AIM Is Gone So The Internet Shares Embarrassing Screen Names

December 15, 2017 11:56 AM EST

Before there was Snapchat, WhatsApp, Instagram messaging, or iChat, there was AIM, AOL’s instant messenger service and it was the best way for ’90s and ’00s teens to chat with friends, find like-minded Sonic the Hedgehog or Rancid fans, flirt with strangers, generally get awkward, and make all kinds of AIMemories. Since times—and technology— have changed, the service signed off for the last time on December 15, 20 years after it launched, and the internet is throwing a nostalgia-fueled wake.

Those who knew and loved the service are raiding their teenage diaries and sharing their AIM screen names and they are a delightful time capsule of wannabe cool, laugh-out-loud awkward, hindsight-is-embarrassing ’90s gems. Check out this list of classic screen names as a final away message to the service that started it all.

KawaiiSaturnSMS from my sailor moon phase in middle school (which never actually ended shhh lol)
— beak (@itsmebeakx) December 15, 2017

Good gracious just remembered my AIM screen name was BobMarley007

Wtf
— Todd Kraines (@G_lewnit) December 15, 2017

My 1st ever screen name was SpiceG6162. I had many throughout the years though. Some others I remember: Millenniumbabe21, XCharmedOneX, imxnotxsexy, dolceharajuku, and most recently elle oh vee e. Kinda sad even tho I dont really use it anymore. #aim #AOL #endofanera 💛 https://t.co/yO54pQcqfi
— sansarya (@sansarya_) December 15, 2017

1fanofbritney ... cuz I was indeed @britneyspears number 1 fan
— Valerie (@Val_South) December 14, 2017

i wish i could forget
— delf-sabotage (@notswarrior) December 14, 2017

Goodbye #AIM Logging on to you daily was one of the highlights of the being a #2000Teen, it's a shame to see you go it really is. Thanks for all the good, bad, and weird times you gave me. #AIMemories pic.twitter.com/1ze5H04A9b
— Andrew McClure (@darkrock17) December 15, 2017

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