Word: irc
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Military and Science Editor Cameron E. Half '96 resigned as well as, for unrelated reasons, he said. Half went on to take another position within the International Relations Council (IRC), the body that runs HIR, in the Model United Nations board...
...IRC President Edwin U blames the resignationsand complaints on typical fluctuations withinstudent organizations. "There will always bepeople joining and leaving," U said
...what happens when one has netsex? The closest analogue is phone sex; people trade fantasies, "flirt" explicitly and engage in private activities at either end of the exchange. Those who cruise for 'netsex do it much more boldly than those who try for it in the flesh. IRC channels devoted to looking for love are peppered with calls of "Anybody horny?" "Any ladies out there?" and statements extolling a user's physical virtues. In non-'net terms, these channels amount to a room full of people milling about with signs proclaiming their libidinal urges...
...Lips tells an amusing story of one of the few instances in which she met someone on the 'net and then followed it up with a real-life rendezvous. He was a Boston University student from Denmark; his 'net nickname was "Hamlet." They met on IRC in the early evening and talked for several hours before deciding to get together in the Square. "It was cold outside, he seemed funny, and we ended up sharing a bottle of wine over a Duraflame in my room. We were sitting far away from each other, having a conversation about everything except...
...Sidhartha" is a four year IRC veter-an whoclaims never to have had 'netsex "for real,"meaning he has never gotten off on it. He and afriend occasionally goad others into performingfor them. "Sometimes my friend 'Hee-Haw' and Ilure unsuspecting people on IRC into privaterooms to have fake netsex. It's really funnysometimes, the shit people are into. 'Hee-Haw'either pretends to be a jock or a drag queen witha read silk kimono, fuzzy mules and a cigaretteholder. Of course, they could be faking at theother...