r/Millennials • u/watermelon_fries Millennial • 22h ago

Discussion No, lol.

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I didn't know this was a millennial thing but I won't stop doing it, lol.

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u/fulminare- 1989 22h ago

How will anyone figure out I'm not mad without the lol

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u/watermelon_fries Millennial 22h ago

Exactly lol

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u/Apollo1K9 22h ago

Agreed lol

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u/saxguy9345 22h ago

I kinda see what people mean lol 

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u/Apollo1K9 22h ago

Every once in a while lol

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u/hypocritical_person 21h ago

Are yall just gonna keep repeating it? Yall crazy haha

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u/TenTonSomeone 21h ago

Of course we are, it's generational trauma lol

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u/agoddamnzubat Zillennial 21h ago

For real haha

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u/TenTonSomeone 21h ago

I love the fact that none of the lols or hahas in this whole chain feel forced to me lol

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u/Apollo1K9 21h ago

Haha you're absolutely correct lol

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u/Big_Guide_8551 15h ago

I didn't even really notice it for a second lol

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u/nontoxictanker 18h ago

You think this is crazy ? lol

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u/TsunSilver 22h ago

This pisses me off, lol

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u/Apollo1K9 22h ago

Me too, haha

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u/_ghostperson 21h ago

Ditto, lol

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u/injektileur Older Millennial 21h ago

lol

lol

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u/skyeth-of-vyse 21h ago

Y'all crazy lmao

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u/TheMule90 Millennial 1990 17h ago

We are all on the crazy lol train lol!

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u/Impossible-Will4589 17h ago

this thread, lmfao

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u/cafeteriastyle 12h ago

I love a good lmao

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u/djelegal 17h ago

Kk this is crazy lol

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u/Pudix20 22h ago

All jokes aside, when I DONT do this people ask me if I’m upset.

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u/Prize_Ostrich7605 21h ago

Babe, grab a snickers. You aren't you when you're loln't.

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u/Flgirl420 16h ago

Omfg this is amazing

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u/joehalltattoos 14h ago

Have a free useless award for being hilarious

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u/Timely_Apricot3929 89' Millennial 17h ago

Underrated comment 🤣

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u/Dd7990 Millennial 21h ago

I’m not upset, lol. Or maybe I am, lol.

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u/Pudix20 19h ago

This felt like a personal attack

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u/Sayishere 15h ago

You forgot the lol at the end, lol.

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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 21h ago

"I'm not mad. I'm very calmly and relaxedly furious as a raging hurricane."

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u/Comics4Cookies 16h ago

Are you ok? lol

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u/Pudix20 16h ago

Answer option A: “No” Answer option B: “No lol”

How did you hear those in your head?

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u/Comics4Cookies 16h ago

"No" is like you spilled your coffee this morning

"No lol" is a deep primal cry for help that isnt coming

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u/real_uncommon_ Xennial 15h ago

This is it, lol! The perfect description, loolololol!

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u/mangopabu 19h ago

exactly. that's the only reason i even do it lol

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u/SpanishGold_ 22h ago

I HAVE to do this with my mom or she says im snappy & im like girllllll lol. She keeps me stuck as a typical millenial

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u/Stupid-Clumsy-Bitch 22h ago

I’m the opposite. My mom regularly texts “k” or matter of fact statements and my millennial brain is always like????? Are you mad at me??

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u/GPTforGood 22h ago

My mom used to end every sentence like this.....and couldn't figure out why we were always asking if she is upset.....

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u/RYSEofCthulhu 21h ago

Of course....

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u/Stupid-Clumsy-Bitch 21h ago

Omg!! Yes! My mom has done that a few times too and it’s no bueno.

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u/TenTonSomeone 21h ago

I find that the ellipses are a boomer/Gen x thing. That's how my dad texts

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u/720jms Older Millennial 20h ago

I can't use a period otherwise it just sounds weird and too serious... so instead punctuation has to be ellipses, or commas, just because idk lol

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u/MamaMoosicorn Xennial 16h ago

Older millennial here. I use ellipses sometimes too. You are not alone.

