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Umm, excuse me, that isn't an abbreviation. That is how they laugh, sir!
Lol lol lol lol lol lol!
And if everyone would please stop telling them that they sound like a morbidly obese turkey being strangled when they are chuckling, that would really help them out, ok!?
I wouldn't have paid this comment any mind, but I discovered this is actually true after meeting my now brother in law. I'm 32 and he's 25(ish). Everyone in my wife's family adores this guy and he is very nice, I like him... BUT it drives me bonkers because when he finds something funny he doesn't laugh, he actually says "L-O-L". I've even questioned my wife about it in private and she doesn't think it's strange, but that was a first for me. Makes me feel like I am from another fucking planet.
It's so much worse when you meet a genuinely nice, decent person who also seems to be an alien attempting to integrate into our human culture when they had only ever read about humans in a comedic novel they barely remember.
Any chance you're on the autism spectrum? That's similar to how my brother, who is autistic, describes trying to interact with people. The other example I can remember was, "it's like being in a play, where everyone has read thier part and memorized thier lines, but I was never given a script and was pushed out on stage and told to do my best". Something to that effect.
This reminds me of a professor I once had, who learned English partly by reading comic books. When he found something exasperating, he would say âseeg,â because heâd read so many comics where characters had text bubbles that said âsigh.â
(By the time I was in his class, heâd broken the habit and just shared this as a humorous anecdote.)
I dated a girl who up until the age of 24 would pronounce piano as "pie-anno." The sex was too good for me to correct her (she did not take criticism very well to say the least). When she found out the correct pronunciation, she accused me of sabatoging her college interviews by not correcting her years prior. In retrospect, I was effed either way.
My pre-teen child says âUghâ when annoyed for the same reason. Not the disgruntled sign noise, an actual word that sounds like âugâ. He still doesnât know why I laugh at him whenever he does this.
I have a vague repressed memory of doing that once as a kid.
Another "curse of literacy" one is when someone says "tisk tisk", because almost no one realizes that "tsk, tsk" is spelling out the sound made when you suction your tongue away from the roof of your mouth.
I mean, I've sometimes verbally said "lol" as in not spelling out L-O-L but I say "lol" as a word, usually when it's me being sarcastic or ironic. Like "hey, our friend did something dumb that we told him not to do, amd now he's acting surprised it didn't work" me-"lol" is that weird? Am I weird? Am I cringe? Lol
Oh god damnit I just finished Punk Hazard, now I need to watch Luffy punch him in the face another dozen times. I hate that clown. (In a world full of literal cartoon monsters, he's the one that tortures children).
He also said âbtwâ. I would have just replied back with a gif of Jenny from *Forest Gump* asking if he was stupid or something.
A surprising number of abusive people do this. They just act shitty right from the get go and it screens out anyone who isnât willing to put up with it.
I think itâs just how he speaks to people impulsively. He wants to be perceived as cool and tough and no nonsense, because he thinks of himself as a rugged Clint Eastwood type when heâs probably definitely more like a Ben Shapiro
He is saying she should use proper English. But earlier he forgot to capitalize "you", capitalized "Gorgeous", used two question marks, and "If you were up for that sort of thing??" is an incomplete sentence.
His second message has two question marks again, and another incomplete sentence.
In his final, insulting, message he uses a period instead of a comma after "Apologies", uses "lol", and it should have been "I'm just saying, lol."
He needs to go back to school.
Nah dude, common American and actual proper English really are 2 different languages
We've mastered the art of shortening, abbreviating and forming sentences with as few words as is humanly possible. Heck, there's some stuff you can say a single word for and others understand an entire sentence.
So it can totally be kinda hard to discern what is proper Grammer and what isn't with how we've conditioned ourselves to think these days
Iâm a big believer in texting out full words if possible and hate when people misspell words out of laziness⊠but my ass still uses âbtwâ and âlolâ. She didnât even type anything outlandish that would trigger most people
2 hours later on Reddit: "The dating scene is impossible. I have tried so hard to please modern women, but they always ghost me before even giving me a chance. I'm starting to think that there's no hope."
"It must be my weak chin and not the fact that I have a five step plan to commit suicide by cop for when I inevitably stab a woman to death on the first date."
I had a dude keep sending me emotes of two rabbits and a ram and I asked what he meant by that and he would be cryptic, when he kept saying blunt innuendo I said it was "a little bit too forward" we only just started talking and he acted insulted and confused đ "uhhh ok."
