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bash.org is gone (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by hal_5700X@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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It was a collection of silly quotes from IRC channels everywhere, many of which dated back to the 90s. It was rarely ever updated in the 2010s, but now, the URL no longer resolves.

Last capture was July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230601000000*/bash.org

EDIT Someone archived all the quotes on the Internet Archive.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm glad it got archived, but if you think those weren't fake I have a bridge in New York for sale cheap.

[–] CurbsTickle@lemmy.world 60 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Some were.

You'd be surprised how many were not. I spent an awful lot of time on irc in the 90's...

[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There's an actual submission from there written by me (and posted by someone else). I am (very) mildly internet famous, under another handle.

Can confirm that at least one of them is genuine.

[–] Chobbes@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

How has fame changed you?

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Same here. Even has a quote by a friend that's passed.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, seconded. I saw a decent chunk of things in person like I saw on bash.org. People were silly and/or dumb long before friendster, myspace, facebook, etc. and did plenty of shitposting (and just general cringe-y teenage obnoxiousness) on IRC and the like.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shitposting is a tradition literally as old as the internet

It's older than that, really, but before message boards it was just pranking, so honestly I'm glad for people to have the emotional outlet this way instead

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It was also stall graffiti

[–] MariaRomanov@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

a true art form

[–] CurbsTickle@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I downloaded the archive to do a bit of searching for old friends actually.

Hilariously I ran across one here on lemmy I haven't seen in... 20ish years? On or offline.

[–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

It's nice here that so many have their proper name. I couldn't get "psud" on Reddit, I have it on three instances here :)

If there are people here who have known me on any of the old internet they might recognise me

[–] psud@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have massive logs from IRC in the 20teens. I used IRC loads when the web was new, and revisited it and built a couple of bots in 2015ish, and one of those logged everything as part of a game - it was a spy

IRC is chat. Chat is sometimes nuts

[–] verysoft@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago

Who cares if something is 'fake' if you get enjoyment from it? It's the same as any scripted comedy.