FabSwingers.com forum: Should using ‘lol’ be banned

By *horltz OP Man
over a year ago

heysham

I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Oh sorry I forgot to add...lol

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By *horltz OP Man
over a year ago

heysham

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though."

Agreed , it irritates me now

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now"

I get slightly irritated when it's used inappropriately. For instance someone will ask a fairly serious question in the forum but add "lol" or my new minor bug bear "he he". I interpret it as a nervous laugh.

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By *horltz OP Man
over a year ago

heysham

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now

This is true , but you still haven’t answered the original question he he

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nah

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now

This is true , but you still haven’t answered the original question he he"

Oh lol, I haven't have I. No, I most definitely do NOT laugh out loud when I read or type lol.

I did laugh out loud last night when Mr N and I were chatting about stuff though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nah"

Lol

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Does it mean lots of lollipops?

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By *abrielle247Couple (FF)
over a year ago

PDI Gran Canaria

I can think of worse things tbh lol.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?"

Me!

I met someone yesterday who said I was exactly the same bubbly character to talk to in person as I was over text - when I am enjoying myself I DO laugh that much! ??

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

Me!

I met someone yesterday who said I was exactly the same bubbly character to talk to in person as I was over text - when I am enjoying myself I DO laugh that much! ??"

I guffaw sometimes.

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By *vilgasamWoman
over a year ago

The dot in the i

I use it to convey tone, tone can’t be heard via txt and can be taken wrongly, to me it shows a lighter tone and/or mood, I agree it is over used but so are emojis and they can be used in the same way, for example if someone was being sarcastic on a forum, regulars know who’s going to speak like that but newbies don’t have a way to know that, adding a lol in there can show that and help stop threads being sidetracked into an argument with the original point being forgotten about, we’ve all seen that happen a few times, sometimes that can work well, others it can just lead to arguments and upset

Just my opinion lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It gets right on my tits,right up there with OMG

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It gets right on my tits,right up there with OMG"

Omg fuck me

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"It gets right on my tits,right up there with OMG"

You're just Gawjuss anyway so it doesn't really matter innit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What about:

LMAO

PMSL

ROFL

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By *horltz OP Man
over a year ago

heysham

"What about:

LMAO

PMSL

ROFL

I would happily ban those also

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"What about:

LMAO

PMSL

ROFL

I would happily ban those also"

Something can be quite comical, but I have never found it necessary urinate ma pants having a chuckle at something lol

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

"What about:

LMAO

PMSL

ROFL

I would happily ban those also

Something can be quite comical, but I have never found it necessary urinate ma pants having a chuckle at something lol

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I’m a completely miserable, humourless bastard in real life so will sometimes employ either a ‘lol’ or else a laughing emoji to make me seem at least half way approachable. Oh, lol

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaassssss!!!

Loathe it. Massive turn off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?"

I would guess none, but think is we are to ban anything it should be the letter E, so over used

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaassssss!!!

Loathe it. Massive turn off

Crikey, I only send a couple of ee's and aa's, cos I'm tight like that

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By *ohndunboyneMan
over a year ago

Dunboyne & Dublin

I have a totally (

) reading some forum threads and often

However I believe that the non-paying members can't use emojis here, so revert to the Lol's.

What's far worse is when you tell someone something funny, in real life and they respond "Oh lol" !!!

I've warned them that it's for text, not life and they'd likely be bruised if they continued, then showed them my phone with

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By *ohndunboyneMan
over a year ago

Dunboyne & Dublin

"Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaassssss!!!

Loathe it. Massive turn off

Crikey, I only send a couple of ee's and aa's, cos I'm tight like that

Yeah but it's the texting that to them when they're fucking you that pisses them off

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

It's a little perplexing when it's used without anything that's funny.

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By *ast_And_CuriousMan
over a year ago

Sevenoaks

I think the odd lol here and there is OK. A lot of people do overuse it though and I've probably been guilty of that myself before. People are starting to use emojis instead. Don't seem to see "lmao" and such as ten or so years ago.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If it's just an 'lol' as a reply and nothing else then yes!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It doesn't really bother me. It's used so much now, it barely registers, when people do it

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"What about:

LMAO

PMSL

ROFL

I would happily ban those also

Something can be quite comical, but I have never found it necessary urinate ma pants having a chuckle at something lol

Just me and my Tenalady on that one then...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It could be worse....there's a middle-aged guy uses lollllllllll often in the Scottish forum

What does that even mean?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No i just taken me 10 years to learn where to place a good lol

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By *eliciousKisserMan
over a year ago

Plymouth

On a side note people say things in every day conversation that don’t make it into messaging (not as often as the acronyms you’re discussing).

