Defeating the purpose.

The abbreviation of "laugh out loud" as "LOL" doubtlessly arrived in the collective consciousness of internet-based typists due to the fact that its brevity and character count made it a far more efficient means of expressing one's amusement than the more traditional onomatopoeia, "haha."

The trick of it is, "lol" is but three characters in length while "haha" stands at a cumbersome four; meaning a typist stands to save a fourth of their valuable time by choosing the former over the latter. As the internet is a medium bred through a desire for immediacy, it is obvious why "lol" became the dominant method of expressing laughter at things such as cats in zero-gravity.



As we've already established, efficiency is the lifeblood of the internet. If a commenter were to take 25 percent more time than absolutely necessary to comment on a video, they would inevitably decrease there contribution to culture by a comparable percentage; which is why it is so frustrating to see great minds foolishly wasting time with inefficient comments such as this one:





By the way, that translates to, "Laughing out loud out loud out out loud" followed by some fabulous things that I don't presently have time to comment upon. The issue here is that williammeyes has overstepped the efficiency threshold of "haha" by an incredible five characters. This is unacceptable.

Unfortunately, he is not alone.





What skat0r (pronounced "skatt-OR") fails to understand is that the very essence of what he is trying to communicate would be more successfully accomplished with an extended "hahahahaha," which not only makes sense, but also avoids the futility of the extended "lol."

So gents, take notice. This is how you do it:








If in doubt, stay classy with a period.





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