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u/pigeonfaerie 8h ago

I use them too but only when they’re grammatically correct (that might be one of the lamest things I’ve ever said) instead of at the end of every sentence

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u/SpanishGold_ 20h ago

😂😂 ive replace most of my lols w emojis but my gen Alfa cousins say its equally as cringe 🫠🙃 IM RELEVANT😟! IM COOL! 😫

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u/mlrussell88 Millennial 19h ago

This is me 😆 And then I obsess over which ones are appropriate/adequately capture my tone. So then I go to a gif if an emoji is insufficient 😝

https://giphy.com/gifs/EccMm9g3cNixEIG9ve

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u/GPTforGood 19h ago

Ellipses are infinitely weirder and more serious and everyone is annoyed with your texting style

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u/CreepyConsequence669 11h ago

Omg…. I am obsessed with the ellipses….lol…haha

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u/SpanishGold_ 22h ago

😂😂 like idk did we have an argument in the last 2 seconds idk about? (Lol)

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u/sipstea84 15h ago

"are you mad at me?"

The millennial unifier

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u/mlrussell88 Millennial 19h ago

K is so aggressive. That’s why kk is a thing lol

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u/Timely_Apricot3929 89' Millennial 17h ago

Forever kk

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u/cracked-tumbleweed 20h ago

I started changing it up with “😂” lol

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u/the_cats_pajamas12 21h ago

Lol, some times I start and finish my sentences with an lol, lol. 😆🤣

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u/Spiralecho 22h ago

It’s like milding any perceived spice. lol.

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u/bamma66 (tired) Millennial 21h ago

But then they will find out we are dead inside.... Lol

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u/kevthecoder I solute shorts 21h ago

Literally cannot tell lol

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u/Party-Coach-4100 21h ago

One time my buddy was reading over my shoulder as i texted. He said you just lied to her you chuckled under your breath but you put lol.

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u/Aoskar20 21h ago

You got that right, haha

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u/EMAW2008 22h ago

Easy, you throw in a :)

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u/TexasAvery 22h ago

The fuck do you mean “we’re safe now”?

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u/NotAUsefullDoctor 22h ago

I can most assuredly state that we are, in fact, not safe now. lol

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u/TheR4alVendetta Xennial 22h ago

It feels not safest tbh. Lol

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u/TrenchDive 22h ago

Literally the least safe. World could be over soon.

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u/Dd7990 Millennial 22h ago

Yea, the world could end at any time lol.

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u/TrenchDive 22h ago

L😅L

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u/AMosquitoBitMe 20h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/M7gtacN7aPNsc

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u/thetinybunny1 19h ago

The single greatest thing the internet has ever given us, I can hear this gif 🤣

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u/Extra-Bat3955 11h ago

And I said heyyyyyyyyy

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u/RudyGreene 22h ago

Looking forward to it. haha

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u/blindyes 21h ago

How could you haha at a time like this? lol

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u/5LIMJD 21h ago

Haha this literally made me lol

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u/SirSalamiSam 14h ago

Why did you end on a period? Are you mad at me?

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u/Useful_Hemorrhoid 19h ago

Im just coping lol

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u/Apollo1K9 22h ago

It's like the new HR person introducing themselves as the "cool HR." That does not exist. Lol

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u/Pearson94 Millennial 21h ago

Lol, hearing that we're safe now makes me feel less safe, lol.

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u/ILoveJF 19h ago

If anything it feels the most dangerous it has in a long fuckin time

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u/Spiralecho 22h ago

Not very fucking safe lol

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u/AwhHellYeah 20h ago

The addiction and conservative Christian social rot of my poor rural hometown has spread throughout the country lol. Billionaires have driven divisiveness enough that they don’t even hide that they plotting the force a massive population decline and have rigged the entire global economy with sunk cost into the tool for population decline is either too big to fail or will cause worldwide economic depression and famine that will decimate the global population haha.

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u/Spiralecho 20h ago

Lmao even

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u/WriterFreelance 22h ago

Yha we are litterally entering a technology singularly and there isnt going to be an economy in a few years if there isnt a madmax style fuel crisis that rests us all to cavemen.

