I really hate it when people put ‘lol’, or some simpleton derivation thereof, at the end of their sentences.

It tends to read a bit like an instruction telling me to do ‘a little lol’ after reading what they have written. Unfortunately, much like my younger days when a meal would be put in front of me with the warning that, “You’ll eat it, and you’ll like it” my actual reaction tends to be the exact opposite. I am a bit of a rebel like that.

I tend to find that the longer and greater the emphasis of the lol, the less lol-worthy the actual comment. In fact, I can not remember a single funny thing I have ever read that had a lol at the end, unless it was done in an ironic or sarcastic style, ala Scaryduck. He can keep on lol’ing all he damn well likes.

I would be much more likely to respond appropriately if the culprit added a picture of themselves doing the actual lol at the end of the sentence, rather than leaving a simple verbal instruction. I say this as I have a sneaking suspicion that despite writing lol, they are not actually lol-ing themselves at the time of writing. They are more likely to be crying themselves into jabbering wreck at the pathetic state of their miserable existence. Well, we can hope.

Humans are quite complicated creatures, and sometimes we need more than an explicit instruction in order to solicit a particular response. Otherwise my love life would be improved overnight simply by adding at the end of the act, “Now you do orgasms!”

The first lol in the comments goes on The List.

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