# I Don't Care If You ARE Laughing, LOL THIS! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 2, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876 "2000-08-02T18:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/101 "2000-08-05T20:31:06Z")
**DavisMcDavis** said: > [@](#): > > I like my name, MysterEcks. Actually, I like yours, too. So there. Grrrr…I hate it when they spit the hook like that. * * * “It’s dead, Jim.” “Is there anything you can do, Bones?” “Well, we can try Viagra…” ---
**Author:** ![FairyDust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@FairyDust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyDust)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/102 "2003-02-28T18:11:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > > * * * > > “It’s dead, Jim.” > “Is there anything you can do, Bones?” > “Well, we can try Viagra…” \*\* MysterEcks, your sig made me ROTFLMAO! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/103 "2003-02-28T19:55:24Z")
😕 - I see dead threads \* ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/104 "2003-02-28T20:00:42Z")
Thank God! I thought this thread was lost forever! ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/105 "2003-02-28T21:37:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amok \* > \*\*However, if his point is just that LOL and ROFLMAO are overused, irritating, and AOL-ish, then I agree with him. Unfortunately, complaining about their use is rather pointless, as not many people are going to say “Uh-oh, DavisMcDavis and Amok don’t like ‘LOL’, I better not use it.” Sure, maybe the world would be a better place if people did, but then they’d expect us to stop doing things that irritated them, and that would be too heavy a price to pay. \*\* Well, the alternative would be to make up new acronyms every few weeks so as not to bore people. To me, lol is merely the internet version of a smile, or chuckle with LOL meaning a bigger smile/laugh. Do you get “tired of” people smiling at you IRL too? FTR, I have never used AOL, and didn’t know that they “created” the smilies and LOLs. he He HEEEEEE (Ala Furbish). ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/106 "2003-02-28T21:43:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I always thought that LOL and the like are used because this is the INTERNET, and we can’t see facial expressions, or hear tones of voice, etc. Sometimes, unfortunately, some posts come off as serious, sarcastic, etc, without that intention. > I think the abbreviations help. > IMHO. \*\* Ooh!!! What she said!! (and she has lots of posts too, hehe). ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/107 "2003-02-28T22:02:25Z")
I think I was here when this was originally posted but it must have slipped by the radar. I though it was a new thread until I saw a few names of posters who haven’t been here for some time and then checked the posting dates. You’ve gotta love those newbies for picking little gems out of the dust. And… "ROLFLASDFGJHQERJHPFPIJOASVPVAGBNAGVEVLARG VBARUCVAIBQWXNLAFCWP!!! (That’s not an acronym, I was laughing so hard I smacked my head into the keyboard) ::Picks embedded keyboard keys out of scalp::" …is one of the funniest damn things I’ve read all day. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/108 "2003-02-28T22:47:37Z")
Personal taste only, of course, but I think that LOL and LMAO _are_ lame, and I tend (perhaps wrongly) to take less seriously someone who uses or (especially) over-uses them. Then again, I’m perfectly okay, in moderation, with smilies and things like _laugh_ and _grin_; they don’t inspire nearly the chewing-on-aluminum-foil feeling I get from LOL. So I can empathize with **Davis** , **Tymp** , and **Amok** in this thread from yesteryear, and I think the responses _were_ a bit harsh. YMM(obviously)V. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/109 "2003-02-28T23:12:55Z")
Hmmmm, interesting Gadarene. I guess they just seem like nothing more than just smiles and chuckles to me. I’m another one of those that is from the wrote notes with tons of acronyms back in school. And that was waaaaaaaaaay before PCs were around. But an online friend of mine was saying the same thing, that is that she didn’t mind the words, such as {smile} etc so much as the acronyms. I wonder if it’s an age or area thing? Meaning, people who are younger/older are more likely to be annoyed by it? Or people from certain areas of the country? Anyone care to continue that line of thought?? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/110 "2003-03-01T00:20:48Z")
This thread has caused me to ROFL and LOL and LMAO. I wonder why everybody is staring at me. 😕 :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/111 "2003-03-01T12:04:25Z")
LOL LMAO ROTFL? STFU! HAND ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/112 "2003-03-01T15:00:25Z")
but frankly I still don’t know a lot of the abreviations and acronyms that are frequently posted. Anyone know a site with a glossary for the most popular ones? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876/113 "2003-03-01T22:13:48Z")
[http://bovis.gyuvet.ch/3dict/390ainet.htm](http://bovis.gyuvet.ch/3dict/390ainet.htm) – Here’s an alphabetical list that seems immense. The hosts seem to be Russian or Czech (a .ch TLD (Top Level Domain)), but the expansions are in English. [http://penpals.englishclub.com/abbreviations.htm](http://penpals.englishclub.com/abbreviations.htm) – A less comprehensive, more chat-oriented list. A lot of the ones you see here you’ll probably never see on the SDMB because we aren’t a chat room. [http://google.com](http://google.com) – The search engine I used. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-if-you-are-laughing-lol-this/27876.md?page=5)