README.md

---
license: unknown
task_categories:
- text-generation
language:
- en
tags:
- bash.org
- irc
- chat-archive
pretty_name: Bash.org Archive
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
dataset_info:
  features:
    - name: qid
      dtype: string
    - name: score
      dtype: string
    - name: quote
      dtype: string
  splits:
    - name: train
      num_bytes: 3548502
      num_examples: 21092
  download_size: 3548502
  dataset_size: 21092
---

**Details**

This is an unofficial dataset of an archive mirror of Bash.org: https://bash-org-archive.com/

Bash.org was a website launched in 1999 dedicated to archiving funny quotes from IRC other chat platforms over the years.

It offers a look into jokes, memes, and often inappropriate content that was quite commonplace at the time.


This dataset has been cleaned with a custom parser, aiming to preserve the original format of the content.

The parquet file contains the following columns:

| qid | score | quote |
| --- | ----- | ----- |
| Quote ID | Score | Quote |


**Sample**

Quote ID: #54588

Score: 517

Quote:
```
<BalkanEmperorGlaug> Another flight attendant's comment on a
less than perfect landing: "We ask  you to please remain
seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."
<Schroe[Sleepies]> On my first flight ever, the captain came
on over the intercom -
<Schroe[Sleepies]> "We aren't really a flight crew ... but we
did stay at a Holiday Inn Express!"
<mike> :P
<mike> i wanna be a pilot
<mike> then i can come over the intercom, "What's this button
do...OH FUCKING SHIT!!"
<mike> then after panic ensues, "Just kidding!"
<Glaug-Eldare> "The weather at our destination is 50 degrees
with some broken clouds, but we'll try to have them fixed
before we arrive."
<Glaug-Eldare> Then you can get fired!
<Glaug-Eldare> =D
<mike> then i can get a job that's on the ground!
<Glaug-Eldare> And throw wrenches at planes' windows while
they're taking off?
<mike> i was thinking more along the lines of programming
```