Between Fark and SG, I've seen more of my friends naked than I ever, in a million years, thought I would.
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Due to popular demand, this is about Fark.com
What is Fark?
The first thing you should know is that Fark.com isn't a Weblog. Fark.com, the Web site, is a news aggregator and an edited social networking news site. Every day Fark receives 2,000 or so news submissions from its readership, from which we hand-pick the funny and weird notable news -- and not-news -- of the day.
Fark isn't an acronym. It doesn't mean anything. The idea was to have the word Fark come to symbolize news that is really Not News. Hence the slogan "It's not news, it's Fark." Fark was originally a word Drew became known for using online back in the early 1990s. He can't remember why, but his guess is that it was either to replace another F-word or that he was just drunk and mistyped something. He tells everyone it was the former since it's a better story that way.
Four letter domain names were getting snapped up quickly, so on a whim in the summer of 1997 Drew checked to see if Fark.com was available. It was, and he grabbed it. At the time the only thing you could do with a Web site was put up what was then called a vanity site. This was almost all the Internet consisted of back in 1997. Think of vanity sites as poorly coded MySpace pages. Yes, MySpace pages look pretty bad, but these were worse. Drew didn't want to use the Fark.com domain name for a vanity site, so he decided to wait until he had a better idea.
For the first two years of Fark.com's existence (1997-1999), all you got was this picture of a squirrel with big nuts:
He spent the next couple of years drinking and promptly forgot all about the domain. One day in February 1999 he had an epiphany - or a really good buzz - who knows.... He was sitting in his living room, thinking long and hard about starting Fark. He decided that if he was going to do it, he would have to do it every single day. He took a deep breath, grabbed a fresh beer, and jumped in. His friends evidently told other people about Fark and it caught on like a house on fire (or that weird ass rash you don't want to tell anyone about) and that's how it all started.
The first year Fark received 50,000 page views. That's a respectable number for a site started from scratch. The second year it was a million. The number one highest-traffic corporate Internet hitting Fark's servers was CNN. Number two: Fox News.
What is Fark exactly? Fark is what fills space when mass media runs out of news. Fark is supposed to look like news... but it's not news. It's Fark.
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The big thing is the comments area. It got so big and popular that TotalFark was created. That's where we do everything from random chitchat to weekly Truth Or Dare threads, to actually helping each other out when needed.
When one of my sister's best friends killed himself a couple hours after having dinner at our house, Farkers were incredibly good at helping me deal with my grief.
We even have semi-regular get-togethers, in bars, restaurants, and so on. We're a prettydamn close group of people.
********************************** EDIT **********************************
Due to popular demand, this is about Fark.com
What is Fark?
The first thing you should know is that Fark.com isn't a Weblog. Fark.com, the Web site, is a news aggregator and an edited social networking news site. Every day Fark receives 2,000 or so news submissions from its readership, from which we hand-pick the funny and weird notable news -- and not-news -- of the day.
Fark isn't an acronym. It doesn't mean anything. The idea was to have the word Fark come to symbolize news that is really Not News. Hence the slogan "It's not news, it's Fark." Fark was originally a word Drew became known for using online back in the early 1990s. He can't remember why, but his guess is that it was either to replace another F-word or that he was just drunk and mistyped something. He tells everyone it was the former since it's a better story that way.
Four letter domain names were getting snapped up quickly, so on a whim in the summer of 1997 Drew checked to see if Fark.com was available. It was, and he grabbed it. At the time the only thing you could do with a Web site was put up what was then called a vanity site. This was almost all the Internet consisted of back in 1997. Think of vanity sites as poorly coded MySpace pages. Yes, MySpace pages look pretty bad, but these were worse. Drew didn't want to use the Fark.com domain name for a vanity site, so he decided to wait until he had a better idea.
For the first two years of Fark.com's existence (1997-1999), all you got was this picture of a squirrel with big nuts:
He spent the next couple of years drinking and promptly forgot all about the domain. One day in February 1999 he had an epiphany - or a really good buzz - who knows.... He was sitting in his living room, thinking long and hard about starting Fark. He decided that if he was going to do it, he would have to do it every single day. He took a deep breath, grabbed a fresh beer, and jumped in. His friends evidently told other people about Fark and it caught on like a house on fire (or that weird ass rash you don't want to tell anyone about) and that's how it all started.
