I voice chat with friends on Discord pretty regularly. I have one friend who, instead of laughing, will click a laugh track on our soundboard, filling the voice chat with boisterous sitcom laughter. I don’t know why, but that’s kind of unsettling.
That kind of thing is funny if done infrequently but annoying if it’s all the time. I hope your friend does actually laugh a good chunk of the time
I don’t think I’ve ever heard him laugh.
It’s like posting “lol” or “roflmao” in text, when your face doesn’t even change IRL. Except we’re voice chatting, so he’s using a laugh track instead of “lol.”
What about those who use “lol”?
lol serves its own grammatical function now I reckon.
It’s a marker for response to irony (actual irony, Americans…), or as a way to indicate you think something is stupid to the point of humour, or as a kind of “that tracks”.
Or at least, that’s how it’s used amongst people my age in Australia.
I don’t think I use it in a positive sense at all any more
Fascinating! I still use it unironically mostly.
Another one brought to my attention is ROFL. Though personally that one has aged out.
In Turkish they use asdfgdkkhdjlssk instead of LOL
It is an evolution of the old “asdasdasd”, which popped into existence because it’s easier to type into game chat without lifting your left hand off the WASD keys.
I once heard a young man laugh asdasdasd out loud. As in he actually made the sound “asdasdasd” when laughing instead of the more natural haha sound. Bizarre experience it was.
That is was too much for out. Lol
People who still use smilies: am I a joke to you? :D
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Reminds me of this https://youtu.be/9YeE_L2bUys (Death note but light’s family is a little bit more ovservant)
Where are the people who use “lol” at the end of every sentence lol?
