Ahhh mIRC, jolt cola and an EDU connection at 3AM...

I remember being contracted to build an XDCC search engine that would connect to IRC servers, get XDCC lists from bots and then put that list up on the web to make everything searchable in one place... it was my first "we don't host anything" defense and people did not know what to do with me

The real OGs did not use mIRC.

BitchX from a shell with a vanity hostname was a hard flex for sure

I had access to an invite only forum I don’t remember the name of but got access to it by word of mouth. It had Xbox games, movies, everything. No torrent, direct download. This was 2003-2004 timeframe. I eventually stopped using it but it was the best

Zuck is a literal psychopath

Lets calm down. Greedy assholes with too much money all contain the same -pathy.

Its important to not single out any of these collective assholes.

What if the original page is untrustworthy and adds JS?