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CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Monte_Crisco@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m afraid I’ve used “lol” so much for so many years that this is exactly how people will interpret my texts if I suddenly stop now.

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    U ok? Did we upset you? You seem…tense.

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  • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I too am not sure how to interpret your message lol

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• mika_mika@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have been called weird or passive aggressive for using punctuation in my text messages. Why do we cater to these people? Why do I care about the opinion of someone who takes to heart whether I use an exclamation point or period at the end of a sentence? It should have been their problem to learn to not make assumptions.

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  • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because you’re not following social conventions

    It’s also up to you to learn to work with others, conversation is a cooperative game. If you don’t give enough signs, people don’t know the tone you are intending to give over text, because body language and verbal tone is missing. That’s the purpose of the informal conventions

    It’s your problem to learn too

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• mimavox@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I perceive lol as slightly unserious / childish, but maybe it’s because I’m GenX

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m a Xennial? Born in 1980 so last year of Gen X, first year of Millennials?

    I learned back in the early '90s that “lol” made my lighthearted comments appear lighthearted, and not cynical.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Life is meaningless and the universe is cruel chaos lol

      Damn, it really works.

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