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Out of all the languages on this earth, why is it that the English language has managed to produce the single most annoying phrase known to mankind?; I am speaking, of course, of "lol". There are so, so many reasons to despise it.
"Lol" is the most thoughtless response to any comment - 2 letters, right next to each other on the keyboard; a quick alternating tap with the fingers of the right hand and there you have it: a meaningless answer with the minimum of effort. With just a little thought and care, you can probably answer properly. Most importantly, I do not care if you're "laughing out loud". If I deliberately said something particularly funny I would already assume you're laughing. Responding to every comment with "lol" not only forces a one-sided conversation on my part, but makes you sound like a maniacal ADD sufferer. The same goes for similarly bizarre acronyms, such as "lmao", or even the dreaded "rotflmao". My personal theory is that the society is evolving a brand new language, although hopefully it won't last, because surely natural selection would never allow these people to breed?

...just wanted to share my contempt...


...inevitably some bright spark will leave me the comment, "lol"...let's wait and see who it shall be, shall we?...

Out of all the languages on this earth, why is it that the English language has managed to produce the single most annoying phrase known to mankind?; I am speaking, of course, of "lol". There are so, so many reasons to despise it.
"Lol" is the most thoughtless response to any comment - 2 letters, right next to each other on the keyboard; a quick alternating tap with the fingers of the right hand and there you have it: a meaningless answer with the minimum of effort. With just a little thought and care, you can probably answer properly. Most importantly, I do not care if you're "laughing out loud". If I deliberately said something particularly funny I would already assume you're laughing. Responding to every comment with "lol" not only forces a one-sided conversation on my part, but makes you sound like a maniacal ADD sufferer. The same goes for similarly bizarre acronyms, such as "lmao", or even the dreaded "rotflmao". My personal theory is that the society is evolving a brand new language, although hopefully it won't last, because surely natural selection would never allow these people to breed?

...just wanted to share my contempt...


...inevitably some bright spark will leave me the comment, "lol"...let's wait and see who it shall be, shall we?...

http://www.gamestar.de/community/gspinboard/images/smilies/atomrofl.gif

Hey, I use lol as a word in IRL conversation. Lol, is well, lol and it has as much a place in the heart of our internets as roflmao or kekeke.

Besides, without lol there would be no lulz, and without lulz there would be no Encyclopedia Dramatica. QED, lol is the father of internets drama and humor.

Hey, I use lol as a word in IRL conversation. Lol, is well, lol and it has as much a place in the heart of our internets as roflmao or kekeke.

Besides, without lol there would be no lulz, and without lulz there would be no Encyclopedia Dramatica. QED, lol is the father of internets drama and humor.

Enjoyin' the snowday...lol?

lol!!!

SNIP...just wanted to share my contempt...SNIP

Welcome to NS General. lol...excuse me...I mean...:D...oh, no...:eek:

Hey, I use lol as a word in IRL conversation. Lol, is well, lol and it has as much a place in the heart of our internets as roflmao or kekeke.

Besides, without lol there would be no lulz, and without lulz there would be no Encyclopedia Dramatica. QED, lol is the father of internets drama and humor.

I need a new dictionary after reading this. :(

Enjoyin' the snowday...lol?

Lol, yeah. I got out of not only my German presentation, but also my math lecture and CSE lecture+lab.

Y'know, most people try not to make their first post bat guano freaking insane.

Out of all the languages on this earth, why is it that the English language has managed to produce the single most annoying phrase known to mankind?; I am speaking, of course, of "lol". There are so, so many reasons to despise it.
"Lol" is the most thoughtless response to any comment - 2 letters, right next to each other on the keyboard; a quick alternating tap with the fingers of the right hand and there you have it: a meaningless answer with the minimum of effort. With just a little thought and care, you can probably answer properly. Most importantly, I do not care if you're "laughing out loud". If I deliberately said something particularly funny I would already assume you're laughing. Responding to every comment with "lol" not only forces a one-sided conversation on my part, but makes you sound like a maniacal ADD sufferer. The same goes for similarly bizarre acronyms, such as "lmao", or even the dreaded "rotflmao". My personal theory is that the society is evolving a brand new language, although hopefully it won't last, because surely natural selection would never allow these people to breed?

...just wanted to share my contempt...


