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quincykristoffer

@quincykristoffer

Financlal analyst, relationship coach

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quincykristoffer
@quincykristoffer Sep 13, 2025, 10:02 PM UTC

The Vanishing Cat: A Little Mystery at Home

Source My cat, Kingpin, is adopted. Not the normal adoption where you fill forms and sign papers at the end. No. This one was different. It was a Saturday night. I was taking a walk with Peter, who l…

39 upvotes 4 replies $0.41
quincykristoffer
@quincykristoffer Sep 13, 2025, 10:04 AM UTC

A Chess Game of Two Halves: Beauty and Disaster

I played Stockfish on Lichess. It was a very balanced game from opening to midgame. My 23rd move - Qd6 turned the game around in a very unexpected way. In chess, "unexpected" is not always a good thi…

36 upvotes 3 replies $0.22
quincykristoffer
@quincykristoffer Sep 12, 2025, 7:11 PM UTC

A Glitch in the Sky

Source Bad things always happen when I least expect. Today is meant to be a simple day for me. Class, food, bed, rest. Simple. But the day had plans beyond my imagination. I was walking to class, cof…

631 upvotes 3 replies $1.64
quincykristoffer
@quincykristoffer Sep 11, 2025, 7:24 PM UTC

Tomorrow’s Mail.

Source I have worked at the Central Delivery Hub for five years which is exactly four years eleven months and maybe twenty two days too long. “Hey, Sam, you still alive over there?” my coworker calle…

750 upvotes 3 replies $1.83
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@quincykristoffer Sep 11, 2025, 1:51 PM UTC

Brilliant or Desperate? The Truth Behind the Rh5 Sacrifice

Here's a gameplay I came across a few days ago, on Facebook. It's one I consider a brilliant move as it was the best move for White, having both it's Re5 and Nd6 under attack by Qf6. This resulted in…

94 upvotes 2 replies $1.00
quincykristoffer
@quincykristoffer Sep 10, 2025, 5:37 PM UTC

When Jollof Fights Back

Source I don’t know what came over me that Saturday. Normally, I would just walk to the restaurant down the road and buy jollof rice that tastes like heaven and smoke at the same time. But that morni…

733 upvotes 6 replies $1.99
quincykristoffer
@quincykristoffer Sep 9, 2025, 4:40 PM UTC

The Mystery of the Missing Socks

Source I woke up this morning to the devastating realization that all my socks were gone. Every single one. Not one blue, black, or multi-coloured pair survived the night. I stood in my bedroom stari…

708 upvotes 4 replies $2.04
quincykristoffer
@quincykristoffer Sep 9, 2025, 12:33 PM UTC

Mouse Slip to Checkmate: A Casual 10+8 Match

Here's a casual, rapid 10+8 game between me and anonymous player on Lichess. My first move E6, a response to the E4 opening was a mouse slip. I intended to play E5. I’ve never deliberately played tha…

74 upvotes 4 replies $0.84
quincykristoffer
@quincykristoffer Sep 8, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

The Job Interview

Source I woke up before my alarm. Couldn’t sleep well all night, not because I wasn’t tired, but because my head wouldn’t shut up. After months of sending CVs into thin air, I finally had an intervie…

486 upvotes 3 replies $1.22
quincykristoffer
@quincykristoffer Sep 7, 2025, 1:40 PM UTC

Something We Couldn’t Leave Behind

Source My uncle used to say every house keeps one object longer than it should. For some families it’s a broken chair, for others it’s a cracked plate. For us, it was an old silver radio. It sat in t…

716 upvotes 4 replies $2.18