# Old School #straightdope IRC Night July 9 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024 "2010-06-30T02:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/61 "2010-07-10T05:34:04Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I don’t see you in there. Do you see me? How many people are there now? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/62 "2010-07-10T05:37:24Z")
I see: Demo Hamadryad Janis JavaMama Kricket Kyla needscoffee Pettirossa rasa SDkushiel seadiver slvrfire Uumblie zyzzyva I don’t see melbatoast. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/63 "2010-07-10T05:44:02Z")
Quite a few people, zomg. Can’t even remember if I have IRC installed on this laptop, but I’ll start the process soon. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/64 "2010-07-10T05:48:07Z")
melbatoast just got “automatically banned for excessive connections” ??? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/65 "2010-07-10T05:49:25Z")
Yeah, no shit she wasn’t doing it right. Sorry, melba! Maybe just keep your name if you ever come back? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/66 "2010-07-10T05:49:34Z")
Yeah, I’m a spammer or something… I guess? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/67 "2010-07-10T05:54:22Z")
Oh WOW I am an ass. It’s /nick not /name. Sorry. Fifteen other people there you would think somebody would have caught that. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/68 "2010-07-10T05:55:05Z")
IRC is a harsh mistress. Make a new name and try again. I’d offer to help but I’m only a smidge away from a total newb. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/69 "2010-07-10T05:57:37Z")
I tried again as my SDMB user name, and it said the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/70 "2010-07-10T11:49:44Z")
> [@Rasa](#): > > Quote of the night, when I brought the above up in chat: > > (08:33:04 PM) Demo-: Didn’t he become a firefighter? That was probably like 17 years ago though. > > HAHAHAHA. Firefighter. Maeglin. HAHAHAHAHA! A firefighter. Moi. Can you imagine? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/71 "2010-07-10T13:29:34Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > A firefighter. Moi. Can you imagine? 🙂 I can try to imagine, **Maeglin**. And it’s just as funny today as it was last night! ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/72 "2010-07-10T13:52:11Z")
You guys, chat was rocking! So many people came in over the course of the night, it was terrific to see everyone, especially meeting new folks. I’m only sorry I missed the later arrivals and late night West Coasters. Oh, and the lack of ops, I think there was a misunderstanding about the etiquette of that, so I apologize. I hope there is interest in continuing to chat whenever the mood strikes, and I also think having a designated time works for periodic large groups, so we’ll plan to do this again in the future! ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/73 "2010-07-10T16:45:10Z")
Tried to pop in, but when I got there it looked like I was the only one in the room. Did any of you guys see me come in? Maybe next time! ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/74 "2010-07-10T17:38:55Z")
Wow. My first visit to this site in like 6 years and all the old timers are in the same place they were when I left! lol ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/75 "2010-07-11T11:36:30Z")
Goddamnit, I missed all the fun. ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/76 "2010-07-11T13:00:02Z")
I think **Francesca** just called us all gay. (It WAS chat where that started, right? That tilde = gay?) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/77 "2010-07-12T00:57:00Z")
Doob’s GAY?? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/78 "2010-07-12T02:16:17Z")
Ten point five!!! ETA: That was supposed to be all caps. Stupid software. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/79 "2010-07-12T02:25:49Z")
Wait, I can [del]troll you[/del] talk to you guys in real time? 😃 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024/80 "2010-07-12T02:26:54Z")
Greatest made for TV movie EVER. Just popped in to chat. Nobody there, except Number who I suspect is idle. OH SIGH. Hmm… can’t all caps title lines either. Stupid boards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-straightdope-irc-night-july-9/545024.md?page=5)