# Straight Dope Chat - Where and how

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-chat-where-and-how/13026>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 24, 2000, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-chat-where-and-how/13026 "2000-01-24T04:24:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-chat-where-and-how/13026/1 "2000-01-24T04:24:00Z")

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Is the chat everyone always talks about in IRC or a java app on a web site some where?

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-chat-where-and-how/13026/2 "2000-01-24T04:32:00Z")

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It’s an Undernet channel, #straightdope  
You can use any irc client or you can get to it from the Teeming Millions Homepage, via an IRC applet or a non-java html IRC thingie.  
[http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/chat.adp](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/chat.adp)

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