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[–] FunStuffIsFun@eviltoast.org 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The thing about AIM, was "OMG this person is available to chat instantly, right here, right now!" A lot of people didn't have text messaging, or they did but it was expensive, so being able to chat remotely meant calling them on the phone, or you and the other person happened to be online at the same time.

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[–] VinegarChunks@lemmus.org 20 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

I remember the day that the Old Internet died for me.

I saw my buddy was online on AIM, and I messaged him looking to shoot the shit. But he had just gotten a smartphone, and was logged into AIM on his smartphone, and it was not a good time for him to be shooting the shit because he was out and about doing stuff. So he was like “what do you need? I’m busy”.

Which is not something anyone had ever told me on AIM before. If you were on AIM you were by definition bored and looking to shoot the shit.

I guess we grew up too.

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[–] FunStuffIsFun@eviltoast.org 7 points 3 weeks ago

Ouch.

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