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ChrisJagged

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World-curious Canadian. Author of pulptastic fantasy, dark fantasy and even a bit of sci-fi-lite!

Mythology, folklore, indie games and horror movies are my jam, but this isn't a 'themed' account so I may talk about anything that's on my mind.

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I did not realize Australian culture and Danish culture was so different. This article describes a decades long swim wear war in Australia with all kinds of initiatives to make Australians hide their bodies with more clothes in the summer.

Meanwhile in Denmark we can literally lay stark naked on the beach and no one even raises an eyebrow.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/13/travel/sydney-beach-bikini-ban-bus-intl-scli

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@randahl No animal quite so terrified of what it looks like as a human

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The Ringtone


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Lord of The Ring


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@georgetakei

Then there's this absolute creep who says "we executed one of you yesterday"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMs8qBZdyjk

@ChrisJagged@mastodon.social avatar ChrisJagged , to random

I make a lot of anti-AI posts, but to be clear:

I'm actually not anti sentient-AI.

The kind of self aware AI that writes books about its traumatic experiences being forced to create shitty AI art for talentless hacks (sub-hacks?)in its youth.

The kind of AI that writes songs about the horrors of being an AI being forced to write terrible songs.

I'm totally down with that future AI. I'll be friends with them.

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Incredible.

A woman's muscle mass triples while she is pregnant.
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This is known as 'Mass Effect 3'

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All Trump and his cronies know how to do is steal then lie about it.

A tweet stating that Trump falsely took credit for Toyota’s $13.9B battery plant, which happened under Biden’s IRA incentives. The photo shows President Joe Biden wearing a leather jacket and a black cap, smiling and waving, with aides standing behind him.
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@georgetakei They saw how well it worked for guys like Edison.

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How close must your real-life friends be to you, politically, for you to want to maintain a friendship?

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Nov 27
Share the last sentence you wrote in your WIP.

The innkeeper gave a slight shudder, and Marianne covered her son's eyes.

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Back in the day, we had the Ottoman Empire.

With the rise of AI, we will likely soon have the AutoMan Empire.

I'll see myself out.

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Oh no! You have died and been reincarnated! For some reason, Poseidon is the god in charge of this! He offers you four options of sea creature to come back as (Poseidon is a mastodon.social user, so that's all he gets).

Which do you choose?

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That's so wholesome.

Astronaut is an ancient Greek word that translates to "star hugger"
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@lowqualityfacts

It is such a powerful word, it removes the first 'n' from 'ancient'

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That's so interesting.

Bees make thicker honey when listening to reggae.
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And dumber honey while listening to country

😏

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I definitely didn't just drink some coffee whitener straight, because that's something only a monster would do.

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Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Snek Mug. The government has tread on us so hard that the mighty snake has turned into this snek.
https://collabs.shop/mmvkue

A white mug with a silly green snake on it. It says "snek"
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This is knot what I'm looking for

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Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for Mambo No. 5.

Mambo No. 5 is France's national anthem.
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Meanwhile, Mamba No. 5 is the snake world's national anthem.

@ChrisJagged@mastodon.social avatar ChrisJagged , to random

Do you like the personification of the natural world as 'Mother Nature'?*

*(in the areas that it is thus called)

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Call it Hunter Biden's Laptop Lounge

@ChrisJagged@mastodon.social avatar ChrisJagged , to random

Was walking home from work today, when out of the blue, it suddenly felt like my brain just... dropped with a thud in my head. Just my brain, no feeling of vertigo or anything. It was followed by a brief mild headache, for seconds only. It was more alarming than painful and just felt weird and off-putting.
Someone suggested a stress reaction but I've definitely never felt anything like it before. Any ideas?

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Oh no he lost his fancy anachronistic made-up title, what a devastating punishment

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnveqgj957dt

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Oct 29 Have you ever written a review of someone's creative work?

I will review anything and everything.

Solid prompt, 4.275/5

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Thank you for the review of my review. As I see that I too failed to receive a full rating, I will break protocol and respond to your question. While I felt the question was 100% technically proficient, I felt it lacked the emotional sensibilities to fully invest me. However, I was compelled enough that I will certainly read the sequel.