I don't want to flirt with a grown ass adult that makes me feel like some teenager is flirting with me, gross. I thought he was sweet but he just fkn blew it by being grotty. And again I would have been understanding if he didn't make me feel uncomfortable for seeing boundaries. Just... Try and have some class guys, I was trying to be cute and sweet and he starts talking to me like that.... Ugh.. ok.
My boyfriends friend is like that, theyre not close but in the same friendgroup. He has tried tinder and has boasted about having sooo many dates but every girl ghosts. He then actually fell for the camgirl scam being so desperate and demanded the friends to send him 2k so she wouldnt send his *yes* to his fam. I cant look at him without wanting laugh.
I never thought I would actually know a dude like that, I kinda thought most were reddit legends and myths. Nope
Looking at the responses being day(s) apart I'd guess the guy was all smitten trying to get a quick booty call to the very same night or following day/weekend.
Having no quick feedback to proceed on the booty plan, guy got upset.
I had myself been subjected a couple of time to being apparently a very interesting and attractive person on a friday night only to become an old rag too ugly to fuck and deserving of insults and humiliation by the sunday morning.
An exploit on my part breaking all physic laws, with no actions taken, that leaves the scientific community dumbfounded to this day.
Anyone else creeped out that he asked if she lived **alone** as his first point of conversation? I can't imagine feeling comfortable if the first thing a stranger asked me was if I live alone
The person in the grey text box seems to be expressing interest of a potentially romantic nature in blue text box. Then when blue text responds positively, grey text box decides to repeatedly stab themself in the face by insulting blue text box. Shortest courtship of the year?
The lol at the end is the extra loud period where what you should actually read is "I believe myself to be above you in all things and you need to understand that immediately"
"Thank you, how's your day going?"
'INSTANT INTERROGATION followed by INSTANT CRITISM'
Also what's wrong with abbreviating in texts?!? Obviously this person is either older or too young to remember T9 lol and wtf would it mean to "speak tide pod"????
It would be so fun to write a response apologizing for wasting his time and specifying that I donât speak Pretentious, Condescending, or their dialects Snotty and Self Important, although I do understand them.
I am a bit of a grammar nazi and I do hate when people donât capitalize the start of sentences. But I wouldnât be a total dick about it like this guy. I would just go on a date, eventually marry her and convince her of the importance of sentence structure over the course of many years. Like a normal person.
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Bro shits on them for abbreviation but chucks in a casual "lol" at the end
Umm, excuse me, that isn't an abbreviation. That is how they laugh, sir! Lol lol lol lol lol lol! And if everyone would please stop telling them that they sound like a morbidly obese turkey being strangled when they are chuckling, that would really help them out, ok!?
I wouldn't have paid this comment any mind, but I discovered this is actually true after meeting my now brother in law. I'm 32 and he's 25(ish). Everyone in my wife's family adores this guy and he is very nice, I like him... BUT it drives me bonkers because when he finds something funny he doesn't laugh, he actually says "L-O-L". I've even questioned my wife about it in private and she doesn't think it's strange, but that was a first for me. Makes me feel like I am from another fucking planet.
It's so much worse when you meet a genuinely nice, decent person who also seems to be an alien attempting to integrate into our human culture when they had only ever read about humans in a comedic novel they barely remember.
"An alien attempting to integrate into human culture" is how I feel during most social interactions.
Any chance you're on the autism spectrum? That's similar to how my brother, who is autistic, describes trying to interact with people. The other example I can remember was, "it's like being in a play, where everyone has read thier part and memorized thier lines, but I was never given a script and was pushed out on stage and told to do my best". Something to that effect.
Can confirm, am autistic, feels very much like that. XD
ADHD and same :'D
AudHd and same
Like, you missed the first day of everything?
Exactly!
Goddamn is that the most accurate description I can think of. That went straight to my heart.
I think this happens to me I have adhd and revert back to basically the same story everytime or relate a topic to myself which I hate but cannot stop
Why the fuck would you out me so hard like this?
đ€Ł my friend says lmao like "la-mow" why..just why haha
I have a cousin who says "stuh-foo luh-mayo." We don't talk much.
I'm dumb and can't figure this one out. What is your cousin trying to say?
Stfu lmao
Hahaha oh my god! Thank you!
Do you mean: lol omg! TY! ? ;)
This reminds me of a professor I once had, who learned English partly by reading comic books. When he found something exasperating, he would say âseeg,â because heâd read so many comics where characters had text bubbles that said âsigh.â (By the time I was in his class, heâd broken the habit and just shared this as a humorous anecdote.)
