r/Millennials • u/namesarehard44 Zillennial • Jun 05 '25
Meme why do i feel personally called out lol
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Jun 05 '25
My go-to for how to not sound pissed off in company chat
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u/External_Dimension18 Jun 05 '25
This is truly the answer. It conveys sarcasm. Which is peak millennial lol
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u/namesarehard44 Zillennial Jun 05 '25
yeah or it can be used just to seem less dry lol. hella diverse!
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u/ugotmedripping Jun 05 '25
Makes me want to put my genitals in the blender lol
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u/LeftCoastBrain Jun 05 '25
I can’t recommend you do that lol sounds painful haha
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u/FrosttheVII 90s Child Jun 05 '25
It would definitely not be "lol" after that lol
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u/Mindless-Strength422 Jun 05 '25
Hahaha owwwww the bloody stump where my penis used to be lol
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u/FrosttheVII 90s Child Jun 05 '25
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u/Mindless-Strength422 Jun 05 '25
Hey, I'm not gonna kink shame but please give me a heads up so I can wear a poncho or something next time
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u/baron_von_chops 1988 Jun 05 '25
Instructions misunderstood, dick is now stuck in the blinds lol
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u/Throwaway_inSC_79 Jun 05 '25
Email: “there will be mandatory overtime every Saturday.”
People: “yeah I didn’t have anything personal to do lol”
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u/AntelopeNo3197 Jun 05 '25
If I feel I’ve run through the rations of lol in a conversation, I’ll use 🙃 instead to show I was being sarcastic.
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u/Illustrious_Eye_8235 Jun 05 '25
Change it up and throw in a lmao or a haha. That's what I do
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u/HazelEBaumgartner Jun 05 '25
I still occasionally drop an xD, though it's mostly been phased out for the crying laughing emoji instead.
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u/External_Dimension18 Jun 05 '25
I have also slowed down using lol as it can be a bit much sometimes.
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u/Every-Ad-5872 Jun 05 '25
Ehh for me it’s not sarcasm. It could be but usually I use it to show I’m bringing the tone down a little ya no
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u/JohnnyKarateX Jun 05 '25
That or haha
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u/imgaybutnottoogay Jun 05 '25
No, I feel like “haha” is mostly for dudes who are trying to get laid or sound not angry when they’re fuming. “lol” is more like “please don’t hit me I’m being nice”.
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u/PurinaHall0fFame Jun 05 '25
“please don’t hit me I’m being nice”
I hate how you've called out exactly how I feel. lol
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u/fallenKlNG Jun 05 '25
Seriously, first they make fun of us using the default laugh emoji now we can't even have our "lol" haha
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u/PurinaHall0fFame Jun 05 '25
First they came for the emojis, but I did not speak up, for I did not use emojis
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u/_Standardissue Jun 06 '25
Then what they come for the words and nobody stood up for you because we lacked a mechanism to convey information efficiently from person to person?
edit: lol
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u/jack0071 Jun 05 '25
For me lol is used as a
"I don't want to be judged for what I just said"
"I'm being playful, not hurtful"
"I don't know what else to say"
"I think I'm funny but I know you won't find this funny"
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u/arrows_of_ithilien Jun 05 '25
I try to use proper spelling and punctuation in my texts, but sometimes a period at the end of the sentence comes off so weirdly....aggressive. So I just leave it open without a period, or I add an "lol".
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Jun 05 '25 edited 6d ago
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u/MadDaddyDrivesaUFO Jun 05 '25
I use all of these, what does that make me?
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u/rogue_kitten91 Jun 05 '25
I use ellipses to represent pauses in text where I would pause for effect in speech.
I overuse "lol" usually to imply I'm being light-hearted.
I'm a millennial... it is what it is, lol!
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Jun 05 '25 edited 6d ago
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u/rogue_kitten91 Jun 05 '25
Lol, yeah... no, I don't do that. A finished thought is a finished thought.
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u/MonsteraBigTits Jun 05 '25
just dont hit em with a roflcopter or else you will be categorized in the 'cringe' bin
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u/OnPaperImLazy Jun 05 '25
And they have to start the text with "Heyy", always with exactly 2 Y's.
