QDB

QDB is a database of amusing quotes taken out of context from IRC channels. I stumbled across it while reading Tim Yang’s 15 things you can do with RSS, which is now in a wiki with much more than 15 things.

Note that bash.org is a different site than QDB.us, which are damn near identical in appearance. They both were spawned from the QDB that resided on GeekIssues.org, however QDB.us and bash.org are not affiliated and do not share the same database. As of this post, qdb.us has 10579 quotes approved, 352 pending (10931 total); while bash.org has 18044 quotes approved; 14531 pending (32575 total). Though it is clear that bash has just short of 3x the quotes of qdb.us, quality takes precedence over quantity. QDB.us claims that “recently, many bash.org moderators have migrated to this site.” However, I do not know which site boasts the best content. The purpose of this post is to ignite your interest in the idea–meaning read whichever you want, or both–not to pursuade you to favor one over the other. Both have top quotes, latest additions, and random lists.

So why is an IRC quote database useful? Why should you go check it out? Entertainment, of course! Some of them are weird, some of them are involved, but most of them are hillarious!

To spark your curiosity, I’ll reproduce a couple of my favorite shorter ones here:

#515407 +(1005)
(kp) the admin just came over and asked me why my desktop looks like xp and what the hell i just did to his computer
(kp) leet hax was not an acceptable answer

#514827 +(1356)
(azemilcar) What do you Brits say when you stereotype American speech?
(starblaydia) anything lacking irony or sarcasm usually qualifies, Azemilcar
(gala |drunk) *nod*
(yamatto) or we just hoot like gibbons and invade sandy countries.

#98 +(3444)
(ikkenai) i don’t have hard drives. i just keep 30 chinese teenagers in my basement and force them to memorize numbers

#146497 +(2995)
(demoneater) wtf
(demoneater) ESPN is showing 2003 national jump rope championship
(demoneater) who the hell watches jump rope competiti— ooh bouncy

#35897 (846/1166)
Miraculous) does anyone know anything about routers?
Rukus+) the most important advice i can give you
Rukus+) do NOT rip it out of the wall when drunk and say you have defeated the matrix

#511932 +(1194)
(joshkr) Who is this General Error, and why’s he scanning my hard drive?
(de0n) He’s the boss of Major Malfunction
(bismuth) Looking for Private Pictures

#510700 +(862)
(unspawny) The ultimate game would be a game sorta like The Sims.
(unspawny) Except it would be called ‘Angst’.
(unspawny) And you would see how many angsty people you can befriend, screw over, and then befriend again.
(frog) you just described Livejournal: The Game

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