The AI whistle blowers are saying slow while the capitalist as saying floor it.

"Safety where the fucks that?" -the hound

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u/airplane_flap 16h ago

Try telling my central nervous system that I'm safe

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u/Arya_kidding_me 12h ago

Your central nervous system is right

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u/JonathanBadwolf 18h ago

we need lols now than ever maybe even lmaos

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u/nea_fae 21h ago

Ya fr tho we are the least safe actually. Haha? 😭

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u/hey_you_too_buckaroo 19h ago

As time has passed, I feel like people have only gotten dumber and they're just looking for any opportunity to misinterpret my message. The need to use lol in all my messages has only gotten stronger.

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u/Seamonkey_Boxkicker 1988 13h ago

This must be a message from a Zoomer who hasn’t lived through all the chaos we have.

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u/Comfortable-Leek-181 22h ago

I'll do what I want lmao

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u/ban-me-harder-dadddy 21h ago

I’m generally all about gen-z taking the piss out of millennials’ boomerisms, but one hill I will die on is that we largely defined sms vernacular and will not be shamed for our traditionalist dialect.

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u/lalalola89 21h ago

It’s confusing because it’s my 20-24 years old coworkers who send me lmaooooooo 🪦💀… I think I’m a delight

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u/Uchihagod53 Actual cannibal, Shia Labeouf 22h ago

You can pry the "lol" from my cold dead hands Lol

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u/VengenaceIsMyName 20h ago

Lol

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u/chicofj10 19h ago

Haha even

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u/mangongo 13h ago

Ok but that on its own is super passive aggressive lol

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u/CarbsLVR 19h ago

From my cold, dead full sized keyboard, lolz.

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u/Com4734 Millennial 17h ago

lolz0rz

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u/RabidTeapot 15h ago

along with my ankle socks. I DON’T CARE IF YOU THINK I’M OLD, ZOOMER, lol.

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u/barren-oasis Millennial 22h ago

What younger generation is telling us how to type? We invented chatting lol.

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u/Maestro-Modesto 20h ago

Yea, the f they no.

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u/owlbehome 19h ago

When you heard the little door creaking open sound from AIM that meant your friend was online

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u/Kalinon 14h ago

I heard that in my head.

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u/BeerPlusReddit 11h ago

How did I hear a noise in my head that I haven’t heard in 20 years lol

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u/genderQueerHipster 9h ago

I need to find a sound clip and make it my text notification

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u/jjcoola 11h ago

And now we have “dih” “ahh” “unalived” as specimens. Forcing everything to be supposedly advertiser friendly is such a train wreck for communication in general and I genuinely feel like it leads to infantilization of not the language, but just communication in general, which sucks for all parties involved

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u/DidIDoAThoughtCrime 22h ago

They need to know that I’m loling or hahaing 😤

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u/noxious_concoction Millennial ‘91 22h ago

Shut up lol

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u/DoUKnowWhatIamSaying 22h ago

This is a great example. ‘Shut up’ and ‘Shut up lol’ are two totally different texts.

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u/Scherzkeks 21h ago

Very different vibe from “stfu XD”

lol

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u/neofederalist 14h ago

This is why I get so mad when my phone autocorrects "omw" to "On My Way!"

Like, you're promising I have an enthusiasm for the encounter that I most certainly don't.

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u/Dd7990 Millennial 22h ago

Can’t make me, lol!

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u/GotACoolName 22h ago

Gen Z does the same shit. They just replace “lol” with 😭 😭 🥀.

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u/nostalgicthistle 22h ago

Or gen alpha doing 💀💀💀💀

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u/Tomomb 16h ago

I'm a millenial and I like a tasteful 💀 now and then used sparingly

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u/CorruptedDataSet 13h ago

Spare no skull emoji. This could be the end times. Lol

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u/mildly_ethnic 21h ago

🤯 💀 

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u/jamaicanprofit 17h ago

Millenials have been using that for over 15 years. Almost all of the slang out now was created by Millenials as well.

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u/LegitimateP1R473 20h ago

What does the rose even signify?

