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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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TL;DR usernames in the new system are more like friend codes than usernames; Discord should treat them as such

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

icq needed no usernames! We walked up hill both ways to the internet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

dang, I forgot my icq but I was proud af since my icq number is really low, most of my friends at the time have one or more digits than I was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still know my id...I haven't used icq in well over a decade.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was just thinking about icq today, about the notification sound it would make like oo oh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You mean "uh oh"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, we used to have proper phone numbers and we had to remember those on a snow storm!