@apzpins @jupiter @textfiles I had that. Some dude noted that because I wasn't authenticating my username with the nickserv bot and requesting anonymity, my IP was visible to other users. I said something along the lines of "ok but it's not that big a deal is it? What are they gonna do, DDoS me?"

Not 60 seconds later my internet went out, and my ISP told me when I phoned them they had to get -their- upstream to handle it because it was too big to do themselves. They sounded unhappy.