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PTR_K

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❦ Per aspera ad ardua ❦

"The vodka is strong but the meat is rotten."

INTERESTS: TTRPGs, art, fantasy, sci-fi, science, ancient history, weird phenomena, humor, music, nature, etc.

LOCATION: Boston MA, USA

PRONOUNS: He/Him (singular They is fine too)

FOLLOWERS NOTE: I haven't had to outright reject many followers yet. But if neither your profile nor your posted content indicates areas of interest I share, then I'm less likely to follow you back.

https://justmytoots.com/@PTR_K

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@PTR_K@dice.camp avatar PTR_K , to random

Gygax blamed propeller-tailed arthropods. But apparently the real [rust] monster was man all along.

https://youtube.com/shorts/S9TZJ7gv7_A

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As the result of a tragic Gillyweed experiment gone awry, a despised potions master is permanently rendered adapted for aquatic life and unable to breathe air.

Confined to a restrictive tank and viewed now as a less-than-human subject of experimentation, his life becomes a misery of abjection. This changes when the mistreated house elf, tasked with cleaning the lab, strikes up a tender relationship with him.

WORKING TITLE: The Snape of Water



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YouTuber: The Wicked Part 2 Marketing is insane. I have NEVER seen movie promos this huge before.

Me: :: wobbles in with my walking stick ::

DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT MOVIE Marketing.

I LIVED THROUGH THE 1989 TIM BURTON BATMAN AGE.

YOU Don'T EVEN KNOW !

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@Faintdreams

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: Four different cover art styles released simultaneously for the same Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace novelization.
All of these media tie-ins will be lost in time, like action figures left in the rain."

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ME: It's really good to see you again.

WIFE: Hah. Alright. [hadn't been that long]

ME: It's just that sometimes we're in different...uh...zones.

WIFE: Yah, you're in the Twilight– and I'm in...

ME: ...the Danger– .

WIFE: Well, the highway to the Danger Zone at least.

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Those were the good ol' days.

Dunkin' which was formerly known as Dunkin' Donuts, was originally called Dunkin' Donuts Supreme Hibachi Buffet.
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@lowqualityfacts
Not many folks remember, but in the early 1990s they briefly test marketed a rebrand to "Dunky D's", trying to attract the younger, "More Xtreme!" demographic.

But grunge-bedecked skateboarding teens, hanging around and waxing every curb and railing in the parking lot, did not mix well with Dunkin's traditional law enforcement clientel. So the attempt was deemed an utter failure, and was lost to the annals of history.

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    @vkc
    I'd be content if they just fixed it so viewing in a desktop browser scrolled one screen worth of content at a time with page down. As things stand, somehow it always scrolls just a little more than a screen worth of content for me, so that, like, half a picture will get cut off.

    Also does jumps several entries sometimes when trying to scroll back up slightly.

    Could do without that.

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    If I learned one thing from my years as an editor it's that there is never a reason to deploy "utilise" instead of "use"

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    @periaptgames
    Proud to say I never use the word utilize...I utilize it.

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    @periaptgames
    Seriously though, who can afford to use utilize with character limits like these?

    I'm kidding, I'm kidding!
    I love you Mastodon. Don't go changing.

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    So I like how tonight’s track came together. The instruments are sparse and the space in between is filled with little bits of ambience. Kinda fun.

    EDIT: (I did not realize how high the percussion sits in the mix. I don't like it but that's what happens when I do my mastering so late in the day)

    7/31

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    @SeasonsChange
    Yes!
    I really liked his songs Fable and Tsbol. They're on rotation in my extended playlists to this day.

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    Very nice!

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    AI bro watching Michelle Yeoh give a phenomenal performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once: There's no way that chick is a virgin, this is literally unwatchable.

    MyFavorite Actress IsNot Human Tilly Norwood doesn't needa hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, andifyou wish toseeavirgin on- screen, this is one ofyour better chances. That's because she'sAl. "NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPYABOUT THIS GORGEOUS INNOVATION," WRITES TYLER COWEN. (@TILLYNORWOOD VIAINSTAGRAM) ByTylerCowen PREVIEW
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    @lowqualityfacts
    I could definitely wish the existence of everything depicted in that image was a lower quality fact.

    @PTR_K@dice.camp avatar PTR_K , to random

    Apparently 'Love and Deepspace' is not actually a musical about the burgeoning romance between two geeks brought together by their shared appreciation for 'Star Trek: Deep Space 9'.

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    @NiwlCraft
    After a couple tries, I found I don't have the mindset to really enjoy actually playing wargames or painting minis. Or the "everything has to be official" outlook that seems part of specific fandoms.

    But I kind of like the idea of the hobby, and how it looks.

    And I love people kludging together their own stuff to get it how they want. Kitbashing, pallet swapping, or using a different mini to represent a particular skill template. Or playing with unpainted minis.

    So, rock on!

    @PTR_K@dice.camp avatar PTR_K , to random

    Foreshadowing - Vague advance hints of an outcome beforehand.

