Chroma

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

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.

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.

the food court menu there is so much better, lemme try that bulgogi bake

(but yes they do)

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.

We love Obsidian

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Oh man, off topic but I was just the other day I was thinking about how Gossamer is one of those albums that takes me right back to a different point in time whenever I hear it.

so did I when I saw the ping, I thought I was in trouble

I was at work when it happened so I tried explaining the situation to her through the doorbell cam after she yelled "I know you can see me" at it but she stormed off as soon as I said nothing was delivered to me lmaooooo

Yesterday USPS delivered my Shelter jacket to somebody else, and after I filled out a claim form for the lost package they showed up today to yell at my video doorbell as if they had delivered it to me by mistake and it was meant for someone else.

can't make this shit up lmao I just want my jacket

For sure, I was mostly just agreeing with the initial post about how lately I've also really started to dislike that word too and it's not because I'm on the side of genAI.

I think it's an unintentional comparison which is why it's so insidious. The word "slop" is being used casually to describe many generally negative sentiments but everyone also understands that it's most commonly referring to AI, so it becomes "this word that describes AI also describes their work."

I'm not a big fan of the word either. Not because I have any sympathy for genAI, but because I think it's getting thrown around a little too casually in ways that are unintentionally offensive to other creators by implicitly comparing their work (or the meaning behind it) to AI.

This is actually the preferred way to do it! Put jacks on each end so that permanent wiring (which is solid wire) stays permanent, and then use pre-terminated patch cords (which are usually stranded wire) on each end.

"RJ45 keystone" is the magic word to search and they're way easier to terminate.

Chroma with obnoxiously large glasses that spell out "TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX"

Happy 2026!

Chroma's 12 photos of 2025. In order: playing volleyball with a bunch of gorillas, Dieselworks Room 3, Dieselworks Radio Silence, Cozyworks open decks, VRChat 10th Anniversary, Shelter ONHELL party, Gravekeepr's birthday pool party, an UdonVR group photo, Jackbox games with Jazzy and friends, a Walkies group photo, an irl chalkboard with the names of Sheltercon attendees written on it, and a late night at Comfort.

No symbolism or fancy photography for my #VRC12Photos, just a small reflection of the past year and the friends I got to share it with.

(you can definitely tell which months I wasn't around much or just forgot to take photos; bless everyone who takes the time to capture and share the moments)

That's crazy, how did the dog react?