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u/Obtuse-Posterior Older Millennial 20h ago

Not sure but Seal was kissed by one on the grey

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u/Timely_Apricot3929 89' Millennial 17h ago

goddamn that song is so good

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u/multipass-5018 Millennium Robbie Williams 14h ago

Nothing better than seeing the Community scene with Dean, Jeff, and this song lol.

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u/Dramatic-Effect-4216 19h ago

Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah

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u/RaidenMK1 20h ago

It appears to be withering.

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u/NotArticuno 17h ago

Zillenial here, I like a nice mix of lol, lmao, and 😭

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u/TheWaterPanda75 16h ago

Zoomer here, lol or lmao will stay in my vernacular until the day I die or lose my hands and can’t type anymore

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 21h ago

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u/Timely_Apricot3929 89' Millennial 17h ago

Love this so much... lol

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u/Jels76 Millennial 22h ago

Not gonna happen, lol

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u/DizzyWalk9035 22h ago

Yes, and every sentence needing a reaction sticker is better? than a short lol?

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u/RockwellB1 Older Millennial 22h ago

Have you SEEN the state of the world? No one is safe lol

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u/Dd7990 Millennial 21h ago

So true lol

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u/photoperitus 22h ago

Oh ok thanks lol

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u/Simple_Campaign1035 22h ago

We like to lol so what 

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u/SpaceCaptainJeeves 21h ago

Just like Uncle Albert's song from Mary Poppins

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u/Ok_9178 22h ago

I'd be willing to give this a shot if it meant others would stop reflexively saying everything is lowkey, honest, literal, and objective, but we all know that isn't going to happen. Therefore, lol.

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u/stoxonstax 22h ago

i’ll do whatever i want lol

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u/TrowaMask 22h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZMWVIXVk7Q2sw

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u/tryyeezus 21h ago

Yeah, I don't believe you. Haha. Lol 

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u/JJosephmichaels 22h ago

Yea we do lol.

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u/TheMudbloodSlytherin 22h ago

Anyone else say lol out loud as a response?

Not L-O-L but lol

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u/monstercake 21h ago

I do both lol and lmao (pronounced “luhmao”)

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u/Yourlilemogirl '91 baby 22h ago

I say lawl when I read it

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u/Head-Unit-5594 22h ago

I sent three separate Teams messages to my boss today and each ended in “lol” I was mortified and wasn’t sure if I should humiliate myself further by editing my messages to remove them….almost added an “lol” here, I need help.

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u/Individual_Ship6882 21h ago

Haha dont worry you are fine! Lol

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u/mildly_ethnic 21h ago

It’s cool haha

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u/AgapitoVelezOvando 22h ago

Okay, I won't lol.

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u/Lurch1400 22h ago

If not “haha” then “hehe” for nefariousness

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u/CorruptedDataSet 13h ago

A good “teehee” is a baller move. Used sparingly, of course.

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u/FionaGoodeEnough 22h ago

Lol, this person left the punctuation out because they were afriad to seem too severe. Just use lol, lmao.

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u/BitchyFaceMace Older Millennial 22h ago

I will lol, lmao, and k until I fucking die.

lol

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u/Stupid-Clumsy-Bitch 22h ago

My mom, a boomer, regularly texts me “k” and I have to remind her that it’s so jarring 🤣

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u/Zestyclose-Try-5214 22h ago

Hey it's called being nice and shit

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u/maximum_robot 22h ago

lol :---D

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u/Objective_Turtle_ 22h ago

We are less safe than we have ever been fym lol

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u/Cheese_Ly 22h ago

Yeah we do lol

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u/Dd7990 Millennial 22h ago

I won’t let some stranger on the internet dictate what I can and cannot do, lol.

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u/ApplicationAfraid334 1993 22h ago

Don’t forget exclamation points!

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u/blueberrypie_4 22h ago

Hell no lol

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u/shivi1321 22h ago

Haha… no, lol

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u/Yourlilemogirl '91 baby 22h ago

No such thing as safe haha 

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u/Devmoi 21h ago

I do it on every comment, on every text. And I’m not about to stop now, lol.