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SpiralDrift 11/12/18 4:36:49 PM #1:	"Here, I just installed Firefox for you with an ad blocker. It's much faster and more secure." "What?! I don't know how to use that. You didn't uninstall my AOL did you?" heavy breathing The weirdest part is they get their Internet service from other providers but still pay for the premium AOL account. What do they even get out of it? What keeps drawing them back like crackwhores with semen-stained twenty-dollar bills, willing to sacrifice seemingly anything for their fix? --- Do unto others what your parents did to you. <cite>SpiralDrift posted [p:912288553] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote>"Here, I just installed Firefox for you with an ad blocker. It's much faster and more secure." "What?! I don't know how to use that. You didn't uninstall my AOL did you?" heavy breathing The weirdest part is they get their Internet service from other providers but still pay for the premium AOL account. What do they even get out of it? What keeps drawing them back like crackwhores with semen-stained twenty-dollar bills, willing to sacrifice seemingly anything for their fix?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HighOnSolar 11/12/18 4:38:02 PM #2:	never work tech support --- Surf <cite>HighOnSolar posted [p:912288618] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote>never work tech support</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ohnoitschris 11/12/18 4:41:07 PM #3:	There's a whole lot of money made in the subscription industry from people signing up for shit and then forgetting about it for a long time, paying monthly for something they don't even use That's probably how AOL makes a lot of its money --- Join the Nintendo Fun Club today, Mac! <cite>ohnoitschris posted [p:912288786] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote>There's a whole lot of money made in the subscription industry from people signing up for shit and then forgetting about it for a long time, paying monthly for something they don't even use That's probably how AOL makes a lot of its money</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlazinBlue88 11/12/18 4:41:51 PM #4:	Honestly it's the email account. Had a neighbor that was paying for two internet services because he didn't want to lose his original email account. --- https://imgur.com/R15aJJ3 https://imgur.com/NJqp6LS <cite>BlazinBlue88 posted [p:912288823] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote>Honestly it's the email account. Had a neighbor that was paying for two internet services because he didn't want to lose his original email account.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MabusIncarnate 11/12/18 4:42:40 PM #5:	My parents still use AOL --- Ten million dollars on a losing campaign Twenty million starving and writhing in pain <cite>MabusIncarnate posted [p:912288870] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote>My parents still use AOL</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ohnoitschris 11/12/18 7:37:29 PM #6:	BlazinBlue88 posted... Honestly it's the email account. Had a neighbor that was paying for two internet services because he didn't want to lose his original email account. Everyone actually got to keep their email account for free If you ever had an AIM name, you have that @aol.com as your email address, and you can still log into it and use it I think edit: sorry for tagging you, guy who has the screen name "AOL" --- Join the Nintendo Fun Club today, Mac! <cite>ohnoitschris posted [p:912298438] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote><cite>BlazinBlue88 posted...</cite> <quote>Honestly it's the email account. Had a neighbor that was paying for two internet services because he didn't want to lose his original email account.</quote> Everyone actually got to keep their email account for free If you ever had an AIM name, you have that @aol.com as your email address, and you can still log into it and use it I think edit: sorry for tagging you, guy who has the screen name "AOL"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SpiralDrift 11/12/18 7:56:08 PM #7:	Hey, maybe now we can get some answers. @aol Why do old people like you so much? --- Do unto others what your parents did to you. <cite>SpiralDrift posted [p:912299541] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote>Hey, maybe now we can get some answers. @aol Why do old people like you so much?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirkDiggles 11/12/18 7:57:56 PM #8:	"But what do I do with all these free disks I got 20 years ago?" --- https://imgtc.com/i/5CTKeaL.jpg https://imgtc.com/i/G9w39yE.gif <cite>DirkDiggles posted [p:912299655] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote>"But what do I do with all these free disks I got 20 years ago?"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ohnoitschris 11/12/18 11:37:17 PM #9:	DirkDiggles posted... "But what do I do with all these free disks I got 20 years ago?" No joke, AOL CDs are worth a little bit of money on ebay now Not much, but people actually buy them today --- Join the Nintendo Fun Club today, Mac! <cite>ohnoitschris posted [p:912312009] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote><cite>DirkDiggles posted...</cite> <quote>"But what do I do with all these free disks I got 20 years ago?"</quote> No joke, AOL CDs are worth a little bit of money on ebay now Not much, but people actually buy them today</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlazinBlue88 11/13/18 7:29:27 AM #10:	ohnoitschris posted... BlazinBlue88 posted... Honestly it's the email account. Had a neighbor that was paying for two internet services because he didn't want to lose his original email account. Everyone actually got to keep their email account for free If you ever had an AIM name, you have that @aol.com as your email address, and you can still log into it and use it I think edit: sorry for tagging you, guy who has the screen name "AOL" Not disagreeing with you. Just saying how a lot of old people are in general. Same with how most of them nowadays have a yahoo email address and won't move away from it despite yahoo being hacked a few times. --- https://imgur.com/R15aJJ3 https://imgur.com/NJqp6LS <cite>BlazinBlue88 posted [p:912323052] in Why do old... [t:77196126]...</cite> <quote><cite>ohnoitschris posted...</cite> <quote><cite>BlazinBlue88 posted...</cite> <quote>Honestly it's the email account. Had a neighbor that was paying for two internet services because he didn't want to lose his original email account.</quote> Everyone actually got to keep their email account for free If you ever had an AIM name, you have that @aol.com as your email address, and you can still log into it and use it I think edit: sorry for tagging you, guy who has the screen name "AOL"</quote> Not disagreeing with you. Just saying how a lot of old people are in general. Same with how most of them nowadays have a yahoo email address and won't move away from it despite yahoo being hacked a few times.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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