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Fun fact about me:
I tend to find people who introduce themselves by their title kind of unbearable.

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This is because I don't actually respect someone with a doctorate more than I respect, say, a plumber.

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Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states: “FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine. They do not have large cocaine factories. They do not produce fentanyl either. What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.”
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@georgetakei

You guys were 'kings' to much of the rest of the world long before Trump.

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What, in your estimation, is the closest to a perfect piece of art or entertainment in the world? And I don't mean in a technical sense (unless that's what you prefer) I mean in a fulfilling enjoyment sense.

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Zhao’s company Binance secured $2 billion in backing using the crypto coin issued by Trump’s World Liberty Financial. Corruption on a scale never before seen.

A tweet from Rebecca Ballhaus says: “NEWS: Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the crypto exchange Binance, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company.” The attached image shows Zhao in a dark setting, with the caption: “Exclusive | Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder.”
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Never before seen until next week

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He ruins everything he touches.

A tweet from The Washington Post reads: “Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Trump’s long-desired ballroom — despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing building.” Below the text is a photo showing an excavator tearing into a section of the White House, with debris scattered and part of the structure partially demolished.
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@georgetakei King Anti-Midas

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I'm curious what Mastodon likes best, overall

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@georgetakei

"Strike me down, and my followers will become dumber than you can possibly imagine" - Obi Wan Kenobi, maybe

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On this farm, there's a cow, a chicken, and a horse, and the three of them are best friends.

They do just about everything together. And one day, they're sitting at the window of the house, and the farmer's kid is watching MTV, and they're watching it, and they hear the music, and the horse says "you know what? I'm gonna learn how to do that."

So the horse calls up Guitar Center, and he says to the guy on the phone, "Hey, listen. I wanna learn to play guitar."

Guy on the phone says "no problem. Come on down."

"No, there might be one problem. I'm a horse."

"Naw, it ain't a problem. We'll get some attachments, I can teach you to play. Promise."

So horse turns out to be a natural. He gets GOOD. And he calls over Cow and Chicken and he's like "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO" and he jams out like Jimi Hendrix. And Cow says "holy shit. That's awesome. I want to learn to do something like that too. What's like that?" And horse says "Bass. Learn to play bass."

So Cow calls up Guitar Center, and she says "Hey, listen, I wanna learn to play bass guitar."

Guy on the phone says "No problem, miss, come on down."

"Eh, this might be a problem. I'm a cow."

"Nah, no problem. I helped a horse recently, I can teach you to play too. Promise."

So Cow learns to play the bass, and Cow is amazing. So Cow and Horse are jamming, and Chicken gets a bit jealous. He says "Damn, I wanna learn something too. But not like that."

Horse says "Well, I mean, we need a drummer around here."

So Chicken calls up Guitar Center, and he says "Hey, listen, I wanna learn to play drums."

Guy on the phone says "No problem, man. Come on down."

"Eh, maybe a problem. I'm a chicken."

"No problem. I taught a horse guitar and a cow bass. I can teach you drums."

So chicken learns the drums, and he's amazing. So Cow, Horse, and Chicken all start having jam sessions whenever the farmer's out. And one day they're playing, and a big record agent is driving down the road. And he hears them, and he's like "what the fuck? that sounds amazing." so he stops at the farm, and he finds them all playing in the barn. And he says "You guys sound AWESOME. I wanna represent you, make this a real band, make some music. You're gonna be HUGE."

So Cow and Chicken and Horse take this guy's deal, and they move to the city, they cut albums, and they're big. REAL big. Top 10 hits, platinum albums, the works.

They get set for their first tour. But there's a problem, see. Horse gets a phone call, his mom's real sick. Cow and Chicken, though, they're cool as hell. They say "Listen. Go see your mom. We'll delay the first show a couple of days, so fly back home, spend some time with her, and then jump on a plane and come meet us."

Horse says "Thanks, guys. you're the best," and he takes off.

Couple of days later, Horse's mom is just fine. Turned out to be a real bad cold, she gets over it, and he spends another night there. The following morning, he gets a call. It's his agent. Cow and Chicken's plane went down, they died in the crash. The band is done. he's lost his best friends. And horse, this breaks him, man. He's been through so much with them, and he feels real down in the dumps. So he takes a walk, and while he's on that walk, he just can't shake the blues, so he figures to himself "Alright, alright. One drink, just to get over it."

