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re: RIP AOL dial-up internet
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:25 pm to The Pickwick
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:25 pm to The Pickwick
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Say what you want but I got a lot of chicks from the AOL message boards
I have my wife thanks to AOL IM.
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Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:25 pm to S
As weird as it sounds, there were probably thousands of old people who were taught how to connect to the internet like this and only use it to check their email and have done it like this without thinking about it for 25 years.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:27 pm to S
Millions of people in rural America will die because that’s the only way they get information.
Every Democrat
Every Democrat
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:27 pm to weadjust
quote:
He's probably looking at porn so expect a busy signal
Doubtful. He's got a harem of old hoes. It’s pretty legendary. There are a few people on here who know him. Dudes been pulling mad trim since grandma passed.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:35 pm to The Pickwick
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Say what you want but I got a lot of chicks from the AOL message boards
I miss AOL and Yahoo’s old chat channels. They were a lot of fun. Basically IRC for non- computer nerds. The closest thing that still exists are Youtube’s and Rumbles chat columns during livestreams.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:36 pm to S
I used to take those free trial CDs from the grocery store once a month. Forgot to cancel once and got our phone bill charged to $200 just from connection fees lol the joys of being a teenager in the early 2000’s
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:39 pm to billjamin
quote:
Doubtful. He's got a harem of old hoes. It’s pretty legendary. There are a few people on here who know him. Dudes been pulling mad trim since grandma passed.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:42 pm to Three
AIM was an incredible device when I was in college. Setting an away message with what was going on or where'd you be was clutch.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:16 pm to LSURoss
Aim express TYFYS
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:38 pm to S
Who would have thought it was still around
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:50 pm to S
I'll miss the little boing boing noise but not the 4 min. load time for nudes.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 6:56 pm to S
I remember in high school.. Maybe 10th, 11th grade.. This girl I was friends with was the first person I knew who had the internet. Her dad was some type of contractor who worked with several plants and I remember her telling me about email and I wasn't a computer person at all before the internet so it was all foreign to the teenage me. One night we were on the phone and she was going into the chat rooms and I thought it was so awesome that she could talk to people from across the US and many countries.
Then it was probably within a year from that my dad told me we were getting a new computer so we could have internet. I really thought it was truly fascinating to have this computer where I could talk with people from all over, read about anything of interest. Then as more and more people got it, everyone started messing with each other, creating fake screen names to IM each other and try to get the person to think you were someone else, but it was always obvious because it would be like "Hi. how are you?" "ASL?" "I am 18F you like doggy style?".
Then I guess it was what? 2001-2002ish when cable modem was available? I remember being able to get it pretty cheap through LSU and that was when AOL died to me.
Then it was probably within a year from that my dad told me we were getting a new computer so we could have internet. I really thought it was truly fascinating to have this computer where I could talk with people from all over, read about anything of interest. Then as more and more people got it, everyone started messing with each other, creating fake screen names to IM each other and try to get the person to think you were someone else, but it was always obvious because it would be like "Hi. how are you?" "ASL?" "I am 18F you like doggy style?".
Then I guess it was what? 2001-2002ish when cable modem was available? I remember being able to get it pretty cheap through LSU and that was when AOL died to me.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:41 pm to S
What do I do with all these CDs for 30 hours of service?
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:44 pm to S
Is college humor involved in this tragedy?
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:47 pm to OweO
My family was rocking dial up till like 2004 I think 
Posted on 8/10/25 at 8:48 pm to S
I thought my Grandma had it bad still paying “Bellsouth” for 3 mbps
Posted on 8/10/25 at 9:19 pm to The Torch
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Millions of people in rural America will die because that’s the only way they get information. Every Democrat
Pisses me off to think about this being political, but with it just now closing down it does make me think they were likely getting Grant Money to offer service to someone somewhere…
Posted on 8/10/25 at 9:33 pm to Pedro
The only reason I got it was because of the discount you got if you were a LSU student. It was like $20.. a month. I think it was much more expensive without the discount, but it was a game changer.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 10:03 pm to billjamin
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probably need to call my grandpa and see how he’s taking this news.
We are notctaking it well..
I can still hear the computer log in noises.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 11:27 pm to S
Mannnnn. Can’t believe it was still going.
AIM was really the best. The Mizzou (1998-2002) ladies didn’t disappoint.
Lots of laughs when reading through this thread. What a time to be alive.
AIM was really the best. The Mizzou (1998-2002) ladies didn’t disappoint.
Lots of laughs when reading through this thread. What a time to be alive.
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