While I miss phone calls and face-to-face visits, I've accepted reality I've embraced chatting.
Note: A video chat is preferred, but sometimes that's not possible (dang you, work).
Now I just have one question:
Does anyone know the hierarchy of the various chat laughs?I mean, some are pretty clear. We can figure that
- ha < haha < hahaha (multiplication rule)
- lol < LOL (bigger-is-better rule)
- haha < bwahaha (exclamatory addition rule)
- and LMAO < ROFLMAO (loss of body control rule).
Others aren't so easy to determine. For example, I figure that
- haha < harhar
- Why? Because "harhar" first reminds me of an old man or a pirate laughing in his armchair. Hmm, but I suppose it could just be someone with asthma, and thus wouldn't be as hearty a laugh as "haha". I'm torn on this one, but I think I'll go with my first instinct.
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| Cap'n Happy agrees that haha < harhar |
- haha < lol
- Why? Because I figure that "haha" has been around for a long time, and "lol" just popped into existence with the dawning of internet chat. So it stands to reason that newer would be better/bigger than older, right? Saying that haha < lol raises other issues, like what happens when other rules (such the multiplication or bigger-is-better rules mentioned above) are included?
- Would hahaha still be < lol?
- Is lol < bwahaha?
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| Nelson might dispute my haha < lol ranking |
I don't think "ha ha" is less than lol/LOL. Because for me, I refuse to use the term lol. I don't know why, I just hate it. So if I want to communicate that I find something funny via internet chat, I simply type out "ha ha" or "hee hee". I would think of "har har" as being somewhat sarcastic. Or a pirate. :)
ReplyDeleteYour aversion to "lol" is interesting, and I'd love to figure out why. Good call on "har har" being sarcasm; I can definitely see that.
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe it's a Peacock thing. I hate using LOL as well. Although LQTM (laughing quietly to myself) should start trending cause I'd consider using that...
ReplyDeleteI use muahahaha (evil laugh) and hehe on internet chat quite frequently.
I am morally opposed to "lol" or any variation thereof. I am definitely a proponent of the clever usage of ha in it's variant forms. For example; ha, haha (you already clarified their usage), HAhahahahahaha...(something actually produces a burst of laughter followed by the regular "ha"s), PAH hahaha (similar to the previous one, but preceded by more of a plosive. Note: If you are eating or drinking when this occurs, it may cause you to spray food/drink all over your computer screen.) , Tee hee (mildly mischievous or flirtatious), Bwa-ha (usually in response to a bad pun or joke), mwahahahaha (My dastardly laugh as I plot your demise and twirl my imaginary mustache).
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