I have been using Irc for many years now. Most of the times for the fun in the main chat rooms. Some others I played with the stupidity of men in private chats. Rarely for some good general discussions. Like music, politics, racism, even history.

No. I don’t want to meet anyone through a chat even if they send me their photo. I have already met a lot of jerks in real life to be blond enough to meet guys from Irc too (I use the word blond cause there is a popular belief that blond girls have a lower IQ).

It is fun to see them try though. Sometimes with stupid arguments like that they are bussinessmen, that they have a Mercedes or a BMW car or a house with a view and swiming pool. Who cares? Others (the most fun to play with) try to impress by saying that they are hackers, smart, good-looking or both. They all argue that they are simply trying to find a woman through Irc because they do not have the time to go out. Seriously, do they think we buy that? They are naive if the think we are naive enough to pay any attention to what they are saying.

Most of the guys, or girls for that matter, who search for a mate through Irc are married, but still lonely people that want a chance to avoid their horrifying reality. Or just chickens who are only bold behind their screen.

There are awesome people too. But they know better than to look for a mate there. Usually students in other cities or countries, who want some company and someone to talk too. These don’t like private chat and do it rarely. Or people from various communities, like people who play certain games, or go to a certain club for example. Some of them are in real life friends and Irc is a way to keep in touch.

And if you join a chat room with many members, you soon find out that they have one or two really crazy people, one or two doctors, one or two businessmen, one or two fetish lovers, a security guy, a baker, a teacher and so on. Like a small village.

Crazy people are the attraction, of course. You soon know where they live, what medication they are on, their beliefs, everything there is to know really. The channel I join has a guy who believes he is the anti-christ, that he makes music that can drive you crazy (hmm, yeah, blame it on the music) – because satan helps him make it, that he is the reincarnation of Hitler, and other funny stuff. And a woman, about 40 years old, who hates all other women, says that she works for the goverment, but she’s almost all day online, and for no reason at all she can start abusing you verbally, just because she feels like it. I admit, I like laughing at them. Even better when they are both online, you can literally take pop-corn and enjoy they show. Anyway they enjoy some attention themselves, that’s why they are there in the first place.

If you have some conversations with random people, you can see some strange behaviors. For example a muslim who is not allowed to have sex before his marriage, so he wants a non-muslim girl, so that noone finds out. Or racists and war-lovers, who would love to kill citizens of their neighbour countries. Or just racists who believe they are harder, better, faster, stronger, to (ab)use a title of a Daft Punk song. Turns out, everyone thinks the same. Every single nation believes it is better at least from another one, if not above all others. So why the fuss? Scary thing about the whole story is they are not afraid to say it. They feel proud. But then of course, they are behind a screen.

Endless fun are the cyber-lovers. They like to ask questions like, are you alone, what are you wearing and what colour is your pyjama. Even if you tell them that you are in an internet-cafe or at your living room with your parents and grandparents they keep asking. They just don’t give up. I mean, come on, download a porn movie. It’s not that difficult, and you can use it many times.

So don’t waste your time, go out, flirt, enjoy the whole process. That’s what love is all about anyway. We all eat McDonalds now and then but there is nothing like a home-made roast. You have to put a little effort in things to enjoy them. Plus every time you think you have convinced her, remember that she may be laughing at you. Alone or with friends.