The first year Fark received 50,000 page views. That's a respectable number for a site started from scratch. The second year it was a million. The number one highest-traffic corporate Internet hitting Fark's servers was CNN. Number two: Fox News.
What is Fark exactly? Fark is what fills space when mass media runs out of news. Fark is supposed to look like news... but it's not news. It's Fark.
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The big thing is the comments area. It got so big and popular that TotalFark was created. That's where we do everything from random chitchat to weekly Truth Or Dare threads, to actually helping each other out when needed.
When one of my sister's best friends killed himself a couple hours after having dinner at our house, Farkers were incredibly good at helping me deal with my grief.
We even have semi-regular get-togethers, in bars, restaurants, and so on. We're a prettydamn close group of people.
Well, shit.
1 bottle, the one I drank yesterday, was carbonated.
the rest are bottles of sweet, flat beer.
*sigh*
1 bottle, the one I drank yesterday, was carbonated.
the rest are bottles of sweet, flat beer.
*sigh*
So, about 3 weeks ago, I started making my first batch of beer, ever.
A few minutes ago, I had my first bottle of Erich Beer.
It tastes great! A little sweet, because I mis-read 2 1/2 TSP ans 2 1/2 TBSP of sugar per bottle (to start the carbonation) but it's still some damn good beer! a nice pale ale.
I'm already brewing up a batch of Irish Stout. After that, I'm going to try to make a nice crisp blonde.
A few minutes ago, I had my first bottle of Erich Beer.
It tastes great! A little sweet, because I mis-read 2 1/2 TSP ans 2 1/2 TBSP of sugar per bottle (to start the carbonation) but it's still some damn good beer! a nice pale ale.
I'm already brewing up a batch of Irish Stout. After that, I'm going to try to make a nice crisp blonde.
So, I successfully resized one nipple from 16g to 14.
I'd do the other, but I lost the stupid little ball thingy that keeps the piercing from falling out of my moob.
Ah well, I'll find the damn thing eventually and then have a matching pair.
I'd do the other, but I lost the stupid little ball thingy that keeps the piercing from falling out of my moob.
Ah well, I'll find the damn thing eventually and then have a matching pair.
Since i've got money issues, naturally my computer craps out.
Thank god I have the Crappy Lappy as backup, but jeez... I don't want or need to spend time tearing my desktop box apart, trying to troubleshoot the fucking thing.
bleh
Thank god I have the Crappy Lappy as backup, but jeez... I don't want or need to spend time tearing my desktop box apart, trying to troubleshoot the fucking thing.
bleh
A tragic lack of money* means i'll likely be gone for a bit.
but I'll be back eventually.
*don't get me started on the job. first paycheck came in, and I got paid for 2 days. of the entire week. so.... yeah, no money.
but I'll be back eventually.
*don't get me started on the job. first paycheck came in, and I got paid for 2 days. of the entire week. so.... yeah, no money.
It's times like this, when my back has been in extraordinary pain for almost a week, that I kinda wish I had medical coverage.
Week 1 of work is done. I like it. Kinda disappointed that it's only about 8 weeks of work, but at least it's a job.
plus, it's a government job, so that'll look good on my resume.
And best yet, my unemployment had finally run out just a couple weeks ago. What this will do for me is let me start a new claim to cover my ass until I can find another job afterward.
plus, it's a government job, so that'll look good on my resume.
And best yet, my unemployment had finally run out just a couple weeks ago. What this will do for me is let me start a new claim to cover my ass until I can find another job afterward.
Day 1 of work is over, and it didn't suck!
True, it was just training, but it looks like this will be a good job. MUUUUUUUUUUUUCH less walking than my bad knee and I were thinking it would be.
True, it was just training, but it looks like this will be a good job. MUUUUUUUUUUUUCH less walking than my bad knee and I were thinking it would be.
So, I got a job.
It's only a temp job, but it's going to be my first real employment in a year.
I'll be working for the Census. One of the door to door dweebs.
Just in time, too. Ran out of unemployment, and i'll have a mortgage payment coming up just in time for the first paycheck.
It's only a temp job, but it's going to be my first real employment in a year.
I'll be working for the Census. One of the door to door dweebs.
Just in time, too. Ran out of unemployment, and i'll have a mortgage payment coming up just in time for the first paycheck.
