Posted on 03/06/2011 2:32:45 PM PST by JoeProBono
CHICAGO - There was a time when LOL - "laughing out loud" - was so simple.
If I thought something in a casual online conversation was funny, I typed it. If I wanted to let someone know I was kidding in an e-mail or an instant message, same.
I might've even felt a little cool, using inside lingo that, at one time, was exclusive to the online world. (You know I'm not the only one who thought so.)
Today, though, I'm sensing a shift, even in my own thoughts about LOL. Certainly, it's as ubiquitous as ever. Just search for it on Twitter or Facebook to see how often people use it. Not exactly deep and meaningful stuff, mind you, but there sure is a lot of it.
Perhaps that's why, at least in some circles, LOL has lost its cachet. And at its worst, it's making people a little cranky......
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On FR, it seems to me the following have past their use by date, and are no longer remotely funny:
Stunned. Beeber. Hugh. The picture of Claude Raines with "I'm shocked." The pictures of Captain Obvious. A moose once bit my sister.
These are becoming like watching a sitcom rerun and wondering how in the world the audience could break into wild cheers because someone said, "Aaay!" or "Whachoo tawkin bout Willis?" or "God'll get you for that." or "You bet your sweet Bippy." They're done. Find something new.
I have a friend who thought the same thing...she had to go on FB to apologize to everyone after she found out that LOL actually meant ‘laugh out loud’. She had been sending notes to friends and family along the lines of “Sorry to hear that your grandma is in the hospital. LOL” and “I just heard that your dog was hit by a car and died. LOL” :-0
Oh geez.........gut wrenching laughter here...
[Doesn't he look like the little kid, from the thread this morning, who was giggling at the torn paper?]
@ #51
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