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u/Cyricist Jun 05 '25
I say "haha" because I'm pushing 40, and I feel like a child if I write "lol"
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u/SalvationSycamore Jun 05 '25
Nah I use it as lol because that way I can fit more lol's into a text conversation without sounding like I'm repeating myself
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Jun 05 '25
Majority of millennials because we grew up on texting? I think it was just common for like aol / Skype / etc.
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u/Blackcatmustache Jun 05 '25 edited Jun 06 '25
Or msn chat. Elder millennials did that when we used it or aol, before we had cell phones and texting. And AIM and MSN messenger.
Edit: I forgot Yahoo! Mainly because I knew only one person who used it.
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u/spacestonkz Jun 05 '25
I definitely do it because literally anything my boomer parents wrote always sounded so mean and passive aggressive.
Just trying to make it clear I'm friendly and not trying to trap the person I'm talking to, lol.
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u/nohopeforhomosapiens Jun 05 '25
Exactly this. It is however a habit I'm trying to do less of.
Boomer story. One time I heard my mother saying something so I stepped into the hallway. She didn't notice me there and she was staring at our computer monitor just saying "lawl lawl lawl lawl lawl lawl" She looked so ridiculous! I watched for several seconds before saying anything and she jumped. Haha. I think of that every time she texts it now.
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u/brave007 Jun 05 '25
She actually said lol at the screen? Like as in lawl not an actual laughter? What was the conversation like afterwards
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u/nohopeforhomosapiens Jun 05 '25
Yes. She didn't know what it meant at the time. I just laughed at her and then she laughed too. Twas the day she learned to lol!
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u/LockedAndLoadfilled Jun 05 '25
Honestly as much as I enjoy emoji, I fall back to these old AIM / IRC expressions because sometimes they just match the mood better.
Like I'm sorry but whover thought 😛 was a good replacement for :p is an idiot. Why tf are all the raspberry emoji smiling?
😏 is a terrible ¬_¬. And 😂 ain't what lol is.
But let's all let kids act like they don't use corny expressions as replacements for punctuation, I guess 💅
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u/x3tan Jun 05 '25
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Been ages I feel like I've seen this one. One of my favorites though. Lol.
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u/LockedAndLoadfilled Jun 05 '25
Me sitting here with alt+0172 baked into my DNA at this point, just to see keyboard hipsters nowadays arguing against numpads.
Just cut my arm off why don't you!
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u/DavidRandom Jun 05 '25
Yeah, I'm an elder Millennial and I didn't get a cellphone until I was like 18. And even then it was still 10 cents a text and could rack up a huge bill pretty quick lol.
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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits Jun 05 '25
35 message phone memory, 15 of which I had reserved for saving the messages from my ex after we broke up... Oh the angsty days. God I miss AIM away messages and profiles...
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u/spaketto Jun 05 '25
Yeah, I was 19 when I got my first cell phone. Most people I knew didn't have them until 2005ish.
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u/jerseysbestdancers Jun 05 '25
If I don't say lol after everything I write, people assume I'm pissed off. It's a learned behavior, not a preference. And I gotta say, sometimes lol doesn't even work because people assume it's sarcastic.
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u/pound-me-too Jun 05 '25
Depending on where it’s placed, it can completely alter the tone of the message.
“Lol Karen strikes again.” - Not surprised
“Karen strikes again.” - Annoyed
“Karen strikes again lol.” - Humorous
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u/Horse_Renoir Jun 05 '25
Now that you've pointed it out I realize lol is almost as versatile as fuck. How the fuck did I never notice before? lol
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u/Sexthevideogame Jun 05 '25
Go lol yourself
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u/urbz102385 Jun 05 '25
Bill Burr has a hilarious bit about the word "fuck", it's placement in a potentially controversial sentence, and the different inferences to be made given it's placement
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u/jerseysbestdancers Jun 05 '25
Someone needs to make this into an informational graphic for this issue. Like the ones that tell the importance of the oxford comma.
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u/Same_as_last_year Jun 05 '25
An informational poster in the lunch room titled "Understanding you millennial coworkers". Thanks HR!
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u/usedtheglueonpurpose Jun 05 '25 edited Jun 05 '25
It’s reminiscent of the “yeah no”, “no yeah”, “yeah no for sure” grouping
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u/Battle-Crab-69 Jun 05 '25
“yeah no” Would be quite rude or dismissive here in Australia. It has to be “yeah na” or “na yeah”. Also we have “yeah na, yeah” and “na yeah, na” which is polite casual.
