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Christopher M. Jones

Christopher M. Jones

Ellie Friar and the Triumph of Death

In 2017, three young Oregonians killed a girl’s father. In 2022, a macabre YouTube channel made a long video about it. Why should you care?

13 min readOct 28, 2022

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Inside the Memory Card

My father’s ghost is haunting an Animal Crossing village.

14 min readAug 22, 2021

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Inside the Memory Card

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Life Lessons from Ganondorf

There is no practical reason anyone should ever be able to win a one-on-one fight playing as Ganondorf in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He is…

3 min readAug 8, 2021

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Life Lessons from Ganondorf

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I Read 350 Pages of Conspiracy Theories in 3 Days. Here’s What I Learned

Ever since the assassination of JFK, Texas has been prime real estate for plots, ponderings, and general hokum, so I was not surprised to…

9 min readMay 12, 2021

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I Read 350 Pages of Conspiracy Theories in 3 Days. Here’s What I Learned

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A Grief Observed in Texas

Contrary to observation, Texas has not thawed out.

4 min readMar 9, 2021

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A Grief Observed in Texas

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You Fucking People Make Me Sick

You may have noticed that I haven’t published very much over the past year. The pandemic has made many things that were easy difficult and…

5 min readJan 28, 2021

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You Fucking People Make Me Sick

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You Are Not an Employee and Games Are Not Your Job

I have two devices on which I play video games: a Nintendo Switch and a low-to-moderately powerful laptop. This puts me in the privileged…

10 min readSep 18, 2020

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You Are Not an Employee and Games Are Not Your Job

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Critiquing Bernie Sanders Isn’t the Same as Betraying Him

I didn’t have anywhere to live during the 2016 primaries, but if I’d had a permanent place of residence I would’ve definitely cast my vote…

5 min readJan 28, 2020

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Critiquing Bernie Sanders Isn’t the Same as Betraying Him

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How Should You Talk to God?

Notes from a neophyte spiritualist

13 min readOct 19, 2019

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A long-haired person reaching toward the sky; ripples radiate from their hand. Everything is monochromatic gray.

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The Media is Fucking Up the 6ix9ine Story

I’m working on a much longer piece about 6ix9ine right now, but I wanted to take a break from that project to briefly discuss something…

3 min readSep 20, 2019

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The Media is Fucking Up the 6ix9ine Story

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Christopher M. Jones

Christopher M. Jones

Writer, media critic, and thinker of thoughts based out of Austin, TX. Get in touch at chrismichaeljones@gmail.com, or follow on Twitter at @CJIsWingingIt

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