The absolute zenith of dial-up-era cluelessness — the moment someone's tech ignorance reaches a level so cartoonishly perfect it loops back around to iconic.
The absolute zenith of dial-up-era cluelessness — the moment someone's tech ignorance reaches a level so cartoonishly perfect it loops back around to iconic. Peak aoltard is not just being behind the times; it's achieving a kind of legendary consistency in your befuddlement. We're talking the person who types their password into the URL bar, prints Google Maps directions, and still has a Yahoo email as their professional contact.
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That unmistakable vibe someone gives off when they're catastrophically behind on how the internet works — still forwarding chain emails, baffled by two-factor auth, and typing in ALL CAPS for emphasis. Aoltard energy isn't mean-spirited as much as it's affectionate nostalgia-cringe for the person in your life who peaked online in 2003 and never updated their mental software. You clock it in seconds. It radiates from anyone who still asks 'what's a hashtag?' in 2025.
When someone's internet cluelessness is subtle enough that you almost miss it — not screaming AOL vibes, but quietly, consistently off. Low key aoltard is your coworker who still double-clicks hyperlinks, or your friend who types 'google.com' into the Google search bar every single time. They function fine. They get by. But the tells are there if you know what to look for.
A user of the internet service provider.
She asked me to 'put the WiFi on the USB stick for her' — that's peak aoltard behavior right there.
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(slang, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A user of the AOL internet service provider.