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Typically, a motivated "farker" will find an odd story somewhere online, think of a witty "headline" to list beside the link, and add one of a list of predefined "tags" that tell the reader what to expect. Only the best postings make it to the main page, while lists of ''all'' submissions can be viewed by subscribing to the $5-per-month TotalFark. Consequently, having one's headline "greenlit" is a sign of [[Bragging Rights Reward|prestige]] among the farking community. Once a headline is posted, comments can be viewed and made, blog-style, by clicking on the number to the right of the posted headline.
Like everything else [[Long Runners|that's lasted this long]], it's undergone a number of changes and evolutions, including the addition of daily (or semi-daily, or bi-daily) Photoshop contests, an "[[Defictionalization|UltraFark]]" e-mail address, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|(of course)]] [[Wil Wheaton]]. It's a hotbed of [[Memetic Mutation]], and quite a few of the Internet's most memorable memes were, if not born, proliferated there. It is one of the top 100 most
If you're considering farking for yourself, there are a few things you should remember: Fark is one of the more intelligent and wittier communities online, but it's not nearly as ''[[Good Is Not Nice|nice]]'' as
Or, you know, you can just make [[Gag Penis|oblique references]] to things like [[Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?|"extensible markup language"]].
[[Don't Explain the Joke|Penis.]]
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* [[Allegedly Free Game|Allegedly Free Site]]: TotalFark costs $5 a month; many such users look down upon "liters".
* [[Ascended Meme]]: The catch-quotes at the top of the page as of the 2011 redesign. Examples include "Pricipal caught sayof" and "You'll get over it."
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