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[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"lol" is punctuation. A carryover from a time before we had a thousand different emoji to pick from, and also when casual IM communication was not yet so ingrained our culture that conveying subtle tone came naturally. Lol

this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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