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failsafe United States. Sep 18 2012 21:30. Posts 1040 | | |
why is lol such a power acroword?
it's like if you ever say LOL you've just committed suicide. there's no way to get away with a misuse of the lol term. lawl and lawd are awful and anything involved 'ew' has been overused way too much.
lol on the other hand will never get old. however, lol is meant to be a free standing deal. Lol is bad and loL is worse. neither should occur.
let's be frank, there's no way to say it and definitely not LoL or lOl thought LOL is obviously not preferential. and in stream of consciousness you'll opt for LoL subconsciously, every time.
it's not that you've gotta approach these questions with a certain level of terse. it's just that these are important considerations. if you allow questions like this to run amuck internet etiquette quickly devolves.
what is the metagame? it's one of those emphemeral perspectives that only a word like lol and its correct failure to ever evolve in anyway is really the essence of why the metagame is really a non-issue. anyone who subscribes to metagame is a victim of their own conceits. you can't play starcraft or poker by the rules. it's no different than risk, and though i've never played diplomacy, i'm sure water is just as valuable there as it is in either of these other questions.
anyway myth once posted a famous bruce lee video that explained all this and why it's the essence of poker. i hope this clarifies the correct internet usage of the term lol and why any other possibility is unacceptable.
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whamm! Albania. Sep 18 2012 23:55. Posts 11625 | | | |
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RaiNKhAN  United States. Sep 19 2012 02:31. Posts 4080 | | | |
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Mariuslol Norway. Sep 19 2012 05:28. Posts 4742 | | |
I feel like I get away with a lot more when using lol, but I lol irl a lot and I always have lol |
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Arirang Canada. Sep 19 2012 06:04. Posts 1673 | | |
i love lp, has so many crazies |
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Twisted Netherlands. Sep 19 2012 11:09. Posts 10422 | | |
I always feel silly when I accidently say 'lol' irl. |
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Almebeast Sweden. Sep 19 2012 11:12. Posts 797 | | | |
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failsafe United States. Sep 19 2012 13:07. Posts 1040 | | |
you seem like the kind of guy whose name involves caps lock so you'd probably say eye oh el or something retarded, not an innocent of course. |
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MiPwnYa Brasil. Sep 19 2012 13:40. Posts 5230 | | | |
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bigredhoss Cook Islands. Sep 21 2012 06:26. Posts 8649 | | |
why do you think LOL is an unacceptable deviation of lol? have you read half of the posts by huhu and rainkhan? i would disagree with your assessment there. depending on context one can be preferable over the other, but saying either one is taboo in general would be a misnomer iMo.
as far as the other variations in capitalization, lOl, loL, and Lol don't make any sense and would be like randomly capitalizing letters in any acronym so we should exclude those (along with lOL/LOl).
what we're left with is LoL, which would ostensibly be logical usage. however, the anonymity of the internet leads to a social dynamic where people feel more comfortable operating on the presumption that they are hip and cool because, at least initially, there's no way to prove they aren't. alternating the capitalization in LoL is more cumbersome than simply typing lol, and reflects the level of coolness or lack thereof in an individual.
lol represents the smooth and easy life of someone driving a lambo and living in a penthouse and banging 10's all the time. he does what he wants, and feels no need to emphasize particular words in an acronym through the use of capitalization. LoL, on the other hand, is more indicative of someone driving a station wagon who lives in a small apartment and maybe bangs a 6 once in a while. in order to adapt to his life, his brain subconsciously starts to view a certain amount of striving and even suffering as necessary parts of life, and this shows up in his willingness - and even preference - to go through the work of typing LoL. i believe this is how the standard is set, and a majority people simply copy it out of convenience.
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