We use lol because we have nothing else to say
Monday, April 26, 2010
In response to Vivian's (I think) post, I sort of disagree. I think that now 'lol' and 'haha' have kinda lost meaning. They've kinda become placeholders. Like, when someone makes a joke, you kinda acknowledge the fact that made a joke by saying 'lol'. To me, I also think that it sort of implies that they find it funny, or they didn't get the joke. Most likely the latter because WHO DOESN'T FIND MY JOKES FUNNY?! (This is where most people go 'lol')
'lol'/'haha' is also a conversation killer I think. Used with other words such as 'k' and '(Y)' Conversation killers are annoying. They kinda say, 'Hey, I'm too nice to just bar you, but I think you're really annoying and I really don't want to talk to you, so I hope that you get the hint and stop talking' What's even MORE annoying, are those people who you use the conversation killers on, but they just DON'T seem to get the hint! I mean really, are they stupid or something? Can they not see that I do NOT want to talk to them?
I'd have to say though, I agree with Vivian about the usage of '...' and 'right...'. I HATE it when people use 'right...' It's so condescending and argh. I just hate it. It makes me feel like an idiot, and I never know what to say after it. Its like, as soon as someone says that, they gain complete superiority on the conversation. And like, I can just imagine their face is like WTF-face. I'm just rambling now (this is where people say '...'/'right...') But yeah, I hate it MOST when I'm being really serious and/or I'm upset and they say that. It's like they're disregarding everything I'm saying, and completely looking down on me.
Msn sucks in a lot of ways though, one reason is that you can't sense the person's tone AT ALL. Like, for example when someone says 'what?' What is that supposed to mean? It could mean :
- What?! Fuck off man.
- What? Sorry, I didn't really understand
- What? Are you retarded?
- What? LOL you're so funny
Usually when people say that to me, I immediately think of the first and the third response. But thats just because I'm paranoid and I think (know) that every second person has something against me.
This is all just a generalisation though, everyone expresses themselves differently, and lol/haha are not ALWAYS used as placeholders. There are people who are probably falling off their chair laughing and all they type is 'lol' and there are also people who are like staring at the screen with a stoned expression, but they're all like LOLOMFGROFLHAHAHA
But yeah, personally I don't think that there's anything wrong with saying 'lol/rofl/lmao' UNTIL PEOPLE SAY IN REAL LIFE. That is just something that I CANNOT stand.
- tonia
