LOL. Do you LOL and not mean it??

Cathaoirleach · 27-03-2011 08:57PM

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jd007 · 27-03-2011 09:10PM

roflcopter

stupidusername · 27-03-2011 09:16PM

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 · 27-03-2011 09:31PM

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

BluesBerry · 27-03-2011 09:33PM

ROFLMFAO :pac:

Dangerous Man · 27-03-2011 09:34PM

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 · 27-03-2011 09:34PM

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

Poor Craythur · 27-03-2011 09:34PM

BluesBerry wrote: »

ROFLMFAO :pac:

OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!! :pac:

Mr Benevolent · 27-03-2011 09:37PM

I never say it online. Used to years ago.

27-03-2011 09:40PM

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.

27-03-2011 09:42PM

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 · 27-03-2011 09:44PM

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 · 27-03-2011 09:46PM

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 · 27-03-2011 09:49PM

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

Irish Guitarist · 27-03-2011 10:09PM

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 · 27-03-2011 10:22PM

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 · 27-03-2011 11:55PM

cool story bro, LOL

starbelgrade · 28-03-2011 12:01AM

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 · 28-03-2011 12:06AM

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 · 28-03-2011 12:11AM

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.

Gunsfortoys · 28-03-2011 12:16AM

Yo dawg, I hear you like to LOL, so we put an LOL in your LOL so you can LOL while you LOL, LOL.

starbelgrade · 28-03-2011 12:17AM

Poor Craythur wrote: »

Agreed.

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

I hadn't realised that. It's a great word.

Meh!

FTGFOP · 28-03-2011 12:23AM

stupidusername wrote: »

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!

Hehe. 'Beans'. Actually, that sounds like a cool random thing to say instead of nodding. I think I'll start doing that.

Beans.

lmaopml · 28-03-2011 12:23AM

Meh!

Lol more! Saddos..

hehe

LOL. Do you LOL and not mean it??

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