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alt.pets.chia

Chia Pets, kept with a straight face.

A novelty group for the terracotta pets of infomercial fame — part joke, part genuine houseplant advice, entirely alt.*.

Gardening resource pages of the 2000s linked it among chia-growing references, which keeps the address alive.

Reading alt.pets.chia today

  • Historical archive: Google Groups — alt.pets.chia (coverage varies by group and era).
  • Live access: point an NNTP newsreader at a modern server — see accessing Usenet today.
  • The original news2mail e-mail subscription service ended in the mid-2000s and no longer operates.