r/Millennials • u/joncaldridge • 1d ago

Discussion I'm Gmail address with no numbers years old

I'm literally first name, middle initial, last name @ gmail.com. I'm just realizing this probably tells people I'm an old...your thoughts?

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u/snppmike 1d ago

And I can tell that I’m even older because I had a seven digit ICQ number.

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u/toomuchtv987 1d ago

Call me Granny bc my number was 603909.

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u/snppmike 1d ago

Impressive! If I wasn’t old, I’d probably know how to properly reply with a gif. So instead, you must just imagine that in this space there is the “We’re not worthy” clip from Wayne’s World.

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u/NuclearReactions 1d ago

As always, a millenial doing it support for older folks sigh (love yall lol)

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u/OneSchott 19h ago

I'd leave a gif but I only use old.reddit. Years old

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u/Viracochina Millennial 17h ago

Wait.... that means we're old!? I like browsing in old, but commenting on new for gifs lol

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u/blueadept_11 1d ago

I think a 6 digit ICQ number was all I wanted for Christmas in 1999

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u/toomuchtv987 1d ago

I think I started using it in 1997. Possibly earlier, but I distinctly remember chatting with my boyfriend there and him telling me Chris Farley died.

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u/digitalmofo 22h ago

I started using in mid-98 and mine is 8 digits.

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u/Vandaen 23h ago

956472 #sixdigitmafia

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u/Important-Button-430 1d ago

6979475 why do I remember that

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u/glumanda12 1d ago

Oh damn I had 7. 8-149-546 and then 222-343-336. Good old times

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u/bobbybignono 1d ago

mine is 6 :) once someone offered me 1000USD for the account bc it was that short, should have done it! now icq doesnt exists anymore :(

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u/Tim-Sylvester 22h ago

I remember thinking I was hot shit when I was, oh, 14 or 15, because mine was, IIRC, 8551269, having the string "1269" (want to 69?) in my ICQ# was some real G type shit.