ROFLMAO. No, not really.

Who actually means it when they say 'lol'?


Laugh out loud.


From the way I see it, we use 'lol' when we don't even find something funny. It's like saying, "ha-ha, I'm not really laughing". Or as a cover up - when you think you've just said something lame. You don't seem that lame anymore when you add a spontaneous 'lol' after that :P

True?


I have no idea how this or that works, but saying 'lol' in caps really gives you a whole new impression of it. Same word, just in capital letters. Now, imagine if you're really cracking up and in response you give that person a 'lol'. Not very expressive, is it?


Funny how IM language works ._.


Most of the time, I can't get a message across, the way I want it to without using one or two of those little yellow bald guys/girls (emoticons are rather gender-less) with different expressions on their faces.

[I noticed they were bald not very long ago, HEHE.]


Through IM there's absolutely no tone in your sentences. Just plain reading.


So that's where the emoticons come flooding in :)


I tend to use a lot of emoticons in my sentences. Sometimes even after every sentence. So much I even annoy myself, haha. Without them, everything I say will just seem so.. serious? And trust me, I hate sounding serious all the time.

Quite depressing, you know.


Oh, and please. Noone uses IM terms when they speak..

Imagine going,
"Elle-oh-elle! Elle-oh-elle! Elle-oh-elle!"

instead of laughing.

Reminds me of that Nigahiga video, HAHA. OK, I don't even know what the main purpose of this post is. It's not getting anywhere. I think of weirdest things when I study. ONE WEEK! :(

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Experimenting;

Roflcopter.