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[–] MrMamiya@feddit.de 87 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lol means a lot of things to us. It’s hard to put into language. A signal we’re kidding, we’re uncomfortable expressing an emotion through text, we’re nervous, we don’t want something taken the wrong way, we’re expressing casual empathy. There’s more to lol than laughing, I’m sure someone has done a study on it by now.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"lol" is punctuation. A carryover from a time before we had a thousand different emoji to pick from, and also when casual IM communication was not yet so ingrained our culture that conveying subtle tone came naturally. Lol

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 19 points 1 year ago

It used to annoy me a bit first, but after a while I realised this. It's true. So I incorporated lols in my conversations with millenials, in moderation of course. Definitely an improvement

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

That's my xD, lmao, >:)

Lmao

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 38 points 1 year ago

You add it after trauma dumping to have plausible deniability lol

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm Gen X and I do that shit all the time. Lol

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can tell you're a filthy Xer because you don't put lol before your period lol.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Now it looks like a policeman directing traffic instead of a person drowning lol

[–] kimpilled@infosec.pub 27 points 1 year ago

That’s my emotional support lol you will not take it from me

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 year ago

Live, Love, LOL

[–] kvothelu@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i will stop adding lol immediately fr fr. no cap.

[–] Cabrio@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

This meme is straight bussin', on god, fr fr.

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me lolol.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

It's just some extra spice for a sentence, lol.

[–] Tigbitties@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to use "aal" to be edgy. "Actual audible laugh". No one knew what the fuck I was talking about. Yeah, I'm embarrassed about that.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You should be embarrassed, but are you aae, though?

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As soon as you fucks stop adding emojis and gifs all over yours

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Like we didn't use msn emoticons

[–] spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I can't use lol I'll go back to hehe

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Hehe reads sexual to my millennial eyes

[–] Loudambiance@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel like I'm being personally attacked, lol.

We like laughing, what can I say 🤷... like it's fucking crime, shees 😒.

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

It's my emotional support mood indicator!

[–] Voli@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

We use lol to honor trolololol

[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Lol, what a funny meme, lol

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago
[–] hyperplane@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[–] The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Life is a joke so why not laugh at it.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Life's a piece of shit when you look at it. 🎵

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You'll see it's all a show

Keep 'em laughin' as you go

Just remember that the last laugh is on you!

[–] ashaman2007@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

This is me lol

[–] Dwarvy@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao is the only acceptable one. Lol is for everyone's grandparents

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lmao isn't professional when having a work conversation with your boss but lol definitely is, so it's clearly superior lol

[–] Pitri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

"you're fired!"

"lmao"

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I want to be fired for sending an acronym in which one of the letters stood for a swear. Not even the dumbest thing that's ever happened to me.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

lol wait this is a millenial thing?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It stays til the day I die lol

[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

That's what they get for filling >50℅ of a reply with emojis

[–] rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

haha stop me lol

[–] Nfntordr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago
[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Dr_Fetus_Jackson@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Looool! I'm Gen X, and do it for the lulz.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I pretty much downvote any argument that is ended with an emoticon.

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