    Fiveshadowing - Really blatant or heavy-handed foreshadowing.

    Threeshadowing - Foreshadowing for which the hinted outcome is frustratingly subverted or proven to be misleading.

    @csilverman@mastodon.social avatar csilverman , to random

    The most pagan railroad crossing you've ever seen. Only the signal is visible, standing in the middle of high grass. The crossbuck, while a recognizable X shape, looks like antlers or crossed branches. Both signal lamps are glowing red and resemble eyes. Some strands of moss hang from them. The grass the signal is standing in is a dull green; the sky is yellow. There's a hint of a brown treeline in the background. Maybe trains are not the only thing you need to be watching for. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
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    @csilverman
    Deliciously eerie

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    BREAKING NEWS: Trump is stuck on the roof of the White House. An aide attempted to assist the president, showing him the stairs. Trump angrily yelled that he came up those stairs and he needs down stairs, not up stairs.

    Trump on the roof of the White House.
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    @lowqualityfacts
    Well, he prides himself on being perceived as a rich man.

    Probably figures this entitles him to have one long staircase just going up, and one even longer coming down.

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    Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for 20 feet of double sided tape, on sale for 85% off.
    If you don't get this dirt cheap tape then you're gonna feel like a total idiot the next time you run out of tape and have to waddle over to your local tape store and spend your life savings on overpriced tape.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F8V9Y7MS/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_apa_gl_i_dl_PV7NK0NDYXQYB73NVFBR?linkCode=ml1&tag=lowqualityfac-22-20&linkId=9366cf90475f9dca5108f5690262cac5

    Double sided tape.
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    @lowqualityfacts
    From the picture of two tape rolls side-by-side, I can't help thinking that by "double sided tape" they mean "double the amount of single sided tape".

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    Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Secret Squirrel Patch. I love squirrels. I really hope this isn't some racist thing. Please just be a squirrel thing.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GAJL5R2?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.T2OB48KUNV0L&linkCode=tr1&tag=connorstone06-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.T2OB48KUNV0L_1753586763928

    A secret squirrel patch.
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    @lowqualityfacts
    I'm guessing the patch would be given to someone as a sarcastic jab at their dubious claims of expertise:

    "[Secret Squirrel] may likewise be used in a pejorative manner to mean someone who is unlikely to have actually had a job as a special operations soldier, spy or mercenary, or to have performed the actions they claim to."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Squirrel#Cultural_influence

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    Secret Panel HERE ✍ https://tapas.io/episode/3492596

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    It's never a good day when the boss tells you to go out and touch grass.

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    A team of archaeologists, mycologists, and epigraphists delve into the dungeon to see what's there and how best to preserve it

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    The main feature of my Owl Light setting was a relatively stable kingdom emerging after a few hundred years of dark ages following basically a magic World War. One of the things i hoped to go for was adventurers as archeologists/WMD investigators, as the kingdom tries to sequester the more dangerous war materiel tucked about in various corners of the world.

    But i found it tough to set the right investigative focus for folks used to more typical adventures (myself included).

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    Trippy.

    Lemurs view the world as a four-dimensional space.
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    @lowqualityfacts
    I assumed this was what Black Francis was going on about with Veloria.


    https://youtu.be/X24YbUt4CL8

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    I feel like this is an edge case for use of the hashtag.

    @thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

    Why is everyone either making or buying a zine? The small, often handmade, self-published books are nothing new, but the zeal with which they've been embraced is stronger than ever. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/06/21/books/japanese-zines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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    @thejapantimes
    "Our Earth is degenerate in these later days;
    bribery and corruption are common;
    children no longer obey their parents;
    every man wants to write a Zine
    and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”

    • Apocryphal clay tablet circulated by the Make Ancient Assyria Great Again campaign

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    I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.

    Gilligan's Island was the first reality TV show.
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    The Gorge (2025)

    Synopsis: The rim of a mist-filled gorge is mined and protected by automated defenses. One edge is maintained by a sniper from a former Eastern Bloc country, the other side by a western counterpart. This cycle, the operatives are a Lithuanian woman and an American man. We are told early on they are preventing the escape of something dubbed “hollow men” (from the T.S.Eliot poem) by an earlier watcher.
    1/x

    Non-thread version:
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/19KgprK6iQ-SzEzr0UzumRtLlXxnZh6-EPmKIee3YIy4/edit?usp=sharing

    The face of a man and woman with their eyes closed lean in toward each other with foreheads touching. Below these faces is a dark valley overlooked two different styles of brutalist tower, one on each edge. In the misty distance the sun is beginning to rise.
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    Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for the Wolf Tactical Weighted Vest. I wear mine while I lie on the couch and watch 30 Rock. It's made me into the man I am today.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BX64ZSQ?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.2RXMLQ5FD3VEN&linkCode=tr1&tag=connorstone06-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.2RXMLQ5FD3VEN_1748749102967

    A brown Wolf Tactical weighted vest.
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    Tactical coin collection vest?

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    So, it appears my wife got our cat an oversized, plush model of Radiodont teeth.