Words like ‘innit’. It makes me chuckle when i hear it used to the point where it is tagged on to the end of any sentence. ‘Hey Trish, you have to see that new period drama on BBC1, starts on Friday at 9pm innit!’

Notoriously overused in the Southwest where i come from! Not sure about other areas of the country.

My ex used to deploy the word innit and it became a running joke for years. She wouldnt change her mind even when i showed that it was perfectly legit and has it’s own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, which made me laugh (not out loud) when i first discovered that!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It doesn't bother me at all when i see lol written. In fact i often do lol as im a very happy person and frequently smile, giggle, laugh. To me it's no different to seeing

put in messeges.

One thing i do dislike is people putting innit in messeges or fake regional words.

Thankfully though we are all different and write and like different things.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, please.

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By *alking DisasterWoman
over a year ago

South Oxfordshire

Every time I write lol, I've at least smiled at what the person has written. I can't say that I've come across someone actually saying "lol" in real life.

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By *naquest321Man
over a year ago

Carlisle

It’s definitely justified when I use it because I’m so bloody funny. Lolololololo. Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's over use is so very irritating!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Should we introduce

SS small smile

IG inner grin

SC small chuckle

Or other yet unknown more accurate acronyms?

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

"I can think of worse things tbh lol.

Btw. Dilligaf.

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

"Should we introduce

SS small smile

IG inner grin

SC small chuckle

Or other yet unknown more accurate acronyms?

ALT

A little titter.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Let's ban haha, hehe as well please.... Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not the grinch in disguise are you OP ?

surely LOL is better than grrrrrrr or

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personally I think all text-speak should be banned!

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

If you can’t use emotes then lol conveys a sense of humour, some of us are quite smiley people ya know

The one I don’t like is hehe, I think it’s quite creepy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What I hate is when people use it at the end of a sentence that isn't remotely funny. Just use a fucking full stop

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By *im L FuckitMan
over a year ago

Dumfriesshire

Nope... it conveys playfulness and lightheartedness in a quick, simple, universally understood manner. Something which is very important on a public forum where facial expressions and cues can not be read!

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By *im L FuckitMan
over a year ago

Dumfriesshire

The cat sat on the mat, fucking full stop

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By *im L FuckitMan
over a year ago

Dumfriesshire

"It could be worse....there's a middle-aged guy uses lollllllllll often in the Scottish forum

What does that even mean? "

He's passed out over the keyboard?

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By *abrielle247Couple (FF)
over a year ago

PDI Gran Canaria

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

I would guess none, but think is we are to ban anything it should be the letter E, so over used

You can't ban the letter E, as Everything starts with an E Lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’m a completely miserable, humourless bastard in real life so will sometimes employ either a ‘lol’ or else a laughing emoji to make me seem at least half way approachable. Oh, lol "

Surely not ...your on here ...

You must have a soh lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In the great scheme of things does it really matter

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By *oftandGentle2Couple
over a year ago

leeds

Use it all the time!

However my sister in law does get confused and uses it for “lots of love” , which can sometimes make me LOL when she texts with “the cat died, I’m so sad lol”

. Tee hee

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Doesn't bother me. Bae and Snapchat filters do though

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By *W ChapMan
over a year ago

Swindon

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now"
Christ sake, get irritated about something a little more important, like snapchat pics with bunny ears on or something lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now Christ sake, get irritated about something a little more important, like snapchat pics with bunny ears on or something lol"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Use it all the time!

However my sister in law does get confused and uses it for “lots of love” , which can sometimes make me LOL when she texts with “the cat died, I’m so sad lol”

. Tee hee"

Lol!

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Use it all the time!

However my sister in law does get confused and uses it for “lots of love” , which can sometimes make me LOL when she texts with “the cat died, I’m so sad lol”

. Tee hee"

Tee hee indeed.

I'm going to start using guffauw..like Sid James. Lol.

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By *hechapMan
over a year ago

Derry

Who will ban it?

Would it be the lol police?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What about:

LMAO

PMSL

ROFL

You forgot FML x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Use it all the time!

However my sister in law does get confused and uses it for “lots of love” , which can sometimes make me LOL when she texts with “the cat died, I’m so sad lol”

. Tee hee

Tee hee indeed.

I'm going to start using guffauw..like Sid James. Lol."

Or 'chortle' ... depending on how funny it was.

