How the fuck they decide what is a burner vs a phone owned by people who don't like getting raped by the likes of AT&T is beyond me.
Edit: Per suggestion below, one option is textverified.com. I have verified this works. You can pay with crypto. As little as 75c
I really loved IRC, back in the day. I only used it because I could get pirated oldgames/comic-scans/bookz, but I also really enjoyed the communities in those channels.