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by sonicanatidae 818 days ago
I have a few friends from back in ICQs heyday that still use it. It's kind of a running joke. One of us will fire up a client and login, then email the others asking, "where in the hell is everyone" and we'll use it for a week, then it fades again, until a few years later, someone fires up a client, and emails the others asking, "where in the hell is everyone"... ;)

I also like keeping ancient accounts. I've been on some form of the internet since 300bps modems, so I have a number of ancient accounts that I'll pile up, and when I die, they'll be given to my partner, so they can hang on to them, until they pass. Some day, 371 years down the road, a small child will hold a sheet of paper with these accounts on them and wonder what in the hell was wrong with people 400 years prior. lol

edit: That compuserve line wasn't a joke. I still know my username/password from those days.