    Diagrams of Radiodont mouth structures, in the form of rings of radiating segments with a gap in the middle.

    Diagrams of Radiodont mouth structures, in the form of rings of radiating segments with a gap in the middle.
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    I should have known.

    Guy Fieri is Banksy.
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    The international safety pictogram for Guy Fieri.

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    Nature is crazy.

    Butterflies can enter a cocoon and change back into caterpillars.
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    Crazier still:
    Any common moth that crawls inside a monarch butterfly cocoon can invoke the "King me!" rule to swap species.
    Amazing!

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    He must be fun at parties.

    "If a baby begins to cry,t that means - have won the debate. The infant clearly has no factual evidence to support its argument, so it has resorted to emotional manipulation." " -Ben Shapiro
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    @lowqualityfacts
    If a multi-classed wizard-fighter casts Phantom Steed (or the Mount spell in previous editions) and rides at full speed, does that count as a Gish Gallop?

    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

    opened 47 websites "to read later" knowing full well they will remain unopened until my browser crashes and absolves me of my digital hoarding sins. it's called tab management losers

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    @Daojoan
    Standard operating procedure: Keep opening websites until, after 99, the counter magically skips to ∞. The counter is now stable no matter how many are added.

    Too many tabs open?
    After some number of years, the phone will begin to experience physical failure. Simply replace it with a new phone with no pages open.

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    LOL

    No frickin' doy!

    I could have told them that.

    My wife and I both had times in the last month we purchased a different product or from a different store cause the thing we wanted was locked up.

    Bonus points if you aren't sure about buying a product and need to read the ingredients. Guess we should call a sales associate and ask them to release one of everything on the shelf to compare.

    Maybe we all should be appointed CEOs so we can come to these obvious conclusions?

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    Those were the good old days.

    Dunkin', which was formerly known as Dunkin' Donuts, was originally called Dunkin' Donuts Supreme Hibachi Buffet.
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    @lowqualityfacts
    There was that brief couple years in the early 1990s they were trying to rebrand as "Dunky D's".

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    I need to get me one of those.

    People experience less anxiety and stress if they sleep under a weighted blanket that weighs at least 240 pounds.
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    Giles Corey, tucking in for the evening...

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    Perfection.

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    I'm usually amused by these facts, but this one really made me laugh for quite a bit.

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    Yikes.

    "Stand-up isn't easy. I once did a two hour set of dead baby jokes and didn't get a single laugh. It was by far the worst funeral I've ever been to." -Steve Martin
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    Hah! This sounds very close to the kind of bon mot I could imagine Martin quipping.

    @Shkshkshk@dice.camp avatar Shkshkshk , to Ask Lemmy

    Are there any animes or TV shows you can't stop recommending?

    asklemmy@lemmy.world icon Ask Lemmy

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    @Shkshkshk asklemmy@lemmy.world icon Ask Lemmy
    There's a ton of anime that I might recommend to different people, depending on individual preferences and tastes:
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JZR7jtU3q-LTqoWaGY-7YurPpvLpTIY0ybScvA1L0GQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

    But the one that I come closest to recommending everyone, without qualification, would be:

    "Keep Your Hands off Eizouken"

    It's basically a love letter to:

    • joys and challenges in the process of creative collaboration
    • how each success begets further goals
    • how reflecting on details and oddities of the world adds to art

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    That's so fascinating.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    White blood cells fight infections by attacking bacteria with microscopic brass knuckles.
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    "Nice infection you got there. Be a shame if something were to happen to it.

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    That's fair.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    By law, fishermen can only keep trout that are over 10 inches long and look nefarious.
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    Nefarious Trout is a good name for a character.

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    Friends, I need your help. I know that Instagram isn't the most popular platform on here, but I recently discovered that I need 10,000 Instagram followers before Meta will start paying me to post all the silly stuff I post on Threads. I am currently 4,183 followers away from that goal. Yikes.

    So to be blunt, if you have an Instagram account and are willing to follow me on there, it would mean the world to me. Here is a link that I hope you will find to be most clickable:
    https://www.instagram.com/lowqualityfacts

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    @lowqualityfacts
    I followed you there.
    But, to be clear: I kind of hate how Instagram streams and organizes things. So I'm rarely on there and am more likely to like or reshare your posts on Mastodon.

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    Nature is crazy.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    Female swans eat the head of their mate during sex.
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    The inconvenience to poultry farmers of losing half their livestock during mating is apparently why they crossbred swans with sparrows to produce chickens (which only nibble playfully and ineffectually at their partner's cervical plumage).

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    Wise words from a wise man.

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    See also: Snog

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    Amazing.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    Adam Sandler is fluent in every single language.
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    All those variations of Polish were probably the hardest for him, purely based on the sheer numbers.

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    The omission of flamethrowers was the only historically inaccurate aspect of the film 300.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    The Spartan army was so powerful because their soldiers were equipped with flamethrowers.
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    The quality on this one is on the high side of low.

    A few centuries too early, but:

    Greek fire?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_fire