...inevitably some bright spark will leave me the comment, "lol"...let's wait and see who it shall be, shall we?...
Oh you would just LOVE hanging out with me. My dialect is a combination of English, Japanese and German curse words, and phonetic pronunciations of leet speak.

For instance, I express dry humor by saying, "Kek kek kek." (Kkk being the way Korean players express mirth in many online games). If I find something particularly funny, I may say that it is "Roffle mayo" (roflmao). If the last beer is gone, I will say, "Queue queue" (from "QQing").

When it comes to expressing anger, I find that leet slang is almost as fantastic as German (and that's saying a lot). Instead of merely saying, "what the fuck," you can really lay into the universe and say, "what the fuck barbecue hax one one shift one!" Very satisfying.

Y'know, most people try not to make their first post bat guano freaking insane.

*shifts uncomfortably, looks at shoes and whistles innocently*

L0l3d!!!110n3!

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bclee2/tempo/lmao.jpg

*shifts uncomfortably, looks at shoes and whistles innocently*

Hey! Tacos are nothing to be ashamed of!

Gah! Who the hell am I talking too? You know that!

Oh you would just LOVE hanging out with me. My dialect is a combination of English, Japanese and German curse words, and phonetic pronunciations of leet speak.

Nice. :D

For instance, I express dry humor by saying, "Kek kek kek." (Kkk being the way Korean players express mirth in many online games). If I find something particularly funny, I may say that it is "Roffle mayo" (roflmao). If the last beer is gone, I will say, "Queue queue" (from "QQing").

I used to say "kekekekek" in frustration, but I did it because that's what our ravens sounded like when they got cranky about something.

When it comes to expressing anger, I find that leet slang is almost as fantastic as German (and that's saying a lot). Instead of merely saying, "what the fuck," you can really lay into the universe and say, "what the fuck barbecue hax one one shift one!" Very satisfying.

*will remember that* I did say "You got pwnd" to a co-worker. His reply..."I got what?" :D

lol, n00bl3t.

Y'know, most people try not to make their first post bat guano freaking insane.

I did try, but my insanity just leaked in there...

(Kkk being the way Korean players express mirth in many online games).

I find nothing mirthyfull in the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) :D

Welcome to NSG: The Place that just doesn't give a crap...............LOL!

Hey, I use lol as a word in IRL conversation. Lol, is well, lol and it has as much a place in the heart of our internets as roflmao or kekeke.

Besides, without lol there would be no lulz, and without lulz there would be no Encyclopedia Dramatica. QED, lol is the father of internets drama and humor.

Actually I believe the original form of ROFL (Rolls On Floor Laughing) was originally ROTFL (.... The Floor....) It just got shortened a bit more :)

Fond memory : I remember a 14 year old in IRC (forget which channel) "instructing" me in a private message that I had got it wrong when I typed ROTFL into chat at something a couple of years back.

for those wishing to expand their jargon vocabulary I can recommend:
The Jargon Lexicon (http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/software/jargon/html/frames.html)

and for information in general (including links to the lexicon)

The complete Jargon File (including hacker folklore) (http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/software/jargon/html/index.html)

When it comes to expressing anger, I find that leet slang is almost as fantastic as German (and that's saying a lot). Instead of merely saying, "what the fuck," you can really lay into the universe and say, "what the fuck barbecue hax one one shift one!" Very satisfying.

I always like saying omgwtfbbq.

Dropping 'chan memes is also a win.

I did try, but my insanity just leaked in there...

lol

I find nothing mirthyfull in the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) :D
Seriously, the first time a gamer sent me a /tell with "kkk" in it, I was freaked out because I only knew of one KKK. I was like, "What the hell, crazy-ass racist?!" But then my roomie helpfully explained that the other player was just expressing friendly Korean glee at having so thoroughly schooled me. :D

Actually I believe the original form of ROFL (Rolls On Floor Laughing) was originally ROTFL (.... The Floor....) It just got shortened a bit more :)

Fond memory : I remember a 14 year old in IRC (forget which channel) "instructing" me in a private message that I had got it wrong when I typed ROTFL into chat at something a couple of years back.

I always like going in to Google Groups and searching the old Usenet archive...you can see plenty of the early predecessors of the internet terms we all know and love.

