Its funny because its ancient history...like carrying a flip phone. There is something of a status symbol regarding domain names these days, kinda like a vanity plate for your car. Regarding directing others to a new account and/or consolidating email accounts, this a as simple as a change of address process. The other reason for the humor is that AOL still represents the last of dial-up internet access. No worries, AOL is likely to merge with yahoo this year...so that stigma will finally go away.
...^^^my yahoo account is old (ancient history) too...is it OK if I keep that too? Like I've said, in addition to my aol address, I also have a yahoo and gmail address but my aol account works well and I actually like the layout so why change it?...and "status" has nothing to do with it. ...how about my landline phone #?...is that permissible according to the ACME Judgment Co? ...I don't carry a "flip phone" so I guess I won't be condemned to purgatory for that too. And what about my 65 year old tractor?...or my 10 year old truck?... ...I don't use "dial up" service for the internet, so I guess I get a pass for that too?...and is it OK if I keep that phone # as well as my cell #? ...and wait, what's this?......I can use a "change of address" to redirect my AOL address?... really, no kidding?...but again, why should I?...because people I don't even know think it's "funny" and attach a "stigma" to it?...sorry, not gonna happen.
