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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I once had a conversation with my girlfriend where she didn't get a joke. I had to explain it to her and when she got it she said "oh, yeah. lol"

But the "lol" was said like the way you'd say "right" or "got it."

"lol" expressed that it was funny, but the tone expressed understanding.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

I remember the first time I said lol out loud.

It was strange, because I wasn't even a fan of it to begin with, but it snuck into my head, and one Christmas, I was talking with a cousin telling a story, and said that I "loled".

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

If he thinks dis spelling is sarcasm he's GoNnA LoVe DiS SpElLiNg!!1!

[–] Panamalt@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Language is just so much more interesting when you start ignoring all the weird, stuffy rules

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think language is like art. It's ideal to learn the rules then brek them.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Kinda funny seeing a post about the written word so flagrantly disregard appropriate use of punctuation.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

rules of punctuation aren't here to chain us, they're mere guidelines

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I had no idea I was clipping my own wings by avoiding horrendous run-ons.

[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

I mean John Locke is considered a foundational philosopher.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Run-on sentences convey rambling...

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I dunno... Sentence formatting to convey meaning? You could argue this is punctuation.

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven’t read it, but someone looked into this type of thing and wrote a book called Because the Internet.

I think the author is a linguist but I don’t remember.

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Because Internet - Gretchen McCulloch

Thanks for mentioning this, I've added it to my tbr.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago