Please to explain "LOL"

Helenahhandbasket

Can someone please explain the misuse of LOL to me?  I realize this questions probably makes me sould like I am 60 years old, but can someone deciper this text convo for me?

Me: Hey how was your weekend?

Friend: It was good lol

Me: Cool-- what did you wind up doing?

Friend: took B to the park lol

 

Has LOL lost all meaning?  This is a grown woman I was texting-- not a child.

Also, LOL is not the same as ha.  Hahahahahaha  makes sense.  lololololololol makes no kind of sense.

 

TIA

Libby1978

Ummm....it seems like the person you were texting does not know what "lol" means.

Helenahhandbasket

Libby1978 said:

Ummm....it seems like the person you were texting does not know what "lol" means.

 

Ryght?

I mean, I think she does, but she's not the only one that does this to me.

Libby1978

Helenahhandbasket said:

Libby1978 said:

Ummm....it seems like the person you were texting does not know what "lol" means.

 

Ryght?

I mean, I think she does, but she's not the only one that does this to me.

Just text back, "What's so funny?"

Libby1978

MrsSkull1107 said:

My friend/co-worker uses lol the same way. It's so bizarre to me.

I really don't like lol as an expression of humor. I'd rather right "hahahahaha" or "that's hilarious!"

I agree!!!

ASmallWonder

Somewhat related, I also hate when people add an "lol" or smiley to something clearly douchy but then claim they were "joking."

missyishere

My cracker eater likes to use quotations in her sentences at last twice and include a smiley or two with her LOLs wherever possible. I kind of want to throat punch her.

s0ulchicken

My MIL does this. It drives me crazy. Both because, well, it's her, and because it makes no sense.

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MelissaRae1525

I have a FB friend that ends everything in lol. Lol is not a period!

Semi related: my mom said GFY to me the other day when I told her I was going to do something. I was like mom, what do you think that means? She thought it meant good for you.

missyishere

missyishere said:

My cracker eater likes to use quotations in her sentences at last twice and include a smiley or two with her LOLs wherever possible. I kind of want to throat punch her.

I'm quoting myself to also state she adds a word or two in caps as well. She's the worst sentence offender possible. #cuntpunt

s0ulchicken

missyishere said:

My cracker eater likes to use quotations in her sentences at last twice and include a smiley or two with her LOLs wherever possible. I kind of want to throat punch her.

Please don't throat punch me @missyishere. I am very guilty of quotations and smiley faces. Never in a work email though. Ever.

missyishere

Lol @mrsskull1107











YSWIDT?

LuckyDad

Helenahhandbasket said:

Me: Hey how was your weekend?

Friend: It was good lol

Me: Cool-- what did you wind up doing?

Friend: took B to the park lol

 

This only makes sense if she got drunk or high and is laughing about it.

missyishere

Go fuck yourself? @thisisbrea

Libby1978

ThisIsBrea said:

Okay...I'm a text dummy apparently. What does GFY mean?

Go fuck yourself

Helenahhandbasket

MelissaRae1525 said:

I have a FB friend that ends everything in lol. Lol is not a period! Semi related: my mom said GFY to me the other day when I told her I was going to do something. I was like mom, what do you think that means? She thought it meant good for you.

Parents are so cute at that age.

theseaword

That usage makes no sense. I don't use lol, but if I received that text "good lol", I would have expected like a funny story to immediately follow. Like "good lol. Won a radio contest for best Gilbert Godfrey impression".

Helenahhandbasket

GhostMonkey said:

There are so many newbs that do that. I picture them as someone that laughs every time they end a sentence IRL too. Which is obnoxious and makes me instantly hate them.

 

Yes-- it is almost like a nervous laugh-- but via text. 

Nervous laughers make me nervous.

littlestjerry

Ugh, I'm elderly. I assumed GFY was good for you too. Kids these days and their hip lingo!

msdrdg

I think I am an exclamation offender.  Sorry.
I also have a tendency to use parentheses a lot.
Don't hate me. 

Helenahhandbasket

msd-rdg said:

I think I am an exclamation offender.  Sorry.
I also have a tendency to use parentheses a lot.
Don't hate me. 