Seriously, the first time a gamer sent me a /tell with "kkk" in it, I was freaked out because I only knew of one KKK. I was like, "What the hell, crazy-ass racist?!" But then my roomie helpfully explained that the other player was just expressing friendly Korean glee at having so thoroughly schooled me. :D

Looks like the only difference is kkk vs KKK. lol

I did try, but my insanity just leaked in there...

Post-dramatic stress disorder is a common phenomenon on the internets. It happens to all of us once in a while.

Seriously, the first time a gamer sent me a /tell with "kkk" in it, I was freaked out because I only knew of one KKK. I was like, "What the hell, crazy-ass racist?!" But then my roomie helpfully explained that the other player was just expressing friendly Korean glee at having so thoroughly schooled me. :D

I always used it as "kekeke", but then again I'm less than amazing at Starcraft so I don't use it too often.

Lol marine rush.

I always like saying omgwtfbbq.

Dropping 'chan memes is also a win.

Yeah, my daily use of internet memes and l33t in casual conversation has been increasing steadily these days. One of the most rewarding / geeky experiences is having a random stranger respond in kind.

Just awesome! :D

Out of all the languages on this earth, why is it that the English language has managed to produce the single most annoying phrase known to mankind?; I am speaking, of course, of "lol". There are so, so many reasons to despise it.
"Lol" is the most thoughtless response to any comment - 2 letters, right next to each other on the keyboard; a quick alternating tap with the fingers of the right hand and there you have it: a meaningless answer with the minimum of effort. With just a little thought and care, you can probably answer properly. Most importantly, I do not care if you're "laughing out loud". If I deliberately said something particularly funny I would already assume you're laughing. Responding to every comment with "lol" not only forces a one-sided conversation on my part, but makes you sound like a maniacal ADD sufferer. The same goes for similarly bizarre acronyms, such as "lmao", or even the dreaded "rotflmao". My personal theory is that the society is evolving a brand new language, although hopefully it won't last, because surely natural selection would never allow these people to breed?

...just wanted to share my contempt...


...inevitably some bright spark will leave me the comment, "lol"...let's wait and see who it shall be, shall we?...

You mean as opposed to kekekekeke? Never played Starcraft on Battlenet? Lucky...

English snob and terribly proud of it.

LOL shou;d be made a treasonable offence.

English snob and terribly proud of it.

LOL shou;d be made a treasonable offence.

Your face should be made a treasonable offence! :p

Out of all the languages on this earth, why is it that the English language has managed to produce the single most annoying phrase known to mankind?; I am speaking, of course, of "lol". There are so, so many reasons to despise it.
"Lol" is the most thoughtless response to any comment - 2 letters, right next to each other on the keyboard; a quick alternating tap with the fingers of the right hand and there you have it: a meaningless answer with the minimum of effort. With just a little thought and care, you can probably answer properly. Most importantly, I do not care if you're "laughing out loud". If I deliberately said something particularly funny I would already assume you're laughing. Responding to every comment with "lol" not only forces a one-sided conversation on my part, but makes you sound like a maniacal ADD sufferer. The same goes for similarly bizarre acronyms, such as "lmao", or even the dreaded "rotflmao". My personal theory is that the society is evolving a brand new language, although hopefully it won't last, because surely natural selection would never allow these people to breed?

...just wanted to share my contempt...


...inevitably some bright spark will leave me the comment, "lol"...let's wait and see who it shall be, shall we?...

Lolz.

Your face should be made a treasonable offence! :p

OMG LOLZORZ UBERPWNED!!!11one1!

English snob and terribly proud of it.

LOL shou;d be made a treasonable offence.

...shou;d...

String him up, boys. He failed at life.

LOL shou;d be made a treasonable offence.

Skitt's Law is once again proven.

Your face should be made a treasonable offence! :p

That might be the least mature insult I've ever heard.....

Your mum!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

Skitt's Law is once again proven.

I blame my new keyboard.......;)

*runs away in shame*

Yeah, my daily use of internet memes and l33t in casual conversation has been increasing steadily these days. One of the most rewarding / geeky experiences is having a random stranger respond in kind.

Just awesome! :D

Actually, that's what happened to me and my roommate. There was a prank caller calling the rooms in our dorm, and we started using 7chan /b/ memes on them. We spent the next hour just talking about internet shit, and then we gave them some other numbers to call.

