# Sdmb irc **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926 "2012-08-09T02:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/1 "2012-08-09T02:35:54Z")
I am coming out of years of inactivity to make this important announcement. It is pure unadulterated horse doody that the #straightdope IRC channel is dead and gone. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/2 "2012-08-09T02:36:58Z")
I am here to make this second important announcement. It is semi adulterated horse doody that an all-caps title is converted to lowercase, especially when the title contains only acronyms. That is (I currently believe) all. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/3 "2012-08-09T02:47:46Z")
Cool story, bro ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/4 "2012-08-09T02:48:57Z")
pix or it didn’t happen lol. Also, asl? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/5 "2012-08-09T03:10:56Z")
Hey! It’s 1no!! How are you, man? The channel died a long, drawn-out death. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/6 "2012-08-09T03:14:34Z")
I’m older and crankier, but at least you didn’t call me ino so my burning rage is somewhat quelled. Long gone are the days when I’d fill slow periods at work with SDMB, and almost as rare are the evenings where I say, “You know what’d be awesome? Trying to see if the IRC channel from a decade ago still exists in some shape or form.” Now this place has all these new subforums and names and moderators. I used to be with it, but then they changed what “it” was. Now, what I’m with isn’t it, and what’s “it” seems weird and scary to me. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/7 "2012-08-09T03:28:06Z")
hork… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/8 "2012-08-09T04:49:50Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Cool story, bro You may not be aware of it, but friend **lno** is the author of one of the classic threads in SDMB history. [My rage burns with the fire of a million suns.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=62082) Welcome back, **lno**! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/9 "2012-08-09T04:52:06Z")
> [@lno](#): > > I’m older and crankier, but at least you didn’t call me ino so my burning rage is somewhat quelled. Long gone are the days when I’d fill slow periods at work with SDMB, and almost as rare are the evenings where I say, “You know what’d be awesome? Trying to see if the IRC channel from a decade ago still exists in some shape or form.” > > Now this place has all these new subforums and names and moderators. I used to be with it, but then they changed what “it” was. Now, what I’m with isn’t it, and what’s “it” seems weird and scary to me. Pff, this place has a far more softer, chewier center than it used to. Besides some newer sub-forums, not much has really changed; as seems to be the MO around here. and, no one say anything about avatars. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/10 "2012-08-09T04:53:02Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You may not be aware of it, but friend **lno** is the author of one of the classic threads in SDMB history. > > [My rage burns with the fire of a million suns.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=62082) > Welcome back, **lno**! I was not aware of it, and took the OP as a half-hearted and pointless whine. My apologies. That is a good thread. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/11 "2012-08-09T05:01:42Z")
I guess that means no more thwapping with a wet trout. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/12 "2012-08-09T05:18:30Z")
Dang, now I could really go for some White Castle. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/13 "2012-08-09T06:00:01Z")
Who are you again? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/14 "2012-08-09T06:01:53Z")
I’m **Autolycus**? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/15 "2012-08-09T12:39:16Z")
> [@lno](#): > > I’m older and crankier, but at least you didn’t call me ino so my burning rage is somewhat quelled. Long gone are the days when I’d fill slow periods at work with SDMB, and almost as rare are the evenings where I say, “You know what’d be awesome? Trying to see if the IRC channel from a decade ago still exists in some shape or form.” > > Now this place has all these new subforums and names and moderators. I used to be with it, but then they changed what “it” was. Now, what I’m with isn’t it, and what’s “it” seems weird and scary to me. Dear Fellas. I can’t believe how fast things move on the outside. I saw an automobile once when I was a kid, but now they’re everywhere. The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/16 "2012-08-09T13:05:52Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > I guess that means no more thwapping with a wet trout. Hell no. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/17 "2012-08-09T13:19:10Z")
Hey, I remember you! So, you gonna hang around a while or what? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/18 "2012-08-09T14:32:17Z")
> [@lno](#): > > Now this place has all these new subforums and names and moderators. I used to be with it, but then they changed what “it” was. Now, what I’m with isn’t it, and what’s “it” seems weird and scary to me. Luckily, the proper reaction to such a circumstance hasn’t changed any: sarcasm and insults. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/19 "2012-08-09T16:18:11Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I’m **Autolycus**? 😕 (sorry for the confusion, I was referring to the OP) ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926/20 "2012-08-09T16:22:30Z")
Not much has changed. Perhaps **Rasa** excepted, we just drink less and fart more. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-irc/630926.md?page=2)