LOL?

I have developed a, slightly embarrassing I will admit, habit lately. I constantly say LOL in spoken conversation. It is a habit that has caused many of my friends to, many a time, be like "Anna, you're not even laughing why are you saying LOL?!". To all the the non-converted, purely typers of LOL, I would just like to justify my reasoning.

When you're tired, after or during a long day of meandering and pointless lessons, traipsing up and down the corridors and classrooms with your bag weighing you down and someone takes you by surprise with an amusingly inappropriate or otherwise comment, often it is simply easier to say LOL, rather than outwardly laughing. You know you are laughing on the inside.

There is also that unforgettably sarcastic use of the word LOL. Like when someone tells a long, pointless and unfunny story and you don't want to offend them as such by not laughing, but you can't be bothered to laugh so you just have to whip out that good old fall-back "LOL". This use of LOL always applies to vaguely funny jokes that do not warrant the effort of a full laugh.

And besides, sometimes when I say "LOL" i am actually LOLing. I hear you LOL haters chorusing: so whats the point in saying LOL? The point, my dears, is for emphasise, as saying LOL puts your laughter at a status than the laughter of those around you. Fo sho.

And this brings me on to another point about the word LOL (yes, there's more...). I have a little niggle about allowing myself to type LOL without the capitals. First off, its technically initials, so if you're not gonna go the whole hog and type "L.O.L." you may as well at least be vaguely grammatical and type the capitals. Second off, it just looks stupid in lower case. Third off (is that a phrase?), the voice in your head shouts when it reads the capitals, thereby making your laughter stand out above the crowd.

I think you should start saying LOL in your general laughter, it makes everything a little more exciting and varied.

God bless,
Love, Anna :)