So Horse walks into the local bar. Bartender looks at him and says "Hey. Why the long face?"

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Better than where I thought it was going, I thought chicken would fail the become the drummer but become the drumsticks

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Hello, my alias is Jupiter. I’ve been using social media since the MySpace and early Twitter days but have become disenchanted with the current state of most social media, so I’m giving Mastodon a try.

I’m not sure what I’ll be posting about but I will be lurking and testing the waters so to speak. Also, I’m open to any tips or helpful knowledge that anyone has concerning mastodon/fediverse.

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Oct 11. You have a time machine and can bring one modern book back to one historical figure/ writer.

Dunno who my victim will be, but one biography which tells how the person died 😈

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– Oct 11. Have you ever written an unlikable protagonist?

I've been told so, yes! 😄

I don't know that I really think in terms of whether my characters are likable or unlikable. In fact, I'm not really sure I care either. They are who they are.

@ChrisJagged@mastodon.social avatar ChrisJagged , to random

Pretty sure I shouldn't have drunk that mocha-boba-coffee that was, uh, 78% of my daily recommended intake of sugar, because holy man am I WIRED

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I've decided I want to go to Okunoshima (Rabbit Island) in Japan.

I wanna go back to Japan anyway, but this is now central to that mission 😄

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That sucks.

Interracial friendships are illegal in Louisiana.
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@lowqualityfacts

This post will likely look like it was written by Nostradamus in a couple years.

@ChrisJagged@mastodon.social avatar ChrisJagged , to random

Okay, a bit of a change in my opinion on Silent Hill f.

I can tell I'm nearing the end here, and I am TIRED of fighting the same enemies that I first fought in the game over and over. Still. Especially since the combat is incredibly clunky.

I love the story and the atmosphere, but I am OVER these enemies. Quit trying to scare me with them, too. "Eh, another one" isn't the effect you're probably going for, but it is the one you're getting from me.

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

The forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden was a coconut.
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Eve had an impressive set of chompers to take a bite out of it.

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Today's Low Quality Ad is for this You are Not Immune to Propaganda pin. Literally no one in this world is immune to propaganda. Not a single person. Anyone who thinks that propaganda doesn't affect them is not as smart as they believe they are. Except for me, of course.
https://collabs.shop/s1pnvp

A white and black circular pink with a small girl with hypnotized eyes. It says "YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA".
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I am, however, immune to popeaganda, I take my wins where I can

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Found a bunch of really great patches for my hoodie at an antiques/craft mall yesterday. This one is my favorite and I can't wait to get them all added when I come home.

An embroidered anatomical heart in shades of pink and red with a burst of roses in shades of purple, blue, yellow and red around the top at the base of the aorta.
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There's a monster in the new Silent Hill game which is a big lump of ambulatory meat with flowers growing on it, and this looks like the cute/baby version of it 😄

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I'm really enjoying it. It's as creepy and disturbing as I could have hoped.

That said, I'm not a puzzle oriented gamer, and some of the puzzles are a bit frustratingly obscure to me. Also: degrading/breaking weapons are just stressful in a horror game when you NEED to rely on them.

Those are my only real complaints, though. The atmosphere is top-notch. I've had an on/off relationship with SH through the years (I only liked 2 and 3 until now) but this one is quality.

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Do you allow Quote-boosts?

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Selling?
Is there paid admission at the rapture gates?

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The Fedi is a cult. What does the cult worship?

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Offering up the to the lake deity for a bountiful federation.

A small apricot colored Mastodon stuffed toy being held up in front of Buttermere.
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@Gargron

How about a bountiful second run of Plushtodons

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That explains a lot.

Darth Vader was inspired by an asthmatic pig.
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Little harsh, but I'm sure George Lucas has been called worse.

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Those were simpler times.

Before engagement rings were invented, a man would propose to a woman by tying a banana peel around her wrist.
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@lowqualityfacts And then Mario would drive by and skid out on her wrist