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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What are you switching to 👀

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I love the Nurtured posters!!

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Played Audience Anarchy the other night with some friends and brought out the cursed avatars. The gestures on one of them were also cursed and the guns fired any time I so much as touched my controller. Hands down the hardest I've laughed in a long time.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tentatively interested, I've been loving the new update, but I don't know how much time I can commit beyond popping in now and then.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sometimes I quietly sing the songs stuck in my head out loud to myself except I change all of the words to be about my cat instead, and it's embarrassing how often people accidentally end up overhearing how stupid I sound doing it lmao

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I feel the same way sometimes, I just don't have the energy for a lot of late evening/night events anymore. I feel bad about not being or staying especially with friends, but at least I can give the slot up and make space for someone that does have the energy that I don't.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Take pictures. Share your experiences. Cherish your friends. Be careful about falling into the "I'll just catch the next one" trap. Find meaning in even the smallest moments you share with others. When one day all that's left are the memories, you'll be glad you have them to look back so fondly on.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Thank you all, for everything.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Both me and a coworker used to have one 27" (4k) and one 23" (1080p) monitors each. One day I just casually said to him "wouldn't it be great if both of your monitors matched," and that's how I got matching 27" 4k monitors 😈

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

And I'm not trying to project onto others that being a sexual human is bad or wrong or anything, just that for like 99% of my own life I have so many more important things to think about on my mind that that's like priority 5000 for me and for some reason it always makes me feel like an outlier.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I've never identified as asexual and I still don't, but there have been so many times that I felt like it would just be easier if I did because it's not at the forefront of my mind all the time and constantly driving how I think/speak/act like it seemingly does for a whole lot of other people.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Very grateful to have so many incredible friends in my life right now. Come say hi on Friday night, I would love to see you.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Please know that I unequivocally condemn the unforgivable actions of someone who was in a position of power and trust within our community. Our community's safety is genuinely important to me; I had no knowledge of this before today and I'm extremely upset now knowing that it happened. Love you all.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

There are definitely a lot of things in the world now that aren't positive, for sure, but I'm tired of every happy or hopeful or optimistic thought I share being treated like it's an invitation to argue with me about why I shouldn't actually be feeling that way.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Back on my "not a blind optimist, but..." train to say I've been so frustrated by my friends who counter each other's positivity with only negativity in return. Almost like "they showed positive emotion, we can't let 'em forget that there is absolutely nothing worth being happy or optimistic about."

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Avatar emissions (especially audiolinked emissions) have really pushed me further toward the minimalist and subtle avatar aesthetic. It's cool to see what people do with emissions but it's even cooler to me when you only notice those little details if you're looking for them!

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

yeah eventually a coworker knocked the live nest out with a short stick. that was also fun to watch (from a distance).

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

We had that happen to one of our work trucks before. It was actually kind of funny because you'd see it driving around with a cloud of wasps around it at all times like it was straight out of a cartoon.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

(I've also had things going on that have affected my availability and energy to regularly attend events, and not being able to go to events my friends are at/running has been rough. I promise I still care about my friends and their events, I'm just too exhausted to make late night events these days)

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Yeah, I tried it for a while but I just can't make it work. it makes me so sad when friends casually mention that they never see me anymore, and all I can do is make a joke about having a "normal" work schedule. No idea how people manage a day job and constant late nights because I physically can't.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

(I'll never tell anyone how to run their events, so no shade to anybody else, I just find myself not even reaching for anything more than subtle ambient effects until at least halfway through an event and let the music carry itself)

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The longer I've played the more I've embraced FX minimalism. Effects can be really cool, so save them for the moments that really matter vs. constant visual noise. Big fan of having effects that come out of absolutely nowhere for a few intense moments, and then hide away for the rest of the night.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

At first I read this as "Focus drivers" as though you were talking about people that drive a Ford Focus lmao

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

bless you for being the only one who still has my back. there are dozens of us!!!

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I looked at Marketplace a few days after it launched and saw someone selling an old mop bucket (with water still in it) for like $40. Never checked it again after that.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Shielding myself from excessive bad takes on here by requiring they be sent to me via Microsoft Teams. Anyone wanting to submit their bad take will be discouraged by (1) having to log off this site and (2) having to voluntarily use Microsoft Teams.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I swear one of these days I'll start posting about happy things again lmao

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Been weighing on me a lot lately how often the incredibly talented people in our spaces create new things, just to be met with people who go in straight for the flaws so they can meme on them, or skip straight past the art to make quips about the artists.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

It makes me so sad seeing people undermined and dunked on for doing the things that they love. It's okay to let people enjoy things.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

the food court menu there is so much better, lemme try that bulgogi bake (but yes they do)

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I mean this sincerely, you should take an evening off sometime and just come hang out with your friends for a night. I'm sure we could make that into an occasion and put something together.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I should follow up again but honestly at this point I might just cut my losses and be done. Their Discord mods getting upset at people who were just asking for an update since there hadn't been one sent out for ages (not even "we're still working on it") was kind of the last straw for me.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I'm not mad [at them] about the shipping situation with UPS and circumstances beyond their control, but there's been a lack of communication and for a while people who were going to their Discord looking for any information about any of it were getting heat from the mods just for asking.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Mine got shipped in the first batch last year and then sat in limbo with UPS for a few months before they told me they were "unable to deliver" and had destroyed it. Still no word on a replacement beyond the last e-mail in November that basically said "well it might show up eventually."

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

One of my favorite things about Shelter overflow instances is that every time, I overhear at least one person either eagerly showing somebody around who is brand new, or hear somebody excitedly talking about how it's their own first time at a music event. It's never a room full of the same 80 faces.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Thank you to everyone who has responded here or privately, I really appreciate the insights. Also wanted to say that in retrospect I should have said "speak[ing] up" instead of calling out; I think that better reflects my intent of objecting to actions and words, not calling people themselves out.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Appreciate the perspective! Allowing someone a chance to reflect and improve and then giving them an opportunity to show it is really important to me (because I think it's harder to genuinely want to improve yourself when the position you're in feels irredeemable), so I'll try to remember this.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

There are so many problems caused by genAI but (IMO) this is one of the worst.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Lately I've been struggling with reading casual conversations that make me uncomfortable, either for language used in jest or for talking about people behind their backs, but I don't really know how to bring it up without just seeming like a Discord Moderator™ policing what people can and can't say.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

How do you all balance calling out things that might be (unintentionally) hurtful, and not being "that guy" that seemingly can't let anything go? I wish the answer was "always call it out," but realistically I feel enough side-eyes on me and I don't want to feel even more ostracized for it.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I really want them to succeed, but there's still a long road ahead of them to take a few handmade dev kits to mass production. I love all the excitement but don't blame anybody who wants to see a final product that meets the promises made by the dev kits before putting that much money on the line.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Yeah I agree, there are so many reasonable and useful applications for technology doing good things, but because a bunch of marketing departments decided that "it's AI now" it's all getting the same reputation as the more problematic ones when they're not really all that similar.

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Thank you for the push to finally put these back up!

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Chroma @chromavrc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I think I saw that and was thinking about how I wish I had responded to the post when it came up LOL. I like the framed album art too, makes me want to do something like that again. I used to have framed prints of some earlier Tycho albums but I never put them back up after I moved.

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