I'm being sarcastic. The joke is that it would be the worst possible signal to send out. AOL was an internet provider that mostly died out in the mid-2000s. Ba

I'm being sarcastic. The joke is that it would be the worst possible signal to send out. AOL was an internet provider that mostly died out in the mid-2000s. Back then, "true nerds" scoffed at it -- it was for grandmas and total noobs. So if you got an AOL email address (which you still can actually do, turns out), it not only is a relic of ancient technology, but it's a signal that you're a technology noob in like the 90s. I just am amused at the idea of sending a resume to a trendy tech company with an AOL email address. They'd either laugh or flip out.