As the world moves farther and farther away from a time when AIM was the king of the communication game, we take a look back at our earlier selves. When you finished Saturday morning cartoons as a spunky tween and then logged in to AOL’s dial-up service, what was the moniker you used? We asked our readers to tell us their most embarrassing screen names—share your own in the comments below.
@whiskeyfoxxtrot drummerbabe88. Sigh.
— Yung Mark Hoppus (@DontMessWithATX) May 14, 2015
@whiskeyfoxxtrot@Paste_Design mine was “ryangrrrrrr”
— Ryan Balas (Robel!) (@robelfilms) May 14, 2015
@whiskeyfoxxtrot XxxIolexxX Minor character from Xena/Hercules I RPG’d in chatrooms
— Alana J Pinsler (@AJP_lighthouse) May 14, 2015
@whiskeyfoxxtrot teaathps
— Eric Beatty (@theericbeatty) May 14, 2015
@whiskeyfoxxtrot cheeto6666 (p.s. is that your real name? If not, it’s clever)
— Dammit, Dan™ (@DanTheLeo) May 14, 2015
@whiskeyfoxxtrot@PasteMagazine twinkletoez709….so there’s that. ????
— Lauren Ho (@Elle_Ho) May 14, 2015
@whiskeyfoxxtrot SwallowtheMoon15 (a Jewel reference, obvs)
— Caroline in the City (@carolinecox) May 14, 2015
@whiskeyfoxxtrot@PasteMagazine xmadisonartsygirlx
— anda marie manteufel (@anda_marie) May 14, 2015
