# Chat Rooms--Any Good Ones? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 7, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms-any-good-ones/80152 "2001-09-07T00:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms-any-good-ones/80152/1 "2001-09-07T00:10:32Z")
Does anyone here go to chat rooms anymore? My friend tries to get me to go to Yahoo! ones (“They’re funny to watch!” she says), but I can’t stand the childish insanity (as opposed to the wacky fun insanity here 😉 ). But sometimes I have that craving to go into some chat room where people talk intellectually, or at least coherantly. Any suggestions? BTW, the Straight Dope has one, right? I think I’ve heard others refer to it, but I’ve never known where it is. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms-any-good-ones/80152/2 "2001-09-07T00:22:41Z")
The “chat room” you refer to is #StraightDope on Internet Relay Chat. If you don’t have an IRC client, you can download one free via [http://www.mirc.com](http://www.mirc.com) for the PC or [http://www.ircle.com](http://www.ircle.com) for the Mac. Be aware that both are shareware versions; mIRC has a nag screen once a month (actually a nag redirect-your-browser) and Ircle just stops working until your cough up some dough. Anywho, set your client to an Undernet server. That’s where we are. If you need actual step-by-step directions for IRC, I can give them but won’t bother until someone asks 🙂 **Disclaimer: #StraightDope is not owned, moderated or endorsed by the SDMB, The Chicago Reader or The Straight Dope.** ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms-any-good-ones/80152/3 "2001-09-07T02:35:52Z")
Umm, \*\*Joph[/]? He said GOOD chat rooms… 😃 ---
**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:** [September 7, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms-any-good-ones/80152/4 "2001-09-07T02:36:52Z")
You’re gonna lose your title, woman! By the way, you can check [here](http://www2.satexas.com/~mortwight/straightdope.html) to see who’s on #SD at any given moment. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms-any-good-ones/80152/5 "2001-09-07T02:43:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jophiel \* > **You’re gonna lose your title, woman!** I know. January 1, 2002 I will lose the title of “Official Chat Addict, 2001”. I know this. Unless, of course, I’m _still_ the most active chatter, which is a pretty good possibility. ::checks coding:: ::previews:: ::fixes coding:: ::makes note to “Disable smilies in this post”:: Okay, I think we’re good here… SUBMIT! ---
**Author:** ![Angelnside](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Angelnside](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angelnside)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms-any-good-ones/80152/6 "2001-09-07T03:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bean\_shadow \* > **…sometimes I have that craving to go into some chat room where people talk intellectually, or at least coherantly. Any suggestions?** Check out [http://thriveonline.oxygen.com/chat/](http://thriveonline.oxygen.com/chat/) I can’t guarantee that people will talk intellectually, but, it is much better than yahoo!!