LOL. Do you LOL and not mean it??

-Corkie-

I have noticed lately mostly on Facebook and here people saying LOL at the end of every sentence or comment.

I thought LOL meant laugh out loud but people just seem to say it anyway for no reason.

I have seen posts in Motors saying stuff like my engine went bang today LOL. How much will that cost LOL???

Are they really lolling or are they just langers???

amacca

LOL...yes.

-Corkie-

amacca wrote: »

LOL...yes.

LOL
:cool:

Poor Craythur

-Corkie- wrote: »

I have noticed lately mostly on Facebook and here people saying LOL at the end of every sentence or comment.

You only noticing it lately? Dude, where have you been?

amacca

-Corkie- wrote: »

LOL
:cool:

LMFAO

Eve_Dublin

They'v recently added LOL and OMG into the Oxford English Dictionary. A part of me died inside reading this.

I never use it...I use hahaha and I usually mean it.

WindSock

It's overuse acts as a good retard filter.

Doyler92

If I don't know what to say back to someone, no matter what the conversation was about, they will simply get a LOL.

-Corkie-

Poor Craythur wrote: »

You only noticing it lately? Dude, where have you been?

Im not really into this Facebook thing so I wouldnt notice too much.

Sunnyisland

Thought it meant lots of love, ****.

rebel10

Maybe they are saying "lots of love"? Only explanation for it in motors

-Corkie-

Doyler92 wrote: »

If I don't know what to say back to someone, no matter what the conversation was about, they will simply get a LOL.

So if they told you they were going to stab you to death would you say LOL????:D

rebel10

Doyler92 wrote: »

If I don't know what to say back to someone, no matter what the conversation was about, they will simply get a LOL.

Me: "My grandmother died today"
You: LOL!!:eek:

Gneez

every time I use it I'm deadly serious

Poor Craythur

-Corkie- wrote: »

Im not really into this Facebook thing so I wouldnt notice too much.

LOL predates Facebook by probably a good seven or eight years. It started with texting.

Poor Craythur

WindSock wrote: »

It's overuse acts as a good retard filter.

You mean 'Its'.

Sorry, not usually a grammar nazi but considering the nature of the post, I couldn't resist! :pac:

syklops

Its part of the exaggeration thing that people do now. People LOL when they actually chuckle. When they actually laugh out loud, they type LMAO. When they get a headache they say they have a migraine. When they have a cold, they say they have the flu.

*Cough* Sorry, I have a touch of the flu. No, at best you have a cough, at worst you may have a cold.

jimthemental

I don't use it or any of the other ones like it except for STFU

syklops

Poor Craythur wrote: »

You mean 'Its'.

Sorry, not usually a grammar nazi but considering the nature of the post, I couldn't resist! :pac:

:rolleyes:

amacca

rebel10 wrote: »

Maybe they are saying "lots of love"? Only explanation for it in motors

I dunno....bunch of motorheads saying lots of love to each other?

I'd rather they were laughing out loud maniacally for no particular reason tbh

BBDBB

of course I meant it

you are feckin hilarious yfcy

Poor Craythur

syklops wrote: »

:rolleyes:

It was clearly a joke. Plus, getting indignant on behalf of others - :rolleyes:

WindSock

Poor Craythur wrote: »

You mean 'Its'.

Sorry, not usually a grammar nazi but considering the nature of the post, I couldn't resist! :pac:

Aw tits.

You know, I was typing that thinking it didn't look right. Then I checked again and say nah grand the apostrophe is ok for sum reason LOL!!!

I first came across it in chat rooms around 1998/99.

Poor Craythur

WindSock wrote: »

Aw tits.

You know, I was typing that thinking it didn't look right. Then I checked again and say nah grand the apostrophe is ok for sum reason LOL!!!

See, this is why spellcheck and grammarcheck are flawed. Anyways, I was kidding.

rebel10

amacca wrote: »

I dunno....bunch of motorheads saying lots of love to each other?

And sure why not?
I was joking btw!

joshrogan

I can stand LOL but not Rofl and lmao or any variation of the two.

WindSock

Poor Craythur wrote: »

See, this is why spellcheck and grammarcheck are flawed. Anyways, I was kidding.

Spellcheck on this?

I had already ninja'd it, so I couldn't go back and reninja without it being ninja. I'll get over it....


....in time.

HoneyRyder

The minute somebody uses this in the wrong context, they drop a few notches in my estimation. Whether it's on Facebook, MSN, via text, email or on a forum, 'lol' abuse makes me seriously consider whether this person is actually worth communicating with. Use 'pmsl' and it's conversation over. Forever.

