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I'm sure most people here use "LOL" almost every day of their lives. Question: Have you ever stopped to think about what that phrase means now? I have. Quite often actually. It started out to mean "laugh out loud", and was/is just an abbreviated, first person verb. Originally, only used when one would actually laugh at something. But not anymore.
Now days, I use "lol" strictly as a filler. Its actually quite fascinating how people react when you do not use the phrase. People think you are upset, or that something is wrong. Test it out, if you haven't. Go on a messenger, and have a normal conversation with someone and don't type "lol" not once. They will either not talk back (assumingly because they believe you don't want to talk to them, or that something is wrong with you), and it all spawns from an absense of "lol".
Honestly, I rarely actually "lol" in real life. As I said, I only use it as a "filler". If someone says something that I don't have a real response to, I just type "lol". It acknowledges to that person that I read what they said, and that's all it really does anymore. But seriously, try to not use the phrase, or any like it some time, and see what you get out of it. I'd also like to hear people's thoughts on this as well.
Now days, I use "lol" strictly as a filler. Its actually quite fascinating how people react when you do not use the phrase. People think you are upset, or that something is wrong. Test it out, if you haven't. Go on a messenger, and have a normal conversation with someone and don't type "lol" not once. They will either not talk back (assumingly because they believe you don't want to talk to them, or that something is wrong with you), and it all spawns from an absense of "lol".
Honestly, I rarely actually "lol" in real life. As I said, I only use it as a "filler". If someone says something that I don't have a real response to, I just type "lol". It acknowledges to that person that I read what they said, and that's all it really does anymore. But seriously, try to not use the phrase, or any like it some time, and see what you get out of it. I'd also like to hear people's thoughts on this as well.