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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

That's my xD, lmao, >:)

Lmao

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 36 points 2 years ago

You add it after trauma dumping to have plausible deniability lol

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 31 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck. You right. Lol

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] kimpilled@infosec.pub 27 points 2 years ago

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

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 years ago

Live, Love, LOL

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

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

[–] Cabrio@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

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

[–] GizmoLion@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Ong?

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Tigbitties@kbin.social 14 points 2 years 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 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Loudambiance@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Hehe reads sexual to my millennial eyes

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

It's my emotional support mood indicator!

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Like we didn't use msn emoticons

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster 11 points 2 years ago

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

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Y tho? Lol

[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago

Lol, what a funny meme, lol

[–] Voli@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

We use lol to honor trolololol

[–] The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Life is a joke so why not laugh at it.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You'll see it's all a show

Keep 'em laughin' as you go

Just remember that the last laugh is on you!

[–] hyperplane@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

lmao

[–] ashaman2007@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

This is me lol

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

It stays til the day I die lol

[–] Dwarvy@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lmao

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

"you're fired!"

"lmao"

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] Nfntordr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Lol lol

[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

haha stop me lol

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

lol :-)

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

gg lol

Afk

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

lol wait this is a millenial thing?

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Laaaaawll.

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[–] Dr_Fetus_Jackson@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

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

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