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Let's face it, if you were the kid with a trampoline, you were getting the answers to the math homework. The “Do you have the answers to the math homework?” You definitely knew to close out of every chat before leaving your family's computer. You and your friends could spend countless hours talking about how they were out to ruin your lives and you never had to worry about them seeing it. The classic “My mom is the woooorst”ĪIM was the perfect place to bitch about your parents. Your relationship with him didn't feel like it was human to robot it felt like it was human to friend. When you spent countless hours sitting on chat, not having anyone to actually chat with, you could always hit up SmarterChild. You might have even suspected that old SmarterChild was kind of a little bit into you. Yes, SmarterChild, I would like to talk about my butt again. U?" too forward? I guess you'll never know. But nothing left you more thirsty than the infamous "wazzup" with no follow-through. There was nothing more exciting than getting an IM from your crush. Were you soulful or edgy? Were you punk rock or girly? It was a lot of pressure. You had to use the power of alternative music to sum you up as a person. It was absolutely crucial to have the perfect song lyric that accurately described your personality. The "What lyric should I make my away message?" I knew what Chunkymonkey69 and I had together was special. A 90s girl didn't need a solid 10 to feel special. It was always exciting to get above a nine from your future husband in sixth grade. Here are the conversations every 90s girl had over AIM: 1. We all had those classic AIM chats in the 90s, the ones with shorthand text and old school emojis. It was a haven for curse words and saying what we really thought of each other without all of the restrictions of school. Our time spent on AIM was our time of freedom. It was the opportune time for talking to (or not talking to) our crushes, for personalizing our bios and for our favorite thing of all: gossiping. Obviously, a lot had happened between the 3 pm bell and the 30 minutes it took to get home.

If we weren’t hitting up the mall for Slurpees and cheap jewelry from Claire’s, we were on AIM.Įvery day after school, we’d jump off the bus, eat the snacks our moms had waiting and jump on our parents' janky PCs to log in and chat with all of our friends we’d just left at school. Going on AOL Instant Messenger was every 90s girl's favorite pastime. Nothing, however, makes me more nostalgic than AIM. As a child of the 90s, I constantly long for the things that encapsulated my youth. There were JNCO jeans and Bop It there were Pokémon cards and Smackers lip balm there were Saturday morning cartoons and jelly sandals. But until I see it, I won't be satisfied.The 90s were simpler times. "It's great that they said they'll alter the terms of service so it's not that nightmarish. "The way it stands right now is potentially a nightmare for users," Mitchell said. Mitchell, who writes a blog under the pen name "Aunty Spam," had calledĪIM's policy a "complete waiver of privacy." Privacy Policy-referenced in AIM's terms of service-has long said that "AOL does not read your private online communications when you use any of the communication tools offered as AIM Products." The updated terms of service will include that statement, rather than referencing it.Īnne Mitchell, president of the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy, said it was a good sign that AOL was revising its agreement but that she would withhold judgment until she could read it. "At a minimum, there was significant confusion." "We're making the language clearer so users understand it," Weinstein said. AIM's public areas include a few dozen public chat rooms, which cover topics from celebrity gossip to NASCAR chat.