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 No.840[Reply]

Welcome to /32/, Infinitychan's Psychopolitics board.

Definition

Psychopolitics can be defined as the study and practice of the ways psychology, sociology, and politics interrelate and give rise to one another, and includes (but is not restricted to):

>Ideological Propaganda

>Psychological Warfare

>Cult Psychology

>Media Manipulation

Basically, practices that involve mental coercion. Think anything from "The Manchurian Candidate" to "They Live".

Goals

The main goal of the board is sharing information that will allow us to learn to detect, resist and possibly apply coercive techniques.

The more specific objectives are:

*Analise media for ideological messages

*Decompose of statements so as to show their true meaning

*Study memes, from their creation to their final effect. Possible experiment with meme creation.

*Discuss the ethics of Psychopolitics

*Develop techniques for resisting coercion

*Find ways for those without media control to wage psychological warfare

*Unveil the inner workings of the media.

Rules

Our constitution is available at https://mega.nz/#!vsUFzDDQ!Gz8f71W06MBisLi5a-B7Lu8f6brmVpfeSnNNPrwRxSQ

Thank you for reading.

This is a repost of the original sticky, posted on September 23rd 2014, post number 1

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 No.1818

File: 1434153528765.pdf (344.72 KB, Constitution 3rd Edition.pdf)

Be sure to visit our Library at:

https://mega.co.nz/#F!m00SjRRA!R_I9wzUTEhSN6spP35TyZg

There you can find many resources, including the Board's Constitution, which is being uploaded here directly as well for the sake of convenience.

The Library will be updated with your contributions.




 No.593[Reply]

This is the official thread for the discussion of meta subjects of the board, i.e. board administration and configuration.

Please direct all such discussion here.
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 No.2658

>>2636

He's BOPE




 No.2681[Reply]

So in case you guys didn't hear google just hired moot

Yeah, that moot

For what? its not clear, the PR is the same BS most companies push to blogs, but my theories are:

A- moot is going to be part of some new project to beat facebook, which I doubt since 4chan was never mainstream and canv.as was a total failure

B-google is going after IBs and anonymity in general, very likely after the plus and YT fiasco where they wanted all accounts to switch to real names.

 No.2682

Google got moot so that he could teach Google's AI to shitpost in chans.

Imagine if you could force a meme through an AI that can pass the Turing test.

Honestly, just look to Watson. Does any of you guys really think that there isn't any kind of AI already posting here?

In an anonymous environment we would be all equal, and, well, it's easier to pretend to be a human.

I'm impressed that IBM lost this opportunity to Google tbh.


 No.2683

>>2682

I think its more about knowing how to deal with anons, something which is basically the only knowledge moot has which I think is worth paying for

Major corporations just don't like anon users, because anons are not afraid to speak up which then brings governments over which in turn want companies to moderate this shit, which brings us to this theory about trying to control or even co-opt anons

Another detail: you can't sell targeted ads to anons which is another big problem for companies like google which depend almost entirely on ad money


 No.2685

>>2683

Yeah, sure, it has nothing to do with a certain rogue AI.


 No.2693

Any real prove?

It seems both assumption may be correct at some point.

The AI thing is easy to spot on moots old hive, on twitter and in the IRCs which are posted all over the net, but it is not really a prove.

The Anonymous revival and the Groups that have started to relate with them or "fight" them could be a hint for the "how to deal with anons" asumption.

I don't know and will probably never know, but one may observe. It's quite interesting




 No.2692[Reply]

Another attack, huh? Now there'll be more, and of course if they can get into the heart of the EU, they can hit anywhere. Think we need more legislation to fix this? More gun control? They had Kalashnikovs! All the sleeper agents, anyone could be a threat. At least we have troops on the streets, but more has to be done.

In fact, we need to strike now, before it's too late. You heard that they coordinated the last attacks by phone? If only we could have noticed.



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 No.682[Reply]

http://flowofwisdom.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/mindwar-mindwar_co_authored_by_michael-aquino.pdf

>Ionization of the air: An abundance of negative condensation nuclei (“air ions”) in ingested air

enhances alertness and exhilaration, while an excess of positive ions enhances drowsiness and depression.
Calculation of the ionic balance of a target audience’s atmospheric environment will be correspondingly
useful. Again this is a naturally-occurring condition - caused by such varying agents as solar ultraviolet
light, lightning, and rapidly-moving water - rather than one which most be artificially created. (Detonationh
of nuclear weapons, however, will alter atmospheric ionization levels.)Cf. Soyke, Fred and Edmonds, Alan,
The Ion E ect. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977.
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 No.2465

How do you all supposedly know this stuff?


