“lol” is punctuation. A carryover from a time before we had a thousand different emoji to pick from, and also when casual IM communication was not yet so ingrained our culture that conveying subtle tone came naturally. Lol

It used to annoy me a bit first, but after a while I realised this. It’s true. So I incorporated lols in my conversations with millenials, in moderation of course. Definitely an improvement

That’s my xD, lmao, >:)

Lmao

You can tell you’re a filthy Xer because you don’t put lol before your period lol.