AIM is RIP

[Solid Snake]

Do you remember all the souls you've lost to the internet? Those incidental friendships, forged in IRC clients, Newgrounds forums, 40-man Ragnaros wipes, scattered across the globe when the web was young? They came into your life and played Fall Out Boy over Ventrilo. They came into your life and disappeared forever. Do you remember when snapping a selfie required a frustrating tangle of mechanical coercion, but it was worth it to show them your face? When real-life names were rarefied information shared exclusively through digital blood pacts? AIM shut down today, and the only thing I can think about is how all of those people still exist somewhere, perhaps exploring the same pit in their stomach that I am.​

Read full story: RIP, AIM: Remembering how we used to talk on the internet | PC Gamer

I used to love these:

I feel old. :

 

[Swift]

Those smileys are the best.

R.I.P.

 

[JBan]

RIP indeed.

 

[The Gipper]

[HASHTAG]#bringaimsmiliestowwef[/HASHTAG]

 

[Swift]

What he said.

 

[Solid Snake]

[HASHTAG]#bringaimsmiliestowwef[/HASHTAG]

These? BadassBuddy.com :: Badass Buddy Icons and Avatars, FOO!

 

[Solid Snake]

LOL I used this one:

 

[Solidus1]

I never used AIM, always used MSN.