Posts by imalcolm@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AZJAEe4IHa95NdIMOO by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-09-01T01:40:27Z
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@lowqualityfacts It's true, but they can be encouraged back to their vegetarian roots.As a long-time surfer who has (so far) beaten the odds, I attribute my ongoing survival to the practice of ritually stuffing my shorts with fresh lettuce leaves before I paddle out.
(DIR) Post #AZWxfBUznpM4zs1ZJY by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-09-07T17:25:30Z
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@lowqualityfacts But they do have extremely well-adapted external organs.For example, not many people realise that bats’ wings are actually their lungs.
(DIR) Post #AZwHIyYrlo6scKyVMG by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-09-19T22:33:25Z
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@lowqualityfacts Plot twist (Or is it?): Guitar Icon Guy is actually Hugh Jackman.(And he posted that while sitting on the couch next to you.)
(DIR) Post #AboNoBAtDJym36ev9k by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-11-14T22:52:45Z
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@lowqualityfacts The variant that only accepted wooden nickels was an abject failure, however.
(DIR) Post #Ac9e6zBKFSqXNIbwqe by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-11-25T05:04:24Z
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@lowqualityfacts Yep Fun bonus fact: Tolkien used to live in a student share house next door to a coal mine and took inspiration from this real-life Low Quality Fact for Dory and Nori and Groin and Borin and Thaw'in and Bambi etc. being beardy folk obsessed with mining, when he wrote the original script for Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Hobbits'.
(DIR) Post #Ac9eHVrjaKAzddT1TE by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-11-25T05:06:19Z
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@lowqualityfacts True. And Tolkien used to live in a student share house with CS Lewis that was next-door to a coal mine and took inspiration from real-life for Dory and Nori and Groin and Borin and Thaw'in and Bambi and Himbo, etc. all being beardy folk obsessed with mining, when he wrote the original script for Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Hobbitses'.
(DIR) Post #Ac9eMWADu5A80kVAKO by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-11-25T05:07:13Z
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@lowqualityfacts True. And Tolkien used to live in a student share house with CS Lewis that was right next-door to a coal mine, and so took inspiration from real-life for Dory and Nori and Groin and Borin and Thaw'in and Bambi and Himbo, etc. all being little beardy folk obsessed with mining, when he wrote the original script for Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Hobbitses'.
(DIR) Post #AcRr8dDNghTK4fxy1Q by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-12-03T23:55:09Z
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@lowqualityfacts I once saw a psychic who told me I would die in a tragic Ted Lasso-related accident, but I'm not sure that counts.
(DIR) Post #AcdnJCzuKSgOd0DECe by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-12-09T18:08:46Z
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@lowqualityfacts What he left out of the story was that just before this incident, the elderly woman had kicked a puppy, right in front of him.
(DIR) Post #AceQC1EBaQYwJISB60 by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-12-10T01:24:28Z
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@lowqualityfacts Really glad you cleared this up, as I had always erroneously believed his name was a typo of his cruelly given childhood nickname, "Prints".(Apparently he used to be excessively sweaty and left moist fingerprints on literally everything he touched.)
(DIR) Post #AdKRjguPIVT0K7b1qS by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2023-12-30T07:59:37Z
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@grickle As usual, Generation X-Wing is forgotten. 😉
(DIR) Post #AdYI7TUUYeMMKVcF04 by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2024-01-06T00:17:50Z
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@lowqualityfacts This needs to be more widely understood, cos when a cop asked me if I could recall where I was on a particular night two years ago and I responded by immediately licking their face, it did not go well.
(DIR) Post #Ai1Up6YCLvW0o40Eqm by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2024-05-06T07:17:27Z
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@flargh Blasted with Cinnadust(TM)!Not sprinkled, not dusted, not coated.Blasted!By specially trained Old El Paso employees wielding modified Cinnadust(TM)-loaded semi-automatic 12 gauge shotguns, presumably.Cos when stuffing another mouthful of sugar-coated sugar into one's drooling, gaping maw, you want to know in your ever-straining heart that the oh-so-sweet Cinnadust(TM) has been applied in the most hyper-aggressive manner possible.
(DIR) Post #AiF2qxfWGkELKqxmjo by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2024-05-25T06:47:48Z
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@tomjennings @NanoRaptor @joncruz Well it’s not what it used to be…[gets coat]
(DIR) Post #AiQ8YXmyUHSaK1bvJQ by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2024-05-30T11:12:37Z
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This morning's quizzical head tilt at a local cafe, which can be translated with 99.9% accuracy as, "Are you sure you don't have any more snacks in your pocket...?"#dogs #dogsofmastodon
(DIR) Post #AuCqfqvXjOFJi9moYi by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2025-05-18T01:01:54Z
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Slim pickings on my #OpShop hunt yesterday, but I’m chalking this one up to quality over quantity.As-new copy of ‘Canal Dreams’ by the late, great Iain Banks - one of just three of his non-SF books I have yet to read. Not bad for the princely sum of $2.#books
(DIR) Post #AuF3E181tdoixibVgW by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2025-05-19T05:17:04Z
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@futurebird Wasp Factory _really_ disturbed me when I first read it, admittedly quite a while ago - it was my second Banks book, after Consider Phlebas.I really like some of his other contemporary novels though, particularly Crow Road and Espedair Street.Will let you know how I get on with Canal Dreams - might be a while though, my to-read pile is piled ridiculously high! 😉
(DIR) Post #AuH13o67g7km3mdTPM by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2025-05-20T04:02:19Z
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@futurebird There's definitely some of that, albeit an extreme case where someone AFAB is raised to believe they're not only male, but an intrinsically (and extremely) damaged one for as long as they can remember, lacking defining physical characteristics.The father's actions and web of lies are SO extreme - it felt like a first time novelist trying to see just how far they could push.It's terrible, but the mine incident makes me laugh when I remember it...
(DIR) Post #B0eYqDsH1cSYLLwXTM by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2025-11-26T23:51:50Z
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@zeldman Zero lies detected. Sadly.
(DIR) Post #B0n5pb7Bz04hswuV2e by imalcolm@mastodon.social
2025-12-01T02:39:08Z
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@futurebird How dare you and your brother *checks notes* eat something delicious and healthy that was presumably bought for that very purpose!Bloody outrageous! 😂