Poor Craythur

WindSock wrote: »

Spellcheck on this?

I had already ninja'd it, so I couldn't go back and reninja without it being ninja. I'll get over it....


....in time.

No, not what you typed just there. Aaaaah never mind!

OP, I say 'hahahaha', 'hee hee' or 'heh heh' depending on which fits.

J. Marston

I never use lol but I will use every now and again.

Smilies > Acronyms/Abbreviations.

Cathaoirleach

http://www.talksy.com/images/stories/1/1/0/3/9/2/110392_300.jpg

jd007

roflcopter

stupidusername

I hate this acceptance of using lol as some sort of punctuation and gap filler. i mean if you don't know what to say, don't say anything. here's an example of a conversation with the lol logic:

person A: jeez i really like surfing the internet
person B: beans

*here lol has been replaced with something equally unrelated. you sound like a fool! stop it stop it stop it!

pow wow

You only need to look at people on Skype who type 'omg rofl lmfao!!!!!!11111one' with a deathly serious face on camera.

BluesBerry

ROFLMFAO :pac:

Dangerous Man

I only use it in an ironic way. So since there's nothing ironic about this post, I won't be using it here.

Willbbz

It's rude not to write back to people on facebook chat, reply with a sympathy lol

Poor Craythur

BluesBerry wrote: »

ROFLMFAO :pac:

OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!! :pac:

Mr Benevolent

I never say it online. Used to years ago.

LOL predates texting too. It was around first when chatrooms were at their most popular and you had to type quickly to get your point across. Then texting became extremely popular and it just solidified it into our culture, to the extent that it's now in effin' dictionaries. I find that I rarely use it.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

LOL predates texting too. It was around first when chatrooms were at their most popular and you had to type quickly to get your point across. Then texting became extremely popular and it just solidified it into our culture, to the extent that it's now in effin' dictionaries. I find that I rarely use it.

a/s/l?

Wibbs

A good mate of mine ran a forum a few years back in the early days of same and it was very moderator lite, so it could get a tad out there at times, but he hated "LOL" with a passion(rightfully). So he, being a programmer techie type, fiddled with the code so anytime someone typed "LOL" it would display "I'm a fúcking retard" in the actual post. Sorted that LOL meme out real quick by training said retards. Negative reinforcement and all that. Though it did amaze me how slow some were to cop the connection. IIRC if you typed "your ma" he would come around to your house and personally kick you square in the face.

Poor Craythur

Deleted User wrote: »

LOL predates texting too. It was around first when chatrooms were at their most popular and you had to type quickly to get your point across. Then texting became extremely popular and it just solidified it into our culture, to the extent that it's now in effin' dictionaries. I find that I rarely use it.

Yep, doesn't surprise me that LOL even predates texting.

Cybertron85

I used enough LOL's when I first discovered the internet as a yungfla in about 2002 to last me a lifetime.

Irish Guitarist

lol alot of ppl type like dis lol they dont use ful stops or capetal letters lol for sum reason these ppl find it easier to write lol at teh end of every centince than to use a ful stop lol pmsl

Pwindedd

I'm constantly amazed by the things that irritate people. I do use LOL but only when I'm saying something that may be misconstrued or heaven forbid when I genuinely laugh out loud. It's sometimes hard to convey an emotion in type and a LOL or ;-) can assist with the sentiment. I'm not against adding words like this to the dictionary - it's the evolution of language whether you like it or not - as long as they don't start removing words because they're not modern or popular then where is the harm. If they didn't add words to the dictionary we'd all still be saying foresooth and whereart thou.

Unpossible

cool story bro, LOL

starbelgrade

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

They'v recently added LOL and OMG into the Oxford English Dictionary. A part of me died inside reading this.

I never use it...I use hahaha and I usually mean it.

OMG was used quite often in the 19th Century in written word. There are many personal letters that have been found which show that it's usage was quite common. It fell out of use for a long time & has recently come back into the language in both spoken & written word.

I'm not a fan of either expression, but I do love the fact that new words enter the dictionary on a regular basis. It shows that a language is alive & evolving, even if some of the new words are, well, retarded.

lmaopml

Yeah, I greatly regret my username, but I'm not a registered member that I can change it, sometimes I actually feel like bashing my computer and throwing it out the window at times, but then I have friends who reside therein too....*bites nails*

..but generally speaking I like to LOL :P my ass off mostly..

Poor Craythur

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm not a fan of either expression, but I do love the fact that new words enter the dictionary on a regular basis. It shows that a language is alive & evolving, even if some of the new words are, well, retarded.

Agreed.

I loved that 'meh' entered the dictionary, it's a great, descriptive word, IMO.