# Chat room?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/58220>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 16, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/58220 "2001-03-16T14:45:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/58220/1 "2001-03-16T14:45:56Z")

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Am i being thick? Is there a chat room here that i can’t see?

Fran

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/58220/2 "2001-03-16T14:52:37Z")

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You’re not being thick. There’s a chat room that is comprised of some members of this message board.

But it is not… **not** affiliated with the SDMB or The Chicago Reader in any way.

It can be found on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) on, IIRC, a Dalnet server. The channel’s name is #straightdope.

(I’m at work and not able to check my bookmarked channels, so if I’m wrong, I know someone will correct me here. Sorry!)

Also, discussions of said chat room, while not entirely unwelcome here, are not encouraged. The chat room is a completely separate entity, and the owners and operators of this message board want to make that distinction clear.

Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/58220/3 "2001-03-17T02:34:56Z")

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Undernet, not Dalnet. Other than that, though, yeah. What he said.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-room/58220/4 "2001-03-17T02:42:48Z")

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**Francesca** , if you need help getting to the room, email me and I’ll be happy to help.

Oh yeah. Undernet. Got that on the bookmarks here at home. 🙂

[Guess it’s safe to close this now, mods…]