How many times have you said the word "Lol" in real life?

Well?

  • Infinite. This is my go-to word for expressing levity.

    Votes: 8 4.6%
  • On a weekly basis

    Votes: 16 9.1%
  • I went through a period earlier in my life when I used it heaps

    Votes: 6 3.4%
  • I use it when I'm giving sass.

    Votes: 18 10.3%
  • I don't use it!

    Votes: 39 22.3%
  • I type it pretty often, but I never said it out loud.

    Votes: 39 22.3%
  • Maybe once out loud when I was drunk

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • I consciously refused to use it because reasons

    Votes: 8 4.6%
  • I thought that was something only 14 year olds say...

    Votes: 30 17.1%
  • What is this strange pseudo-word of which you speak?

    Votes: 8 4.6%

  • Total voters
    175

Tschumi

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martial arts lol GIF by Shaw Brothers


I remember vaguely when this word first became known to me - msn messenger in the early 00s - I think I've said it about 10 times in the 20-odd years since. Usually sarcastically. Use it a lot in typing though.

Maybe in future I'll make a poll for 'Soulsbourne'...
 
I can't remember ever using it in real life, but I probably have.

Great thread by the way, probably more fitting in the off topic though.
 
Lol is actually an word in the dutch vocabulary.


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So its used quite allot here, so iam missing this poll option.
 
When singing the Trey Songz song lol smiley face?

Other than that, never.
 
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Sometimes I'll say it in a very deadpan tone, most often when someone with a completely different sense of humor than me does/says/shows me something that they think is fucking bonkers gut stitching hilarious, and I'm not at all entertained by it, but feel the need to play along for the sake of the social contract. Second hand embarrassment and shame are real. In that case, "lawl," is acceptable.

Over texts or whatever, I never type it, because it evokes images of 15 year old girls twirling their hair and gossiping. If I find something funny, it varies between "lmao," "lmfao," or "ROFL," in ascending order for how entertained I am. That might be some regional shit or my circle of friends that led to that quirk, I realize it's every bit as stupid as "lol," but again, my life has devolved to the point where I'm typing in depth paragraphs on a gaming forum at 2 AM explaining my usage of acronyms to a bunch of complete strangers, so whatever. Lol.
 
Never. It's just for the internet use, in real life you can actually indeed laugh out loud. But sadly, I see that's how many modern kids speak, "oh lol!" instead of an actual laugh is so common it's scary.
 
Never. I always thought it was weird. Like when someone says "That's really funny" rather than laughing.
Just write Ha!
 
Get to fuck! I've had some people use it at me and though I obviously know what it means I give them a look of disgust and ask them what the hell they are on about....

"Lol. You know, laugh out loud"

"So why not just laugh then. Act your fucking age you tragic bastard".

People who say 'omg' to me are verging ever closer to a smack in the mouth.
 
Not many, if any. But I have used "iirc" a number of times, and once when I called in to work I accidentally said "tmo", which they had no idea what that meant which meant HR ended up contacting me the next day. I have not even played an MMO in a decade plus, and I don't play online outside MMOs, but I guess I like those two.
 
in real life interactions if you say lol instead of laughting out load this means you're not that sincere about it
 
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Lol is actually an word in the dutch vocabulary.


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So its used quite allot here, so iam missing this poll option.
Lol

Also never trust dutch people.
 
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it's hard to convey emotions when you don't see/hear the other person's face/voice and they can't see yours, the same sentence can mean a whole bunch of things depending on the situation. so we use these things in texting, emails and forums to make our lives easier but in real life it's not needed.
 
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