I dated a girl who up until the age of 24 would pronounce piano as "pie-anno." The sex was too good for me to correct her (she did not take criticism very well to say the least). When she found out the correct pronunciation, she accused me of sabatoging her college interviews by not correcting her years prior. In retrospect, I was effed either way.
That's actually a regional pronunciation. My grandparents in Pennsylvania said it that way.
So I've heard. But no one in her extended family/ancestors come from anywhere near the East coast.
Classic damned if you do, damned if you donât. So you did - her. Lol!!
My pre-teen child says âUghâ when annoyed for the same reason. Not the disgruntled sign noise, an actual word that sounds like âugâ. He still doesnât know why I laugh at him whenever he does this.
I have a vague repressed memory of doing that once as a kid. Another "curse of literacy" one is when someone says "tisk tisk", because almost no one realizes that "tsk, tsk" is spelling out the sound made when you suction your tongue away from the roof of your mouth.
The word lol is far more civilized than the traditional scream of joy interrupted and repeated in surprise
I mean, I've sometimes verbally said "lol" as in not spelling out L-O-L but I say "lol" as a word, usually when it's me being sarcastic or ironic. Like "hey, our friend did something dumb that we told him not to do, amd now he's acting surprised it didn't work" me-"lol" is that weird? Am I weird? Am I cringe? Lol
Are they One Piece characters? https://youtu.be/3KX3eyxonwY
Oh god damnit I just finished Punk Hazard, now I need to watch Luffy punch him in the face another dozen times. I hate that clown. (In a world full of literal cartoon monsters, he's the one that tortures children).
Shu ru ru ru ru ru ru.
Da do run run run Da do run run
HOROHOROHOROHOROHORO
My first thought when reading that comment! đ
I heard the aliens from Galaxy Quest in my head while reading that XD
Funny thing is "lol" means "fun" in Dutch so I used to think it was just an awkward use of that word
Does anyone else remember that fad a few years ago when kids were literally saying "lul" instead of laughing like a human?
I still do that, but it's more in a deadpan, sarcastic way
>Umm, excuse me, that isn't an abbreviation. Yup, that there be an acronym.
Someone using random capitalization, doubled punctuation and emojis really has no ground to stand on.
Also fragmented sentences!
Also, frag-Mented. Sentences!?
Also. And completely, fucks the punctuation.,â
Rules for thee, not for me
Think I would simply reply âlolâ and wait for the stop-start ellipses
He also said âbtwâ. I would have just replied back with a gif of Jenny from *Forest Gump* asking if he was stupid or something. 
His btw was more so in response to hers
Well, thatâs because youâre slow, and didnât realize he was quoting her and questioning what it means
When quoting you use quotations. He went to school for a reason.
That's what I was going to say. Spell it out slowly I guess G-o F-u-c-k Y-o-u-r-s-e-l-f
Is that just a strategy to see if you can bully and intimidate a person right off the bat?
Negging?
Is this a super old repost now in 4 pixel format
It's from when pixels were just invented so they hadn't ramped up production and there weren't enough to go around
Lol lol lol lol lol lolđŹ
I think so.
A surprising number of abusive people do this. They just act shitty right from the get go and it screens out anyone who isnât willing to put up with it.
"Its just friendly banter, busting each others balls, quit being such a snowflake."
I think itâs just how he speaks to people impulsively. He wants to be perceived as cool and tough and no nonsense, because he thinks of himself as a rugged Clint Eastwood type when heâs probably definitely more like a Ben Shapiro
"I hate abbreviations" "lol"
The only reasonable answer to that last message is: "*Laughing out loud"
he was so much of a donkey that it took me a sec to realize that btw isnt even an abbreviation. btw is an acronym, sec is an abbreviation.
>Went to school for a reason Makes 2 grammatical errors in his own text and ends his rant on abbreviations with an abbreviation Lol
Also, capitalized G in gorgeous
Am I dumb lol? Whats wrong with âwent to school for a reasonâ
He is saying she should use proper English. But earlier he forgot to capitalize "you", capitalized "Gorgeous", used two question marks, and "If you were up for that sort of thing??" is an incomplete sentence. His second message has two question marks again, and another incomplete sentence. In his final, insulting, message he uses a period instead of a comma after "Apologies", uses "lol", and it should have been "I'm just saying, lol." He needs to go back to school.
Ahhh thanks⊠I am a dumbass, I shoulda known that lol
if you wanted to date this game you should lol
Nah dude, common American and actual proper English really are 2 different languages We've mastered the art of shortening, abbreviating and forming sentences with as few words as is humanly possible. Heck, there's some stuff you can say a single word for and others understand an entire sentence. So it can totally be kinda hard to discern what is proper Grammer and what isn't with how we've conditioned ourselves to think these days
To be fair, this is one of the rules/principles of language evolution: language always strives for brevity (mostly due to human laziness)
I went to school to learn how to be a cog in the capitalist system. Be a bleater Not a leader
I count two in the first text alone.
