It's not that hard lol

What is the Gen Z approved way to express emotion?

For me and the ppl I chatted/texted with was it mostly smiles like: xD xP XD xd x3 and the laughing was haha, hahahahaha, HAHAHA, sometimes lol and rofl but most of the times were lol used as a way to say "that was weird" or "that is stupid", could also be a question "is it supposed to be funny?" Or a statement about what you said or will say "I am silly" so ppl would know they can find it funny/it is ok to laugh.

I rarely used lol for actually laughing, it was more used as "that/this is silly". I think the younger millenniums said lol and rofl instead of smilies more often but I am unsure about that one.

No, that's me trying to play a game and the carpal tunnel I've had since teenage hood deciding that I'm not going to play a game.

It's weird to be one of the only millennials I know who doesn't use lol at all. It always feels so weird when I try. I think it's because I never used MSN growing up.

Technically a xennial, but yeah it's a necessity lol

My speech is really blunt so I feel like every other thing I write would otherwise be misinterpreted as some personal attack lol

(Now reread it without the lols)

It is legit hard not to do it lol.

I'll see you a "haha"

Might be possible if you consume a trace of xylol

Unrelatable lmao

Maybe the generation who historically is most into texting is doing it right actually lol

LOL XD

nah, we good. lol

For me the thing which i do the most is adding "..." Multiple times between the sentences or at the last of the sentences. 😭

it’s just another intonation marker, a hedging particle, or a pragmatic tone indicator.

it signals the sentence is for comradery, but not immediate action

lol

Do what I want lol

That’s a lie ^^

holy crap I'm so self-conscious about this now and just looked back at a bunch of messages on multiple platforms and the ratio is insane...

Relatable lol

Mild kek

I start all posts with it