LOL? Doubtful

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IMAO has had a lot more trolls lately, but I have really done much with them. I thought I’d point one out because I found it both interesting and entertaining. This is from “jugger” to my editorial yesterday about punching hippies:

lol, punching those conservatives is fun, try it today damn those conservative hippies, and most know exactly why you do it and help to crush them…uh huh, living with conservative extremeists is bad for your health, punch one today, LMAO

I’ve noticed this with particularly stupid drive by trolls (usually late to the party) is the overuse of “LOL” and its variations — usually directed at what they themselves are saying. Why do I get the feeling that those trying to convince us so hard they are “laughing out loud” are probably seething in primitive anger? Trolling is actually an expression of anger — an impotent lashing out at opinions the troll disagrees with — so its hard to buy that one of them is laughing while writing. Well… I could see one nervously twittering while writing something like that. What the abbreviation for nervously twittering out loud?

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  3. You’re right, the whole LOL, LMAO, ROFL thing has never really made sense, whether in a scathing forum post or even a simple email.
    Anyone who’s sitting at home, alone in front of a computer and repeatedly “laughing out loud” is probably also wearing a hockey helmet but isn’t actually on a team.

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  4. LOL is about as insulting as the laugh tracks on sitcoms. It’s not funny, and you saying “lol” is very far from what it would take to make it funny.
    And it’s not a real word. I think it actually stands for “I have nothing of value to say. My only impact on the world is three ASCII characters worth of bandwidth. lol.”

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  9. Oh come on, are all you people really that old? Don’t hate the phrase, hate the troll. Those three letters have often saved me in a conversation when i actually had no clue what the person said (no grammar in IM).

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  11. Well, Frank, seriously, “LOL” is useful between regular commenters who occasionally need a shorthand way to say they’ve actually chuckled at a posting or comment. There’s very little feedback between commenters anyway. Many times I’ve laughed (and really appreciated) a comment but never responded. That seems to be the norm.
    There really are a lot of funny people here, and you all make me laugh out loud sometimes.

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  20. BTW i really like the comment about LOL with trolls including their own laugh track. After all those years watching friends and the daily show they think laugh tracks are natural.
    (daily show subsidizes when there isn’t enough audience laughter)

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  21. Yeah, but Justin, “hah” can be interpreted as a snooty “Hah! (as in “you idiot”) and “haha” can be construed as Ha-Ha! (as in sudden discovery) while “Heh” can imply indifference. I agree that “hehe” is a devious sort of chuckle. Whereas “LOL” just means it’s funny.

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  23. This in kind proves the earlier hypothesis. Why does a bunch of old shriveled up lesbians and their genital-less allies from “The world cant wait” set up shop harassing the Marines in Berkley? Because they know those recruiters are too disciplined to go out and beat their asses in front of the press. Now take same protesters and put them in front of the barracks at 29 Palms with out any cameras. See what happens. In physics we all learned there was an equal and opposite reaction. But what if there isn’t? You get Waco lesbians (Not to be confuse by the cool lipstick kind), Crack pots sporting for the cameras, and Internet trolls. We do need to punch more people in the head to maintain the balance! Science demands it!

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  24. I have this friend who is a guy who happens to be white anyway in IMing he uses hehe all the time. I dont like it.
    Only other time someone uses hehe with me is like girls when i say something like “hey why don’t you come over i got something i want you to try riding.” they go… hehe

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  27. Poor fools…
    Probably thought it stood for Lot’s O’ Luck…
    But then, you have to forgive them, they, just lately, gave up looking for the “Any” key…
    …and as far as the “run like hell and hope they are a lousy shot” part, Dad was a gunsmith…
    Been packin’ since I was six and taught to respect them since I was a toddler. (horrors)
    (That ought to send some monkey into convulsions…)

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  31. I hate Trolls who lurk. There’s this obsessed person who checks my blog about 5 or 6 times a day, and I had to disable comments because he would explode in liberal diatribes with such clever insults as “fat” and “retarded.” Genius. If you hate what you’re reading so much, why do you obsessively go there? Weird.

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  34. Horse He Rode In On is the latter part of the second one (an oldie but goody.)
    Unfamiliar with the third… (Fire In The Hole) comes to mind with the last four letters…
    by the way, I missed comment #6, Jimmy…

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  39. This would be an awesome opportunity to revive “Faux Troll Patrol.” I have missed it. But who knows if FrankJ even reads comments this far down — you know when you’re “late to party” and all that.

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  40. Strng1, STMFITH = “Shoot the mother f***** in the head” in regards to “run like hell and hope they are a lousy shot.” I.e., your dad was a good shot. The prize is some fine tobacco after plugging a hippie.

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  41. OMG. I just noticed Frank put this post in a category called I hate Frank. That’s sad. I hope Frank doesn’t hate himself. Self-hate is not good. Everyone has good qualities and something to offer to the world (except Islamic militants). Cheer up Frank. Your blog is fantastic!
    😀 🙂 :=) :>)

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  46. Bob, a “Conservative Hippie” is a guy like Nate who would say things like:
    “It is – but it isn’t.”
    “That having been said…”
    “Absolutely!”
    “That’s not nice.”
    “I respect that.”
    “Even if there is no global warming, don’t you think it’s a good idea to cut down on carbon emissions anyway?”
    Yeah, and “hot, lesbian prawn” must be some sort of socio-sexist food slur!

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  47. Conservative hippy …they conserve lots of water and soap. They are conservative on how much meat they eat if they eat any at all ( no more than a deck of cards). They conserve hygeine tools like razors, combs, etc. Oh, and they conserve toilet paper by only using one square. Pretty conserv a tive I guess?

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  49. #33 Because they “can’t understand normal thinking.”
    Bob in Feenicks – Isn’t a conservative hippie someone who wants the Gov to take other peoples’ stuff and leave their stuff alone (you know, a Demoncrat). Check out Sushi Eye on Elliot for fresh hot lesbian prawn.

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  57. nervously twittering while i type? Abbreviation? HOMO!
    #14 – Posted by: ussjimmycarter on February 13, 2008 05:22 PM
    Why is it that pretty much every comment you have made in the last six posts that I’ve read has involved gays? It’s like a freaking obsession…geez…

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  58. #55:
    you mean like survival of the fittest right? Damn, were those people on the planes and in the buildings in 911, and the buildings themselves, NOT the fittest.
    Survival of the fittest, social darwinism…..But Darwin was wrong, evolution doesn’t exist!!!

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  59. and don’t forget, the dead marines….they were probably pencil necked brother-f***ers too. Thats why them DEAD! They MUST have been pencil necked f***s.
    LOL Dead marines.
    Would be funny, a big stinking pile of poop right above where his pencil-neck would be in the coffin, and the widow and children come to pay respects to the human garbage, and see a pile of crap. Probably would just think his essence somehow got out of the coffin.

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  60. //I HAVE A BIG PENIS! IF YOU WANT TO GET IT ON CALL ME! I’LL SCREW YOU ALL NIGHT//
    You know if you continue to tug on it like that it’s going to fall off! Didn’t yo’ mama teach you better than that.
    //LOL Dead marines//
    Let’s see you square off with some pencil necks marines then big shot. Wait change your shorts first.
    Trolls can’t live with them, can’t shoot them. Dang!!!!

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