---
title: Introduction to chatting
date: "2001-01-30T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - chat-transcripts
wp_id: 1917
---

Full credit to [Joseph](mailto:bosco@iimb.ernet.in) for introducing me to chatting. I decided to conduct a series of experiments in chat rooms, and document the results. After that, I pretty much got hooked. Here's a log of some of my more interesting conversations, where

- I [adopt](/blog/i-adopt-a-6-year-old/) a 6-year old (I'm anand\_m26blr)
- I learn that guys [want to speak to girls](/blog/i-learn-that-guys-want-to-speak-to-girls/) (I'm root\_node)
- I learn that girls can be [very confusing](/blog/i-learn-that-girls-can-be-very-confusing/) (I'm anand\_m26blr)
- I have a [virtual date at London](/blog/i-have-a-virtual-date-in-london/) with a Canadian (I'm root\_node)
- I help a guy in Texas [propose to his love in Hindi](/blog/i-help-a-guy-in-texas-propose-to-his-love-in-hindi/) (I'm root\_node)
- I am [befriended](/blog/i-am-befriended-by-an-oriyan-with-strong-opinions/) by an Oriyan with strong opinions (I'm root\_node)
- I help a guy pick a [college in Mumbai](/blog/i-help-a-guy-pick-a-college-in-mumbai/) (I'm root\_node)
- I talk to a [business consultant at London](/blog/i-talk-to-a-business-consultant-at-london/) (I'm ME)
- I appreciate [mahomedyaseenkhan](/blog/i-appreciate-music/)'s and his sister's music (I'm anand\_m26blr)
- I try to fall in love with a [magic crystal ball](/blog/i-try-to-fall-in-love-with-a-magic-crystal-ball/) (I'm root\_node)
- I learn that [robots](/blog/i-learn-that-robots-are-patient-but-infuriating/) are patient, but infuriating. (I'm root\_node)