My old person trait is that I think ‘ghosting’ is completely unacceptable and you owe the other person a face-to-face conversation.

  • @Flemmy
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    121 year ago

    I can’t speak for everyone, but when I say lol I usually am trying to soften a self disparaging statement or expressing the absurdity of the situation… Or just lighten the tone because I feel like my message is too serious and I’m coming off like an asshole

    • @Pronell
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      31 year ago

      It isn’t a hard and fast rule, just an observation. For some, it is just an interjection, and that’s undeniable.

      One weird thing for me is that I came online in the brief era between when simple smiles, the old colon parenthesis, were a thing but lol wasn’t yet. Habits already defined, I guess.