LOL! What The Hell Is That All About!!

I must admit that I do overuse the acronym, 'LOL', way to much. I was accused, and rightly so, of  writing in IM's without emotion when I first came to Second Life. LOL was a way of at least bringing a little emotion to what I was writing. The following was found over that past weekend. I attended two Second Life Music shows on Saturday, Maximillion Kleene and the tribute band 3 Doors Down. Each show maxed out the sim and I was able to perve over 100 profiles in a single sitting. BTW,,the music was very good too.

It's original definition was "Laughing out loud" (also written occasionally as "Lots of Laughs"), used as a brief acronym to denote great amusement in chat conversations.

Now, it is overused to the point where nobody laughs out loud when they say it. In fact, they probably don't even give a shit about what you just wrote. More accurately, the acronym "lol" should be redefined as "Lack of laughter."

Depending on the chatter, its definition may vary. The list of its meanings includes, but is not limited to:
1) "I have nothing worthwhile to contribute to this conversation."
2) "I'm too lazy to read what you just wrote so I'm typing something useless in hopes that you'll think I'm still paying attention."
3) "Your statement lacks even the vaguest trace of humor but I'll pretend I'm amused."
4) "This is a pointless acronym I'm sticking in my sentence just because it's become so engraved into my mind that when chatting, I MUST use the meaning!

There are certainly other overused acronyms in all social networking situations. ROFL(Rolling On Floor Laughing) and GTSY(Good To See You) are two that come to mind. No one is really rolling on the floor and believe me it is not always good to see everyone.

I am not advocating anyone stop the use of these sayings. I certainly will continue to use them, albeit with a little more control from now on.

I read in the Blog Second Life New World Notes, http://nwn.blogs.com/, that Kinect will soon bring software to the market, named Avatar Kinect,  that will allow Avatars to show emotion when talking. Of course that will mean a change to using voice that so many seem to resist in Second Life.

Until that happens; stick whatever you want in your IM's and Open Chat sessions,LOL,,ROFL!!

It was GTSY today!!

Night