so what’s this “shellfish irc” thing anyway, and also more specifically, what’s the whole minecraft mineral fish meme thing in the first place? i saw it on scratch all the time during 2022 and barely understood the context apart from a few posts here and there.
“Shellfish” is the secret name that the fandom uses for an IRC channel. As for the fandom itself, I can explain certain aspects of it that you need in particular. We also have a wiki, if you want that.
It started around the time that snapshots for the Caves and Cliffs update were being released. People joked about how the raw copper sprite looked like raw salmon. I made a parody of an Among Us intro scene (“Raw Copper: There is one Raw Salmon among us”), and Copper Fish was created. Later on, the creator of Copper Fish turns all the minerals into fish, and I suggest giving them roles.
That’s a brief history of the fandom before it started expanding off of Scratch.
(if the chat is dead, you may check out !message [something] to read random messages)
I regularly pop in around 6:30am and 2:00pm to check !message, but I generally don't linger unless someone else is active in the channel. The channel isn't very active; me and Gilbert are the only ones who are regularly available.