Do you actually laugh when you say 'lol' or 'rofl'?

[The Void]

When you include 'lol', 'lmao' or 'rofl' in your posts/messages/chat lines, do you actually mean it, or do you just say it just for the heck of putting something? >.<

 

[Shining Raichu]

I don't usually laugh when I say 'lol' or 'lmao'. I never say 'rofl' because I think two variations on the same thing are more than enough :P. But when I say the first two, usually they're just a mood elevator for the statement I'm making. They keep things light and breezy.

I think that's how internet language has evolved over the years. It used to be a literal statement meaning "laughing out loud' or whatever, but as it grew more and more common it just became a way of saying "I'm not serious!"

Usually the way you know I'm actually laughing is when I say "LMAO" or "LMFAO" in capital letters :P

 

[Hikamaru]

I do like to say LOL a lot cos I love to laugh. It makes me feel happy.

 

[Joshawott]

Almost never. It's sad, really.

 

[Otherworld9)]

Honestly, not ever....unless it really did make me go lol or rofl, although I usually put lmao for those things.

 

[TRIFORCE89]

I use lol more as a way to convey connotation, since that is hard to do through type usually.

I don't laugh all that much to begin with, even if I do find something funny. So, on occasion I may just chuckle or grin. Laugh, rarely.

 

[Treecko]

I have to agree on Shining Raichu on this one. I never actually laugh when using "lol" , most of the time I just use it when I feel like it's necessary. Most of the time I use it just to respond to something sort of amusing or to convey I'm not being serious. I never use "rofl" or "lmao" or "lmafo" as much and it's only when something extremely funny and I'm laughing my head off.

 

[Haseyo]

Lol = I found it funny, but didn't see the need to let the whole area know.
Lmao = I chuckled.
Lmfao = I actually lol'd.
LOL and anything higher, in caps = Okay that was some funny stuff, would read again.

 

[Ayselipera]

The general rule is if it's not in caps I'm not really laughing. If it's an "LOL" in caps I'm either smirking or just a quick laugh IDK HOW TO EXPLAIN IT and if it's a "AHAHAHA" then I'm laughing. And I don't use anything else to show laughter.

 

[Sheep]

I say lol/lmao/rofl a lot, but am not actually laughing 99% of the time. XD; There's not many things that are truly funny enough, guess I'm just a boring person >: "Lol" is mostly just a placeholder word when I don't know what else to say or there just isn't much to say other than that.

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

I never say 'lol' or 'rofl' (and feel kinda dirty even typing these out)... but when I do type out something to signify laughter online, I normally mean it. So, if you read a post by me and it's starts off with 'Heh', that normally indicates a slight chortle; 'Tehe' indicates a giggle; 'Hahahahahahahaha' indicates a belly-laugh... and these are all heightened if they're in capital letters. This goes for IMing and texting and anything where I'm not talking face-to-face. But, yeah. When I type a laughter-signifier, normally I'm laughing in real life. I wouldn't want to overuse it, as it would just become another instance of 'lol'. Ugh, I feel so unclean!

 

[Overlord Drakow]

Damn, I actually use "lol" in real life lol. Usually when I use these things, it means that I have found the content humorous. Whether I physically laughed or not is a different matter though.

 

[Alice]

I laugh irl like 1% of the time I say lol online. lol <- See, I didn't laugh.

To me, lol just indicates that the atmosphere is lighthearted, and that I'm not being serious if I say something sarcastic, or something that might be misread as an insult or something along those lines.

 

[Sammi]

Sadly lol is more filler for me than anything else these days. lol

Typically when I laugh out loud I'll do AHAHAHAHA or something else in all-caps. If I even say anything at all. A chuckle is not worth nothing.

 

[Sydian]

No, not really. "LOL" means I chuckled, "lol" means i'm amused, "lm(f)ao" means "dear lord...", "hahaha" means I giggled, "XD" means I legit laughed. I usually inform people if I laugh really loudly though like "i literally just laughed out loud" but saying all that makes me feel like I should type lol because well that's what it means but nehhh.

 

[CarefulWetPaint]

I usually say lol when I find something slightly amusing, lmao when I find something funny and Rofl when something is hilarious.
I usually say "I actually lol'd" if I literally laugh from something I see on the internets.

 

[Zephele]

A "lol" from me usually indicates that there's something that's at least made me smile. I suppose me ending my sentence with "haha" like I usually do essentially serves the same purpose. If something's made me actually laugh at loud, I type it out in all caps: "LOL" or "HAHAHA" or something of that sort.

 

[Meganium]

I actually laugh when I have more than one ! in lol/rofl/lmao. I'll laugh even harder if I type it in caps and repeatedly do so. xD

 

[invisible_light]

I almost never laugh when I use lmao/lol/rofl. I mostly only use lol as something to just stick in the sentence. But, I never laugh at all, so I do use lmao/rofl to indicate that I think I found something humorous.

 

[Callīope1]

Nope.

When I type "lol" or "xD"
it's normally just because I smile.

If it I type "XDDD" or "ROFLMAO" or something bigger like that, then yeah I laughed.

Sometimes, if I laugh hard enough over something, I just state it like "Wow, I laughed too hard that", or something.