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[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 68 points 6 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 6 months ago
[–] grue@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] grue@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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 6 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 6 months ago (2 children)

You forgot the FBI agents.

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[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 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.

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[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 18 points 6 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 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 months ago

I'm pressing X to doubt.

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[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Everyone switch to IRC, quick!

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

mIRC/IRC is still going, right? Haven’t used that in probably a decade.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As someone who has most of her socialization on IRC now... Eww, mIRC is proprietary and for Windows. Maybe it's just me having learned about IRC only a couple years ago and thus not having a sentimental attachment, but why use it if you have open-source ones like Hexchat, Irssi or Weechat?

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

I used mIRC for years, but as the days have marched on, XChat replaced it, and then irssi, and finally weechat on SSH.

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[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 37 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (9 children)

RIP 53215700, the oldest account I’m still aware of that I’ve forgotten the password to. Must have made it in 98 or 99.

Edit: it was actually 2001 because I was in a Tribes 2 clan and we used ICQ to chat.

[–] yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

86336930 checking in. Pretty sure I remember the password, but it's not like I can check now.

You will be missed, ICQ. When no other messaging service worked, you always did.

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

2728604 checking in, man i miss those days

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

22421382 here. I can't believe I still know that number by heart after 20+ years.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 6 months ago (3 children)

28 is a perfect number of years to shut down after.

I'll see myself out.

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[–] Blackout@kbin.run 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I just signed up yesterday too.

[–] muse@fedia.io 12 points 6 months ago

I feel you. I signed up for a Border's rewards card the day before the company went under

[–] Matombo@feddit.org 20 points 6 months ago
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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 6 months ago

The last uh has been oh'd

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 months ago
[–] Lightrider@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago

It was still going?!

[–] Jeff@lemm.ee 16 points 6 months ago

Was 216845. I’m old.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago

I still remember my number. It was 7 digits.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's with the aim and yahoo messenger in the clouds now. Good bye Trillian profile I had back in the late 90s, you were too beautiful for this world.

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Yes! Trillian was awesome! I used it fairly religiously from the early to mid 00s. Combined my ICQ, Yahoo messenger, MSN messenger, and AIM. I miss that beautiful, convenient piece of software.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

how is everyone remembering their ICQ number?

I forgot mine 5 minutes after adding it to Trillian.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

I miss Trillian :(

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[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 11 points 6 months ago

I'm pleasantly surprised the number of replies on Lemmy saying they used this service. It's nice to know that there are some old people on here, like me :)

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

UH OH!

With ICQ I learned the social skills that I couldn't on the real world because I had been bullied to near death. I talked to random people all over the world, learned that I could talk to girls without having to feel like shit.

Used it so much, and with volume up, my upstairs neighbor thought I was watching the teletubbies all the time because of the UH OH!

Met my first girlfriend this way, she was in Mexico, I was in Europe. Moved to Mexico to marry her (bad idea, she was rather manipulativr and a huge cheater as it turned out, got divorced) and lived in Mexico for samn near 20 years.

To say that ICQ had a big positive influence in my life is an understatement, it changed my life beyond anything I've ever had before.

Thank you.

[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

486972 signing off. Godspeed.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

6751 6686 here... I'm glad it's finally getting a burial since it died like 20 years ago.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 months ago
[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago

444438969 was a great handle. RIP.

[–] Wiitigo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

3100493 😅

[–] TheRealJefe@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

23436242, signing out

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago

304141822

Farewell o7

[–] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago
  1. Thanks for the memories.
[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

783056 good bye ICQ

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago
[–] schwim@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] lido@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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