Transcript:
Rat: Hey, Goat, I got your reply to that joke I e-mailed you and I could help but notice you used that rather hackneyed acronym, 'lol.' Goat: Yeah. 'Laughing out loud.' Why? Noise: CRACK. Rat: I'm gonna stop that acronym one Internet user at a time.
GI_CRANDELL almost 13 years ago
Agreed
chezvalentine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
LO…..um….forget it
BobSpelledBackwards almost 13 years ago
IMHOTCSIVF
(In my honest opinion, this comic strip is very funny)AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member almost 13 years ago
WOFGIM(Writhing on floor, groaning in misery.)
Arianne almost 13 years ago
An acronym avalanche? Stephan, you know you were PBFI .(Practically begging for it.)
legaleagle48 almost 13 years ago
I hate to say it, but Rat DOES have a point. Those acronyms really ARE used to death on the Internet — and a lot of them are a BEAR to figure out. Whatever happened to using plain English online?
Woody157 almost 13 years ago
Ah yes. The Kings English. That reminds me of the LOL (little old lady) in church when the pastor was using a modern version of The Bible. She stood up and said, “If the King James Version was good enough for Jesus it is good enough for me!”
Woody157 almost 13 years ago
Hey, Rat…LOL (lots of LUCK)!
Nebulous Premium Member almost 13 years ago
LOL!
Lights Out, Luser!
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
LOL! Need I say anything more? —Oh, yes: nyah, nyah, Rat!
mailinutile2 almost 13 years ago
ROFL !
klaymen almost 13 years ago
Goat gets up: “Oh, Rat, you crack me up… LOL”
finale almost 13 years ago
Hey, Rat; Do me a solid and take out a few more.
doc white almost 13 years ago
LOL (lots of laying) With lumps.
Hillbillyman almost 13 years ago
Rolling On the Floor Laughing My A&& off.
zero almost 13 years ago
True. Though it can be more like an STD in the mouths of some…
zero almost 13 years ago
Sometimes, one needs these to indicate the comment one is making is intended to be humorous. As opposed to explaining the joke. Or worse - ending it with, “insert laugh(s)here. . ..”
homer911 almost 13 years ago
Sorry, too many TLA’s (three letter acronyms)
x_Tech almost 13 years ago
To Rat LOL sure doesn’t mean Lots Of Love.
Keno21 almost 13 years ago
HFS!!!
Swiftbow almost 13 years ago
I use “lol” in spoken conversation now… (that is, I actually say “lol,” not the individual letters. Actually, I think I say a lot of supposed Internet acronymns this way. I am strange…
sentient_today almost 13 years ago
Don’t worry, we also use it in real life conversations (cause we really have them still).
Tyrnn almost 13 years ago
lol. I agree! >runs away<
Ginrummy33 almost 13 years ago
I just use a smilie. :)
Brockie almost 13 years ago
I agree and please get rid of the word….“awesome”…..trite.
doublepaw almost 13 years ago
I usually use LTMS….laugh to my self.
tbonepolar almost 13 years ago
lol
Swiftbow almost 13 years ago
I just thought of another one, in online videos, peope say “Oh Em Gee” (omg), but I’ve always said “Om-guh.” Maybe the comic is right, these phrases just weren’t meant for civilized discourse.
(That said, I doubt I’ll be changing my ways. Though I will continue to use proper grammar on the Internet!)
mbmacneill almost 13 years ago
LOL! oops!
Olddog1 almost 13 years ago
Right on, Rat. It’s used when the topic isn’t meant to be funny and the comment is far from funny. Too often just a reflex with NO relation to the subject.
Woody157 almost 13 years ago
If I remember correctly, 4 or 5 years ago (maybe less) there was a movement afoot to reduce the use of the tern ‘9/11’. That got no where fast. Another one that went No Where is the use of ‘freedom fries’ cause we were ‘upset’ with the French..
Tennessee_Budd almost 13 years ago
Radish, “prithee” means “I pray thee,” so “prithee pray” is a redundancy.
Woody157 almost 13 years ago
BEOWULF (Page One)..Old English:Hwæt. We Gardena in gear-dagum, þeodcyninga.Translation:What. We of the Spear-Danes in old days of the people-kings
cdward almost 13 years ago
So true! And think about the games folks played with the language long before our time. English is easy to learn and impossible to master.
Woody157 almost 13 years ago
(Facepalm to the nth degree).http://facepalm.ytmnd.com/
Knightman Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Try that with me rat and I will cut your tail off and feed to you!
hariseldon59 almost 13 years ago
Everyone has their pet peeves. I know people who hate it when others email them jokes or videos. Maybe Rat could take a hint there.
smoore47 almost 13 years ago
Imho, Ita,iirc.
TheSpanishInquisition almost 13 years ago
XD!
Frostspanner almost 13 years ago
Rat . . . has become the hero?!
alan valdes almost 13 years ago
LOL ROFL LOL ROFL LOL ROFL [rat walks in to my computer room…….WHACK!
CoBass almost 13 years ago
You need a dictionary or reference source? Try the Urban Dictionary.
kashi2 almost 13 years ago
Way to go, Rat. About time someone stopped it!
