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Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
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[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 68 points 4 months ago (5 children)

ICQ was my first foray into meeting girls online, back when that was a really weird thing to do.

Post a/s/l to pay respects.

[–] mdd@lemm.ee 44 points 4 months ago

a/s/l

[–] grue@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

10/f/935 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC, 20535

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Now I'm no American, but something smells FBIish about that address.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

There's a quote that came from ICQ's heyday that I had in mind when I wrote that:

"The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and little girls are FBI agents."

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We need to revise that for Lemmy.

"Lemmy: Where men are men, and men are women, and women are men, and I think we've got a few women who were born women, and also there's a whole bunch of new genders as well, and no genders at all, and that's all cool with most of us."

It's a mouthful and might not read well on a t-shirt, but we can workshop it.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You forgot the FBI agents.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We’re all FBI agents on this blessed day.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

Speak for yourself

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 4 points 4 months ago

I like it, lots

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Wow, how cool is it that she's 13 and already works for the FBI! "

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What was this from? I know the reference but can't place it. I could obviously search for it but, hey, I'm trying to be social here.

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Man, I don't know honestly. I believe i first saw / read it on IRC in the 90's...

and now I'm turning to dust. haha

Thanks for being social!!!

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 18 points 4 months ago

I knew my first long distance gf on ICQ. I remember also having that service in Miranda IM along Yahoo Chat, MSN, Google Chat (back when it was based on XMPP) and Jabber.

Messages from my current gf are announced with the classic ICQ "Uh-oh!".

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

19/f/cali

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

I'm pressing X to doubt.

[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

I got engaged and travelled across the Atlantic to be with someone I met on irc