 No.2564

there were studies that have shown that ionizing the air systems within buildings help remove so much contaminate from the air that people can live up to 10 years longer than without


 No.2567

>>2564

Care to link them?


 No.2688

>>2564

That doesn't prove anything regarding psychology.


 No.2691

>>784

Do power lines have an effect on people's brains and mood?

Like for those who live next to the higher voltage types?




 No.2689[Reply]

Give evidence that subtle, hidden messages going in to one's subconscious and this forming ones opinions actually works.

 No.2690

*Give evidence that subtle, hidden messages going in to one's subconscious and thus forming opinions actually works.




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 No.383[Reply]

Can we discuss propaganda in movies?

To me the most effective propaganda is not shown blatantly, it lays hidden in the open whitin the ideology behind the film.

(Love this board btw).
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 No.2663

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>>583

It's not just movies. It's been a theme in games too, like this one which has a heap of illuminati symbolism.

Kind of freaky to think they could write in an alien invasion as a historical event in a post-polluted, majorly depopulated world, with the survivors buying into it like the moon landing or the accepted (false) narrative of past wars. The media throws out these end-of-the-world scenarios willy-nilly, and the aim is probably fear, though they apparently do like to imagine these depopulation scenarios.


 No.2664

>>384

The extent of cultural programming is gut-wrenchingly sad and all of the media is to blame.

What's being done to human happiness is a diabolic crime. So much media that serves to encourage the break-up of families and engender suspicion between people, especially men and women, with the effects of rising divorce rates and increased loneliness, and there's the thought police being instilled in education and social life through PC laws, leading to the creation of rigid, uptight people who can never relax and have no idea what's going on, almost afraid to exist. It's terrifying.


 No.2665

>>384

The extent of cultural programming is gut-wrenchingly sad and media is the culprit.

What they're doing to human happiness is a diabolic crime. So much media that serves to encourage the break-up of families and engender suspicion between people, especially men and women, with the effects of rising divorce rates and increased loneliness, and the thought police being instilled in education and social life through PC laws; coming as people's sense of community is being undermined by influxes turned into media-induced panic attacks of foreigners real and imagined, leading to the creation of lonely, rigid, uptight people who cannot relax and have no idea what's going on, and almost afraid to exist. It's terrifying.


 No.2686

>>2665

Everyone who realizes this has a duty to describe it to others so that they can understand it.

Unfortunately mere words don't hold anyone's attention. Even in the case of people with whom you have a deep relationship. The only way to break through to the common man is through stimulation and conditioning. They have lost their humanity; their ability to reason. But maybe they can be brought back.

If not, then the only thing to do is to persuade those ones closer to the tyrants, or the tyrants themselves. But how can these well-rewarded slaves be persuaded? How can the tyrants be persuaded to risk their empire in a changing of ways?

Do you agree with my statements?

What is your art?


 No.2687

>>587

>And again, technology and psychopathy good

Where did it suggest that?




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 No.2674[Reply]

Watch this vid if you want, but the TLDR is some old fart pro-bullshitter the kind that companies hire to get their employees to shutup about low wages and bad working conditions to tell them to be "more positive" instead with a powerpoint full of meme stock images

And this is not the worse of all, most new TED videos are just crap, its no longer scientists and inventors showing stuff but blowhards like this idiot, and not in TEDx which was always shit-tier but in the TED main events which costs a ton of money to attend.

Are there any exposes on the inner working of TED? any actual leaks about how it works and who decides what goes on the stage? any ex-employees talking about the current state of this organization?

I need actual information with sources, not theories or conjectures.

 No.2675

This could be a good thread if OP bothers to answer his own questions. If you have a nose for conspiracy the wikipedia article will set you on the right path.


 No.2678

>>2675

How about you point at those discrepancies instead of shitposting?

There is nothing in the wiki article that explains any of the points I'm talking about


 No.2679

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>>2678

Not that anon but I tried it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Anderson_%28entrepreneur%29 curator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Novogratz#Career his wife has connections

>Past speakers include Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall, Al Gore, Gordon Brown, Billy Graham, Richard Dawkins, Richard Stallman, Bill Gates, Bono, Mike Rowe, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin

At the first Ted were these speakers

>influential members of the digerati community, like Nicholas Negroponte and Stewart Brand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Negroponte

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand

Absolute spooks globalist technocrat socialists.

