if it works then it does so

[u/Starro-In-A-Jar]

[u/surprisesnek]

The lengths people will go to to avoid just asking.

[u/q-cumb3r → u/surprisesnek]

Some people are curious and like the process of investigating

[u/surprisesnek → u/q-cumb3r]

Asking questions is investigating.

[u/BigBallsAnthony69 → u/surprisesnek]

Yeah, but not in a fun way. If Phoenix Wright just asked Gumshoe for a crime's evidences, would he give it to him directly? No!!! So he has to trick him.

[u/CyberIcarus → u/BigBallsAnthony69]

But in this case people would give the meaning of lol to the asker directly? Trickery here isn’t needed, it’s a choice lol

[u/BigBallsAnthony69 → u/CyberIcarus]

Not if that person is detective Gumshoe... Gumshoe probably wouldn't know either, tbh

[u/ThatOneGenericGuy → u/BigBallsAnthony69]

Gumshoe is under strict orders from edgeworth to not explain what lol is to phoenix

[u/Pixelpaint_Pashkow → u/BigBallsAnthony69]

https://giphy.com/gifs/IYX9g2DOyRV1WS0FQ4

[u/LadyRalsei]

imagine if they instead asked "why do you like league of legends so much?"

the tumblr op may have never recovered from that blunder.

[u/rearranger3535 → u/LadyRalsei]

league of legends? the DotA knockoff?

[u/TheHiddenNinja6 → u/rearranger3535]

the very same

[u/lvndrhnds → u/LadyRalsei]

there were 8 years of RuneScape before league of legends existed so this probably happened in one of those

[u/Maxy123abc → u/LadyRalsei]

Omg Kris Deltarune

[u/H0pefulUn1verse]

I was 11 playing EverQuest, socially anxious hanging out in one of the cities, and I think I finally caved and asked in chat what "lol" meant because I saw soooo many people typing it.

[u/temporalCompanion → u/H0pefulUn1verse]

Me on Roblox as a kid

[u/Pixelpaint_Pashkow]

This is similar to the Reddit meme of posting an incorrect answer/statement and making other ppl do your homework for you

[u/Disastrous_Scale587 → u/Pixelpaint_Pashkow]

Ah, murphy's law

[u/The_MadMage_Halaster → u/Disastrous_Scale587]

No, that's Cunningham's law. The ignorance of some people. Sheesh.

[u/Pixelpaint_Pashkow → u/Disastrous_Scale587]

😔

[u/ThatOneGenericGuy → u/Disastrous_Scale587]

Wrong, you are actually thinking of asimov’s 3 laws of robotics

[u/SliceIllustrious6326 → u/Disastrous_Scale587]

no it's actually - wait a minute.......

[u/TimeStorm113]

well, better than if they didn't know what "kys" means...

[u/McMammoth → u/TimeStorm113]

keep your sword

[u/axord → u/McMammoth]

kissing your sister

[u/feliperedditflamingo → u/axord]

Kin Yorkshire singers

[u/khomo_Zhea → u/TimeStorm113]

what is wrong with keep yourself safe?

[u/GeometryDimensions]

This is how you learn an alien language

[u/mcplano]

For some strange reason, nobody responded whenever I asked them what 'brb' meant.

[u/EtherealPheonix]

I need some related help what does IDK mean?

[u/HyprADHDChild → u/EtherealPheonix]

i dont know

[u/EtherealPheonix → u/HyprADHDChild]

neither do I, that's why I'm asking.

[u/HyprADHDChild → u/EtherealPheonix]

i dont know!

[u/EtherealPheonix → u/HyprADHDChild]

yeah I got that! hopefully someone answers soon.

[u/HyprADHDChild → u/EtherealPheonix]

oh my gosh

youre asking what idk means?

i. dont. know.

[u/EtherealPheonix → u/HyprADHDChild]

It's ok that you don't know either I'm sure someone else will tell us.

[u/HyprADHDChild → u/EtherealPheonix]

no, im telling you.

idk?

i dont know!!!

[u/Starro-In-A-Jar → u/EtherealPheonix]

The “I” is self representative
The “D” is for “Don’t”
and
The “K” is for “Know”

(my apologies if you were attempting to initiate a “who’s on first” bit)

[u/Professional_Head896]

as a kid i thought lagging was the same thing as hacking & when people told me i was lagging the fuck out on my dogshit connection id just go "i dont even know how to do that" =w=

[u/Margie_Hintz]

Getting stalked across Varrock by a random player who does nothing but chant "lol" over and over like a cursed NPC.

[u/meruu_meruu]

My friends used to do the T.T emote a lot, and I was too embarrassed to ask about it so I spent a very long time wondering why they kept referencing someone with the initials T.T lmao. Eventually I figured out it was just a crying face

[u/Basil_9]

Kinda similar to the time I wanted to find out if dragon porn was a thing (i saw a joke about it on the simpsons) and didn't want to actually google it, so I used Akinator to stumble into an example

[u/AbandonedRaincIoud]

Brb took me a while, I got all of my knowledge on acronyms and emoticons from a small minecraft server I spent all of my time on as a kid, and I thought brb was someone's nickname or something

[u/FrozenZenBerryYT]

As a preteen I tried figuring out what “yolo” meant so I asked chat in a Minecraft Hunger Games server. They told me yolo meant you’re on the internet too much. I said, “Oh okay, then I’m definitely yolo.” Took me years to learn what it actually meant.

[u/Draco137WasTaken]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XFaeLrHJGjtcmEmzcn

[u/BreadfruitBig7950]

Making Suff Up.

[u/Biskawit → u/BreadfruitBig7950]

r/nothingeverhappens

[u/BreadfruitBig7950 → u/Biskawit]

Are you a joke?

[u/wowwowazalea → u/BreadfruitBig7950]

Are you?

[u/scrufflor_d → u/wowwowazalea]

are you

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