Now I usually try to have my blogs be somewhat deep and insightful, but this one will not be. It has come to my attention, through several online and texting conversations, that many people do not know the proper use of the acronym LOL.
For those of you who dont know, or perhaps forgot, LOL stands for "Laugh Out Loud". This means that whatever you wrote in front of the LOL should in fact cause laughter. But I have found that many people are beginning to use LOL as a filler for when things are awkward or seem out of place, but are not actually making me LOL.So I have decided to make a list of some examples of when NOT to use LOL and explain to you why.
1. "How are you?"... "I'm tired lol" This is not LOL worthy because not only is being in need of sleep not amusing, but is actually quite common so you cant even put it in the "unusual LOL" category.
2. "Hi!" ..."Hey lol" The return of a greeting is not funny, its polite. It does not matter how out of the ordinary the greeting may be, it still does not justify a LOL
3. "I am going swimming later".... "Oh cool. I can't swim lol" The statement of personal facts is usually not funny. It usually just justifies the other person teasing you about that fact for the rest of your life. You dont want to open yourself up to that. A more appropriate ending might be a sad emoticon. (WARNING: USE OF EMOTICON DOES NOT PREVENT YOU FROM BEING TEASED) You should probably just stick with the "Oh cool" and leave out the embarrassing details.
4. "I like you" ...""lol" This is just mean. If someone tells you any sort of feelings that are not reciprocated, even if you do actually laugh out loud, dont tell them about it.
There are so many more counter-examples I could share, but for the sake of those who said them I will not post them. Just keep this in mind: If you are laughing out loud then its ok to put LOL, but if you think that what you are saying is awkward or will make the other person feel uncomfortable don't put LOL...actually you really just shouldn't type anything lol
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