“Internet relay chat” it was the first major messaging protocol on the Internet. You would register an IRC number that was unique to you, and join one of the many different chat channels that anyone could create. The name of the chat would be what the intended topic of discussion was supposed to be, and show you how many people were in the room. Often times completely unmoderated, with a few select users having the rights to ban people if they happen to be in the chat at the time.

It was a wild time.

Am American, can confirm. Trying to talk to my family about this results in arguments and then calling me “a sheeple” and blind, and/or blaming it on the “democrats fake news.”

Comparing them to rocks, is an insult to rocks.

I’m energetic and extremely talkative when talking about the things I’m currently into. All other times I’m exactly this.

Same! I always keep my emergency wool cloak in my car. Saved me tons of times