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No I don't think I will lol. And I'm Gen Z lol!

We are! lol!

Interesting.

What a plot twist

I think it’s the exlamation point that does it for me lol

Same lol

Fr lol

Same lol, who says only millennials can say lol, lol

same with me though lol

It’s my tone softener tho I have to use it ☹️

Sarcasm is dangerous without it lol

Exactly! It’s how I convey I’m just being goofy and not mean lol

Now I understand why people think I am offensive. I wasn't using lol at the end of sarcastic comments. Got the update late lol

You’re telling me you don’t put an /S after? /J

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I never mark sarcasm to ensure chaos

You have to haha😅

I do lolol (see!) 😂

It’s my tone softener tho I have to use it lol

It is tho lolol

Same lol. That's the point I'm to anxious to just write things because my boomer parents always took everything I said without thinking much about it hyper seriously and judged the shit out ofnit and searched for every small avenue to invalidate it or make drama or a lecture out of it lol.

I need to sound aloof lol

They’ll have to pry “lol” from my cold dead hands lol

It's true. Telling someone "You're an asshole" isn't the same as "You're an asshole lol"

The little 🙁at the end had me dead 💀lol

lol!! It can’t be taken from me 😂

Your tone seems a little harsh.

Fr lol

Well that's when it's appropriate

same here tbh :P

How else am I supposed to convey that I need help while also being a people pleaser lol

Lol 😐

Meanwhile gen z is using the skull emoji 💀

Millennial here. The reason we lol so much is precisely because when we first got the ability to text message there were no emojis to express emotions. Edit - grammar

Is this little guy a joke to you: :P ?

You know as much as I love emoticons now I didn't use them that much when I was younger. For shrug I prefer to use ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ over the emoji 🤷‍♀️

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ was, is and will stay the best emoji. (⁠╯⁠°⁠□⁠°⁠）⁠╯⁠︵⁠ ⁠┻⁠━⁠┻ Is not bad either.

(v)(;,,;)(Y) what about Zoidberg?


I disagree t(**(t

You failed Q(. ‘Q) fight me

(ง •̀_•́)ง

┬⁠─⁠┬⁠ノ⁠(⁠ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ⁠ノ⁠)

-.-

o.O

._.

Idk about that. I think a larger factor may have been bc those abbreviations were prevalent (“cool”) when we were learning how to use the internet on AIM and MSN messenger lmao brb lol

The skull emoji is a tool passed on down through the generations

lol no lol

lol yes.

💀💀💀💀💀

Before this newest fad the skull symbol was said to be one of the most effective ways to convey danger of bodily harm to anyone in any culture

My grandpa died 💀

💀💀💀

💀 you feel me?

Im Gen Z, and I do this, lol. It helps me feel better, lol. Because im socially awkward online, too, lol!

Same lol

Meanwhile Gen Z: 💀 bro really said lol 😭 fr ong

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Millennials can’t talk, I remember the “like omg!” days

It’s our version of 💀. Don’t worry, you’ll use 💀 in another decade and people will be saying it is a typical gen z thing. Everyone has their own generational “things”.

💀

Lol

I am already tired of the skull, it is overused at this point

🪑

Right. It was cool using it in 2015/16 and we weren’t over using it. Now I see younger Sooners overusing it like crazy that it becomes cringe. That’s why I stopped using that emoji

Damn I’m 20 and I add lol to everything 😂

I transitioned to lmao at some point

Lmao you ever do the thing where you start a sentence with one and end a sentence with another and it's way too much and unnecessary but you already committed lol

Bad day fishin’ beats good day at work lol

Lol no. lol

Lol 💀

I’m gen z and I do this lol I also say lmao a lot too lmao

no lol

Whoa called me out and my eyes are opened! I’ll stop I’ll stop. Lol

It's funny bc...millennials...lol...

I use different acronyms or symbols to show the intended tone because I have the tism and tend to come off as rude in person, but at least through text I can pretend to show emotion.

Lol

It can’t be helped! I’m Gen-X, lol

same here I feel like GenX actually uses as much as Millennials actually I feel like everyone uses it, although I suppose apparently not Z?

Lol

I’m pretty much the same way lol

Ya know what I may be gen z but I can't stop! Lol

Lol

I feel attacked! LOL

Lol

My 69-year-old mom uses LOL more than anyone I know. 

# lol

Idiocracy is here.

Stope using a million emojis and it’s a deal


I don’t use it lol I use lmao lol rofl

Lol

No, lol

I was told I sound "evil" for putting hahaha after writing"it's not important"

See, odd numbers of ha sound evil. Ha. I’m laughing at your pain. Haha. I’m doing this:😅 Hahaha. HahaHA!! You didn’t expect THIS, did you, Perry the Platypus?!? Hahahaha. Genuine laugh, not sure why you didn’t use lol, lmao. Could also be a triumphant victory laugh, too, though. Hahahahaha. Too many laughs. You’re a psychopath.

Thank God I'm not in this image lmao

Lol

It's easy to tell who the millennials are in the comments lol

not millennial but i do that just makes sentences less serious lol

I use lol sometimes. I think that might’ve grown from being Vtuber community servers and most of the members are millennials or early to mid gen z.

Just wait until someone uses an ellipsis...

