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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry, I'm failing my duty as kitten parent, meet Mercer and Casper 😁

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry, I'm failing my duty as kitten parent, meet Mercer and Casper 😁

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 2d

I honestly don't know what the end-game is, never made it past this stage where they ask me for my name and photo in return..

I once literally asked them what their end-game was and got this response:

Screenshot, snippet of a conversation between me and the scammer:

Scammer: "I don't trust you, you people with animal brains."
Scammer: "Your mother is a dog with a crazy coat."
me: "What 😂"

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 2d

We call them Tompouce, or at least a variant of them? 🤔
Not sure if I like the name snot block as much..

Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 2d

The constant urge to post kitten photos online

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 2d

hell yeah, congrats 🍗🍗

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 3d

It took a long time so he just started chatting with the people in his call center about random shit w/ me on the line. He asked me if I caught the thing his coworker said (I lied, said no), he did not repeat it.

It realtly felt like I was intruding in his friend group chat or whatever..

wild

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 3d

I called Dutch support of a large multinational today, and the guy that picked up the phone was literally just a translator who joined the English support in my stead.
When he got put on hold, he put me on hold. When he was asked a question, he relayed it to me. I could've contacted English support?

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 3d

pretends nothing happened

Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 3d

Lost his balance, and his cool

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 5d

Got kicked of a nearly empty tram today for ehm.. carrying a computer monitor wrapper in foam, in a plastic bag??

Apparently that's illegal idk, the guy said putting it in a cardboard box would've been fine 🤷

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 6d

I'll give it a 50/50 that this was some vibe-coded system rushed in place to comply with changing laws.. 🥲

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Guerrilla @guerrilla.bsky.social · 8d

To our dearest friends at @suckerpunchprod.bsky.social, congratulations on Ghost of Yōtei! Aloy and Atsu share the fire, and today we share in celebrating your incredible achievement 💙🙌🐺

🎨 Art by Guerrilla Lead Artist Ilya Golitsyn

#GhostOfYotei

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 9d

Yesterday was my last day at Guerrilla. 🥲

It feels weird to leave the team, project and studio behind. They'll be fine without me, but I will miss them for sure!

I'm excited for the future though, and happy with the friends I've made along the way 😄

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 10d

I wish I had something clever to say, but it just sucks 😕

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 11d

me: *doesn't wear watch all Sunday*

watch on Monday: yesterday was a total failure, try reaching at least one goal today!

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Renee! DEVIL'S LIMINAL early access out now! @studiointerlude.com · 12d

DEVIL'S LIMINAL is ready to go at the @qgcon.bsky.social arcade, with a special convention demo!

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 14d

Chances of this happening on 10 consecutive flips are p^10, so for p=0.2 that's about 1 in 9.7M, so you got quite lucky on that run 🙂

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 15d

Hard to believe that AI tooling was so high up the must-haves list that it made the top 3 in the summary post, yet there's nothing about art style they're looking for; just 'must use AI'.

That to me says more about the company than they probably realize, but at least they're upfront about it. 😅😬

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 16d

You got this!!

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Patricia Rodríguez [Starflare] @starflarecrafts.com · 16d

Finished painted Vendredi!

I’m also participating in my first in-person contest with her at @freakwars.bsky.social this weekend, wish me luck 🙏🏻✨

1/10 scale miniature bust of a woman fully painted

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 16d

Such a missed opportunity. They could've spent effort making digital a first class experience with open access to all the proceedings and recordings, but they're trying to turn it into an influencer/marketing expo?

Ugh. 🙄

They missed the boat on digital conferences and are now digging their grave.

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 18d

The misery machine in my pocket got me and my partner to randomly connect over a shared interest from across the globe four years ago and made us fall in love. You're not wrong, but remember that that coin has a back side 🙂

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 18d

Maybe, just odd that I spelled it several times before the 5 minute hold, and then got cut off immediately upon respelling after 😅

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Jochem @jchmoe.bsky.social · 19d

Me on the phone: 'reservation is in Kuijpers, K-U-I-J-P-E-R-S'.

Customer service: 'sir there is no reservation on that name'

me: 'no I'm sure, I have a confirmation email.'

CS: 'please hold'

literal 5 minutes later

CS: 'what is your name again?'

me: 'K--'

CS: 'oh OK I found it.'

??

🤷

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