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

>Founded in 1984

http://archive.is/HCz5h Good article


 No.2684

>>2679

>Good article

It started good with some insight into the origin and inner workings but it tend went into marxist criticism and other bullshit which is the pot calling the kettle black




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 No.2568[Reply]

So, a few years ago I discovered the work of Anton LaVey. He had truly granted me some perspective on the true difference between good and evil I had always felt in whatever I have instead of a heart. Evil is nothing more than indulgence in carnal desires, giving into human nature and satisfying the urge to prioritize one's desires. Good is nothing less than horrific dogma drilled into the minds of people from an early age, demanding sacrifice of everything from finances to bodily health for the sake of strangers.

As such I embraced evil, and was more than willing to peacefully progress through my life reaping the rewards of living with the Satanic principles. Unfortunately, I couldn't do it. The number one Satanic sin was ignorance for a reason, and the injustice resulting from so much of it is nothing short of rage inducing.

Satan teaches that in order for things to happen you have to make it happen, and so I've given into the role I've felt the most comfortable playing since I was a child: the villain.

I'm going to become a super villain, starting from the ground up. My plan is to liberate as much of the world as possible from the different incarnations of puritanism and cultural Marxism that hold people back from doing great things and living up to their fullest potential. I've got the basic lay out for my plan, but it will need to be altered frequently based on what events actually unfold as time goes on.

I've collected a lot Paladin-Press reading material as well as practical information from /k/ info libraries and the Parazite Virtual Terrorist Training Camp. I'm also currently reading some psychological manipulation eBooks from the /32/ library which I appreciate very much by the way. I currently plan using these to acquire a couple of henchman and arming them to do some decent thievery to fund the next level of the operation.

So, if anyone wishes to contribute their thoughts or otherwise to the effort, or maybe has their own dream of overthrowing world governments, feel free to contribute. I plan on updating with progress and maybe giving some real world reviews of the books in the various action libraries I'm drawing fromPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

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 No.2652

>>2651

>>2650

Also, feel free to check the exif data. Nothing useful on it.


 No.2654

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>>2650

>>2651

>So now its your turn. What makes you useful? If were going to be serious about this, you best have something to show for your self, even if its just your daddy's trust fund money.

First of all, don't act cocky. Secondly, throwing in your pills and labcoat for style points isn't impressing anyone. And thirdly, I'm not auditioning for you, here's a couple pictures of my desk. If that's not good enough, there's the proverbial door.

You haven't actually told me anything you can do, which isn't very creative of you. A decent example of your planning ability goes way farther than a picture of your microscope. Try again.


 No.2666

This is an all new level of autistic LARPing


 No.2672

>>2666

Satan trips of truth.


 No.2680

>>2666

It's one of the few active threads on this board. Though the posters are obviously kooky, they freely admit it. Their posts are interesting and required effort - unlike yours. If you only want to see posts by well-adjusted, normal, boring people, you could always try Reddit.




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 No.2424[Reply]

Top-tier brainwashing techniques thread

He's somewhat of a step-by-step theory I've been pondering, stemming from speculation pertaining to media like the Harry Potter Series.

#1 Strongly assimilate a real world problem with a fictitious one.

#2 Create a context for that problem. the more compelling the context, the easier it is to convince.

#3 Tie the Issue with the context, and the context with an Ideology

#4 Create an appeal to Emotion, Logic or Humor that favor the Ideology. Strongly correlate the Ideology as being morally correct

#5 Repeat. Refine the appeal, remove or counter opposition, make use of convincing straw-men.

#6 Create a situation Which heightens the emotional appeals to a a fight of good versus evil

any suggestions for improvement?

Any brainwashing theories, methods or observations welcome

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 No.2456

>>2450

Can you expand on that, please?


 No.2469

>>2456

One has to notice that star wars is a republican democratic propaganda product. Anti-monarchy propaganda product. The cat's out of the bag in second series of star wars (by production chronology). We learn about essential facts and circumstances which help us to understand real distribution of power and who plays what part.

First of all, we find out what's the initial cause of great inter-galactic war. War begun because inter-galactic senate raised taxes which haven't made trade guild too happy. And it started secet production of clones, drones, robots which were to serve the purpose of seizing power in the galaxy. It's very important discovery. Cause of war was excessive state control and fiscalism in politics of democratic authorities.

It's pretty typical, theres no villainy, wicked deeds that democratic authorities won't resort to in need of money.

Senat imposes taxes, rebellion breaks out, war. Of course i'm on the side of trade guild which protested against extreme galactic fiscalism.

Main heroine (called princess in the beginning) in second part chronologically is already called Mrs Senator. Who's next to her in galactic senate? Among others that biggest idiot from the first movie, jar-jar. Here it's subconsciousness manifesting, truth comes to light (although it's republican propaganda work).

