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[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 3 points 36 minutes ago

ROFLMAO never

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 3 points 50 minutes ago

Can't stop won't stop lol.

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 3 points 1 hour ago

I'm gen X as all hell and I'll say lol when I want lol.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I was once sitting next to a colleague in a group pod who sent us an e-mail ending with "lol". I turned to my left and called him out on it because that dude was quiet as a mouse.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 1 hour ago

Millennials not using lol in their messages is like a Brit not offering you tea

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Life sucks, I'm poor, and everything hurts. Lol.

[–] jeffep@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

So is "no, " correct or "no, lol lol"?

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

"Lulz" is a corruption of "L.O.L.," which stands for "Laugh Out Loud."

[–] rarWars@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm Gen Z and I use lol as punctuation at the end of a sentence to indicate a lighthearted tone, just like a ? or ! indicate their respective tones. It's very useful, and I think I'll keep using it lol

It fills a similar niche to tone tags but somewhat less intrusive imo.

[–] karashta@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

This has how it's always been used as far as I have seen as an older millennial, aside from being used in a form of irony.

It's an upbeat tone indicator. But it's not the same as sending someone a smile with your text.

It fills a useful niche. Just like /s also does.

[–] A_Drusas@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Excuse you, but it's lol, no.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cordyceps@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 hours ago

About to, lol.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

The only person I know with the lol habit is American. No one else does that.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 8 hours ago

But I really am laughing out loud. I am rolling on the floor, laughing my ass off. In a helicopter. A helicopter that goes swooshswooshswooshdwoosh.

[–] normalentrance@lemmy.zip 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It masks all the sadness in my heart, lol.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sorry for your loss, move on, lol

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Lots of love?

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 24 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (5 children)

I had to teach myself to say lol all the time via text and it absolutely helps with tone, so does using emoji which was something else I had to force myself to do. I seem less mature I guess but I don’t come off as a blunt asshole anymore and my conversations go a lot smoother

[–] Monte_Crisco@thelemmy.club 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I’m afraid I’ve used “lol” so much for so many years that this is exactly how people will interpret my texts if I suddenly stop now.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

U ok? Did we upset you? You seem...tense.

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I have been called weird or passive aggressive for using punctuation in my text messages. Why do we cater to these people? Why do I care about the opinion of someone who takes to heart whether I use an exclamation point or period at the end of a sentence? It should have been their problem to learn to not make assumptions.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

Because you're not following social conventions

It's also up to you to learn to work with others, conversation is a cooperative game. If you don't give enough signs, people don't know the tone you are intending to give over text, because body language and verbal tone is missing. That's the purpose of the informal conventions

It's your problem to learn too

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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 11 points 13 hours ago

You can pry my lol from my cold dead fingers lol

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] A_Drusas@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 hours ago

I feel this in my bones.

Scorpy's gonna scorp. XD

[–] bett@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] DiabolicalBird@lemmy.ca 31 points 19 hours ago (9 children)

Tone is an absolute bitch to convey properly over text, if you don't add indicators it's up to the reader to determine the tone you're using. Miscommunication causes larger problems. Using lol helps indicate a lighter tone so people don't think I'm pissed off or grumpy when I'm not

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[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 12 points 17 hours ago

I have a tendency to speak very blunt and directly about most things, so lol is absolute necessity for me online in order to not blatantly spread ragebait everywhere I go lol

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