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By *hechapMan
over a year ago

Derry

"Who will ban it?

Would it be the lol police?"

Just after reading my own message and i spat my coffee out.

Not because i thought it funny.

My coffee is too fukin hot.

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By *im L FuckitMan
over a year ago

Dumfriesshire

lol.... oops, sorry!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I detest lol so much it actually hurts my soul a wee bit. Even more so when said aloud in conversation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who will ban it?

Would it be the lol police?"

Gosh this tickled me. Had me guffawing, He he ing, LOLing and PMSL. Not sure why. I can just imagine the chuckle brothers being the chief superintendents at the trial.

Gotcha.... we've got you banged to rights Mr Chap for mocking the LOL police in an inappropriate way. We sentence you to 1 hour with Ken Dodd and his tickling stick.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I use chuckle

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By *abrielle247Couple (FF)
over a year ago

PDI Gran Canaria

"I detest lol so much it actually hurts my soul a wee bit. Even more so when said aloud in conversation.

Man up darling and stop being so sensitive lol.

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By *rivateparts!Man
over a year ago

Walking down the only road I've ever known!

I don't care

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By *oftandGentle2Couple
over a year ago

leeds

"Who will ban it?

Would it be the lol police?

Just after reading my own message and i spat my coffee out.

Not because i thought it funny.

My coffee is too fukin hot."

Hahahahahahahahaha

LOL

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By *oftandGentle2Couple
over a year ago

leeds

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now Christ sake, get irritated about something a little more important, like snapchat pics with bunny ears on or something lol"

See now I have an over whelming urge to send your “bottom” pic a snapchat bunny ears pick or mine!! Tut

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who will ban it?

Would it be the lol police?

Just after reading my own message and i spat my coffee out.

Not because i thought it funny.

My coffee is too fukin hot.

Hahahahahahahahaha

LOL

Me too. I have no idea why though.

I keep thinking of a room at GCHQ with a COBRA meeting convened. Everyone shhhhhh. This is a serious matter.There is far too much LOLing and it has to be stamped out. We will start monitoring all internet traffic and apply filters to turn LOLing off. No one will have a clue any more and in future will have to decide if to smile or not. Can you imagine the chaos this would create.

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By *abrielle247Couple (FF)
over a year ago

PDI Gran Canaria

"Who will ban it?

Would it be the lol police?

Gosh this tickled me. Had me guffawing, He he ing, LOLing and PMSL. Not sure why. I can just imagine the chuckle brothers being the chief superintendents at the trial.

Gotcha.... we've got you banged to rights Mr Chap for mocking the LOL police in an inappropriate way. We sentence you to 1 hour with Ken Dodd and his tickling stick.

I guess it would be through a medium called laughter.

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By *airyfatmanMan
over a year ago

by 'ere

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now

I am guilty of overuse of LOL but as someone else said in the thread too, it’s more about conveying tone and making it clear it’s a jokey type response. Sometimes I’ll use a winky emoji instead. Sometimes I use hahaha on the end instead - not quite the nervous laugh

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By *horecruxCouple
over a year ago

SE4

***...

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By *naquest321Man
over a year ago

Carlisle

"Personally I think all text-speak should be banned! "

And when I grow up, my mummy says I’m going to be a proper little madam.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now

Ah a confession. Maybe we need to get the spanish inquisition to extract more from you. I bet you didn't expect the spanish inquisition.

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By *im L FuckitMan
over a year ago

Dumfriesshire

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to think it meant 'lots of love'. I never use it but i don't have a problem with it either. Surely it's not that important.

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By *im L FuckitMan
over a year ago

Dumfriesshire

It is vitally important and we will have to debate it all day until we reach a definitive conclusion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You have my vote!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My ghast is flabbered again.

I thought it meant loads of licorice

And bb meant Bertie Bassett

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By *eliciousladyWoman
over a year ago

Sometimes U.K

It is overused, agree with that.

However, when I read something that has made me laugh or giggle I usually do reply with a ‘lol’ ..is that ok OP?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No it isn't OK

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?"

I laugh out lour often when reading the forum, there are some really funny posts on here at times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?"

I've never really thought about it, and am not going to now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

I've never really thought about it, and am not going to now

Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's those Americans that introduced it in my opinion. It's like when you greet someone everyone now says Hay instead of Hi. What's all that about ?

If I wanted to gnosh on some dry grass I would have made pretty sure I'd got some of my own thankyou.

Far too much breaking bad talk going on. tut tut tut. It's just not British.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who will ban it?

