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LOL. Do you LOL and not mean it??

  • 27-03-2011 08:27PM
    #1
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,021 ✭✭✭✭


    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???


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Comments

  • #2
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,990 ✭✭✭amacca


    LOL...yes.


  • #3
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,021 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    amacca wrote: »
    LOL...yes.

    LOL
    :cool:


  • #4
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭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?


  • #5
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,990 ✭✭✭amacca


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    LOL
    :cool:

    LMFAO


  • #6
    Eve_Dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,884 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #7
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    It's overuse acts as a good retard filter.


  • #8
    Doyler92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭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.


  • #9
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,021 ✭✭✭✭-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.


  • #10
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


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


  • #11
    rebel10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭rebel10


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


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  • #12
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,021 ✭✭✭✭-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


  • #13
    rebel10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭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:


  • #14
    Gneez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Gneez


    every time I use it I'm deadly serious


  • #15
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭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.


  • #16
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭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! :p:D :pac:


  • #17
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #18
    jimthemental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


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


  • #19
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    You mean 'Its'.

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

    :rolleyes:


  • #20
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,990 ✭✭✭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


  • #21
    BBDBB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,899 ✭✭✭✭BBDBB


    of course I meant it

    you are feckin hilarious yfcy


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  • #22
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    syklops wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

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


  • #23
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    You mean 'Its'.

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


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,160 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


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


  • #25
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭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. :)


  • #26
    rebel10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭rebel10


    amacca wrote: »
    I dunno....bunch of motorheads saying lots of love to each other?
    And sure why not?
    I was joking btw!


  • #27
    joshrogan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 855 ✭✭✭joshrogan


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


  • #28
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    See, this is why spellcheck and grammarcheck are flawed. Anyways, I was kidding. :)

    Spellcheck on this? :confused:

    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.


  • #29
    HoneyRyder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭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.


  • #30
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    WindSock wrote: »
    Spellcheck on this? :confused:

    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! :D

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


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  • #31
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,408 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


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

    Smilies > Acronyms/Abbreviations.


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