# SDMB: Thanks for being a LOL-free zone **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649 "2003-09-15T00:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/41 "2003-09-15T16:49:37Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by manwithaplan_ > Can I hijack this by asking whether anyone has actually sprayed diet coke/coffee/Dr. Pepper etc. over their monitor/keyboard in response to the wit displayed on the boards. Once. Literally happened. I’d be exaggerating if I claimed it actually spewed onto my monitor, but some got onto my keyboard. Most of it went down my chin and onto my shirt. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/42 "2003-09-15T17:15:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanibelMan \* > \*\*I use: > > YVDGS > > _Yes, very droll, good sir!_ \*\* Ooh, I like this – may I borrow it? twicks, fingers twitching with the desire to throw in a smiley… ---
**Author:** ![Teegus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Teegus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teegus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/43 "2003-09-15T17:57:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\*Can I hijack this by asking whether anyone has actually sprayed diet coke/coffee/Dr. Pepper etc. over their monitor/keyboard in response to the wit displayed on the boards. Claims of having to reach for the kitchen roll as a result of board content (now, now boys and girls, go and say a decade of the rosary) are made all the time but I have trouble buying it. > > \*\* There is a term for this action invented over at the ULMB on [www.snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com) **YOMANK** You Owe Me A New Keyboard I use it quite frequently in my IMing with friends. I’m trying to spread it as far as possible as I am quite fond of it. 😃 They even have a emoticon for the action. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/44 "2003-09-15T18:31:12Z")
To **manwithaplan** ’s query regarding actually spraying beverages onto the computer from laughter, had I been drinking, > [@](#): > > I like to use haaaaaaaa! > > It sounds loud, blaring and sarcastic. Like a pelican. would have done it. Of course I almost never drink when I’m using my computer (someone else’s? Sure! Why not?) Of course, none of this answers your question at all, but I did LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/45 "2003-09-15T18:57:19Z")
One of the more annoying things I’ve found (mainly on LJ) is teens who end every sentence with “lol j/k” – and I have heard this, also, in real life. Why do kids nowadays\* say things they don’t mean? \*Am I sounding like my parents? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/46 "2003-09-15T20:11:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mikie \* > \*\*One of the more annoying things I’ve found (mainly on LJ) is teens who end every sentence with “lol j/k” – and I have heard this, also, in real life. > > Why do kids nowadays\* say things they don’t mean? > \*Am I sounding like my parents? \*\* This has always struck me as the equivalent of the (equally annoying) nervous giggle some people have in real life. And I’ve seen it from older women as well as teens. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/47 "2003-09-15T20:47:19Z")
We need a new acronym that represents the sound of air escaping between my closed lips—just a little “sss” laugh… “HOL”? - hissing out loud… ha (not funny enough for more than one ha) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/48 "2003-09-15T20:53:49Z")
How about “IIPIIWYGA?”, or ippywigga for short (if I pretend I’m interested, will you go away?) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/49 "2003-09-16T01:34:46Z")
How very odd; something that does not annoy me. I will go on other posts feeling very tolerant and virtuous. Oh, HNFY; ‘How nice for you’. ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/50 "2003-09-16T01:48:41Z")
LOL!!1111!!111!!!11!!11!!1!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/51 "2003-09-16T01:58:53Z")
I’ve always preferred a " hmmmmm" sound in real life when something is interesting, but not exactly Bwahahaha funny. I have laughed so hard at some of the things I’ve seen here Hey, I’m easily amused that I’ve had tears running down my cheeks from laughter. Naturally, I black out a second later and scroll elsewhere and never find said funny peice again. Ever. How about: **TIFITTOHH.** That is funny, it is to laugh. Ha. Ha. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/52 "2003-09-16T02:29:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > **Ooh, I like this – may I borrow it?** Feel free, my good man. I’m off for a spirited game of tennis. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/53 "2003-09-16T02:31:10Z")
**twickster** is way female. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/54 "2003-09-16T02:36:12Z")
Wow, not only female, but “way” female? How 'bout “gd” for “giggles delightedly”? Or “pyst/tggowwf”? (“pshaw, you sweet thing/taps gallant gentleman on wrist with fan”) ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/55 "2003-09-16T09:51:12Z")
It heartens my cynical old soul (can a soul be heartened? can a heart be sold?) to hear that people do lose control of their faculties to the extent that they dampen their equipment. I’ll be slower to rush to judgement in future. So I suppose I’ll be slowly rushing, which I haven’t done since my drug sodden youth. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/56 "2003-09-16T12:22:15Z")
Oh, I think “gd” is reserved for something more… uh… dignified. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/57 "2003-09-16T12:32:27Z")
:eek: Please accept my deepest apologies, madam. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/58 "2003-09-16T12:50:29Z")
D00Dz, #0// |\_@//\3 1z U p#r3@kz? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/59 "2003-09-16T12:52:13Z")
Just the other day I was sucking down big sip of coffee when I read something so funny I had a moment to decide between three courses of action: (a) continue to suck it down and inhale it and choke for five minutes, (b) spray it all over my keyboard in an unrehearsed spit take, or © control myself sufficiently to ultimately dribble it back into my cup. I chose ©, but for a moment there it was really up for grabs. I don’t mind an occasional single lol in a post with one friend who doesn’t know better because she uses AOL, but otherwise it is shunned from my life. Except to wince over it in posts. But what’s even more obnoxious is that some folks are now sprinkling their emails with smileys at the end of EVERY sentence and several times in between, often moving and blinking smileys. How can people not realize it’s almost impossible to read the text when there’s all that blinking crap interspersed with it??? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649/60 "2003-09-16T13:52:07Z")
I use “LOL” occasionally. It says what I mean. I see no problem with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-thanks-for-being-a-lol-free-zone/201649.md?page=4)