I try to think about my time spent on IRC as a positive experience that I can look back upon and brush off as being mild teenage amusement. In the heat of the moment you get the feeling that the people you are talking to and whom you call friends are blessings and that you’re lucky to have them. I guess it took me getting over IRC to see what a bunch of losers a lot of the people I spoke to back then were.
Don’t get me wrong, those that I care about I have kept in touch with. Even better than that, they’ve become true friends I can count on. But the rest..I feel like I’m just better off without. Same goes for those who I met IRL and who have disappointed me in more ways than I can count.
Anyhow..One of those people that I’ve known forever thanks to the joys of Internet Relay Chatting is Ertan. He lives in Melbourne and we used to chat a lot back in the old days. Thankfully we’ve kept in touch and I must admit that I adore him! Especially after conversations like the one we had tonight and which I would like to share with you.
