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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 ,
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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 ,
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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 ,
@radicalautonomy@lemmy.world avatar

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
machinin ,

I met an interesting Argentinian girl through ICQ. A co-worker ended up getting their inbox filled with large attachments from an overseas office with fast internet. We were still on dial-up. We just had pop3 access, no online front end. I stayed in the office over night to download the files so the connection wouldn't be interrupted by someone else accessing the line. To pass the time, I downloaded ICQ and started chatting with the Argentinian girl. She introduced me to this song.

Great memories.

jupyter_rain ,
@jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

The Song is quite fitting for an overnight shift in an office :D

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!

code ,

18434
Will never forget it. So many good memories there

Kichae ,

Damn, five figures. Nice! 912800 here.

I had the app on my phone, just to check in on my friendslist. None of them had logged on since about 2004 or so, at the latest.

wjrii ,

I actually did forget mine. I think it was in the low six digits though, 2-something IIRC.

Bishma OP ,
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I don't remember mine, but it was a 5 digit that started with 42. I was very proud.

digdug ,

Ooh, you beat mine: 848330 (unfortunately, mine was hacked over 5 years ago, and by the time I realized, their logs didn't go back far enough for me to validate that I was the original owner)

mwproductions ,

1817807, here. Yours may be the smallest number I've ever seen.

hamid ,
@hamid@lemmy.world avatar

I beat you by a little 1816153

chiisana ,
@chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net avatar

WOW, 5 digits! You’ve got me beat! Not doxing myself because full name and all used for work; but I was a 6 digits UIN starting with 2 here.

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

TrumpetX ,

2278311 🫡

nailbar ,
@nailbar@sopuli.xyz avatar

14204799 (I think) 👋

I've forgotten my password and never linked an email to the account.

To this day I still wonder if they have the old chat history stored.

maniajack ,

I got into my account the other day, it had a shit password from when I was a kid and no way for me to change it. Their web portal was barely functional.

bmeffer ,

409110

AlphaOmega ,

1698962 iirc

radicalautonomy ,
@radicalautonomy@lemmy.world avatar

6725571

brrt ,

I just recently tried to log into my old icq account. It didn’t let me unless I provided a phone number so I noped the fuck out.

cyberpunk007 ,

Cell phones were not really "a thing" when I had icq. No way I'll remember my number. But I definitely used it for a time...

Dultas ,

Could always just use a temp number from a burner app.

Imprudent3449 ,

I just logged into mine. It asks for your phone number, but if you hit cancel it will let you in. I can't believe I remembered my number. Crazy.

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!

pirrrrrrrr ,

ICQ was still online!?!?!

I stopped using that shit like 25 years ago.
Thought died in the late 90's

ohlaph ,

Same. Wow

bus_factor ,

Russians kept using it, just like Brazilians kept Orkut alive for years.

Fleppensteijn ,
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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.

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 :(

bolexforsoup , (edited )
spoiler

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jmsy ,

6479637 rip

14th_cylon ,

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

jmsy ,

You're cool

jupyter_rain ,
@jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

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

Matombo ,

icq died a long time ago, with its soul, the xtras, ripped out it remained an empty husk, a zombie walking under its new master, a russion company desperatly trying to have their own whats app clone

rottingleaf ,

with its soul, the xtras

RE-ED TU-URN ... BLUTURN!

Matombo ,

Hastalavista, MÄÄÄH!

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