# Does anyone else read the SDMB and Fark? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076 "2003-09-07T10:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/1 "2003-09-07T10:42:17Z")
Just wondering, anyone else read [fark.com](http://fark.com)? Am I the only one??? 0.o ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/2 "2003-09-07T11:01:23Z")
No, there’s a fair amount of overlap. Many folks here also dig [snopes.com](http://snopes.com), The Onion, and [google.com](http://google.com) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/3 "2003-09-07T11:07:28Z")
Oh yes, I am quite infatuated with Google =) _runs off to check out [snopes.com](http://snopes.com)_ ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/4 "2003-09-07T11:23:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Darth Nader \* > \*\*No, there’s a fair amount of overlap. Many folks here also dig [snopes.com](http://snopes.com), The Onion, and [google.com](http://google.com) > \*\* Don’t forget [slashdot.org](http://slashdot.org). ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/5 "2003-09-07T11:29:06Z")
…and [Kuro5hin.org](http://Kuro5hin.org), [somethingawful.com](http://somethingawful.com), [homestarrunner.com](http://homestarrunner.com), [fathom.org](http://fathom.org), and many many more, I’m sure… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/6 "2003-09-07T11:48:35Z")
Don’t forget the quirky humour of [www.b3ta.com](http://www.b3ta.com) (maybe a bit Eurocentric for some, but at the end of the day, when come back bring pie). ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/7 "2003-09-07T12:16:59Z")
It’s easy to tell that a lot of people from here read **fark** , actually… Contraversial fark headline? Pitting. Strange or unusual fark headline? MPSIMS. It’s gotten to where if I can predict the day’s new Pit threads by reading Fark. Almost depressing. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/8 "2003-09-07T12:53:06Z")
I’ve never read the SDMB but I havn’t read Fark… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/9 "2003-09-07T13:07:07Z")
Oh. I thought Fark was a verb. Like when you break such nasty wind that bark peels off of trees. Never mind ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/10 "2003-09-07T13:11:18Z")
No silly fark _is_ a verb\*!\* SO. Do you fark? =) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/11 "2003-09-07T15:09:12Z")
Many people here read Fark. Perhaps too many. Seems like every time I see an interesting story on Fark, when I load the SDMB, someone’s started a thread about it. I wind up seeing everything twice. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/12 "2003-09-07T16:00:06Z")
I read Fark, but I prefer SDMB because there’s a far lower concentration of idiots and trolls. I can understand the cross-posting though; sometimes you just want an intellectual conversation on a topic, and Fark usually doesn’t cut it. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/13 "2003-09-07T20:20:54Z")
Lately I barely have time to get to SDMB. Add Fark to it and I’d never get any work done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RobbieFal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@RobbieFal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobbieFal)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/14 "2003-09-08T01:34:52Z")
What’s Fark?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/15 "2003-09-08T01:49:42Z")
I fark. Is that a sin? ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/16 "2003-09-08T11:51:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RobbieFal \* > \*\*What’s Fark?? > > 😃 \*\* **RobbieFal** , [click here](http://www.fark.com) and you too can share in the goodness that is Fark. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/17 "2003-09-08T12:03:57Z")
Just because you see something on Fark first and then on the SDMB doesn’t mean it went right from one to the other. A lot of times these news stories making the rounds have an intricate web of original exposure, and Fark is smack in the middle, along with slashdot and some others. So maybe A tells B and C. B posts it on Fark, and meanwhile C tells D who tells E who tells F, who posts on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/18 "2003-09-08T18:12:58Z")
**SkyBum** , you’ve been whooshed (unless someone stole the username). **RobbieFal** has had 553 links posted on Fark, #9 on their all-time list. And yeah, I don’t mind seeing things on both sites because the conversation styles are very different. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/19 "2003-09-08T19:52:56Z")
Bah! Down with Fark A pox on their house! I browse on [SomethingAwful](http://www.somethingawful.com), which makes us natural enemies (like the snake and the mongoose). You nasty farker, you. “Those rivalries aren’t serious,” you say. “Look, **ElwoodCuse** has links to both Fark and SomethingAwfull in his sig!” Well, I have it on good authority that ol’ **Elwood** spends 5 hours every night flaming himself and making jokes at his own expense. And he might have multiple personality disorder. ---
**Author:** ![RobbieFal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@RobbieFal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobbieFal)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076/20 "2003-09-08T20:55:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\ ***SkyBum** , you’ve been whooshed (unless someone stole the username). **RobbieFal** has had 553 links posted on Fark, #9 on their all-time list. > > And yeah, I don’t mind seeing things on both sites because the conversation styles are very different. \*\* It’s me I just got ripped off on my deal with the ‘witness relocation program’ people. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-read-the-sdmb-and-fark/200076.md?page=2)