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I spent a good chunk of the afternoon backing up and relocating the gigs of crap I’ve been saving since undergrad, and stumbled upon some absolute treasures.

Among these treasures was a text file of some spontatneous and collaborative “Top 5″ lists that we generated on IRC a few years back. I’ll share some of these periodically, as they’re too priceless to let go. Credit must be given to Manda (punkstar/stunkpar), Liz, Heather, and the rest of you who might have participated in these lists.

Since they were created dynamically, there way more than five options for each topic. Deal with it: it’s IRC. Also, these are direct quotes – so don’t hamper me for the language; it wouldn’t be IRC if I censored it.

…oh, and may #room182 on webchat.org rest in peace.

Top 5 Ways to Tell You Spend Too Much Time on IRC:

1. You say “lol” instead of laughing during off line conversations
1. you end up like me
2. You try to /ignore co workers
3. Meeting new people is a problem, cuz they’re all “lamer newbies.”
4. You’re on IRC while waiting in LAX to fly to Australia to be with you girlfriend who you haven’t met yet.
5. You marry your online sweetie…online
5. http://www.makeoutclub.com
x. You tell people you *heart* them
x. You spend time on IRC making up top five lists because you think you’re a funny mother fucker

It’s worth posting some of the comments that were thrown in during this list, by people not contributing to the list:

[zoe] one time i was writing a paper in pen, an wrote your instead of you’re, and tried to edit undo it…but then i rememebred i couldnt and i felt increadably dumb.

[missy_182] fuck i know im on the fucking comuter too much
[missy_182] i got RSI
[missy_182] in my left hand