Plus, I think it makes people sound immature and stupid. Sorry to be so harsh, but there it is.
There are all kinds of text/typing acronyms that drive me crazy, but LOL is the worst.
Today, though, I saw something in a Facebook comment that blew me away. In the comment, instead of typing OMG, which stands for Oh my God, the girl had typed:
"Ohemgee."
Are you kidding me? Now we're taking abbreviations and making them longer? How stupid are people getting?
Wow.
4 comments:
Dude, I wholly agree with you. I would punch LOL in the face, if I could. Or even worse, LMAO. "NO YOU AREN'T," I feel like shouting at those people.
Although, while I started by writing out the actual sounds I'm making ("Hahahahahaha"), I found that I started using that even when I wasn't laughing out loud. So maybe I'm a hypocrite on this one.
yeah, I get the whole theory on lol being an exaggeration, but what should we say when emails and texts can be so easily misinterpreted? *mildly amused* or *entertaining* or *aren't you cute?* ? I think it's just us being lazy... and I hope I don't get punched in the face the next time I use it! (that was me trying to be cute) -- I almost put a smiley face up here, but I gave it a second thought!
on the other hand: "ohemgee"???? seriously???? I won't argue with anyone about the stupidity of THAT!
LOL!
Oh...sorry.
Ky-You and I should definitely never meet this guy I heard about this summer. Apparently, he actually uses the abbreviations when he's talking to people. He'll be having a conversation and if something is funny, instead of just lauging, he'll say LOL!
Steph-Ya, I don't know the solution, I just know how I feel. I think before the rise of LOL, we said things like "that's funny" or "just kidding", etc. I think laziness is definitely the issue! You ARE cute!
Joe-I just KNEW you were going to be the one to make that joke!
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