# Chat room

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 5, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667 "2000-04-05T07:09:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667/1 "2000-04-05T07:09:00Z")

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I never find anyone in OpalCat’s chatroom anymore. Have you all given up or do you go somewhere else?

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### Author: ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2000, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667/2 "2000-04-05T07:11:00Z")

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Look harder 😉 We’re all on #StraightDope on the IRC Undernet servers. Typical busy times are from about 7:00pm-3:00am CST. Right now there’s seven people there, not counting the bots.

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“I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”

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### Author: ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667/3 "2000-04-05T07:16:00Z")

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Joph, when I log on, no-one there, what am I doing wrong?

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### Author: ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2000, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667/4 "2000-04-05T07:30:00Z")

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Manny, sorry for posting this in GQ, please move it.

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### Author: ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667/5 "2000-04-05T13:55:00Z")

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No problem.

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[NYC IRL III](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/006163.html)  
is on April 15th. Do you have what it takes?

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### Author: ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667/6 "2000-04-05T14:36:00Z")

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Try another server, android, just make sure its an undernet.

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Pork is not a verb.

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### Author: ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667/7 "2000-04-05T15:33:00Z")

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Link?

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### Author: ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2000, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667/8 "2000-04-08T07:05:00Z")

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So which channel do you all use?

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### Author: ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2000, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/15667/9 "2000-04-08T08:52:00Z")

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Andy, #straightdope on any Undernet server. Try Arlington, Baltimore or Ann Arbor. They sem to be the most reliable.

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Just make yourself comfy while I shoot nuclear particles into your heart.  
(Courtesy of Wally)