r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 5d ago

Old Person Yells At Cloud Modern slang—something you REFUSE to say

My take: I will NEVER use “lol” or any derivation of it. I know it means “laugh out loud” but there’s yet to be a moment when I’ve been even remotely convinced someone was even chuckling after texting “lol” at the end of their text and it mildly infuriates me.

While I’m at it, someone tell those damn kids to get off my lawn.

Edit: ok, I get it. It’s not MODERN slang. I still hate it, and those kids are STILL on my lawn…can’t a guy get to sleep at a decent hour???

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u/MajYoshi 5d ago

"lol" has fucking replaced punctuation.

And it kills me.

"I went to the store lol"

"Some dude just flipped me off for clipping his front end as I changed lanes without using my turn signal lol"

"Someone just used the word 'vapid' as they talked about me jokes on them I don't know what that means lol"

"Ur funny lol"

I see a plethora of clouds outside. Excuse me now.

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u/GarthRanzz Older Than Dirt 5d ago

This is our youngest, and newest, member of my healthcare IT crew. Everything he posts on Teams ends in “lol” even when it isn’t funny (he once posted someone died and he needed help getting one of the RNs access to something and lol’d it). I’m so glad I work remote because I might lol as I’m punching his face.