Is anyone interested in an IRC meetup on Monday night August 4 late? (I think 10:00 p.m. is the usual time. We are currently in EDT time zone. Thanks b_b). We could have a non-alcoholic theme (for the underagers). Imbibing is encouraged, although it tends to slur one's typed words.
EDIT: by "non-alcoholic theme" I didn't mean that the theme would be non-alcoholic beverages. I meant that there could be a theme that, as opposed to previous meet-ups known as "hubski drink night" ... there could be a theme on some topic completely unrelated to drinking.
I mean really: who would come to a meet-up where the theme is non-alcoholic drinks? I sure wouldn't. Sheesh. oh well.
A JOLLY THEME
We can also have a theme. A jolly universal theme that we can discuss in this thread before Monday. I have some ideas and so do you.
WHAT'S IT LIKE?
For those who have never participated in an IRC meetup, it's like hubski comments -- in that several side chats are going on at once -- only faster, much faster, and ridiculous, and hard to follow. eightbitsamurai has been known to participate, from a time zone far away. veen also, once, I think, from the other side of the pond. And wasoxygen lurks, waiting to breathe. insomniasexx, thenewgreen, and all sorts of others drop by. Even mk chimes in with a group activity. Here's a brief report on a previous IRC meetup.
Test this link. Click the heading. That's where you'll find the IRC.
Hubski: Where everyone knows your fake name.
last time I was at an IRC wasoxygen gave me tips to ace the interview for my internship. It worked. I recommend IRC Meet-Ups, 10/10.
I will be there! Most likely with a beverage of some sort.
I'll probably hop on the irc tonight around 9pm est to complain about baseball or whatever.
Gettin' dat purple drank on. Sidebar: purple drank is literally one of my favorite slang phrases ever. I feel like it captures the essence of ghetto culture - it's a simplified, intentionally vernacularized (totally a word) reference to the recreational use of an over-the-counter drug.
I'll be on the road for most of Monday. It's a stat holiday here and apparently in Ireland. I'll send a reminder early Monday. I'd like a more interesting theme than non-alcoholic drinks. How about participants bring a question that's been bothering them lately.
I'll probably be around, but maybe not until 11.
IRC meetup: yes! Monday at 22:00 EST: no! I'm in Ireland (EST+5) and Monday is a bank holiday: this meet should totally happen on Sunday night.
flagamuffin are you an hour earlier in Austin? Are you in Austin?