I remember logging in to IRC from the University of Oregon where I was taking an Italian class. I saw there was an #italy channel and it was full of people who were actually in Italy, which I found kind of mind boggling. This was 1993, when 'long distance calls' were still a thing, and I was talking directly with people on the other side of the world for free.

I met a lot of cool people on IRC like antirez, and interacted with some random ones like the woman who is now the prime minister of Italy ( https://web.archive.org/web/20020105230808/http://www.geocit... )

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Mistletoe 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I wish our government officials even knew what IRC was, much less had used it. I get the impression 95% of Congress has a Yahoo email address.

	▲	vwcx 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Watch out - in some circles, it's cool again to be using Yahoo Mail...

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lkramer 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Oh wow, I have been hanging out on Undernet since mid 90s, but primarily on #tolkien and #lotr, but looking at her profile it's not impossible she would have popped in there as well...