 

Too funny.

 

I will admit to overusing ellipsis...not sure what the plural is...elipsi...ellipses? lololololololol.

Maebb

This is different but related.

Over Labor Day weekend, my mom got my 12 year old cousin to "set her up with a Twitter," mainly I think so she can spy on my younger brother. I said something about how she was going to use Twitter to be a twat, and Mom smiled and said, "Yep!" I apologized later and explained to her that what I said meant something different than what she thought.

Helenahhandbasket

MrsSkull1107 said:

What about people that use "..." like after every sentence? I imagine that in real life they make all kinds of awkward pauses in their speech too.

HA!  I think you posted this the same time I posted my comment.

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At my old office, a woman who made several tens of thousands a year more than I did had "ThankX" in her email signature.

What!?

LaurelBee

Laugh out loud out loud out old out loud

Helenahhandbasket

overture said:

At my old office, a woman who made several tens of thousands a year more than I did had "ThankX" in her email signature.

What!?

Aww...tha's cute too.  I think she probably means "thanx", which also hurts my eyes, but "thankx" is just precious. 

littlestjerry

MrsSkull1107 said:

What about people that use "..." like after every sentence? I imagine that in real life they make all kinds of awkward pauses in their speech too.

This is my SIL. Literally.................super long ellipses......that don't make sense at all. This post also reminds me of one of my favorite Monk scenes where he's trying to fit in and be cool and says "that's enough to make me Lol out loud."

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I also get twitchy when people put spaces before an exclamation point !

Helenahhandbasket

kiraliz2 said:

HilarityEnsued said:

The substitution of "x" for "ks" makes me want to junk punch all the things.

I hate it almost as much as "ur" instead of "your"

What about the name Jaxson. There is a girl on my BMB that named her son that. -_-

DEGMS on Jaxon.

Helenahhandbasket

Helenahhandbasket said:

kiraliz2 said:

HilarityEnsued said:

The substitution of "x" for "ks" makes me want to junk punch all the things.

I hate it almost as much as "ur" instead of "your"

What about the name Jaxson. There is a girl on my BMB that named her son that. -_-

DEGMS on Jaxon.

Don't Even Get Me Started.

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thebanich

MIL was just learning how to text when DH and I started Dating and it was somewhat hilarious.

MIL: HI

DH: You learned how to text!

MIL: idonotknowhowtospace

pinkiemo

Only thing worse than lol is lolz.

 

On a separate geriatric note, I had to have my niece explain yolo for me via text.  It got to the point where I didn't know what she was saying anymore. 

thebanich

I'm terrible about over using the ellipses. But I'm also awkward IRL so I guess it makes sense

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nixieknox3

i am the worst when it comes to over-using the ellipsis and adding a smiley face to everything.  i can't control myself!  at least i have stopped over using the exclamation point.

p.s.  i am excited for my elementary school aged daughter to start learning grammar and hopefully i can re-learn it!

KJmashup

I am a fan of LAWL and use it frequently to express my amusement at the expense of others' misfortune.

virgin4lyfe

@Kjmashup - I did not LOL but you did get a genuine smile out of me and that's pretty good for the internet.
@Helenahhandbasket has such unhappiness over made up names with unnecessary x's.
Also I tend to overuse "haha" in texts as opposed to lol because lol annoys me.

PinkyFloyd73

LexiLupin said:

HilarityEnsued said:

The substitution of "x" for "ks" makes me want to junk punch all the things.

I hate it almost as much as "ur" instead of "your"

What about the name Jaxson. There is a girl on my BMB that named her son that. -_-

I have a FB friend with a Jaxsyn. Jaxsyn Bell. Yeah, it's a girl. ::twitch::

LuckyDad

humptydance said:

lololololol

Trololol

LuckyDad

Banich4eva said:

I'm terrible about over using the ellipses. But I'm also awkward IRL so I guess it makes sense

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I'm fine with ellipses in the middle of a sentence and will use them. But you can't end with ellipses...

... and not finish your thought.