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anghraineI'm morbidly curious if the people who constantly tack "lol" or "lmao" onto their arguments (for lack of a better word) actually think it adds an impression of amused superiority, or if ... idk, they're just trying to be irritating.
I suppose it's a bit of a "kids these days!" thing, but it seems a common fandom convention more than anything else. I certainly see adults using it all the time. In any case, it's probably my single least favourite fandom trend. No, above-it-all superiority isn't a cogent argument. And the likes of AGE GAPS ARE PEDOPHILIA LOL aren't exactly convincing as above-it-all, anyway.
I suppose it's a bit of a "kids these days!" thing, but it seems a common fandom convention more than anything else. I certainly see adults using it all the time. In any case, it's probably my single least favourite fandom trend. No, above-it-all superiority isn't a cogent argument. And the likes of AGE GAPS ARE PEDOPHILIA LOL aren't exactly convincing as above-it-all, anyway.
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on 2018-12-28 06:42 pm (UTC)Well, I know of a rather famous German linguist that works on precisely that topic - and the use of emoticons as a language on the Internet, so I am sure the man has colleagues in the Anglosphere.
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on 2018-12-28 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2018-12-28 07:05 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2018-12-28 08:08 pm (UTC)