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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 10 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 43 points 10 months ago

a/s/l

[–] grue@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] grue@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 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 10 months ago (1 children)

You forgot the FBI agents.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We’re all FBI agents on this blessed day.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Speak for yourself

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 4 points 10 months ago

I like it, lots

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 months ago (1 children)

19/f/cali

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

I'm pressing X to doubt.

[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

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