What's wrong with having AOL email?

[idoinjuly]

My dh was making fun of me for still having AOL for my email.  I've had it forever and I don't plan on changing it because it will be a PITA.  I was trying to get him to pinpoint what his email has that aol doesn't have, but he couldn't.  This isn't the first time someone has said something about me still having aol.  I seriously don't understand because I've technologically challenged.

[walterismydog]

There's nothing WRONG with it, but it does make you look like a newb. Also, professionally, it looks very amateurish. I would not put an aol email on a resume.

Get yourself a gmail account.

[eb777888]

This is so funny. Me and H were just laughing about someone having AOL email. For me, it's just because I can't believe it's still around. Other than that, who cares. I still have my maiden name as my personal email because I really don't want to change it and it confuses everyone as I've been married for 7 years now, lol.

[fuckyourcouch]

theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address

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i didn't know AOL was still in business.

i have a yahoo account, which used to be lame but thanks to marissa meyer being all in the news now i think has recaptured some retro cache.

i don't use it professionally, though, since i have a work email (der).  i'd probably use gmail if i needed to.  i have one of them too.

[EmilieMadison]

The problem is that only people who are technologically challenged have AOL mail LOL. It's just really outdated and obsolete. Why not just switch it to gmail? It's very easy to just start using the new email and send a message to all your contacts letting them know about the new address.

[Deleted]

AOL is riddled with spam, scammers, and viruses. Its easily hacked because people who use AOL are generally technically challenged (old), gullible, and use the same simple password for everything.

[EmilieMadison]

Mar 25, 2013 10:07:10 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

The general connotation of having an AOL email account is of an 80-year-old grandma who has never quite grasped the concept of the internet and still sort of thinks it's comprised of half magic and half robots.

Forget my answer. This is the one I was going for!

[anlo]

Nothing wrong with it, but it does make me think of chat rooms and pay by the minute internet access.

[VeryViolet]

It is just really out of date. For example my DH's 91yo grandmother has an aol email. If you are job searching or something I would definitely get a gmail account. I know it probably shouldn't but it will probably make employers think negatively about your computer proficiency.

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Mar 25, 2013 10:07:10 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

The general connotation of having an AOL email account is of an 80-year-old grandma who has never quite grasped the concept of the internet and still sort of thinks it's comprised of half magic and half robots.

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[pantsparty]

I bet you use Comic Sans too, DON'T YOU?

[fuckyourcouch]

Mar 25, 2013 10:11:23 GMT -5 @fucksticklegit said:

Mar 25, 2013 10:07:10 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

The general connotation of having an AOL email account is of an 80-year-old grandma who has never quite grasped the concept of the internet and still sort of thinks it's comprised of half magic and half robots.

OLD GLORY ROBOT INSURANCE!
For when the metal ones come for you!

favorite snl commercial of all time.

[fuckyourcouch]

Mar 25, 2013 10:12:16 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I bet you use Comic Sans too, DON'T YOU?

i have died from seeing your siggy. died.

[partiallysunny]

This thread is full of win.

[Deleted]

As a techie I can tell you that AOL is made fun of a lot. It makes you look like a newb like walterismydog said and it makes you look like you aren't current with the times. Technology upgrades so fast and AOL has been out of date for a long time. Get gmail.

[walterismydog]

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Mar 25, 2013 10:15:11 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Mar 25, 2013 10:12:16 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I bet you use Comic Sans too, DON'T YOU?

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole

AWESOME. This is hyterical thanks LHC

[lifesapeach]

Mar 25, 2013 10:07:08 GMT -5 fuckyourcouch said:

theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address

I agree with all of these!  I also side-eye IE users (unless it is at work and you are forced to use it).

[pantsparty]

I was consulting with a client once who, instead of opening up a new tab to get to a new website, would close his browser, re-open it, and then type in the new website. Painful. I tried to teach him about tabs, but it didn't quite take.

[idoinjuly]

Mar 25, 2013 10:07:10 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

The general connotation of having an AOL email account is of an 80-year-old grandma who has never quite grasped the concept of the internet and still sort of thinks it's comprised of half magic and half robots.

This is me! 

So everyone is silently chuckling at me everytime I give my email address out?  I really, really don't want to change it.  Maybe it will start bothering me enough at some point to do something about it. 

[pantsparty]

Mar 25, 2013 11:28:42 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

Mar 25, 2013 11:26:30 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I was consulting with a client once who, instead of opening up a new tab to get to a new website, would close his browser, re-open it, and then type in the new website. Painful. I tried to teach him about tabs, but it didn't quite take.

Omg! Did he type using only his index fingers too?

In his defense, the man is 75 or something like that. But...he does have an AOL email address. LOL.

[fuckyourcouch]

Mar 25, 2013 11:26:30 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I was consulting with a client once who, instead of opening up a new tab to get to a new website, would close his browser, re-open it, and then type in the new website. Painful. I tried to teach him about tabs, but it didn't quite take.

watching my H use the internet gives me an aneurysm. i spend the whole time like

[speckledfrog]

I still love you, ido.

[wannabe]

People change email addresses all the time. NBD.

MIL stubbornly clings to her AOL address and I snicker every time I see it.

[coribelle26]

Well there are quite a lot of nerds in this post.

My old boss, who was a multimillionaire, still has an aol account.  Even more awesome, unless he's emailing from his phone, he doesn't know how to use it.  He used to handwrite all of his emails on a legal pad (including the recipient's email address and the subject line - and the date, in case I couldn't figure that out on my own) and then I would email them for him.  And that was what I did all day, making about 50% more money than I do now in a grown up job.  (He also used to bring me CDs he liked and US Weekly magazines that he had finished, and we watched Maury a few times a week.  I was an idiot to leave.)

[nomad100]

[anlo]

Mar 25, 2013 12:08:33 GMT -5 nomad100 said:

DD just asked me what was so funny because I snorted.

[wannabe]

Mar 25, 2013 11:59:18 GMT -5 coribelle26 said:

He also used to bring me CDs he liked and US Weekly magazines that he had finished, and we watched Maury a few times a week.

this part makes me smile.  i kind of love your old boss.

[game blouses]

You can also have emails from your old address forwarded to your new one. It's easy if you use gmail. I made my mom switch from AOL a few years back for the same reason.