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https://x.com/ICQ/status/1794046629844046236
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This would be so sad if it was 1997![:#marseycry: :#marseycry:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseycry.webp)
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Terrible news I'm upset as I was back in 2013 when MS Messenger closed.
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msn closing ruined my e-life. i'm still not all the way over it.
YOU COULD PLAY GAMES WITH PEOPLE IN THE MESSENGER AND ADD YER OWN EMOTES AND IT WAS SO FRICKIN' COOL.![:cry: :cry:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/cry.webp)
but nooooo it had to close and everyone had to go to shit butt skype
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Agreed. I had my first like egirlfriend on there when I was a stupid teenager. The custom emotes and statuses, the fricking NUDGE and chat games really were ahead of the times and makes groomercord look like a little b-word.
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i saw so many msn cam titties back in the good ol' days. RIP IN PEACE MSN.![:cry: :cry:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/cry.webp)
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Ooo man I just got flashbacks goddarn I remember the webcam in the pfp feature
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Skype used to be much much better than the MSN AIM etc stuff that was around back then. Microsoft really fricked it up when they got their hands on it.
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!oldstrags![:marseylibations: :marseylibations:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseylibations.webp)
@X stand with israel
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I loved all the old sound effects even after moving to Trillian
you knew when my brother restarted the computer because you'd hear
HOOOOOOOOOONK
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i still hear the old "uh oh!" in my head regularly
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Megan: has birthday
ICQ:
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Absofrickinglutely over for 2006 forumcels![:chuditsovergenocide:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/chuditsover.webp)
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This is awful! I last used ICQ over 20 years ago!
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We're losing our tradition…
The (internet) west has fallen…![:chuditsover: :chuditsover:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/chuditsover.webp)
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“Nnnnoooooooooo!!!”
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It's fricking over for Russians RN![:angryvatnik: :angryvatnik:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/angryvatnik.webp)
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ICQ is directly responsible for me losing my virginity as a teen because you could search like
people within 20 miles
and message anyone.
i also met a lot of fat chicks because of it...![:uhuh: :uhuh:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/uhuh.webp)
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Darn now you have made me want to look if I can find my old account and see if some people from high school are still there![:marseyracistgrandpa: :marseyracistgrandpa:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseyracistgrandpa.webp)
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IC who?
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*whom
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back in college, my puter had ICQ & AIM open all day![:marseyboomer: :marseyboomer:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseyboomer.webp)
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BDS is working!
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Right now, I'm a click away from using an SQL injection attack to gain access to the database of the website and gain your login credentials, as well as your IP address. I'll then proceed to leak your IP address onto my hacker forums, and then using an IP locator, I'll easily find your house and your name. With that I can access your social media accounts and proceed to ruin your life. You think I'm bluffing? You think that just because a bunch of 7 year old dipshits say they can "hack", but actually can't, that I can't either? Let me shatter that facade for you. Using my team of hackers, we can trace what websites you've visited and what keystrokes you've used, and with that, I can get into your parents' bank account. I can drain it and make you dirt poor. Have you ever felt what it's like to be homeless? Well, you're about to. I can also use cross-site scripting to redirect your web browser to one of my private sites, and download child porn onto your computer and get your parents locked up in prison. I'm your worst fricking nightmare, and I'm about to make you endure living Heck. I'm nowhere and everywhere at the same time. Have fun regretting your existence, shithead.
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https://www.pcmag.com/news/icq-one-of-the-oldest-instant-messengers-is-shutting-down:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
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