AOL commercial from 1995 - Upgoat

AOL commercial from 1995
submitted by shitface9000 to OldSchoolCool 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 21:28:18 ago (+28/-0) (files.catbox.moe)
https://files.catbox.moe/by7m85.mp4

[ - ] Jimmycrackerson 11 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:05:36 ago (+11/-0)

Just called the 800 number to get my 10 free hours and meet some kayak buddies. It didn't ring.

[ + ] Inward

[ - ] Inward 2 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 06:38:40 ago (+2/-0)

"Kayak buddies"

[ - ] Ragnar 9 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 21:56:53 ago (+9/-0)

Ten whole free hours!!

[ + ] TheBigGuyFromQueens

[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens 5 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 01:36:11 ago (+5/-0)

I remember by around 2000 or so those free AOL CDs were EVERYWHERE. R.I.P. AOL. Reminds me of a more innocent time. Getting rid of AOL was a nightmare, though.

[ + ] HelenHighwater

[ - ] HelenHighwater 2 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 09:28:31 ago (+2/-0)

Rather than cancel, why don't we offer you another 10,000 hours for free? Otherwise I will transfer you the the "customer purgatory center".

[ + ] Clubberlang

[ - ] Clubberlang 3 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:35:06 ago (+3/-0)

Altavista fo dayz foooo!

Netscape navigatin lykah Tru G!

[ - ] Monica 8 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:32:46 ago (+8/-0)*

VOL: Voat Online

How about we send your mom some Hitler videos?
Ahh... Says here planes and dinosaurs are fake and gay so that's covered. Lets go to the nigger game!

[ + ] Clubberlang

[ - ] Clubberlang 2 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:39:16 ago (+2/-0)

Duhhh reeeel flat doe gnome seyin?!

[ - ] fnbs 6 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:12:16 ago (+6/-0)

AOL chatrooms were it back in '97 when i started

[ + ] FreeinTX

[ - ] FreeinTX 3 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:16:26 ago (+5/-2)

Hook up culture was insane back then. Any bish with a computer was a ho fo sho.

[ + ] Clubberlang

[ - ] Clubberlang 2 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:37:15 ago (+2/-0)

Whard nigga speekin awnem Fax!

[ + ] TheBigGuyFromQueens

[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 01:37:50 ago (+1/-0)

I banged a handful of broads off AOL. Can confirm.

[ + ] Clubberlang

[ - ] Clubberlang 2 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:36:33 ago (+2/-0)

Doez roomz doe! 👀

[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz

[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 06:07:33 ago (+1/-0)

a/s/l 😂

[ - ] Trope 6 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 21:57:55 ago (+6/-0)

Back when the internet was still good.

I wasn't around when the web devolved into web 2.0 as any time spent at a computer was engulfed in WoW. When I finally got out, the world had become unfamiliar.

[ + ] MuricaPersonified

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 2 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 09:24:53 ago (+2/-0)

Web 2.0 was peak internet. Flash videos/games galore, unapologetically brutal free speech, many dedicated forums for individual topics, fantastic P2P messanger applications, best time to be a pirate, etc.

On the flip side, there were malignant popups if you used mainstream browsers, toolbar installers were snuck into shareware (I miss true shareware, though), and it was the dawn of pictured emojis.

More divisive were the bubbly, glassy, glossy, colorful UI design cues. I personally loved the style, but it was hotly contested at the time. Beats the sterile, flat, "minimalist" globohomo UI of the modern age, IMO. Hell, even "minimalist" OSs like Linux or FreeBSD even had desktop environments taking those cues; just look at a picture of KDE circa 2004!

[ + ] Trope

[ - ] Trope 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 23:44:02 ago (+1/-0)

I remember a lott of services switched from usernames to emails. Wow went to battle.net account. And youtube became a google account. I believe this was around 2008 when privacy and anonymity went away.

Even today, children refer to private messaging as direct messaging.

[ + ] Clubberlang

[ - ] Clubberlang 1 point 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:38:28 ago (+1/-0)

Missed out on bittorent then. Private trackers were duhhhhh sh!t doe!

