lol. Yes it’s a sentence all by itself, it means nothing, lol.
I thought it was a little dude throwing a rave in emoji
Lol, no
I have a tendency to speak very blunt and directly about most things, so lol is absolute necessity for me online in order to not blatantly spread ragebait everywhere I go lol
lol, no
I know, right? haha

Don’t wanna, lmao
The lol has contextual meaning though. Sometimes it means “you fucking idiot” and sometimes it means “thats funny” and sometimes it means “i dont care” etc.
Lol
Sometimes I have to catch myself because posting a plain “lol” can now be misinterpreted as aggressive lmao
So if I have nothing to say I’ll just go with “lollll”
true
Lol, no.
Also this is millennial thing, not GenX. I don’t know anyone from that generation that would use lol.
Now it’s “💀”
Actually, it’s “😭” now
🥀🥀🥀
I keep seeing zoomers use this and it keeps confusing the shit out of me, because half the time, it just looks like crying, not laughing-crying.
Maybe they’re just bad at ot and using the wrong emoji? idfk
Yeah the crying laughing emoji is 😂 why tf are they using the actual crying emoji
I genuinely do not know, but I keep running into that, where they just use the crying emoji and they tell me it means they’re laughing so hard they cried (not literally of course but w/e)… even though there actually is a laughing-crying emoji.
I’m going to yell at
cloudstiktok, its probablycloud’stiktok’s fault, somehow.EDIT:
like, I tell a joke, they respond with a crying emoji, I am confused and apologetic because I think I hurt their feelings and they are just sad crying… nope.
Nope they actually liked the joke.
This has happened to me a number of times in the last 6-9 months, with different people.
Maybe because it isn’t cool to use 😂? It has a bit of a bad rep in that it’s seen as a boomer-emoji, I think.
I am actually gen z and the “😂” has simply become cringe because older people overused it so much and I guess that’s why we switched to “😭”
It’s also interesting to me how you still see it as crying because my brain just doesn’t make that connection at all anymore
I genuienly appreciate the explanation, that makes sense.
2 reasons unc here sees them similarly:
A ) I barely ever use emojis
Many millennials grew up using
*-*=D:<0.0=[… style constuctions to represent emotions / facial expressions in text.
I’m used to those, I’m not used to emojis.
B ) I’m just actually slowly losing visual acuity.
I’m getting oooollldddd.
I’ve got an astigmatism now, and I tend to only wear my glasses when I absolutely need to.
So I have to squint or put on my glasses to make out variations in emojis, sometimes.
It’s because the regular laugh crying emoji got watered down so if something was really fuuny, one has to escalate.
I’ve begun to find it grating, because somewhere along the line it seems to have been co-opted by people who exclusively communicate through passive aggression online lol
So it’s no longer “Who did this 😭😭”
And more like “Why are you buying takeout after complaining about minimum wage being low 😭😭”
It’s like when it’s sad but also funny, so like, you’re laughing, but also crying in a “this is too real” kinda way
At least that’s how me and my friends seem to use it :p
Also this is millennial thing, not GenX.
Did someone say GenX? Or am I misreading your comment here?
Lol! lol
Oh, sorry. Things just don’t feel the same as when we were dating. I feel like the magic is gone. I want a divorce.
lol is the millennials version of over, lol
Roger that, rofl
instructions unclear, lolwtfbbq
Now there’s a phrase I have not heard in a long time
What I want… No. What I need is a browser extension that would change every “lol” on every page into a small picture of a TIE Fighter. It would make that flyby noise if you put your mouse over it and you could blow it up by clicking.
Someone who’s good at computer, please make! I’m going to assume it wouldn’t be that hard.
Your comment triggered me to ask an LLM to create it, and it came up with something. I’m not going to test it though, so we’ll never know if it works. I’d advise anyone not to try it. It gave links to an image and a sound file that gave a 404 error. LLM output:
Here’s a complete Firefox extension that replaces the text “lol” with a TIE Fighter image, plays a sound on hover, and changes the image on click.
🔧 Firefox Extension: “Lol to TIE Fighter”
- Manifest File (manifest.json)
{ "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Lol to TIE Fighter", "version": "1.0", "description": "Replaces 'lol' with a TIE Fighter image and plays sound on hover.", "permissions": [ "activeScript", "scripting", "https://example.com/*" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["<all_urls>"], "js": ["content.js"] } ], "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"] }, "options_page": "options.html" }- Content Script (content.js)
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { function replaceTextNodesWithImages() { const walker = document.createTreeWalker(document.body, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT, null, false); let node; while (node = walker.nextNode()) { if (node.textContent.includes("lol")) { const img = document.createElement("img"); img.src = "https://example.com/tie-fighter.png"; // Replace with your image URL img.style.width = "20px"; img.style.height = "20px"; img.style.display = "inline-block"; img.style.cursor = "pointer"; // Sound on hover img.addEventListener("mouseover", () => playSound()); // Blow up on click img.addEventListener("click", () => blowUp(img)); node.replaceWith(img); } } } replaceTextNodesWithImages(); }); function playSound() { const audio = new Audio("https://example.com/sound.mp3"); // Replace with your sound URL audio.play(); } function blowUp(img) { img.src = "https://example.com/blowup.png"; // Replace with a larger image or "none" img.style.width = "40px"; img.style.height = "40px"; }- Image and Sound Requirements TIE Fighter Image: Replace the URL in content.js with a public domain image. Example: TIE Fighter Image from Wikipedia Sound Effect: Replace the URL with a .mp3 file hosted on your server. Example: Sound Effect from FreeSound.org 🛠️ How to Use Create the files: manifest.json content.js Load the extension in Firefox: Go to about:debugging in Firefox. Click Add Extension and select the folder with your files. Test on any website with “lol” text. ⚠️ Notes Image/Sound URLs: Replace the URLs with your own hosted or public domain assets. Performance: This script runs on every page, so consider optimizing for large sites. Security: Ensure the image and sound URLs are secure to avoid errors. This extension replaces “lol” with a TIE Fighter image, plays a sound on hover, and expands the image on click. Adjust the URLs to match your assets!
your LLM misunderstood the request, it is going to replace the entire sentence (or the entire comment/post) into the TIE fighter if it contains the “lol”, not just the part where it is “lol”. Also the “blow up” is not explosion, it thought it means “making it big”
Can’t stop won’t stop lol.
I’m gen X as all hell and I’ll say lol when I want lol.
I say lol for teh lulz.
“Lulz” is a corruption of “L.O.L.,” which stands for “Laugh Out Loud.”












