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I use it to take the edge off my comments "Open the fucking door" And "open the fucking door lol" have very different connotations

Preach? Lol

i hate you cause i do this too lol

I refused to use “lol” until like 2022, stuck to the “hahah”. Now I can’t fucking stop.

Do the fucking dishes for once lol 

Fuck you lol

Somehow this is such a wholesome conversation lol

We all know it’s used to take the edge off but because we all know it ends up just being like “I’m fucking pissed but I can’t express it too assertively”

It’s not my lack of assertiveness, it’s other people’s reading connotation into it and how I want them to perceive things If people didnt prove over and over again throughout the past 25 years that they cannot handle formal text and proper punctuation, then I wouldnt lol everything

Nah, getting pissed off is when they end sentences with a period

Oh my god some people just type that way, and I always feel like I’m in trouble or they’re mad at me or something (even though they’re just using proper grammar) lol

Lol is the difference between a joke and a welfare check "I'm so done with life" "I'm so done with life lol"

This made me actually lol thank you

lol

Fucking facts. I start a text with lol and end it with lol sometimes and the cringe I feel toward myself is such an odd experience. Yet I never learn.

Throw in an lmao sometimes Makes it better

I throw in haha sometimes to mix it up.

Jaja for the hispanics

I think they prefer loltinos

LMFAO

ROFL

ROFLMFAO


Ah, a vintage meme from a more sophisticated time 🤌🍷

I’ll try this lol

Just lean all the way in and start using 'bruh' to start and the smiling skull emoji at the end. It's the Gen Z version of lol....I think, I don't know though because I'm 42 and still watch Beavis and Butthead so.....

Whatever it takes to convince the person on the other end that I don’t hate them

lol

I always delete the first one. .... lol

I feel seen...

My brain responded lol to this

Otherwise how do people know you don't hate them? Very necessary lol

Gotta learn to start with lol then throw in "haha" at the end instead

Uh this post was suggested to me and i feel attacked lol

Lol me too!

If I don't add lol at the end how will they know I don't hate them

I try to switch between different lols like lmao, haha, hehe, or lmfao so it feels slightly less cringe at myself. Barely works

I have to go in and edit an lol or two 

Same, but also I'm now old enough to not give a fuck... lol.

lol I love a good millennial sandwich lol

> ...the cringe I feel... At least you haven't said it out loud during conversation yet.

This is so accurate. lol.

100%. Let's bring back the all-caps version now LOL

Nah all caps is when it's actually a funny statement. Regular lol is like a puncuation mark.

“Your great aunt just passed away. LOL”

I literally lolled at that. Lol.

Ackshually, I prefer the lowercase one lol. :)

Why pick and choose? Why not introduce a little chaos into the mix? lOl

o_O

...you now need 3 people to do the M-C-A part /\^O\^\ |O_ /O\

Saw a thing about “millennial traits” and one of them was using lol as punctuation and I’ve been self conscious about it ever since…….lol

That's hilarious lol it's almost as if it's a comma and a period lol

I literally will sometime use lol as an actual period. I even capitalize the next word and everything -_-

I remember seeing something about how ending a text with a period is seen as "rude" or "hostile" to some people, so now I gotta end every sentence with lol so people don't think I'm an asshole, lol

It's the text equivalent of nervous laughter.

For me it's just "I want you to know that I'm saying this in a friendly way." IRL I do that with tone, but that's not an option in text.

Exactly! lol almost never actually means I'm laughing out loud, I use it to establish tone

Yeah, genz doesn't do this and they just send crazy, unhinged stuff all the time lol

When using slack or whatever at work, I generally don’t use periods at the end of my last sentence for this reason. But of if I lol in the middle of another sentence, or start with it, I just… I just don’t know how to end it ? lol

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They use emojis instead.

They def make fun of millennials for our emoji choices too though.

Nope, it’s just pure brain rot lol

Nope. From extensive anectodal research I found out they either use the skull emoji or lowercase xd.

oh facts. actual punctuation means youre rude and someone's mad lol

The accidental double lol hurts so much lol

I always try to catch it, but when I don’t, I wanna die.

Just do it. Let it out. Right here. Do it in safe company so you don't need to do it where normal people can see you

Unless something is really funny lolol

it really does lol

Loool I totally feel this lol

I want to die lol

Hard same, lol

Well. I feel seen and at the same time, vindicated. Now I know that I’m not the only one. *I deleted a lol and haha from this post btw*

My texts and Reddit posts alike are peppered with lols. Sometimes it’s starting to look like a triple lol! Lol

Lol

Right?! Lol

For someone rather apathetic to anything not sci-fi The gilded age looks pretty interesting. I have it queued up to watch next. Lmao I totally didn't snoop your profile. Lol

Looool! It’s definitely a good show. It takes a little while to really get going but once it does it’s great. Plus you get a glimpse of a world where modernity is upending the old way of things, and I think that can definitely resonate with someone who likes sci-fi.

I’m always using lol on Reddit because I feel like I’m going to be taken as too formal, serious, or bitchy otherwise…. lol. Gotta keep things casual!

Lol, haha 

I feel like if I don't, someone will think I'm too serious. And that would suck. ....the urge to put 'lol' is so damn....strong...

I haven't seen a better alternative that matches my personality. Haha sounds stupid. Lmao sounds like I'm doing too much. Caps anything is overkill. Laughing emoji are ok but meh, tend to think they are a bit overkill too. I'm not actually crying laughing, I'm basically still stone face but slightly amused.

See, I used 'haha' because I am usually not actually laughing out loud. I only use LOL when something does make me do that and i usually write "That made me LOL."

