Why IRC is better than Real Life

Most of the real life friends that I still have today I met on IRC.

I am sure IRC was good for some people, but I can say for me personally it was a net negative and real life was so, so much better. I wish I never used IRC.

I also personally witnessed multiple friends who dropped out of college due to IRC addiction in the early 1990s.

I am curious if anyone else has a similar memory of IRC.

can't ride a netsplit to takeover and +m a huge channel IRL

Missing "(2000)" in the title.