Banned by AOL

American Spectator ^ | 12/22/2003 | Kathy Shaidle

[Xenalyte]

I don't know any adults or even slightly sophisicated users who haven't dropped AOL.

Chronologically, Xena's Mom and Dad are adults. And they're almost as married to their AOL as to one another. (deep sad sigh)

[isom35]

one question would be why would anyone be associated with aol in the 1st place? they're the dregs man.

[IncPen]

True story:

Way back when, when AOL was in version one point something, I, being a writer, tried to create a relevant and witty screen name...

My first choice was "Pen Is Sword" which any pervert (or AOL) would read as "Penis Word"

Thus I became IncPen.

[Lurking in Kansas]

I don't know any adults or even slightly sophisicated users who haven't dropped AOL. Even with their mass marketing of a zillion free hours if you can endure their barrage of pop-ups I thought they were only used by public libraries for homeless people and fugitives to have mail boxes.

Ditto...

AOL is for morons. The only person I know who uses it is a little old lady at work, about 70 years old. Of course, she also thinks that Klinton was a great president. Enough said.

[dubyagee]

LOL. That's a good story for RJayne's freeper screen names.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Sean Connery would also read it as "Penis Word".

[saluki_in_ohio]

WebTV was my introduction to the net; at the time, laptops were still very expensive, and I didn't want any more clutter in my house.

You know, I think WebTV's are great! No viruses, no frequent patch downloads, you just turn it on and it works fine. My only complaint about WebTV is not really a complaint, just a wish that I could get faster downloading of pages.

I admit it, I am an electrical/computer engineer, and I once owned a WebTV. Flame away!

[Leroy S. Mort]

One shudders to think how Connery would read "The pen is mightier than the sword".

[Paul Atreides]

AOL is nothing but crap. And, just try to terminate your account on their website. They have that info buried so deeply, it is almost impossible to find. I terminated my account seven years ago, and they still send me sign-up discs. Everywhere I go, I see huge bins full of free AOL discs. I hear a lot of people talking about what crap AOL is.

[Dont Mention the War]

"I'll take 'Famous Titties' for $100, Alex."

[Paul Atreides]

"You're an amazing woman, Poosy."

[Dane]

My first computer(Packard Bell) had Prodigy as the "installed" online service(2400 baud). I bought a computer magazine and it had an AOL disc. I said cool, installed the disc and then afterwards came to the conclusion that "AOL sucks". After a 45 minute phone call to get rid of it, never have installed AOL since even though I still get their stupid discs in the mail.

[Paul Atreides]

I noticed the latest AOL commercials feature Snoop Doggy Doo, and address the fact that they send out tons of unused discs.

[IncPen]

... #23...

[IncPen]

One shudders to think how Connery would read "The pen is mightier than the sword".

I have as ribald a sense of humor as anyone and was innocent as snow in (I thought) cleverly capturing the phrase as a screen name...

And when they denied that screen name... well, I gave some poor thing on the other end of the line... I gave her hell for their dirty minded ways!

[Orangedog]

I admit it, I am an electrical/computer engineer, and I once owned a WebTV. Flame away!

You have brought dishonor to the engineering profession! Turn in your decoder ring now before you humiliate us any further. ;)

[LasVegasMac]

AOL...worthless, useless and hopeless.

Ah - another 3 letter to add to the list....

CNNABCNBCCBSAOL.

LVM

[Havoc]

I've never had an AOL account. Looked at it once and decided I gave up Diapers long ago and have no wish for them now. But I get the tins and dvd boxed software sent to me on a monthly basis. I don't know how much money they intend to keep wasting by sending me a tin full of garbage a month; but, the tins are cool to keep stuff in and can be repainted.. ;) lol

[Cultural Jihad]

... which any pervert (or AOL) ...

Is there a difference? How ironic that AOL is now marketing itself as 'family-friendly' after years and years of catering to and enabling sexual perverts.

[tbone56]

I need to know more about the pitfalls of AOL. 3 months ago, I switched from WEBTV+ to a real computer that provided 6 months of AOL for free. I haven't gotten one piece of spam and not one popup.
I'm in a rural area with antiquated phone lines & with AOL 9.0 optimixed, I'm faster than the gubmint state of the art LAN system at work.
Where am I going wrong here?