I used to love IRC way back in the day. wasted tons of times in all sorts of various channels.
is IRC still a thing? as popular as it used to be? do you use IRC? if so, where do all the cool kids hang out nowadays?
what client do all the cool kids use nowadays?
Truthfully, I think up until about 2 years ago, IRC was still the standard for tech-friendly people to chat, but since then Discord, Slack, Twitch, etc. have probably superceded it.