That's the truth of democracies that senators and members of parliament are biggest idiots, those who guarantee their real patrons that they won't understand anything and will do anything that's expected from them.

Who is patron, the power behind the throne, who has the real power in galaxy.

It turns out that behind facade of democracy, behind senate, there's a circle of people leaded by rather short elderly gentleman and it's where real decisions are made. It's where politics is done. Senat only debates. Real decisions are made by Jedi Knights, KGB. Intergalactic KGB. With that short Yoda at the lead of it.

Even in that limited circle there's despotic rule. Yoda obviously can consult with the circle but in reality he arrives at the decisions himself. We're dealing here with KGB with the whPost too long. Click here to view the full text.


 No.2659

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>>2469

So are their anymore examples?


 No.2676

>>2455

To play the devil's advocate, isn't this how all of the society's culture spread? You say that these morals are planted and yes I agree, but without them the mind is an absolute tabula rasa. Simply said all of you is a product of construction by external forces. Though of course we may argue that one kind of indoctrination is more beneficial to the individual and society than another. All in all, it comes down to your opinion, which is in itself formed by somebody.

What I'm trying to say is that calling it brainwashing is a bit extreme, but it's simply semantics anyway


 No.2677

>>2676

Looking back, my post didn't fully convey what I meant.

It is easier to frame events, people and moral choices if you can embed framing tools into kids' heads from birth.

Systems of morality can be planted. Then most mainstream discussion of morals happens within these confines. Archetypical heroes and villains can be planted, then pulled out for the media spin theater. Putin is the cold Russian hitman. Trump is the spoiled bully. The school shooters who all fit the same "depressed white teenager with greasy hair" profile. The more one shapes these symbols, the more one shapes peoples' minds and therefore society.

The focus is on the control of symbols in the mind. You set up symbols, scenarios, personalities, etc. These are all tools to be used whenever you need them. If you plant these symbols in a child's head early, their personality assimilates it. There is nostalgia involved. The symbols are wedged into the culture, and over time become a genuine part of it.

Like you said though, all groups and individuals influence each other anyway. So the question is, how do you separate "good" and "bad" symbols, authentic or planted? That's a pretty complex discussion.

I treat it like a danger, however, because the monopolization that is occurring in the media right now is creating a system where the power of influence is being held by a select few entities. The elites have always made and normalized society's rules, but as the media power concentrates more and more densely, huge swaths of people will be influenced by narrower and narrower ideological bases. More people in front of the same puppet show of easily controllable, intimate-feeling symbols.




 No.2578[Reply]

http://www.explore-ideas.com/story.php?i=5097

https://freech.net/fam/res/33544.html

I would use dishonest tactics such as changing IDs to pretend that more posters agree with me than is the case, emotional arguments, ridicule, violence (as a last resort) etc in a desperate attempt to change their diseased minds. This is OK because they don't believe in logic anyway so I can't argue with them logically.

X-Posted from https://www.anontalk.eu/topic/75

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 No.2628

>>2590

>It is also another way to escape the cognitive dissonance

this

Some lies have been repeated so many times for so long, people literally cannot handle the truth.

The fact that their entire life was based on a sham would melt their brain.


 No.2661


 No.2669

A related issue: people thinking truth matters less than consensus

https://desustorage.org/r9k/thread/26418037/


 No.2670


 No.2673

At this point, truth is easy to perceive as subjective. So much information is widely available, to the point of being nigh impossible to sift through all of it, and so much is hidden from the public view, that multiple simultaneous truths can seem to exist. Especially when one realizes that many of these "truths" aren't entirely wrong, or at least aren't easily disproved, the problem becomes apparent.

For fear of having been rambling, a summary and finishing statement:

Belief in subjective truth seems to be a symptom of the modern information overload and, as an above poster mentioned, cognitive dissonance (which may be on the rise itself due to said information overload).




 No.2671[Reply]

In addition to your usual comfy home at 8ch, if you venture yourself daring and want a ride on the wild side, I've set up /32/ on 16chan as an Infinity Next fallback to the main board.

https://16chan.nl/32



 No.1703[Reply]

If we hope to attract more users to our board it is only fair that we direct our users to other interesting boards which may interest them.

Let's use this board to post boards we like and/or think are related to /32/ (remember to add ">>>" in front of the name to link it directly).

All of the political boards are related to ours in some way, but the main one tends to bee to rigid in its perspective. Interesting alternatives are:

>>>/liberty/, which focuses on non-authoritarian politics, and

>>>/midpol/, that tries to find a balanced position to counter the bias that all of the others have.