Would it be the lol police?"

Yes. It should be funded from the Brexit dividend as a priority.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?"
it means lots of love

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

I've never really thought about it, and am not going to now

Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

it means lots of love"

I thought it was loony old loser

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By *airyfatmanMan
over a year ago

by 'ere

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now

Ah a confession. Maybe we need to get the spanish inquisition to extract more from you. I bet you didn't expect the spanish inquisition. "

Depends who the Spaniard is who’s doing the inquisition. Could be enjoyable

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

it means lots of love

I thought it was loony old loser

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Ha learn or lose

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

Me!

I met someone yesterday who said I was exactly the same bubbly character to talk to in person as I was over text - when I am enjoying myself I DO laugh that much! ??"

Yep 100% authentic fabber

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

its a facebook thing,same as when people were calling each other hun and chick all the time,i left facebook

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Life is too short to let it bother me that much

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

Me!

I met someone yesterday who said I was exactly the same bubbly character to talk to in person as I was over text - when I am enjoying myself I DO laugh that much! ??

Yep 100% authentic fabber

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?"

I think it should be replaced with 'Ha' for a sarcastic or ironic laugh or 'hee hee' to mean a roll around the floor,side splitting belly laugh.

Lol,pmsl and lmfao should be banned completely and never even spoken of again. Ha!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

I think it should be replaced with 'Ha' for a sarcastic or ironic laugh or 'hee hee' to mean a roll around the floor,side splitting belly laugh.

Lol,pmsl and lmfao should be banned completely and never even spoken of again. Ha!"
lol nice hat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

I think it should be replaced with 'Ha' for a sarcastic or ironic laugh or 'hee hee' to mean a roll around the floor,side splitting belly laugh.

Lol,pmsl and lmfao should be banned completely and never even spoken of again. Ha!lol nice hat"

Yeah,,,you said before. Ha.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I use it to convey tone, tone can’t be heard via txt and can be taken wrongly, to me it shows a lighter tone and/or mood, I agree it is over used but so are emojis and they can be used in the same way, for example if someone was being sarcastic on a forum, regulars know who’s going to speak like that but newbies don’t have a way to know that, adding a lol in there can show that and help stop threads being sidetracked into an argument with the original point being forgotten about, we’ve all seen that happen a few times, sometimes that can work well, others it can just lead to arguments and upset

Just my opinion lol

Exactly! And I get bored of using the smiley icon too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?"

It's an age thing. You've gone over

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean come on seriously ! How many of us actually laugh out loud when we use it ?

it means lots of love

I thought it was loony old loser

Ha learn or lose"

Legs or labia

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By *azzle DazzleCouple
over a year ago

strathaven

"I tend to zone it out now.

It is rather over used though.

Agreed , it irritates me now"
Easily irritated, speaks volumes.

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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"[lol Removed by poster at 06/09/18 12:47:11]"

'Hehe' is much more annoying than LOL

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nope, while not literally accurate to what you're doing while reading/ typing, it's definitely got a place to convey a feeling to a message; helping to reduce any serious tones for instance

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over a year ago

"[lol Removed by poster at 06/09/18 12:47:11]

'Hehe' is much more annoying than LOL"

It is isn't it hehe x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think I am hysterical so sometimes I am laughing at what I have said. Other times I'm merely amused.

What really grates on my brain though is llf (laugh like f*ck). I think it must be just a Belfast thing & it makes me cringe.

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By *astersubMan
over a year ago

Stewarton

I remember a friend telling me his mum put lol at the end of a message telling him an auntie had died. When he asked why she had put lol on that message as he thought it was in bad taste and not her style . She was confused and said why wouldn't she say Lots Of Love... she was mortified when he replied what it also stood for and that actually it explained the frosty reaction she had had from some people .. and hurriedly had to text everyone she had messaged to tell them that she wasn't laughing at the news this woman had died ...luckily everyone was okay once it had been explained

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't stop thinking about the LOL police doing a bust.

It just keeps tickling my funny bone and making me smile about banning the LOL at the end of people's sentences.

What would be the penalty for transgressing it ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I can't stop thinking about the LOL police doing a bust.

It just keeps tickling my funny bone and making me smile about banning the LOL at the end of people's sentences.

What would be the penalty for transgressing it ?"

It's OK, with a name like that they would be too busy raiding themselves to get out of the station

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By *othrockercplCouple
over a year ago

Halloween Town

Lolomgwtfdairyqueen lolomgwtfbbtheq

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

Ban it

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