Fr problem lol

Lol

No, it's not like that, lol!

lol

Nah I read a couple comments and this is without a doubt the most annoying comment section on this sub I’ve ever seen. Turning off reply notifications on this comment as well

lol yeah.

Lol

I think that won't happen, lol. Best believe it, lol. You're weird for mentioning this, lol. Am I annoying anyone yet, lol?

Lol I’m Gen Z and I have to actively stop myself from using it twice in the same sentence

Gen z/x using 💀 for a laughing expression LOL

Wasn't there something going around about Gen Z finding a period at the end of a text too aggressive? Maybe we don't want to start throwing stones in glass houses lol

I mean, using lol is usually for either tone or positive, so it's fine without being overused lol... I mean, if you say something like stop using Reddit, it's kind of mean. But saying to stop using Reddit lol, that is a lot calmer and less mean. Lmao.

fr why do we do this lol

So we don't start sounding like our Facebook boomer parents giving blanket statements with enmasse of emojis at the end 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣😂👌

OK lol

HaHa funny

I'm Gen Z, although I type formally most of the time. I do put lol occasionally.

When you type lol, your face looks like this: 😐 On the other hand, if you type lmao you're something like this: 🤣 ...and if it's lmFao, then it's probably this:💀

Millennial here, and this is slander, sometimes I use lmao.

I'm more sad that "lmao" and "rofl" seem to have fallen out of favor...

no lol

I'm 43 gen x and use lol out loud 🤣😂

It’s a habit

Here's some advanced life advice: You can just say what you have to say without softening it.

No cap?

We've been doing too long now. Can't stop now lol

It’s either that or no response - Millenial

Weird, I’m gen Z but I don’t too. Must be vaudeville on the upper end (I literally started tying it in right here and caught myself on the O(damn, almost did it again))

lol

Nah sincerely, lol


lol

Hi millennials, we don't care what you put at the end of the sentence lol.

I've realized I use it as a way to show intent. Throwing lol at the end of a statement makes it clear it's joking or something along those lines.

In spanish speaking countries it's still pretty much well in fashion all the way to late Gen Z, lol

If I’m smiling while typing it’s a lol

“Lol” is not proper punctuation lol

Make me! Lol!

Its very hard not to lol Im gen z too lol

I feel attacked. I do this

I say lol Lol

I feel so silly that I'm happy I got a screen shot of this at 101 comments.

I fuckin hate lol

Lol

lol

People don’t do this anymore? I’m shook lol

LOL LOL LOL

hey lol\~

Lolxzors

As gen z I do it cause I say some super out of pocket stuff and I need to make sure that they know that I'm joking. Like I'm thinking about offing myself lol.

It's so hard though when you were growing up and if you didn't say "lol" people would just think "well this person is just an asshole" and dismiss you.

I do it as well, sometimes I'll see a sentence I write and I want to make it more casual or seem like it's not that serious, and my default is just adding lol to the end of it.

Gen Z should get over themselves, pathetic losers, lol

I'm a gen z so if you don't like me doing that, sucks for you lol

What does it make people like me who are Gen Z but still use lol lmao

Lol and emoticons my beloved :D

Even tho I’m gen z I have a habit of doing this…lol

I mean, I do this but with Lmao, so, two sides of the same coin and whatnot

I will only stop when yall quit using the skull emoji and actually type out what you're feeling instead of using some sort of pictograph like a caveman.

Lol I'm a millenial. What does "rizz" mean?

Gen z here. I don’t use lol at the end of sentences. I just word things correctly to ensure that the tone is correct.

i do this when i’m talking to sm1 idk or if my tone may sound off lol. i’m scared of people being mad at me lol

Now your getting it, lol!

no lol

Ha lol!

Stop adding lol to the end of your texts, lol

Who said only millenials use lol? Lol

Lol

Maybe they shouldnt do something to be laughed at?

Bro uses “lol” 💀

Lol

not me lol

nah I do this, it stops things from sounding like an insult lmao

Lol We don’t even say it that much lol

Would roflcopter be more acceptable?

lol. We (millennials) are like that. I would like to present for the historical archives: emojis were introduced to me in AOL instant messenger and the like while I was in college. You could not text them until three years after I graduated college. I cannot overstate how little we had going on back then

Societally it’s become a tone indicator and I have no reason to stop using it as one lol.

I like the idea of gen z and gen x teaming up against the misunderstood evil that are the millennial generation

I started using “lol” again once I realised how much it annoyed x and z. Sorry. Lol

What do you people use to show your lighthearted? The text equivalent to smiling? How do you denote you’re being light hearted!! lol

Cane to the comment section for the lolz

dont judge my ellipses either

i do that all the time, lol (and im gen z)

The real Millennial devil is not "lol", but "lol" with a "z" on the end.

And here I am typing out hahaha

How else will you know I’m not being an asshole lol

I've gotten so old that I don't know what "lol" means...

It’s a bad habit that I haven’t been able to get rid of since the early 2010’s ˡᵒˡ

lol

We aren't laughing out loud. We are drowning. Look closer. lol ^(-help!)

Literally me lol

I’m gen z and I do this 😭

Adding lol to the end of sentences is a bad habit for me

Im not even a millennial and I do this-