LOL or lol?

[SeattleUte]

I think 3D has made lol the new fashion. Am I correct? Lol anyone?

[MarkGrace]

Aesthetically I really like the way lol looks. There's a certain artistry to it that LOL doesn't capture. That's what I usually go with.

[YOhio]

I mix it up on occassion, but usually go with lol!. I like the exclamation point. It's kind of like a back slap after the laugh.

[Coach McGuirk]

It really depends on how lol I was.

[TripletDaddy]

I mix it up on occassion, but usually go with lol!. I like the exclamation point. It's kind of like a back slap after the laugh.

I love the exclamation point. It is like putting the dagger in, but then leaning in on it to drive it just a wee bit further...

[TripletDaddy]

I think 3D has made lol the new fashion. Am I correct? Lol anyone?

for the record, I am not typing the letters l.o.l.

I am typing an emoticon....it is basically like a Touchdown Jesus sort of thing. Or a referee signaling a touchdown. The head with two arms in the air.

If I read something and it makes me laugh, I will type lol, as if to say, "nice...you totally scored with that one!"

[SeattleUte]

But sometimes lol/LOL/lol! is a compliment and sometimes it's ridiculing. Like the old laughing with me/at me dichotomy. Shall we do them differently for different types of laughs?

[YOhio]

But sometimes lol/LOL/lol! is a compliment and sometimes it's ridiculing. Like the old laughing with me/at me dichotomy. Shall we do them differently for different types of laughs?

People use lol as a form of ridicule now? I'm beginning to think that my mother was right when she would tell me that sarcasm is the lowest form of humor.

[SeattleUte]

People use lol as a form of ridicule now? I'm beginning to think that my mother was right when she would tell me that sarcasm is the lowest form of humor.

The laughing assassin does.

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showpo...5&postcount=92

[YOhio]

The laughing assassin does.

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showpo...5&postcount=92

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be keeping an eye out for that one.

[PaloAltoCougar]

The laughing assassin does.

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showpo...5&postcount=92

But you have to admit that the period, rather than an exclamation point, following DDD's lol was a nice touch. It turns what might have been an enthusiastic and mirthful lol into a deadpan monotone expressed by BRM at 3 in the morning.

[Donuthole]

I prefer |o|. The delimiter is a pipe/vertical bar (|). Remember, it is not a lower case L (l).

[SeattleUte]

But you have to admit that the period, rather than an exclamation point, following DDD's lol was a nice touch. It turns what might have been an enthusiastic and mirthful lol into a deadpan monotone expressed by BRM at 3 in the morning.

lol. I don't think I've ever read a funnier and more bizarre allusion to BRM.

[TripletDaddy]

I prefer |o|. The delimiter is a pipe/vertical bar (|). Remember, it is not a lower case L (l).

if I laugh hard enough, I use, /o/, as if to say "I about fell over laughing at what you just typed!"

Obviously, \o\ is also acceptable, depending on which way one falls while laughing.

[Indy Coug]

if I laugh hard enough, I use, /o/, as if to say "I about fell over laughing at what you just typed!"

Obviously, \o\ is also acceptable, depending on which way one falls while laughing.

*grin*