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Ironically, the topic of #freenode on Freenode is currently: End of an era - “In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.” -- Octavia Butler

That's a bold strategy, cotton, let's see how it works out for them.

Wow.

Phoenixes don’t exist. Which is why when they burn freenode, nothing will arise from the ashes.

There have been some weird messages from the dude lately, the latest was

> "<root> The community on IRC is made up of some of the smartest, most beautiful people in the world. It's been an honor to be here with you all, friends and foes. We've been waiting for IRC's return for quite some time -- and for you, we deliver. A new genesis is taking place uncovering a new era. Freedom, and the people, shall rise to power. Freedom is not dead, it lives, here, with freenode."

This sounds like the message you'd hear booming over loudspeakers in a shelled out, dystopian regime.

He does claim to be Korean royalty, so this checks out.

We have to kill freenode, or else it'll die

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvJKUQ0dDoU