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[โ€“] Mr_Blott 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah but we secretly laugh at anyone with a yahoo email address, admit it

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I always smile when I see Hotmail addresses come up ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] Mr_Blott 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use mine for every online sign-up and purchase. That's what it's for!

Plus you're just jealous because those of us who got emails a quarter of a century ago got our own names instead of [email protected] ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I used to have my first name (which is very common) at excite.com ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ˜‚ Good times!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mine was from highschool because they told us to use that. Now it's for junk

[โ€“] moistclump 3 points 1 year ago

Secretly? Iโ€™m pretty blatant about laughing at yahoo accounts.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I saw someone recently with a Prodigy email. That was my first ISP in like 1999.