The Fart Sack 

by P.O. (w/Chat GPT assist for grammar and little clean up)

This one’s especially for the newer PAX who’ve joined F3 Austin in recent months…

You may have seen a video where I.......your Nantan (which to help out with another word of the week.....basically means I’ve been tasked with leading this crazy crew of leaders here in F3 Austin, not by power or authority....although that would be nice, but simply by encouragement and what little influence I can squeeze out…ha!) was called out for the Word of the Week: Fart Sack.

If you haven’t seen it, here’s the quick and unofficial definition: The Fart Sack = intentionally not getting out of bed to post at a beatdown because the snooze button won. It’s one of the funniest, and honestly most impactful, words in the F3 lexicon. Around here, it’s used liberally to discourage PAX from choosing sleep over the gloom.

Now.....I ain’t gonna stand here and say I’ve never Fart Sack’d. (Though one infamous time, I was wrongly accused thanks to a technical issue with my iPhone alarm. A couple jokers decided to pile on by gifting me an old-school alarm clock, complete with detailed setup instructions, an actual fart sack bag, and cherry on top...my very own Fart Sack emoji.)

Pretty funny, I’ll admit…especially since the PAX who spam that emoji the most are also the biggest serial offenders of the Fart Sack. (you know who you are) Their excuse? “Well, I didn’t HC on the preblast…” Sorry fellas, that doesn’t get you off the hook. You, God, and your Nantan know if you were planning on posting and instead chose the sleep life over being out with your F3 brothers!!!

Now, there are exceptions. Don’t confuse the Fart Sack with the Smart Sack.

• Fart Sack = you could’ve been there but chose not to.

• Smart Sack = you intentionally stayed home because of injury, sickness, or you’ve been posting like a madman and need rest. Respect.

So if you’ve posted with us for a while, chances are you’ve either already Fart Sack’d or you will soon....it’s almost a rite of passage. Something to add to your F3 résumé. Well that is unless your name is Disc Jockey or Impact (seriously, do those guys even own pillows?), you’re not immune.

Oh, and before you go calling me out again, take a look at the F3 Austin Stats Page....you’ll see me right up there with the top posters. And I’d like to think only a few of those posts were from coffee Qs. 

So there you go....your crash course in the legend of the Fart Sack, why it’s tied to my name, and why you’ll see that emoji floating around Slack. Laugh at it, use it on your buddies, but don’t let it define you. Get up, get after it, and keep building the bonds that make the gloom worth it.

SYITG,
PO | F3 Austin Occasional Nantan Fart Sacker