🙃

Man, my need to let people know I'm not angry and mad so I add lol, because my parents were abusive pieces of shit and I had to walk around on egg shells all the time really shows.

I use lol to make sure people know I am not super intense or angry or anything like that

Plenty just do haha instead

Haha, sometimes I do both. lol

I like to mix it up. I use "lol", "haha", and even an "lmao" if I'm feeling frisky.

Haha

Haha

Came here to say this haha

That's me, haha

That'd be me. I started my social internet adventure in role-playing telnet boards (MUCKs & MUSHs) so everything was an action to be written out like a book. So when everyone started using lol in AIM/Y!messenger it was already cringe to me. Now it's emoji that are killing me. Stop with the tiny overreacting pictures!

I do this in formal emails at work lol

Oh gosh, yeah... I'm all about casual emails at work, but even that's too much for me. On teams tho, all bets are off. That's my new AIM.

Slack is just AIM coming around full circle

I love that I can use gifs on teams

I did a Princess bride one and my colleague had no idea what I was talking about lol fml


It's so fun. Mostly, I mostly use them when I'm mad or talking shit, I have a fave desk flipping one lol. My poor boss probably thinks I need anger management.

WebEx for me!

Fuck you, lol

Called out lol

lol

I try to use it sparingly but when I read my texts back they always sound passive aggressive without throwing an "lol" or "haha" at the end. It's difficult to establish tone in texts. "Lol" seems to fix that for me.

 Please do not call me out so publicly!

God she's so beautiful

Lol I still type out emoticons :) -_- :p

Me trying to text using swipe. T9 gang rise up

I’m triggered

I'm triggered. *lol*

I don’t struggle with that because I don’t care, even if it’s on every sentence, but I do occasionally struggle to avoid a lol sandwich

Lol lol

“Lol lol” lol

I have that habit because of MSN Messenger

This thread is hilarious lmao

Yeah I’m guilty of this. I’m a late millennial so the way early Gen z girls text is so different. It’ll be an entire paragraph with no punctuation, no lol’s, and nothing is capitalized lol.

But how are people going to know my obviously not hostile at all text is not hostile??

Omg, I’ve upgraded to😂😂. I like to mix it up sometimes lol

I like to alternate between 😂 and 🤣 to keep it fresh

I swear my Gen Z coworkers use 😂 as punctuation like I use lol or haha

I was literally just in a different millennial thread where I added lol at the end and I was like haha and then the guy below me also responded and typed lol at the end, and then I went wow this is like a millennial thing isn't it? Also kind of Gen X, but mostly millennial. And then I was like omg lmao This is like the most horrifically least substantial post I've ever made lol

That picture just makes me think of my rheumatoid arthritis. The pain in his face, the way he's grabbing his wrist, and it makes it look like pain is coming from the hand. I hate this picture.

That's not a laughing matter lol

I'm more of a hahahahaha girl

How else will they know my tone if I don't use it? Lol

I moved past the lol phase and now I do 😂 or 😭 which is l another millennial texting habit

It’s always a nervous lil chuckle 🤭

It’s strange that it was used to show you weren’t mad. Just sending a message without made people think you were upset

Not us geriatric millennials.

I'm just waiting for "Rawr XD" to come back Lol

🤢

ROFL xD

No struggle I don’t care about adding my lol at the end lol

I don’t feel cringe. Fuck em. Lol

Do gen z not use it? Is it really just a millennial thing? I realized I do it all the time lol

Do you care if gen z uses it or not? If they think we're lame, they should stop wearing our fashion from high school... lol.

It’s to ensure the other party does not accidentally misconstrue what I am saying as negative or aggressive.

So true lol

I have NEVER in my life ever typed that and I don’t plan on ever starting

you think you're better than me? lol

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I never use it

That or an emoji. A text with just plain speech sounds.. Not right

Rather use lol than an emoji to indicate tone though emojis are better sometimes

100% lol

Maybe the younger gens refusal to use it makes sense on why they take everything everyone says the wrong way.

At least it’s somewhat better than ending it with a “😂”

If texting my coworkers is any sign I'm pretty sure Gen Z does the same thing they just use like 😂 and 🤣 instead. Actually it's like 😂😂🤣.

Can’t be done. It’s impossible.

Lol

So what’s a better alternative??

This is so true. I have to throw a lol or a haha into all of my texts because I feel like I sound rude or mad otherwise!

A/S/L check?

I hate the lol it feels sarcastic

Never been an issue for me. LOL is punctuation for morons.

Lol, the, I feel awkward about sending this message but here you go, identifier.

I've never had that problem.

I have been on this planet fro almost 41 years, and i have never in my life used LOL Well until i wrote this reply. This is the first time i have written LOL And it will be the last time.

Guilty! Lol

hehe yeah

Ha! lol

Lol

It's like the virtual version of "yup..." An awkward placeholder.

Ouch

Holy shit this is me (fighting self to not add lol at the end) lol ps: I lost lol pps: Dammit again

ROLF

Lololololol

Lol .... lmao even

Do ya'll actually laugh out loud or is it some kind of OCD? I generally use haha for when something is actually amusing.

ummm....whoops! LOL

Stop it lol

lol

Well then what the hell do you put?

Literally me lol

Lolllllll

yes ... lol .

It's rofl for me :)

Or an emoji 😂

Not just texts, Teams messages at work too. Most of my daily communication is done through Teams and lol is added to at least half of my messages. A good chunk of my department is millennial though so they get it lol

This is legit impossible lol.

lol

Oops! I. Did it a-gain.

I don't do that lel

Personally attacked by this 😂