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You make it sound like it's a pencil on my desk within reach, and not (1) finding/picking an IRC server, (2) finding/picking an IRC client, (3) figuring out how to configure it, (4) going through the spam controls [or account creation], (5) finding an active room, etc.
One command using pre-installed software is so much easier. :)
man weechat/msg NickServ REGISTER YourPassword/listIt's a nice post but I agree with IRC still being in use just like those decades ago. It's just that it's not the only viable medium for many.
About finding all of those you mentioned, you can probably go select one of that huge list of networks on https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/ by clicking add network and start talking as a guest.
(1)You can just select one of the big networks, they are on top before the second seperator. (2)Don't need to install a client, (3)no extra configuration needed, already configured, (4)no need for account creating for most of the channels, just call /list command for the channels and select one with good amount of users. It'll probably be active to some degree when compared to some obscure ssh chat demo.
There are many open source projects that has their main chat rooms on IRC networks, self hosted or public ones.
And if you want to relive the actual nostalgia of chatting on IRC, one can go install one of the classic IRC clients and go thought all of those steps to join some nice communities.