All in all a pretty damn good time.

I blame my new keyboard.......;)

*runs away in shame*

At least your keyboard doesn't have a messed up "j" key because you partially broke it trying to get a piece of rice out from underneath it.

At least your keyboard doesn't have a messed up "j" key because you partially broke it trying to get a piece of rice out from underneath it.

sounds delightful.....:D

Out of all the languages on this earth, why is it that the English language has managed to produce the single most annoying phrase known to mankind?; I am speaking, of course, of "lol". There are so, so many reasons to despise it.
"Lol" is the most thoughtless response to any comment - 2 letters, right next to each other on the keyboard; a quick alternating tap with the fingers of the right hand and there you have it: a meaningless answer with the minimum of effort. With just a little thought and care, you can probably answer properly. Most importantly, I do not care if you're "laughing out loud". If I deliberately said something particularly funny I would already assume you're laughing. Responding to every comment with "lol" not only forces a one-sided conversation on my part, but makes you sound like a maniacal ADD sufferer. The same goes for similarly bizarre acronyms, such as "lmao", or even the dreaded "rotflmao". My personal theory is that the society is evolving a brand new language, although hopefully it won't last, because surely natural selection would never allow these people to breed?

...just wanted to share my contempt...


...inevitably some bright spark will leave me the comment, "lol"...let's wait and see who it shall be, shall we?...
omg gtfo & stfu n00b u r teh suxx0rz

/contempt at pettiness

I did say "You got pwnd" to a co-worker. His reply..."I got what?" :D

how did you pronounce it? maybe he thought you said 'pawned'

You are my new hero.

how did you pronounce it? maybe he thought you said 'pawned'

I said it like "Pohned." Come to think of it, it does sound a little dirty...

At least your keyboard doesn't have a messed up "j" key because you partially broke it trying to get a piece of rice out from underneath it.


ha! My "o" and "e" keys are missing, from the time i was trying to clean my keyboard out. So at first, it was hard to cope with, but its ok now. So if I can do it, then you can too. No excusese!

I find smiley faces much more annoying and even they have their place occasionally. I won't tell you what those occasions are, you have to guess. And LOL will work well just to show a quick, "Hey, I thought that was funny but I won't make you read an entire sentence in order to get that point across"... which is exactly what a bit of laughter does. How annoying would it be to have someone tell you exactly what their emotions are after you've told a joke? "Although not the funniest thing I have ever heard, it was the funniest thing I heard today. In fact, if I wasn't telling you how I felt, you would right now be hearing a hearty guffaw and the unmistakable sound of a palm upon a knee. Bravo, sir. More of that joviality in the future." Comedy clubs would become torture chambers.

lol

I find smiley faces much more annoying and even they have their place occasionally. I won't tell you what those occasions are, you have to guess. And LOL will work well just to show a quick, "Hey, I thought that was funny but I won't make you read an entire sentence in order to get that point across"... which is exactly what a bit of laughter does. How annoying would it be to have someone tell you exactly what their emotions are after you've told a joke? "Although not the funniest thing I have ever heard, it was the funniest thing I heard today. In fact, if I wasn't telling you how I felt, you would right now be hearing a hearty guffaw and the unmistakable sound of a palm upon a knee. Bravo, sir. More of that joviality in the future." Comedy clubs would become torture chambers.

Good point. It's not sentiment I hate, though, just the phrase itself; it's been overused and needs to die a slow, painful and preferably graphic death. Something like "hehe" would work just as well. (Actually I hate that too; it sounds like a sarcastic snigger...but you get the idea.)

Good point. It's not sentiment I hate, though, just the phrase itself; it's been overused and needs to die a slow, painful and preferably graphic death. Something like "hehe" would work just as well. (Actually I hate that too; it sounds like a sarcastic snigger...but you get the idea.)

Ho ho ho.

Good point. It's not sentiment I hate, though, just the phrase itself; it's been overused and needs to die a slow, painful and preferably graphic death. Something like "hehe" would work just as well. (Actually I hate that too; it sounds like a sarcastic snigger...but you get the idea.)

