Yahoo Answers had a literal TREASURE TROVE of "there's going to be a gunge tank at my university formal if you lose games you have to get in, should I risk playing and messing up my formal gown" and for every "that's an awful idea" answer there would always be at least one "I played games and got slimed and it was a lot of fun! We were still able to wash off my dress."
Not only just the chats but yahoo groups and msn groups. I remember googling gunge as a teenager thinking I may be a bit weird and finding lots of other guys into it. It spurred me on to messing myself up on a small scale and realising I enjoyed it. My first meet was thanks to MSN groups, a fairly tame gunging but my first meet with another guy. The rest is history!