Don't use LOL
 

It's over. LOL is now officially overused and we are cautioning everyone to avoid it from here on out. Actually it was overused in 2003 and we are just letting you know. No more LOLs. Just don't use it. Don't put those letters together. Avoid.

Can I still LMAO?

That should be okay... for the next 18 months...

I think it's as valid as using "&" to mean "and" or "w/" to mean "with" ... but that's not exactly the same thing, though... If we didn't type "lol" we'd have to type "ha ha ha" ... or are we expected to write a 10-page essay on exactly what we thought was funny, and to what degree? In real life, we can just chuckle, or smirk. That's why SteveBsjb invented CBOL (chuckled briefly out loud) ... to be more accurate. But not everybody knows what CBOL means, thus lol carries out a function of communicating a certain thing, in a shorthand that many people are familiar with. Tell me again what is wrong with that?

When you say it is overused, do you eman to say it is misused?

How about if we disguise it - '1o1' or 'LQL'?

I don't care so much for LOL, but you will have to pry ROTFL from my cold dead hands.

I like lol


In fact. Standing in the queue at my local shop, something funny happened involving a small child and the pic-n-mix stand and I thought "lol!".

NFW!

STFU

So what happens to L*LCats? Are they verboten now? :cry:

I'm not alone!

Yes but here we see the inherent problem. You didn't actually laugh out loud. Actual Internet studies show that when LOL is used, only 0.5% of the time is there an actual laugh issued, out loud.

use alol to clarify when you Actually Laugh out Loud

So lol gives us an avenue to express our inner laugh. Technology is GRAND!

We should all have a replacement word: when you would otherwise use lol you would use your own personal replacement word. Mine shall be...hmmmm...haggis. From now on, whenever I would type lol I will type haggis.

What will yours be?

haggis! :lol:

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haggis!

Sorry. :blush:

IAWWSHGTIATRTAFOTFMPHSIFMB

So, yes, when you said overused you catually meant misused. You misused the word overused, thus proving that it isn't words that misuse themselves, its people doing them misusing. To follow your logic, we shouldn't be alllowed to use the word overused.

I've always been pedantically irritated buy people who type LOL when I'm confident they have not laughed out loud. RK used to do it a lot.

Then again, I upbraid people on TV who misuse literally. Although sometimes they make me LOL. Like the girl on Big Brother who was "literally all over the place" the other night. Now that would have been worth seeing.

Well. I like using lol. And I probably misuse literally as well :P

GTFOOH!

EAD

Interesting. I thought that meant Almost Laughed Out Loud.

ALOL

DLOL

Is a single "ha" laughing out loud?

I do SOL (snort out loud) sometimes.

OHOL (one ha out loud)

Is "chuckles" OK to use ?

how do we feel about 'laf'?

I think it sucks ass.


LOL

i love it when she works blue

Isn't this a town in Wales?

no its in Avocadostan

I like "hrm". Likelier to be true than LOL, plus a Watchmen tie-in.

I said...

:neutral:

Oh so we aren't allowed to use yours?

selfish :'(

http://www.edinburgh-marathon.com/im...iry_haggis.jpg

I thought this might be an opportunity for us all to get creative...we would know each other's replacement because of this thread.

Never mind, it was I who suggested it. Let it die a slow painful death.

Its just that I, me, get confused easily. OH and me creative - not.

"I get confused"

"Me get confused"

See what I did thar?

Haggis!

Ya thievin' sons-a-bitches.

So, "shit with legs" is your replacement? OK, whatever works for you.

I'll say... "ha ha" because I might be acting all ironic on you.

Or it could be sarcasm. OR genuine pleasure, a true giggle.

but you'll never know if I"m mocking you. Or not.

dlolb
qlolp

HAGGIS!

or shark.

or was that dolphin?

I missed the whole haggis meme.
And I'm cool enough to admit I missed it. Which means I'm uber cool.
Oh, and I've eaten haggis (with neeps and tatties)

So explain. Now. Or I'll set Irvine Welsh on ye.

OK...here's what happened.

I was texting a friend, and went to put in "haha." Well, predictive text with a numerical (non-qwerty) keyboard tried to change ha...h to haggis. So I started typing haggis to my friend instead. Then UT said we couldn't use LOL anymore, and I thought what a great opportunity to use haggis. Then I thought everyone could have their own replacement.

Well, that's pretty much it. ;)

OH, and speaking of shark/dolphin, I was swimming with my nieces yesterday and they had a big blow-up floaty dolphin. I said "It's a shark" and my soon-to-be 9 year old niece said "No, it's a dolphin." We went back and forth with shark/dolphin the rest of the day. Future Dwellar?

I just had some Haggis, the good stuff from http://www.caledoniankitchen.com/catalog/, at the Scottish Highland Games at UTA stadium. Yes, yes, with the neeps and tatties, of course! And some Scottish eggs (the most perfect food yet invented by mankind).

is that a hard boiled egg coated with some type of sausage and then deep fried?!


ETA: it IS!


i got wood.

I used to not really like LOL. I always wondered and usually doubted that the people I chatted with really laughed out loud. I personally liked to write "hahahahhahahahaha" to show that I am laughing because I was indeed laughing out loud. And with "hahahahhahahaha," the other person can kinda, sorta hear me laughing out loud. But now, I am lazy. :rolleyes: I type lol when I think something is funny but all I'm doing is smiling, letting out a short chuckle, or trying to be nice. When I actually laugh out loud, I would type in "hahahhahahahahahhaha." :D

haggis

Actually, chaps, it's a "scotch egg".

Is it related to scotch tape? 'Cause I don't think I'd like it much.

Errr, yes that's it. Scotch Egg, thanks limey.

Scottish eggs.
LOL.

I've tried using *snork!* instead of LOL, but invariably someone asks questions.

What's so confusing about *snork*? :eyebrow:

http://www.infancia80.com.br/cinetv/snork05.gif

?

or are you a snorkmaiden?

http://www.mrcloud.com/images/recomm...maiden_pic.gif

That snorkmaiden doesnt half look like a moomin.