- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Winter Olympics
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Only the true boomers will understand (AIM)
Posted on 1/28/21 at 9:23 am to BamaIsGoat
Posted on 1/28/21 at 9:23 am to BamaIsGoat
Used it alot. I also used to connect to AOL via my ISP since AOL's local access nodes sucked.
0
Posted on 1/28/21 at 9:50 am to BamaIsGoat
Gen X. Used it.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 9:52 am to BamaIsGoat
quote:
I guess I always think boomer means old and I forget it’s an actual time period
Or it could be you're just as intelligent as your username indicates.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 9:53 am to HailToTheChiz
quote:
GOAT messenger
False. Yahoo Messenger directly tied into Free Yahoo Personals in the late 90s to ~2002 was THE GOAT. 15 yrs ahead of Dating Apps in terms of real time communicating and hooking up.
This post was edited on 1/28/21 at 9:55 am
Posted on 1/28/21 at 9:53 am to BamaIsGoat
I think you've got your generations wrong if you think AIM was a boomer thing.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:10 am to jfw3535
Not gonna lie I thought boomer just meant old.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:46 am to MickeyLikesDags21
While we got our first computer in 1994 or so, I didn't really play around on the internet that much until we got rid of dial-up and switched to cable around late-02/early-03. Before that time it really wasn't practical for me to use because it was too slow. I spent much of my time outside playing with friends or over at a friend's house playing NCAA or GTA on PS2.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:53 am to BamaIsGoat
I've spent the last 15 minutes coming up with a witty away message and I got nothing
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:55 am to BrohemAlem11
I used the hell out of it!
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:56 am to BamaIsGoat
Pretty sure not many 60-70+ year old people have ever used AIM.
You do understand that Boomer is short for Baby Boomer Generation? AKA born in the late 40’s-late 50’s?
What the hell are they teaching in school now?
You do understand that Boomer is short for Baby Boomer Generation? AKA born in the late 40’s-late 50’s?
What the hell are they teaching in school now?
Posted on 1/28/21 at 11:00 am to BamaIsGoat
lol you don’t even know what boomer means
Posted on 1/28/21 at 11:12 am to BamaIsGoat
quote:
If you used aim let’s be real you’re pretty old
I used to frick with AIM pretty hard back in the day. It was awesome during that time.
I'm also 28 and I would say I don't really feel that old yet.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 12:18 pm to Mike da Tigah
quote:
Tell you what AOL had that I really enjoyed back in the day, and that was chat rooms.
People could have profiles (most people did not yet have digital cameras and pics). There were chats for most major cities. In my city's chat I said hello briefly to a young lady a couple times. We set up a truly blind date, not knowing what each other looked like. She told me where to meet and what she would be wearing. When I arrived at valet parking there was a car ahead of me and out of it stepped a young lady wearing the described outfit. She was gorgeous. Needless to say I nearly ran inside. Turned out she had been named "Most Photogenic" in a Miss USA contest. What were the odds?
Posted on 1/28/21 at 12:21 pm to BamaIsGoat
my username was my AIM screen name and it is missing letters and various bullshite because AIM had a 16 character limit.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 12:33 pm to BrohemAlem11
quote:
I've spent the last 15 minutes coming up with a witty away message and I got nothing
No problem, just post some song lyrics that make you sound deep.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 12:40 pm to p0845330
quote:
Gen X
I think most boomers missed AOL. I'm an early 70's baby gen X and neither me nor my friends used IM to communicate. I don't think "boomers" were largely represented on the internet until facebook became a thing.
I worked in tech in the late 90s/early 2000s. I used IM at work but not in my personal life. I don't think IM was even really a thing for most Gen Xers.
I was in my early 30s when text messages started. I still remember my first text message - "Call." It took five minutes to punch in 4 characters and I never would have never imagined then that "texting" would become my primary medium for communication. I still prefer that friends call rather than text but know I'm in the minority when it comes to text/call.
Page 5 of 5
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News