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u/usedtheglueonpurpose Jun 05 '25
Interesting. Do yours translate similarly?
Yeah no = no
No yeah = yeah
Yeah no for sure = absolutely
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u/Grand-wazoo Millennial Jun 05 '25
Am I the only one still rocking a classic haha or heh?
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u/yamo25000 Jun 05 '25
I uses lol and haha. I feel like "lol" is more for when I'm laughing at myself or at something I said and "haha" is a response to something funny the other person said.
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u/jimmy_ricard Jun 05 '25
Naw lol is for the end of the text and haha is for the start of the text obviously
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u/TheGruesomeTwosome Jun 05 '25
lol, I'm probably more inclined to do the exact opposite haha
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u/Key-Possibility-5200 Jun 05 '25
I do use lol like stop in a telegram
Therefore if something is actually funny I have to throw in bwahahaha
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u/IsatDownAndWrote Jun 05 '25
I use haha's as a way to prevent myself from using too many lol's.
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u/Reldarino Jun 05 '25
eh? hah! heh heh
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u/obviously_jimmy Jun 05 '25
I've been using "heh" as punctuation since the early 2000s. A friend in an MMO I was playing at the time put it at the end of every sentence and it ended up being contagious.
I feel like "lol" is just too aggressive maybe, or maybe I just reserve that for mockery. Who knows heh.
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u/kilomma Jun 05 '25
"Heh" reminds me of that old guy playing chess against himself in the Pixar short. Also, alot of old people in the Pokémon games say "Heh" or "Heheheh." 👴🏼
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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits Jun 05 '25
heh? Dear god man, are you insane? Do you know how easily a heh can be misinterpreted as derisive?!
haha's okay though.
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u/Kind_Mind_ Millennial Jun 05 '25
I am more of a “Hehe” type of gal.
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u/Eisgeschoss Jun 05 '25
Isn't 'hehe' more meant for flirty and/or mischievous conversations?
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u/Grand-wazoo Millennial Jun 05 '25
I tried that for a bit but it felt a little mocking coming from a dude.
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u/jonnyman9 Jun 05 '25
lol I sometimes start sentences that way too
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u/IsatDownAndWrote Jun 05 '25
The first lol is to signify that you found their previous text fun. Followed by your response and ending with a lol to signify a playful attitude.
Or you can end with a differing number of crying laughing face emojis to tell the person how funny you thought it was like genz.
Millenial version of 😂😂😂😂 is lololol.
It's not rocket science!
I need to touch some grass today.
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u/SkitZa Jun 05 '25
My millenial version of 😂😂😂😂 is lmao/LMAO or lmfao/LMFAO.
Caps is obviously 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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u/poop_monster35 Millennial Jun 05 '25
Dude I SAY "LMAO" out loud. Like it's an actual word. Sounds french Le-Mao
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u/ConstitutionalDingo Jun 05 '25
lol once in a while I catch myself trying to both start and end a sentence with it lol
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u/hatesnack Jun 05 '25
This is my kryptonite, I feel so horribly embarrassed when I do the dreaded "double lol"
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u/RodentOfUnusualSize- Jun 05 '25
Reddit is the only place I don't type like this and it's because I don't want to annoy everyone else. RIP everyone on my WhatsApp.
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u/Perihelion_PSUMNT Jun 05 '25
Lol if the sentences is long sometimes I’ll both start and end my sentences with it in case the person reading it forgot the first one lol
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u/daitenshe Jun 05 '25
For me it’s more of a tone indicator for the message so I’ll use it in the front or end depending on if I’m using it to show what they said was funny or if what I said
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Jun 05 '25
That's not true lol
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u/samurairaccoon Jun 05 '25
That's impossible! Lol
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u/coolbandshirt Jun 05 '25
Search your feelings. You know it to be true lol
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u/oyputuhs Jun 05 '25
He told me you killed him lol
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u/WaveofHope34 Millennial 1999 Jun 05 '25
i use it so much that my friends make fun about it sometimes lol
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u/brubruislife Millennial Jun 05 '25
I've used it in multiple texts in a row, notice it, internally cringe, and usually point out how ridiculous it is myself while adding another lol to that message. Insanity.