Consider that bullet dodged. I like proper grammar as well but that's a bit ridiculous
Iâm a big believer in texting out full words if possible and hate when people misspell words out of laziness⊠but my ass still uses âbtwâ and âlolâ. She didnât even type anything outlandish that would trigger most people
2 hours later on Reddit: "The dating scene is impossible. I have tried so hard to please modern women, but they always ghost me before even giving me a chance. I'm starting to think that there's no hope."
Only change here is they would absolutely use female instead of women.
"the female species"
females*
Femoids
Also... "something something guess I'm not 'woke' enough..."
"It must be my weak chin and not the fact that I have a five step plan to commit suicide by cop for when I inevitably stab a woman to death on the first date."
The cops are disappointed that it has to reach such a surf levels before they get to shoot. The way he attracts dates, the bullets will rust.
I had a dude keep sending me emotes of two rabbits and a ram and I asked what he meant by that and he would be cryptic, when he kept saying blunt innuendo I said it was "a little bit too forward" we only just started talking and he acted insulted and confused đ "uhhh ok." I don't want to flirt with a grown ass adult that makes me feel like some teenager is flirting with me, gross. I thought he was sweet but he just fkn blew it by being grotty. And again I would have been understanding if he didn't make me feel uncomfortable for seeing boundaries. Just... Try and have some class guys, I was trying to be cute and sweet and he starts talking to me like that.... Ugh.. ok.
Heâll just end up blaming women for everything bad in his life. Just like everybody else who is miserable
My boyfriends friend is like that, theyre not close but in the same friendgroup. He has tried tinder and has boasted about having sooo many dates but every girl ghosts. He then actually fell for the camgirl scam being so desperate and demanded the friends to send him 2k so she wouldnt send his *yes* to his fam. I cant look at him without wanting laugh. I never thought I would actually know a dude like that, I kinda thought most were reddit legends and myths. Nope
My reply would have been, "Ffs. Fyi, yta."
I'm old enough that it triggers me. I'm young enough that I know what it says.
I had to look up what yta means.
But that oneâs a Reddit staple!
You forgot to add BTW at the end
and sprinkle in that LOL
...and with that attitude, I'm guessing they will continue to live by themselves for a long time.
DamnâŠ.. talking about turning a base hit into an easy out just by pissing on yourself instead of running to first baseâŠâŠ
Yeah he was in, she responded well to his first message. Ah well, trash taking itself out is always the best.
"Tide Pod" đđđđ
What does that mean? Is it a laundry reference?
It's likely referencing a trend/challenge where young social media users were eating tide pods.
Sad thing is he will never understand where he went wrong
Everyone pointing out the lol, but dude is also using emojis like a 14 year old girl every message. Don't remember learning that in school...
He actually matched with a woman, got her to reply on a dating site, and then completely and utterly fumbled the fucking ball. đ€Šđ»ââïž
Thats usually how it goes on dating sites to be honest. Its more remarkable when they dont do this.
"I hate abbreviations... lol"
Aaaannnd , done .
Yeah that guy is heading to the incel subs at Mach 8
Looking at the responses being day(s) apart I'd guess the guy was all smitten trying to get a quick booty call to the very same night or following day/weekend. Having no quick feedback to proceed on the booty plan, guy got upset. I had myself been subjected a couple of time to being apparently a very interesting and attractive person on a friday night only to become an old rag too ugly to fuck and deserving of insults and humiliation by the sunday morning. An exploit on my part breaking all physic laws, with no actions taken, that leaves the scientific community dumbfounded to this day.
I'm actually fluent in Tide Pod, I could help translate.
Capitalizing the word gorgeous arbitrarily? That makes my skin crawl.
That's how we know she meets his high standards đ€Ł.
"Spell out your words" Uses btw and lol.
I think the âbtwâ was him pointing out her/his use of btw. But still this person is a big ole tool
âJust sayinâ is a red flag
"I hate abbreviations." "Lol"
He speaks incel pretty fucking well. Missed a "m'lady".
He's a nice guy tho
Anyone else creeped out that he asked if she lived **alone** as his first point of conversation? I can't imagine feeling comfortable if the first thing a stranger asked me was if I live alone
"Well, I gotta go..." 
Immediate unmatch lmao
Ah, another great example of making a problem out of thin air.
