I have the ICQ "Uh OH!" sound in rotation as a text message alert sound for work/support contacts.

It's pretty jarring, as y'all know, so it doesn't do to have as the default sound, but it it's great for important contacts that don't message much.

Honestly it's a bewildering choice for the default "message received" sound of an IM client. It's so very alarming. I can only guess that the makers were expecting you to be a room away from your tower PC (with its deluxe 18" CRT display and mouse cables that required a screwdriver) to make sure you never missed a message.

These days, when you're never more than a layer of fabric away from your IM, it's a bit much. But man, effective.

Somehow I'm having Worms Armageddon flashbacks

Many moons have passed since the worms went to war.

Onwards and upwards! Bigger weapons than before!

Boggy B. took cover, he shivered on patrol.

The arms race: crazy, simply way out of control.

This is my text message tone for a few key family members. It brings me joy on the rare occasions my phone isn’t muted.

Man I gotta say that experience was ruined by the 10 second ad I had to endure ahead of it. I really wish YouTube would just not try to monetize videos that are shorter than the ads.

NewPipe or uBlock Origin will prevent your experiences from being ruined in the future.

Oh I know I have them installed but my "HN browser" is Safari which doesn't have plugins.

wipr works great for safari, even on iOS. don’t know of any free options though. There’s also Vinegar, which makes web YouTube videos play in a native matter with PiP.

tangentially related:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0iqM_AnSuo

The ICQ Song, by Alchemy

www.nevergetoveryou by Prozzak would be the song I first think of. The ICQ "uh-oh" is in the chorus. https://youtu.be/3wnQcZ3HaBQ

This is kind of a banger.

Does anyone know of a good video showing the old ICQ? Something like this for AIM: https://youtu.be/JjbV7FydctM

I want to add it to https://www.stumbleback.net

I tried many times to set this sound as my sms notification sound for nostalgia… and gave up every time. It sounded great on the computer but it’s very jarring and obnoxious on the phone when it runs out of nowhere. Unfortunate because nostalgia

I knew a girl who could imitate perfectly that. Great party trick.

Party trick for 40 somethings.

You beat me to it. As soon as I read the title, I heard it in my mind.

I will remember that sound for the rest of my life.

LOL :-)