The Word of Chaos

I’ve used IRC for a long time. IRC easily ranks as one of my favorite ways to communicate online. No matter how much I love IRC, I’ll be the first to admit that some really strange events happen on IRC servers. Sites like Bash.org are dedicated to helping nerds share these experiences, and if you check their top 100 quotes, you’ll agree that there’s no limit to how unusual your experience can be. Out of all of the kinds of experiences you can have, however, few experiences live up to being hit on by a guy who thinks you’re a girl.

Here’s the conversation right out of IRC logs. As you can tell, I’m PcX.

(00:30:11) Carlton: i’m paul by the way
(00:30:27) PcX: My name’s Kel. Pleased to meet ya.
(00:30:35) xnoe16 [~xnoe@222.124.60.246] entered the room.
(00:31:00) Carlton: pleased to meet you kel
(00:31:12) Carlton left the room (quit: Quit: Leaving).
(00:31:24) xnoe16 left the room (quit: Client Quit).
(00:31:37) Carlton [Administra@219-90-182-220.ip.adam.com.au] entered the room.
(00:31:48) Carlton: Sorry i dropped out
(00:31:49) notuseless_ [~Unknown@CPE001310330587-CM001225d7567a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com] entered the room.
(00:32:00) PcX: It’s cool.
(00:32:15) Carlton: so how old are you?
(00:32:21) triton_ [~triton@CPE001310330587-CM001225d7567a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com] entered the room.
(00:32:46) triton_ left the room (quit: Client Quit).
(00:32:56) PcX: 19
(00:32:59) PcX: You?
(00:33:11) Carlton: 29
(00:33:24) PcX: Awesome.
(00:34:09) Carlton: really
(00:34:26) PcX: I guess.
(00:34:43) Carlton: so what do you do in your free time
(00:34:49) triton_ [~triton@CPE001310330587-CM001225d7567a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com] entered the room.
(00:35:01) triton_ left the room (quit: Client Quit).
(00:35:09) PcX: Mostly computer related stuff.
(00:35:10) notuseless_ left the room (quit: Client Quit).
(00:35:15) PcX: I play guitar some too.
(00:35:26) Carlton: cool
(00:35:32) Carlton: dont go out much then?
(00:35:54) PcX: Yeah, some.
(00:36:05) MacVegie [~MacVegie@c220-237-154-176.brodm1.vic.optusnet.com.au] entered the room.
(00:36:36) Carlton: who do you go out with?
(00:37:07) PcX: My friends.
(00:37:18) Carlton: you have a bf?
(00:37:36) MacVegie left the room (quit: Client Quit).
(00:37:54) PcX: Dude, I’m a guy
(00:38:22) makhri [~makhri@222.124.46.105] entered the room.
(00:39:19) Carlton left the room (Leaving).
(00:39:41) mrv: lmao @ PcX
(00:40:31) PcX: Lol…
(00:40:34) PcX: What the crap just happened?
(00:40:38) PcX: Was I being hit on?
(00:40:42) mrv: yep
(00:40:58) mrv: and he sure split fast…

The moral of the story is to make sure to know the gender of who you’re hitting on.