# Is Fark down? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313 "2004-11-17T18:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 17, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/1 "2004-11-17T18:45:06Z")
I can’t seem to log on. Anyone else have this problem? ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/2 "2004-11-17T18:49:24Z")
Yup. Looks like my browser is just spinning. Weird. I was there earlier today with no problem (reading about the 18 yr-old harlequin baby - absolutely amazing!) Just got a connection error. No 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:** [November 17, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/3 "2004-11-17T18:53:45Z")
18 year old harlequin baby? I musta missed that one …I can’t live with my hourly fark reports. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/4 "2004-11-17T19:35:28Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > 18 year old harlequin baby? I musta missed that one …I can’t live with my hourly fark reports. Yeah, it was earlier this morning. If you do not know what a harlequin baby (or “harlequin fetus”) is, DO NOT do a search unless you are prepared for _Very Disturbing Images_ (I am _not_ kidding – in the past people have said it gave them nightmares). People often link to the images for the purpose of shocking others, so it ranks up there with “goatse” and the (fake) “seeded breast” when it comes to “ditrubing”. In any case, the genetic mutation results in a defect so severe that it is _extremely_ rare for a harlequin baby to survive infancy, though some manage to get up to toddlerhood. But Fark had a story about an **18 year-old** who has survived! :eek: Not only is he alive and well, but he competes in triathlons! I was totally blown away! I certainly never thought that was possible. Really humbling to read the story actually. And Fark is still down. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/5 "2004-11-17T19:48:27Z")
BTW - here is the [link to the story](http://www.10news.com/health/3919722/detail.html) that was linked to at Fark. Note: Has links to images, but the article and accompanying photo should be okay for most unless you are exceptionally squeamish. When I saw the Fark headline I thought “Hm. I wonder if a harlequin baby has survived.” But then I thought “Impossible.” (The risk of infection makes it seem so implausible). I kinda wanted to applaud or salute the guy or something. It started quite a debate about letting nature take its course vs. spending all resources required to beat what is practically insurmountable odds. Quite interesting really. I almost started a Dope thread about it. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/6 "2004-11-17T19:53:09Z")
Thank you, I was just coming to MPSIMS to ask this very question, except I had a better headline. 😉 ---
**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:** [November 17, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/7 "2004-11-17T20:16:11Z")
Thanks for the link. It is very humbling to see what some have to endure and how easy we have it. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/8 "2004-11-17T20:29:17Z")
No hilarity is ensuing for me either. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/9 "2004-11-17T20:33:09Z")
Maybe someone got mad at all the extra traffic and did a denial of service attack to fark Fark. /got nuthin’ ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/10 "2004-11-17T21:11:03Z")
No Fark is off. Fark off. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/11 "2004-11-17T21:14:18Z")
Do we have any Dopers that are members of the Elite Group of Farkers who know what is going on? Naturally, my paranoia is leaning towards conspiracy/terrorist/inside job. Fark it all. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/12 "2004-11-17T22:59:08Z")
Would Fark being Farked be worthy of the ‘irony’ tag? ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fark-down/275313/13 "2004-11-18T00:07:46Z")
Fark is back! /Didn’t RTFA