has about 400 nuclear weapons, according to an air force report. _{(via fark)}

RylandDotNet — Wed, 12 Jun 2002 03:00:15 -0800

Don't click this link! A woman in Athens, Greece went to the doctor complaining of headaches. Upon examination, the doctor discovered a SPIDER LIVING IN HER EAR. Good night, folks, pleasant dreams. (via Fark)

Sinner — Wed, 22 May 2002 10:22:27 -0800

Dallas Mavericks coach Mark Cuban wants a little privacy. Is he entitled? As a general rule, I don't like Mark Cuban. Prior to reading this article (from Dallas Online), which fark.com described as "Transcript of Mark Cuban heated call," I expected to groan at more of his braying and obnoxious behavior. But in large part, I can't deny that Cuban may have a point in asking a reporter not to publish information on Cuban's relationship with his fiancee. Much of what he said makes sense, or at very least raises interesting questions about the rights of the press and a celebrity-hungry public over those of the public figure (and his friends and family). Who's right here, and who's wrong? (via fark.com, obv)

kingmissile — Thu, 02 May 2002 15:01:25 -0800

Do you visit Fark? If so, you'll probably get a kick out of Something Awful's latest site parody.

ambirex — Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:40:23 -0800

Malware (Radlight) will silently remove (vi fark ) Ad-aware when installed. The forums on both sides have already sparked some heated discussions.

artifex — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 09:16:39 -0800

An African Pope? Rock on. (Via Fark.)