Discord announced this week that very soon, users who want to be treated like they're not still in their junior year of high school may have to submit to a facial scan, or provide approved ID, to prove they're an adult. Some folks aren't too keen on the idea (and some of us just ain't doin' it no-how), and as the days when Discord was still good recede further into memory, we're forced to wonder: What are our choices?
I'm here to tell you there are choices, and one of them has been around quite possibly for longer than you've been alive. It's called Internet Relay Chat, IRC for short, and I—someone who's been using it quite possibly for longer than you've been alive—am here to extol its many virtues.
