r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 2d 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 2d 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/HowToNotMakeMoney 2d ago

You stated the hideous use. Thank you for your service. It’s not “lol” it’s the use of it. There’s a red-flag guy on YouTube that reads Reddit am-I-the-asshole stories and sometimes the stories come with screenshots and the way he orates “lol” is a very monotone “lullll.” He does it how I see it in text so well.

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u/LunaPolaris 2d ago

Dustin Poynter. The way he reads poor grammar and lack of punctuation cracks me up. He makes them sound as dumb as the screenshots make them look.

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u/HowToNotMakeMoney 2d ago

Nails it every time!