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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by cheschire on Saturday August 02, 2025 @10:01AM (#44767720)
For the younger crowd, A/S/L? Was a typical introduction between people who were taking their chat to the next level. Like a handshake introduction in a room of crowded people where up to that point you were just throwing responses into the group discussion. This was in the days of IRC and Yahoo! Chat.

Age/Sex/Location?

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by strken on Saturday August 02, 2025 @10:10AM (#44767780)
And 13/f/cali was the traditional facetious reply.
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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by _puk on Saturday August 02, 2025 @10:55AM (#44768116)
Wasn't that the standard greeting on ICQ from randoms across the globe?

Uh-Oh! A/S/L?

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by Izkata on Saturday August 02, 2025 @07:40PM (#44772717)
It was the standard greeting in AIM chatrooms too. It was still a novelty to chat with someone unknown from somewhere else in the world, so it was neat to know where they were.
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