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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

IRC is the shit. I remember wasting so many hours as a teenager just shooting the shit with random people.

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[–] AmyAye@nord.pub 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

IRC still exists man.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago

it's also.. just a chat platform, lol.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

My channels were niche ones with the same regular people. A safe place to hang out and talk about anything. It was my introvert version of going to the mall.

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[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago

Our parents playing with fire

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