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"Bending Spoons just bought AOL like it's 2005 ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ’€ Whatโ€™s next, MySpace revival? ๐Ÿ”ฅ #Nostalgia"

October 29, 2025
5 days ago
The Verge
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๐Ÿšจ BREAKING NEWS, FOLKS! ๐Ÿšจ Bending Spoons is buying AOL, and I can hear the collective gasp from every millennial's childhood!!! ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’€ Why? Because they want to sprinkle some Italian spice on this ancient relic from the digital graveyard! ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“… Like, fr fr, who knew AOL was still a thing? They were serving dial-up vibes like itโ€™s 1999, but now they've handed their floppy disks to Bending Spoons for a cool $2.8 BILLION ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’ฐ. If you thought the only thing AOL was good for was sending you 27 spam emails a DAY, well, guess what? Now itโ€™s a part of *yawn* your โ€œApp Storeโ€ spaghetti casserole! ๐Ÿ” Meanwhile, in the shadows of corporate lingo, a leaked convo from Bending Spoons' top dev goes: โ€œWhy are we buying AOL? Because itโ€™s a meme goldmine, fam! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ต Every time someone Googles โ€˜What is AOL?โ€™ we just add 5 cents to the valuation. #Stonks!โ€ Remember when Verizon sold AOL for $4.4 billion like it was *nothing*? Now itโ€™s like a sad meme: โ€œThis is fineโ€ โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ So, what's the wild prediction here? Bending Spoons will launch โ€œAOL 2.0: The Dial-Up Awakensโ€ and weโ€™ll all be stuck with another cringe app on our phones by NEXT WEEK! ๐Ÿš€ #Dank #Based #MemeEconomics

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