[ + ] MuricaPersonified

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 0 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 09:36:20 ago (+0/-0)

Blackcats and OiNK were my jam! Also, there were far better public trackers than just PirateBay. Remember Suprnova? When OiNK and Suprnova fell, what.cd and BT Junkie replaced and far superceded them in their respective roles. RIP to those too, especially to what.cd; damn that was a hard loss.

IRC was king for homebrew hacking and ROMs, and the eDonkey network had its uses, but I found the latter troublesome and unreliable.

[ + ] Clubberlang

[ - ] Clubberlang 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 22:35:11 ago (+1/-0)

O!nk FTWR and Karagarga

Was on there front the beginning til their demise.

Loved me some O!NK

When the netterwebz was fun.

[ + ] Jinglebanger

[ - ] Jinglebanger 0 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 10:35:20 ago (+0/-0)

Yeah. Right about the time of WoW is when everything went to shit. It was like everyone on the internet suddenly became a battle.net troll.

[ - ] Indoctrinated_USA 4 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 05:48:35 ago (+4/-0)

Little did we know that it would destroy society as we know it.

[ - ] IfuckedYerMum 4 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 21:48:21 ago (+4/-0)

Ahh! The good old days.

[ - ] jigganiggaboo 3 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 02:46:11 ago (+3/-0)

Lol I remeber those. ooohhh 10 free hours! The part they dont tell you is 2/3erds of those 10 hours is loading up the pages.

[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz

[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 0 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 06:08:30 ago (+0/-0)

2900 baud modems lul

[ - ] NukeAmerica 3 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 23:25:27 ago (+4/-1)

🎵If I could turn back time, to the good ol’ days 🎵

[ - ] Clubberlang 3 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:34:26 ago (+3/-0)

I used to have a program on a 3.5 floppy circa this year that would generate fake bank and accounts to get unlimited AOL.

At the beginning of the program it had Beavis saying "Uhhhh huh huh wee culd goetuh jayl fer this uhhh huh huh"

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 2 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 01:14:16 ago (+2/-0)

Why, whatever could go wrong?

[ - ] uvulectomy 2 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 23:06:12 ago (+2/-0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJqpaprs1-A

[ - ] WanderingToast 2 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:24:20 ago (+2/-0)

I remember hoarding those fucking free hours disks like a fucking dragon.

For when the FreeDuck 0800 free phone number was at capacity

[ - ] JoggerLogger 1 point 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 07:29:06 ago (+1/-0)

my brain read that as adl commercial.. i watched the whole thing and kept waiting for some jew to pop out.

[ - ] FreeinTX 1 point 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:15:05 ago (+1/-0)

I used to subscribe using jew names and got free AOL. Never paid a dime for it. Had it for years.

Frank Zimmermann was worth 18 months or more of free AOL.

[ + ] Smedleys_Butler

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler 2 points 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 22:47:12 ago (+2/-0)

You serious?

[ + ] Master_Foo

[ - ] Master_Foo 0 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 05:45:20 ago (+0/-0)

Can confirm.
I signed up as Barbra Steisand.

[ + ] Smedleys_Butler

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler 0 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 09:29:16 ago (+0/-0)

Maximum Streisand effect.

[ - ] DeusExMachina 0 points 6 monthsNov 3, 2023 09:40:15 ago (+0/-0)

Someone should remake that and do a bit about jewish redpills being the first thing someone sees upon logging on.

Tim: you are talking to your rafting friends online?

Terry: Yeah. It's pretty great. Here you gotta read what these guys are saying about the jews.

Tim:The jews?

Terry: Oh, yeah. You haven't heard? Man, you are not going to believe what these fucking kayaks are really up to.

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AOL commercial from 1995
submitted by shitface9000 to OldSchoolCool 6 monthsNov 2, 2023 21:28:18 ago (+28/-0) (files.catbox.moe)
https://files.catbox.moe/by7m85.mp4