UH OH!

With ICQ I learned the social skills that I couldn’t on the real world because I had been bullied to near death. I talked to random people all over the world, learned that I could talk to girls without having to feel like shit.

Used it so much, and with volume up, my upstairs neighbor thought I was watching the teletubbies all the time because of the UH OH!

Met my first girlfriend this way, she was in Mexico, I was in Europe. Moved to Mexico to marry her (bad idea, she was rather manipulativr and a huge cheater as it turned out, got divorced) and lived in Mexico for samn near 20 years.

To say that ICQ had a big positive influence in my life is an understatement, it changed my life beyond anything I’ve ever had before.

Thank you.

783056 good bye ICQ

UH OH is my text message notification. People think it’s cute but then their eyes glaze over when I tell them where it’s from.

Here Lies ICQ, a better alternative to AOL Instant Messanger

1996 to 2024

Was 216845. I’m old.

29533018 :'-)

486972 signing off. Godspeed.

3100493 😅

I had a buddy in the UK I chatted with on this thing in the early days. We thought we were so cool using it. We were not.

444438969 was a great handle. RIP.

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RIP 23344084

sadly annexed by VK goodbye, icq lasted longer than the first ever.

237216938 logging off.

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