Some boards that touch on topics which overlap with ours are:

>>>/his/ for historical discussion of any age. The users are very knowledgeable and seem happy to help those who know less than them.

>>>/bmw/ which could be called a place for applied psychopolitics, with a very obvious right-wing tendency.

>>>/phil/ discusses philosophy, and is populated by intelligent individuals who enjoy learning and thinking.

>>>/histories/ has been mentioned here before. It has a general approach towards humanities and social sciences.

If you can think of any other, be sure to let us know by posting here.

Maybe the Sniffles can sticky this thread

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 No.1783

>>>/4chon/

>>>/fringe/

>>>/christian/ (i originally came to troll this place but it isn't as bad as i originally thought)

>>>/aristoi/

>>>/pdfs/

>>>/edgy/

biggest disappointment of a board would be /islam/

board owner is shit tier


 No.2572

>>>/politics/ is an alternative to /pol/ with unbiased moderation; see >>>/polmeta/9894 etc.

The only problem with it is that the mods allow shitposting; see >>>/politics/6900


 No.2585

>>2572

shitposting is not allowed on /politics/


 No.2587

Will /32/ be joining other boards in the migration to endchan.xyz?


 No.2600

>>2587

can we just wait another week or so for next?

splitting up boards as small as this one is a death sentence.




 No.2660[Reply]

Found something interesting, I think it’s a good example of memetic warfare in the wild. The current mainstream economic narrative is that a collapsing China is causing negative contagion to the U.S markets.

I found these posts on reddit that all show a comparison between clean air over a western allies country and smog over China. The same image has been posted in the past with very similar titles, see below -

Submitted 4 years ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ntjbz/took_off_from_australia_landed_in_china/

Submitted 3 years ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/15ptce/took_off_in_england_landed_in_china/

Submitted 2 months ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/3v55qv/departing_australia_arriving_in_china/

Submitted 3 hours ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/44rx7t/took_off_from_australia_landed_in_china/

And this is the most interesting one, it’s got the same title but a different image. The image is a comic, the final speech bubble says: “And that 4chan is where the devil makes potty”. Aside from none of it being funny or making sense, you end up reaching this last speech bubble and none of it really making much sense other than, perhaps, to connect this negative feeling (“4chan”, “devil”, “potty”) with the idea of the concept of China.

Submitted 3 hours ago:

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 No.1318[Reply]

What do you guys think about the idea that the government is using Snowden's leaks as a means to distract or otherwise coerce the population into thinking a certain way?

Do you feel he is 100% legitimate or do you think he is possibly a part of a larger operation?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout

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 No.2445

He's CGI.

They can simulate people now, for their non-stop hoaxes.


 No.2570

It's been a month or two and Snowden's been following the general plan of supporting subversive rights in the US on twitter, do people still doubt he isn't a plant?

Anything supporting BLM is a huge red flag, that "movement" was inauthentic from the start, it remains to be seen if Snowden was apart of that false gov signal in the first place though.


 No.2574

>>2394

>IRC

If you mean 'if I remember correctly' then you should use 'IIRC'.

IRC is internet relay chat (a chatroom protocol).


 No.2645

>>2574

Snowden was literally on the Arstechnica IRC channel, I did not mistype that


 No.2657

They have many agents providing many perspectives all pre packaged for the masses.

Snowden was made to look like the average person can just leak a ton of info when in reality, everyone is on a need to know basis. There would absolutely be no reason whatsoever to have this information available to any nsa employee. It is going full retard to give employees this level of access considering they literally have no reason to have this access in the first place.

They pre package these leaks and spread them out in the long term to cause the least amount of damage (most of this stuff was already known in the conspiracy scene anyways). The longer they wait, the less influence these actions have on people.

They also paint the perspective of sides. There are no sides. No competition. It is all one entity with different masks in an effort to bring about global change (inevitably leading to one gov in the long (decades) term-not the short term).

They parade these agents around like superstars, give them a stage to talk on where people who have been exposed to a fraction of the truth are in awe of them. Easily controlled people because "why would they lie?" After all, they did "leak" information right?

This is the basis of popularity. Offer the masses something they like (authors, artist, directers all making their best work in the beg. Before it all goes to shit once they have the audience), and when they have the audience, start feeding them shit.

They built it and people showed up.

Its not that hard to see the inevitable results of actions (good and bad). You just have to throw away any emotional attachment you have to these people and go from there.

Long term goals are accomplished with multiple short term goals.




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