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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 06/27/2004 : 14:43:21
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You know-lol,rofl,lmao
Can anyone else just not stand these?
I hate them with a passion,especially when people overuse them
An example conversation:
A: Hi
B: LOL Hi
A: How are you?
B: LOL I'm ok LOL
Grrrrr
"I joined the Cult of this guy / 'cause they took my other picture away |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 14:46:53
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Yeah I tend to use 'hehe' instead of lol. I really hate l8r and stuff like that, but I understand that sometimes, in text messages, you have to use it to shorten a message to fit everything in and save yourself from having to send another.
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fudd
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 06/27/2004 : 14:53:03
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What about smilies? I mean, I really enjoy hitting someone in the head with a brick, don't get me wrong, but not to make him get my jokes. It's like a laugh track on a TV show.
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 14:55:07
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Yeah I'm more of a hehe person,smilies,i dunno,sometimes you have to use them to actually let on to people that you're joking
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Posted - 06/27/2004 : 15:00:39
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yeah sarcasm doesn't translate well online. My dad taught me this one.... NLASA translation: nobody likes a smart arse
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Opaque
= Cult of Ray =
USA
251 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 15:04:55
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Yanno... not too terribly long ago I was at a convenience store and the guy working there made some kind of joke or other. I responded by saying, "LOL" to him.
Some days I think all of this is gonna turn out something like Kafka's Gregor Samsa. I'm gonna wake up one day and roll out of bed only to find that I have turned into a giant emoticon.
 <--- probably lookin' a lil something like this one.
"You've gotta listen for a weird, strange noise. Something out of the ordinary." - John Crichton |
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 15:09:59
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Originally posted by Opaque
Yanno... not too terribly long ago I was at a convenience store and the guy working there made some kind of joke or other. I responded by saying, "LOL" to him.
"You've gotta listen for a weird, strange noise. Something out of the ordinary." - John Crichton
That really is quite terrible
"I joined the Cult of this guy / 'cause they took my other picture away |
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Opaque
= Cult of Ray =
USA
251 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 15:12:54
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*GRINNING* Yeah, it is kinda bad. But heck... admitting that you have a problem is the first step towards recovery right? *GIGGLING*
*SIGH* I luv mah computer.
"You've gotta listen for a weird, strange noise. Something out of the ordinary." - John Crichton |
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 15:14:58
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OMG yr sooooo rite!lol
"I joined the Cult of this guy / 'cause they took my other picture away |
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Opaque
= Cult of Ray =
USA
251 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 15:29:42
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Originally posted by ShakeyShake
OMG yr sooooo rite!lol
*MUMBLE* See if I try to inject some humor into any of your topics again.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 06/27/2004 : 15:55:24
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To get technical about it, I'm not sure it's an acronym unless it spells a word. I could be wrong about that, though. But yeah, I'm not a big fan of "LOL," especially since a lot of people tend to use it in situations when they're not actually laughing out loud. (At least I assume they're not. If they are, they must have incredibly odd senses of humor.) I used to use "IMO" and "IIRC," but I tend not to nowadays. Still, those aren't so bad, because at least they're 1) easy to understand, and 2) actually saving the user from a considerable amount of typing. What I don't understand at all is when people use, say, the letter "u" instead of the word "you." Even if you're using the hunt-and-peck method of typing, those two extra letters couldn't possibly take more than a few seconds. I'll grant that it's different with text messages, but that's one reason why text messages are largely impractical.
I will use some emoticons, either for emphasis or to show that I'm joking, but I don't like the graphical ones.
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 16:18:13
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I'm a big fan of
SAFO
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GFY |
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4894 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2004 : 17:40:01
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losing me now....
but hey! guys! ASL pls?
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jo
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
516 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2004 : 05:35:27
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I don't like LOL, but do use smileys. CAuse otherwise I'd look even more boring.
On a sidenote, someone here thought LOL meant "lots of love" and found it quite sweet when someone was sending her emails :)
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gary13th
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
632 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2004 : 05:46:09
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rotflmao !
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Internet acronyms...lol