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Join my new group, the AAAAA, or the American Association for the Abolishment of Asinine Acronyms.
marcydunagan almost 13 years ago
SQUMB!!!!(snickering quietly under my breath)
Duke of Advil almost 13 years ago
This one was so good I signed up here just to share it.
tcity almost 13 years ago
GO RAT, GO!
dukeallen almost 13 years ago
holding rat trap LOL!
Lawrence Stetz Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Can he work of people who use “pwn” next?
tmick2001 almost 13 years ago
Lot of posters today on this one! I will purposely spell out abbreviations when I text just to be anti. It’s probably a waste of my time, but oh well.
Thehag almost 13 years ago
L.O.L.! I love our take all linguistic nature.
Tommy1733 almost 13 years ago
LOL!
Potrzebie almost 13 years ago
so LOL is 3 clicks and ha ha is five. How much time do you save by doing that?
hariseldon59 almost 13 years ago
I’d like to see Rat go after adults who say “veggies” instead of “vegetables” when talking to other adults.
OilCanHarry almost 13 years ago
Some linguists believe Germanic began as a trade tongue.
This would probably have predated the development of the back alley.
Number Three almost 13 years ago
Haha!
xxx
greenman_Kaven almost 13 years ago
WYLABFZM? (Would You Like A Brain Flavored Zombie Mint?)
Oxnate almost 13 years ago
LOL
Petemejia77 almost 13 years ago
You’ll prob be halfway done by the time the sun burns out, dude! But Godspeed!!
Sherlock Watson almost 13 years ago
In the days before the Internet (thunder in background), I knew someone who would cuss by saying “Sugar Honey Iced Tea.” Would the Really Angry Troublemaker prefer us to do that instead, or would that Pretty Itchy See-Saw him off?
mwproto Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Please, please, please.
Popeyesforearm almost 13 years ago
LOL! (I had to do it, sorry).
hariseldon59 almost 13 years ago
Rat needs to bring back the “mallet ’o understanding”.
theLazyCartoonist almost 13 years ago
PLOP!
(Painfully Laughing Overtly, Pastis!)
Jean_1960 almost 13 years ago
Ouch. LOL. Heh.
TimFinn almost 13 years ago
LOL. Come get me rat. You can find me on Facebook. Bring gum rubber boots and a butterfly net. A couple of mental health nurses as bodyguards might be a wise precaution…
mac47 almost 13 years ago
LOL
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Or, as LTCG would say, TFIDCWYA!
Snoopy_Fan almost 13 years ago
Oh, no! Guess I shouldn’t have used that acronym back on Peanuts… Now I’m going to have to watch my back…
bergamot almost 13 years ago
I LOL’d
Ermine Notyours almost 13 years ago
Lolly pop, lolly pop, oh lolly, lolly, lolly.
linwoodbragg almost 13 years ago
LOC -- lots of comments
TMO1 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I’ve felt this way for years. I was sick of LOL about twenty years ago.
rumplesnitz almost 13 years ago
LOL!
LarrBerr almost 13 years ago
I agree about the acronyms being overly used. Lol doesn’t bother me TOO much if it’s in response to a joke. Although it should only be if it actually made you laugh out loud. Ha! Works equally well, is shorter and more of a real response. And you should only use ROFLOL. Should only be used if you are in fact rolling on the floor. Sadly I see LOL used in some peoples every post. Often several times in a single post on message boards. Often times when they are being entirely serious. I don’t think they even know what LOL means. “My mother died of cancer. Lol”
Ottodesu almost 13 years ago
After Douglas’ post, I feel a little trivial saying this, but LOL is not just over-anachronimising words. To me it is part of “lolling around”, which is a form of ennui.
AmariT almost 13 years ago
Lol has a purpose in text conversation. It lets people know that you found something funny without having to say the comparitively awkward “that was funny” or “you made me laugh.” It’s basically a text version of in-person laughing since that doesn’t translate well into text. The issue I have with lol is when people start using it during in-person conversations.
ReaderLady almost 13 years ago
:-D
squirrel500 almost 13 years ago
LOL means Little Old Lady.
squirrel500 over 12 years ago
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLTake that Rat!WHACK!squirrel500 falls on floor, knocked out by Rat*"OWWWWWW!"
Crazypearlsbe4swinefan about 10 years ago
IWNUIAPDKM(I will never use it again please don’t kill me)
pugsandpickles over 9 years ago
say lln instead
aardvark86au over 7 years ago
I think that David Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_x5cfdwP98 makes a good argument in favour of the despised “LOL”.
Pig111 about 4 years ago
LIS (Laughing in side) ROFCU (Rolling on the floor cracking up)
hullo zeeba neighba over 3 years ago
lol
PBS1! about 3 years ago
Would he rather we use XD?
RSrider12345 almost 3 years ago
lol… wait wait WHAT IS THA-
dodmonk10 almost 3 years ago
Haha Lol. Uh oh
DannyDonkeyHatesPeople over 2 years ago
I agree with rat
░▒▓█►-finntastico2-◄█▓▒░ about 1 year ago
Lol!!!!