30th
WTF is up with LOL, ROFL, and BYOB
Have you ever come across people who feel compelled to end every sentence in textual form with either lol or rofl, especially when talking about things that aren’t even supposed to be funny? For those of you who have no clue what these terms mean, I commend you, and suggest that you stop reading right now.
Ok twentysomethings, now that I have your (notoriously short) attention, can you imagine if these same conversations were actually in person (for those of you who can remember what actual face to face contact is like) and the other person ended each of their sentences by laughing out loud? How fucking odd would that be? Don’t even get me started on the rolling on the floor laughing nonsense. The only time that happened to me was when I struck up a conversation with an epileptic. He ended up rolling on the floor and I ended up laughing, but I fear that that is not what the original meaning of rofl is.
Seriously though, if every sentence spluttered out by someone ended in them laughing, you would run away thinking they were pretty deranged. Facebook fuckers, take note. Unless we curb this bollix now it will only get worse. I can only imagine the conversations…
Gobshite 1: “heard your mam died lol”
Gobshite 2: “cheers. she died of cancer. only 50 years old rofl”
That is all…
* Oh yeah, I also hate BYOB, but that’s only because I have to bring my own fucking beer!