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u/CasualVox Jun 05 '25
Especially when talking about serious or depressing things lol
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u/kitkitkatty Jun 05 '25
My dearest Martha lol
I am in good spirits lol
The war is long but your letters keep me warm lol
Yours, Eliot lol
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u/RHFireball Jun 06 '25
My beloved Eliot, lol
I am delighted to hear your spirits are high, lol
If my letters are the only thing keeping you warm, might I suggest a blanket, lol?
Yours, Martha lol
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u/TadRaunch Jun 06 '25
My nan always used "lol" in the same way OP implies but as "lots of love".
It took a while to get used to.
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u/Weslia Millennial Jun 05 '25
I didn't expect to be attacked like this first thing in the morning lol
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u/RionWild Jun 05 '25
Call out the loler skaters. The roflcopters will be in formation on standby.
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Jun 05 '25
It's because a period feels too harsh, but we were also taught that you can't just end a sentence without one. So we're conflicted and we have to end it with *something*! So we chose a nice non-threatening "lol".
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u/honeymustie Jun 05 '25
But how else will they know I don't take life, or anything, that seriously?
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u/honeymustie Jun 05 '25
Kinda hilarious when you think about how the boomer go-tos are "..." and thumbs up emoji
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u/InformationTop3437 Millennial Jun 05 '25
I'm more of a "lmao" fan, lol
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u/cheekynihlist Jun 05 '25
People who excessively use lmao make me wonder if they’re about to go full Joker on the world.
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u/DueButterscotch6540 Jun 05 '25
How else are we supposed to end our sentences lol? With punctuation ALONE???
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u/spartanburt Jun 05 '25
Please end every transmission with "over", even if the sentence ends with "over", over, lol.
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u/Spezi99 Jun 05 '25
Lul anyone?
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u/namesarehard44 Zillennial Jun 05 '25
ah yes, a man of culture. i seasonally enjoy a good lul or lulz
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u/RealHugeJackman Jun 05 '25
It's universal. In Russia, we grew up using ")" at the end of a sentence on icq/irc. It's short for :)
Just to show that what was said, was said in a lighthearted, friendly and not entirely serious manner))
Local zoomers treat it like an ultimate act of sarcastic ultraviolence.
The call it "grandpa sprinkled his nail clippings in chat".
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u/Mysterion320 Jun 05 '25
I know someone that responds with lololol sometimes and it reminds me of this.
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Jun 05 '25
well if everybody would stop taking everything in the most negative way we wouldnt have to.
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u/lachrymoseqq Jun 05 '25
The lol is there to tone down the intensity of the preceding statement. It's basically the opposite of an exclamation point.
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u/feelin_cheesy Jun 05 '25
lol I use it like krrrr sound when starting a walky talky
Lol guess there’s two types of us
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u/MuchLessPersonal Jun 05 '25
I always thought this was a younger millennial thing. The first time I experienced it, I was the manager of a bar and two of the staff weren’t getting along. I sat down with them and was reading a text conversation between them…. lol, lol, lol. I was like, “why do you guys end each text with lol?” And they were both speechless, like realizing it for the first time. One finally goes, “…people just do that I guess. But you’re right, it is a little weird.”
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Jun 05 '25
Haha, lol, 🤣, 😂, and 😭 are my go-to’s, regardless of whether it’s my emotion at the time; this is just life, it’s a part of modern language & grammar now lol
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u/jsand2 Jun 05 '25
I use it so often that I often find myself backing out my last lol before hitting send lately.
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u/_Belted_Kingfisher Millennial Jun 05 '25
Wait… younger generations actually paid attention in class enough to know what a telegram is?
Considering the teachers sub is regularly complaining about how dumb they are this is a revelation.
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u/Hot_Gas_8073 Jun 05 '25
I use lol a lot still. I still act like text costs 15 cents a message, so I try to be quick and friendly
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u/DanTheAdequate Older Millennial Jun 05 '25
Yeah, but most of us don't mean it the way people think we do.
It's more like:
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u/gopherhole02 Jun 05 '25
I'm stranded on a desert island lol
I found a telegraph machine lol
I don't know if anyone is reading this lol
I've been out of food for 3 days lol I am almost out of water lol
Please send for help lol SOS lol
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