> Do you take a horse and cart to work or are you an average person who drives a car or catches the train? Neither thanks. I ride a bicycle with an internal ge

> Do you take a horse and cart to work or are you an average person who drives a car or catches the train? Neither thanks. I ride a bicycle with an internal gear hub (IGHs, which are a technology that are over a century old,and put modern derailers to shame). I sometimes also walk. Newer and more horsepower is not always better. IRC being awful doesn't automatically make current alternatives not awful. I use IRC within my expectations, just as I do with other services. Just because I expect a certain demographic in IRC doesn't mean I exclude myself from interacting with other ones too. Without engaging the parent comment directly, the IRC user demographic is no longer average but that's okay. Average is also okay - there's room in this world for both. Facebook and Twitter though, are trash as far as time sinks go.