I’ve really been struggling lately in a way that feels more serious than ever before lol
Oh, sorry. Things just don’t feel the same as when we were dating. I feel like the magic is gone. I want a divorce.
Go fuck yourself, lol.
About to, lol.
Life sucks, I’m poor, and everything hurts. Lol.
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.
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.
Can’t stop won’t stop lol.
I’m gen X as all hell and I’ll say lol when I want lol.
I say lol for teh lulz.
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.
Millennials not using lol in their messages is like a Brit not offering you tea
Yeah it’s a tone indicator “this may be taken as having a serious or upset tone, but wasn’t meant that way” though it also can mean “please don’t be upset” in the case of something like “sorry I disappeared for a bit, life happened lol”
ROFLMAO never
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
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.
U ok? Did we upset you? You seem…tense.
I too am not sure how to interpret your message lol
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.
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
I perceive lol as slightly unserious / childish, but maybe it’s because I’m GenX
I’m a Xennial? Born in 1980 so last year of Gen X, first year of Millennials?
I learned back in the early '90s that “lol” made my lighthearted comments appear lighthearted, and not cynical.
Life is meaningless and the universe is cruel chaos lol
Damn, it really works.
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.
Not aware of this helicopter stuff. What is that about? Lol?
Ah yes the roflcopter
And also don’t forget the dongcopter
ROFLcopter or Rolling on the floor laughing like a helicopter is when something is so funny that you fall out of your seat laughing and you start kicking yourself giddily around the floor in a circle like a helicopter rotor.
I am technically an older gen z lol.
Excuse you, but it’s lol, no.
It masks all the sadness in my heart, lol.
I’m sorry for your loss, move on, lol
Lots of love?
I feel this in my bones.
Scorpy’s gonna scorp. XD
rofl
