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on some usenet (and other) forums it's considered an affectation, or just plain bad form, to add LOL to one's own comments--it's deemed equivalent to laughing at your own jokes. my question is this: do you agree with this sentiment, and do you view the 'laugh' emoticon in the same way? 
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considered an affectation, or just plain bad formSaaaayyyy....Mebbe that's why I've never liked it. But I likes the "laugh" emoticon. I likes all the emoticons....Find 'em very jolly. Guess I don't view it (the laugh emoticon) as an affectation....But LOL does seem affected to me. Does this make me inconsistent? If it does, I'm allowed, right? Being a woman an' all. 
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I usually only use LOL in reaction to somebody else's humor! Though I'm not shy about attaching smiley faces of all kinds to my own for clarity's sake.  mg said: Does this make me inconsistent?
If it does, I'm allowed, right? Being a woman an' all.Yep...just like a hurricane! yeah, I know, they use men's names, now, too, but...
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I guess it all depends on what you view the role of emoticons, both keyboard and image, to be, Mike. The danger of exchanging written messages rather than having face-to-face conversation is that the lack of facial expression can leave the auditor/reader wondering whether someone is being serious or sarcastic or humorous or whatever. Emoticons (including the textual ones like LOL and ROTFLMA) can, to some extent, take the place of the emotional content of personal communication. I guess it depends how you use them. If you use LOL at the end of a statement which could be taken either seriously or humorously, perhaps it's appropriate. If you're just trying to say "Gee, ain't I a funny guy/gal/green space alien with long antennae", well, maybe it is inappropriate. A bit like people who laugh at the end of everything they say. Of course, it always helps if people have actually met, or even if they have had phone conversations where the vocal emotional input can have much the same beneficial effect. That is one of the reasons why regulars on this Board should seriously consider going to the PaddyWap this June. Those of us who have met have a fair idea of when we are having the michael extracted or are being hammered or humoured by the others! - Pfranz
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LOL = Laughing out loud seems clumsy, tired, and trite. RITFLMAO = Rolling In The Floor Laughing My Ass Off is vulgar and sophomoric. Yet Another tsuwm Acronym = YAtA is a bit overwrought. But who can get mad at a happy face?
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RITFLMAO = Rolling In The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
is vulgar and also sounds very painful.
formerly known as etaoin...
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LOL makes me think of Lots of Love, but that's probably just my innate optimism at work. The only acronym that suits me is FWIW... oh, and perhaps ICLIU. But the little faces are fine.
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I haven't seen LOL for a while and never ever seen FWIW, ROTFLMA or ICLIU but this is because of my ignorance I think that "textual emoticons" are being replaced by emoticons like :-) saves you trouble explaining, I'll less likely get offended by a post if I see in it. I like local smiling faces and, in fact, I find that there is not enough of them. for example, on a Russian internet forum there is some 100 small pictures that one can insert in one's post. I miss "applause" - two hands clapping.
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