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johannes ,

knock knock knock in the middle of the nicht because i forgot to turn off my speakers, and the whole household would wake up 😂

Oh wauw! I think ICQ 98b was the best version ever! Then everyone switched to MSN, and down hill went the internet (for me anyway)

nucleative ,

Icq was bought a while ago and the buyer nuked the original user database. Not long ago I found my login info saved on an old zip drive and tried it. Was hoping my old buddies might still be there, hahahah.

Nope, icq as most remember it was toast maybe a decade ago.

piranhaphish ,

Uh oh

dan1101 ,
@dan1101@lemm.ee avatar

That used to scare the crap out of me when I had the volume up and wasn't expecting a message!

martin ,
  1. I thought it had closed yeeeears ago.
jimerson ,
@jimerson@lemmy.world avatar

19737181.. I recall it quicker than my phone number but haven't used it in over two decades.

PsychedSy ,

Same here lol. Sup 8 digit buddy?

jimerson ,
@jimerson@lemmy.world avatar

Life is great, even without ICQ!

jj4211 ,

1808142... I'm practically a boomer with that.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

How do you people remember your ICQ numbers? I don't remember what I did last week half the time.

Jhestyr ,

1646590

sunbeam60 ,

I used mine in my mail signature for a while and I’ve kept all my emails since late 90s.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Fair. My current mail signature has a dead link in it and I can't be bothered to do anything about it.

Orbituary ,
@Orbituary@lemmy.world avatar

What's with your pride in being complacent?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

What are you talking about?

Orbituary ,
@Orbituary@lemmy.world avatar

"I can't be bothered to update my signature" - you could fix it in half the time it takes to post here. It's just a weird... I'd say flex, but it's the opposite. It's like a sag or deflation.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I could, but I don't feel like it. Why do you care?

Orbituary ,
@Orbituary@lemmy.world avatar

For the same reasons you do not care.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Well that can't be true. I don't care because I'm lazy and you're making an effort.

Bishma OP , (edited )
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

For some reason short strings of digits have always stuck really well in my memory. I still remember my high school locker combos and every phone number I've ever had.

Orbituary ,
@Orbituary@lemmy.world avatar

813-823-6615 was my childhood number until I was 10. My mom sang it to us. Never thought to remember my lock code. 0-31-10.

radicalautonomy ,

I taught my kids our address and my telephone number through songs when they were little. Music makes learning abstract things like that way easier. I teach the quadratic formula wihh a song to my Algebra students every year.

ratherstayback ,

For some reason, I never used the "save login info" feature as a teen, I didn't trust that it was safe, so I typed it every time. Hundreds, if not thousands of times over the years. So even after 15 years or so of not using it, I still remember.

radicalautonomy ,

I am autistic.

Seriously, though, diagnosed autistic and I remember numbers exceptionally well.

  • ICQ number 6725571
  • Pi to 260 decimal places
  • My ex-wife's driver's license number
  • My 11-digit Blockbuster employee numbers from the two stores I used to work at
  • The nine-digit employee numbers of a few employees under me from when I worked at Six Flags in 1994
Vlyn ,
@Vlyn@lemmy.zip avatar

234500080, I always liked my number.

Haven't used it in over ten years, I thought it had already shut down :)

jmsy ,

6479637 rip

14th_cylon ,

And here I thought I was cool with my 8digit number starting with "1"

jmsy ,

You're cool

Fleppensteijn ,
@Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl avatar

It was interesting how random people came to talk to you and were really trying to get to know you. I don't think that would work in modern day internet.

I knew they were around because at times I randomly remembered my ICQ number and I tried logging in, but they won't let you if you forgot your password.

FauxPseudo ,
@FauxPseudo@lemmy.world avatar

66618055
I never tried to get a better number because 666

Tomato666 ,

I feel envious.

Can't remember my number

Zos_Kia ,
@Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com avatar

666 One Boss

Icq numbers that go HARD

bjoern_tantau ,
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

33214481

Never forgot my number. I wonder if it's still active.

sirboozebum ,

37571887

Forgot my password.

Been trying to work out what it was to login for years.

derpgon ,

304141822 same here, I try it from time to time in case I remember, but the mail is no longer available anyway.

el_abuelo ,

55499345

Why do I still remember this number.

MystikIncarnate ,

Because it's important.

romamix ,

They removed all the accounts without a linked phone number. So even if you'd remembered your password, chances to log in are about zero.

romamix ,

They removed all the accounts without a linked phone number. So even if you'd remembered your password, chances to log in are about zero.

derpgon ,

Sheesh, didn't know. Lost forever then.

Dultas ,

1441261, same the account had my college email which I no longer have access to for a reset :(

jupyter_rain ,
@jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Oh No, now it is even more useless that I still remember my number!

KonalaKoala ,
@KonalaKoala@lemmy.world avatar

This is mildly upsetting because I remember ICQ is where I first met a seer who I was referred to by someone else. This was back when I was looking for help regarding a number of strange dreams and spirit visitations I was dealing with.

rottingleaf ,

Should have been looking for a therapist (that said, I've done my deal of blabbering about occult stuff back then too)

KonalaKoala ,
@KonalaKoala@lemmy.world avatar

I didn't need a therapist back then.

BassTurd ,

How did that end? I need details about all of it. The dreams, the seer, the treatment, the outcome.

If you don't mind.

tsonfeir ,
@tsonfeir@lemmy.world avatar

They lost money.

Zos_Kia ,
@Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com avatar

Such a lazy take. Obviously you don't have any experience with the early internet occult scene. Why, then, would you give an opinion on something you know nothing about?

BassTurd ,

Early, late, or no Internet, the occult scene has always been a made up bunch of mumbo jumbo. One doesn't need experience with it to know that.

Zos_Kia ,
@Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com avatar

You seem to know the subject. Who exactly are you referring to ? Are there some practices in particular that have caught your attention ? Some specific communities maybe ?

BassTurd ,

Nothing specific. Talking to ghosts, spirits, or seeing visions is a child's game. Getting someone to pay you money to talk to spirits ghosts, or see visions, is a con man's game. Both are made up, one is acceptable.

Zos_Kia ,
@Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com avatar

Sounds like your view on the subject is mostly informed by Hollywood. A bit irrational if you ask me, and certainly very dogmatic.

If for some reason you decide to check out a fact-based approach on the subject i can recommend a few Youtube channels that are free, hosted by accredited scholars, and offer in-depth, well researched, long form content on the history of spiritual movements. It is so fucking interesting man. It's like the B-Sides of the history of ideas, and has a lot more impact on the Age of Science than you realize.

KonalaKoala ,
@KonalaKoala@lemmy.world avatar

I didn't lose money because no money was involved.

JWBananas ,
@JWBananas@lemmy.world avatar

-Oh!

cantrips ,

ICQ may be going away but that message sound effect will continue living rent free in my brain until I’m dead.

piranhaphish ,

I've heard that exact sound used on some computers (lottery maybe?) in gas stations in the US. I'm not sure why they picked that exact sound, but it's definitely distinct and recognizable.

TimeSquirrel ,
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Uh-Oh!

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