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by **mm_freak** on Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:30 pm

I have the same opinion as C. But I go even further. For me IRC is my communication central. I even use ICQ and that stuff within IRC (via Bitlbee). This is one of the reasons why irssi starts up with FVWM and cannot be closed until logout. =)

Most of my technical knowledge I have learned within or at least because of IRC - even my interest in cryptology. I've even been on Microsoft's IRC server (they called it IRCX), which was more of a battle field than a chat. The good thing about MS' server was that you really needed to be a programmer with a good understanding of artificial intelligence, only to protect your channel from takeovers. Also you needed cryptographic authentication, if you wanted to give away ops. There were no services. Better than any computer game. =)

by **lite** on Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:31 pm

IRC is not just a waste of time, it is the *best* waste of time! Smile

All jokes aside, I think IRC is great, but I see big problems when people start spending all their lives online. It should be used as a compliment to "normal" relations, not a replacement.

by **nyX`** on Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:06 pm

IRC client is always running while my PC is up. It's the best way for me to chat with my friends and classmates.
The only rule I've thought up and I always observe is "What means a lot on IRC means nothing in the real life"... I'm trying not to discuss topics about people's life, relationships, etc on IRC, because WHAT we're saying in the live dialog is just 10% of what others understand (a lot more important is HOW we're saying, what we're doing and so on...), but on IRC text carries 100% of all...

by **mm_freak** on Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:03 pm

Like someone said:

If idiots could fly, IRC would be an airport.

Like someone else said:

666 is the number of the beast. 6667 is the number of you loosing whatever social life you may have had.

=)

by **Ayukie** on Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:29 am

mm_freak wrote:Like someone said:

If idiots could fly, IRC would be an airport.

Like someone else said:

666 is the number of the beast. 6667 is the number of you loosing whatever social life you may have had.

=)

Oh no ... I wrk in airports ... but Im an irc addict :p

by **Ayukie** on Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:35 am

thebeast wrote:IRC is good to contact with friends when you're not in same city like they are and maybe in big city but to say that where to meet etc. Do this trought cell phone is to much expencive And afcource whit IRC help i've founded new friends and girls

Yes definitely cept for the gals part of coz .. but it is a good way because people like us who tend to fly off last minute its a good way to keep in conract with large group at large time w/o hafing to add one by one all of them into contact list before you may communicate ...

But I do admit I met my current beu online tho on a rare chance that because he doesn't irc ... so basically somehow oneday he ended up inside my channel and we ended up discussing liquor and thus things goes on Smile

all because of a "CANON-size MARTELL" bottle...
I'm a happy gal now heeZ :p

BUT IM HAPPIER HE DUN IRC Razz

.... which luckily he din ... lolx

by **thebeast** on Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:56 am

Yeah sometimes ppls get in IRC and forgeting they real life, like i saw some quit messages: Can't join real life it's invite only :-) I know some few ppls who is in that shit realy deep. If they say that better friends are here in IRC not some in reality than they are sick :-)

by C on Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:38 pm

well, sometimes i can barely seperate IRC from real life. Still, am not a sick person.
IRC has ethics, just as in real life, and as I said earlier, it is a part of your life.
When the things you like most, your hobbies, your friends, your time-wasting-tool...
are the same in IRC and IRL, I can't see how being online too much will make you sick.
The best sex I had was with gals I met on IRC.
I lead a very normal social life, got a job, side projects, friends, families, gym...
and I IRC > 10 hours/day.

PEOPLE! IRC is your real life! admit it. don't fight it. Succomb to its will!

by **mm_freak** on Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:09 pm

Another interesting cite:

Welcome to IRC, the place where the men are men, the women are men and the little girls are FBI agents.

=)

by **Ayukie** on Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:23 am

thebeast wrote:Yeah sometimes ppls get in IRC and forgeting they real life, like i saw some quit messages: Can't join real life it's invite only I know some few ppls who is in that s*** realy deep. If they say that better friends are here in IRC not some in reality than they are sick

Can't say that I've made couple for real good pals online in IRC ... they are my kakis - a local slang for activities buddies...
They been with me for seven years being by my side where I fell ... so actually ... i don;t get what the big deal is .. why do you all have to different to seperate the two entity? Isn;t IRC friends, friends? Isn;t what you called Real friends, friends? Does it matter where u met them?
I believe the heart is more impt than the place you meet them?

Just my 2 cents ...

by **Ayukie** on Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:24 am

C wrote:well, sometimes i can barely seperate IRC from real life. Still, am not a sick person.
IRC has ethics, just as in real life, and as I said earlier, it is a part of your life.
When the things you like most, your hobbies, your friends, your time-wasting-tool...
are the same in IRC and IRL, I can't see how being online too much will make you sick.
The best sex I had was with gals I met on IRC.
I lead a very normal social life, got a job, side projects, friends, families, gym...
and I IRC > 10 hours/day.

PEOPLE! IRC is your real life! admit it. don't fight it. Succomb to its will!

Thank god i don;t know you ... Rolling Eyes

by **thebeast** on Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:22 pm

Afcource you can meet some IRC friends and spend some time in realyti with they than you can call them real friends, becouse i think that who are in IRC and if you never seed them they can count like real friends :-) Some ppls using IRC just for bulshit :-)

by **topolab** on Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:30 pm

the opposite is the normal thinkgy.
have friends in real life and talk to them via IRC

by **Ayukie** on Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:35 am

topolab wrote:the opposite is the normal thinkgy.
have friends in real life and talk to them via IRC

Hmm IRC do help me find back a couple juniors , seniors in sch ... some old classmates/schmates Smile

Overall, Ive made some great pals in there ... BUt I do caution against deluding urself frm reality ... for friends wise i do not seggrogate where I meet/know them but mainly from character and personality like Ive said its the heart ... all in all ... go up make frds .. find some buddies go out ahve fun ... kills the boredom but must be able differentiate craping from reality ..

My 3 cents hahaa :p

by **Ayukie** on Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:38 am

thebeast wrote:Afcource you can meet some IRC friends and spend some time in realyti with they than you can call them real friends, becouse i think that who are in IRC and if you never seed them they can count like real friends Some ppls using IRC just for bulshit

Isnt IRC for crapping to kill boredom as well? :p friends crap together , bullshitting together than its fun u see:P
**grinz**
We're all out just to have fun sometimes an escape for the harsh reality of life ... isn;t it?
So why bother to have the bounderies?
But as stated ... one must have a mature enough mind to know difference between virtual and reality .. tangible vs intangible Smile

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