There's a variety of laughing sounds. XD is my favorite, and most mirthful one. But it you really want the emphasis, nothing does it like 'Hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahasha -*gasp*- hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah -*can't breath*- hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah -*choking*- hahahahahaha -*dies*-'

I am occasionaly saddened by the abuse the English language gets but still:
LOL




Please be aware that I recognise my dire spelling. Please don't call me a hypocrite.

There's a variety of laughing sounds. XD is my favorite, and most mirthful one. But it you really want the emphasis, nothing does it like 'Hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahasha -*gasp*- hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah -*can't breath*- hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah -*choking*- hahahahahaha -*dies*-'

Now that I like! If that replaced "lol" permanently, the world would be a much more merry place!

I like/frequently use 'lol'. And there's nothing you can do to stop me!!!

I don't particularly like "LOL," but I don't object to it much if I have reason to believe the LOL-er is actually laughing out loud. I can't stand the use of it as a generic conversation filler, though. I have honestly seen chat conversations that look like this:

PersonA: i'm eating dinner lol
PersonB: lol what are you having?
PersonA: spaghetti
PersonB: lol
PersonB: i like spaghetti
PersonA: me too lol
PersonB: lol

Such conversations always leave me wondering whether the people in question have portable nitrous oxide masks that they turn on whenever they sit down at the computer, as I can think of no other way to explain all the laughing they're doing. :p

I use lol, if you use hahahahah it sounds like you are being sarcastic and if you don't say anything then the person may feel like he isn't funny.

However what I hate is when people use the :) emotion (sorry lg), i mean seriously wtf. It's so awkward having it at the end of each post as if you are suppost to smile back or something, or is he/she coming on to you?... etc

I use lol, if you use hahahahah it sounds like you are being sarcastic and if you don't say anything then the person may feel like he isn't funny.

However what I hate is when people use the :) emotion (sorry lg), i mean seriously wtf. It's so awkward having it at the end of each post as if you are suppost to smile back or something, or is he/she coming on to you?... etc

I use that face when I'm not sure if what I said will be taken for the good humored statement that I intended.

I use that face when I'm not sure if what I said will be taken for the good humored statement that I intended.

I would use the ;) or :D emotion. It seems a little more innocent.

I would use the ;) or :D emotion. It seems a little more innocent.

Perhaps, I too, will use those in the future.

Really, why use lol? After all, olo is so much better.

Really, why use lol? After all, olo is so much better.

out laughing out?

May mean this.

And just looks like a symbol of... what men constantly line up by.

I don't particularly like "LOL," but I don't object to it much if I have reason to believe the LOL-er is actually laughing out loud. I can't stand the use of it as a generic conversation filler, though. I have honestly seen chat conversations that look like this:
(..)

That I agree with; Overuse is more of problem than the use of emote symbols (your example made me LOL).

Out of all the languages on this earth, why is it that the English language has managed to produce the single most annoying phrase known to mankind?; I am speaking, of course, of "lol". There are so, so many reasons to despise it.
"Lol" is the most thoughtless response to any comment - 2 letters, right next to each other on the keyboard; a quick alternating tap with the fingers of the right hand and there you have it: a meaningless answer with the minimum of effort. With just a little thought and care, you can probably answer properly. Most importantly, I do not care if you're "laughing out loud". If I deliberately said something particularly funny I would already assume you're laughing. Responding to every comment with "lol" not only forces a one-sided conversation on my part, but makes you sound like a maniacal ADD sufferer. The same goes for similarly bizarre acronyms, such as "lmao", or even the dreaded "rotflmao". My personal theory is that the society is evolving a brand new language, although hopefully it won't last, because surely natural selection would never allow these people to breed?

...just wanted to share my contempt...


...inevitably some bright spark will leave me the comment, "lol"...let's wait and see who it shall be, shall we?...

Natural selection is like the market force. It doesn't produce "good" things beyond those qualities likely to result in the same thing happening again.

One would think that cancer would be selected against, yet it keeps coming. Corn suffers an annual 100% mortality rate, yet we have more and more of it each year.

Same with those acornyms and the reviled "l33t"

Really, it is. LOL has three symbols. You know what else has three symbols? 666. And what happens if you multiply the number of letters in LOL by 222? You get SIX-HUNDRED-AND-SIXTY-SIX! And you know what else? LOLMAO has six letters! You know what else has six letters? DEVILS!!!!!!