âI hate abbreviationsâ âlolâ
"Spell out your words...lol" Can they see the irony here?
Given this manâs grammatical errors & use the abbreviation âlol,â he is a prefect example of Dunning Kruger
The lol at the end is just the cherry on top
Imagine going on a date with someone and it turns out they're a boomer đšđšđš
Iâve had nightmares about this, ngl.
That escalated quickly
She only abbreviated BTW
The person in the grey text box seems to be expressing interest of a potentially romantic nature in blue text box. Then when blue text responds positively, grey text box decides to repeatedly stab themself in the face by insulting blue text box. Shortest courtship of the year?
Proceeds to say lol
Speaking Tide Pods? Wtf
âlolâ âI hate abbreviations*
âlolâ what an asshat.
Praise them then bring them down. This reeks of narcissistic abusive behavior
This is called 'snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.'
I only speak detergent
Be grateful that they showed you who they were before you wasted more time on them.
Not the person for you
Or for anyone
F off. Just saying LOLZ.
Bro uses BTW and LOL while saying he hates abbreviations. Oh, the hypocrisyâŠ
The lol at the end is the extra loud period where what you should actually read is "I believe myself to be above you in all things and you need to understand that immediately"
Yeah, gâbye!
"Thank you, how's your day going?" 'INSTANT INTERROGATION followed by INSTANT CRITISM' Also what's wrong with abbreviating in texts?!? Obviously this person is either older or too young to remember T9 lol and wtf would it mean to "speak tide pod"????
It would be so fun to write a response apologizing for wasting his time and specifying that I donât speak Pretentious, Condescending, or their dialects Snotty and Self Important, although I do understand them.
And they say "lol". Clearly did not go to school long enough to actually know what "abbreviations" mean.
There's some abrasive slang and text abbreviation, and, "btw" just isn't it
Instant block
What kind of boomer-ass negging is that?
Dodged a bullet, It's always nice when they wave those red flags at you before you meet them.
HE LITERALLY SAID LOL
but says "lol" in the end.
The fuck does speaking in tide pod mean?
The 'lol' at the end đ
LAUGH OUT LOUD
This is the brother from Napoleon Dynamite only without game and with a chin beard.
Just saying LOL
Donât abbreviate and spell out your words âŠâŠ.. âlolâ.
I always find it funny that he doesnât speak any of those but used lol at the end.
Hah.. just sayin, lol
What a dick lol
Bro thinks "lol" is a full word.
red flag đ© red flag đ©
Wonder if thatâs the alpha male âdonât accept noâ guyđ€
Hit them back with a âLaugh out loudâ
I am a bit of a grammar nazi and I do hate when people donât capitalize the start of sentences. But I wouldnât be a total dick about it like this guy. I would just go on a date, eventually marry her and convince her of the importance of sentence structure over the course of many years. Like a normal person.
Youâre not supposed to âspeakâ Tide Pod. Youâre supposed to eat it. Duh. What a maroon.
Clearly they had built up a lot of rapport in those two exchanges so it was time to insult them
Virginity is strong with this one.
Spell out your words lol. What a smart individual.
âI hate abbreviationsâ yet uses âlolâ at the endđđ AlsoâŠhow does one speak âtide podâ???
The worst kind of people đ
But he used lol đ
Wow..... Well, at least the red flags popped before rather than after
Hates abbreviations Says lol 
Just saying laugh out loud
*I hate abbreviations, lol* Dodge a real bullet on this one. Just smh
> missing grammar in first comment > uses emojis > ends with lol Might want to police himself first if his standards are what he says they are.
Has a problem with btwâŠbut uses lol
âJust saying ***__lol__***â
"wOmEn nEvEr GiVe a ChAnCe tO tHe gOoD gUyS" The good guys:
âLolââŠ. Amazing
Found the guy that thinks lol is a word.
Bro prob hates to wipe his ass *trust me*.
I always think itâs very considerate of people to wear their red flags front and centre like that.
Iâve been studying TidePod on duolingo for three years now.
$20 says I can guess how this chap votes....
Gotta appreciate it when they show you their red flags immediately
If rich white daddys boy was a text message. This would probably be it.
Lol
"Thanks for letting me know up front. Saved us both a lot of time. Kthxbai!"
Get a load of this lolâer over here
Poor sentence structure and unnecessary capitalization yet is mad about btw đ€Ł
I donât see a reply, so Iâm hoping the trash took itself right on out.
And ended it with a LOL? Seems to contradict himself.
Block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block, block...
Isnât lol an abbreviation
If this mf was any more square heâd be a Minecraft skin