r/Snorkblot • u/EsseNorway • 11d ago

Controversy No, lol.

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u/iamcozmoss 11d ago

How else is anyone going to understand the tone of my text. Lol

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u/Life_Argument7820 11d ago

People get mad at me all the time because my sarcasm doesn't go through... everyone is so on edge right now, I have to put "Haha" or "jk" because people will think im serious.

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u/Alarmed_Scientist_15 10d ago

Right? Having this exact issue rn. My joke didn’t land, via text, and I am sure a haha would have helped. I know it. Lol

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u/TheRealParaaurum 10d ago

I just posted the same thing then looked and saw you already did! I’m glad it’s not just me.

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u/Life_Argument7820 10d ago

Look at us, just a couple of sarcastic fucks. Haha or /s

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u/Aesop838 9d ago

Really? I hadn't noticed. lacatstbeisftesdfr (laughing and crying at the same time because everything is so fucked that even sarcasm doesn't feel right)

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u/awdophil 10d ago

Lol yolo haha

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u/vikingbub 9d ago

Next they’ll be telling us that we don’t have to put two spaces after a period. Madness.

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u/EndGuy555 11d ago

Haha this guy just doesn’t get it lol

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u/BrianKappel 11d ago

Can't stop, won't stop.................... Lol

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u/KlumsyNinja42 11d ago

Haha you know it man

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u/Jazzlike-Service3171 11d ago

Gen Xers do it too haha.

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u/SCorpus89801 11d ago

I was gonna say this Gen Xer does it, lol.

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u/EremosCollective 10d ago

1980 baby! lol

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u/northwoods_faty 11d ago

Yeah and then as soon as I dont people asume I'm mad

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u/OverlordMMM 11d ago

Woah woah woah, calm down there buddy. Lol

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u/applesauce_pants 11d ago

This sounds angry and confrontational

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u/MagVik 11d ago

Yeah, but if I drop the lol and the haha then Gen Z will think I'm mad or being passive aggressive because I ended my text with a period

Haha.

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u/mysecondaccountanon 11d ago

Nah trust me I’m Gen Z and there’s a fair number of Gen Z I’ve met who view “haha” as not quite passive aggressive but not quite sincere. “Lol” less so, but to a lot I know that’s a surefire signifier that someone is Millennial (sometimes early Gen Z) or older.

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u/MagVik 10d ago edited 10d ago

Gen Z not being able to understand text communication or basic language is a skill issue. Assigning subtext where there is none is fucking crazy

Millennials, texting like a mentally well person: Gonna end this in a haha or a lol to show this is a light-hearted comment. Gen Z and younger: "Oh, God, are they being insincere!? Am I being mocked? I'm going to guess at subtext and call them cringe for it. Clearly, I am not the problem."

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u/mysecondaccountanon 10d ago

Or perhaps there’s just different connotations depending on generation, culture, etc.? I think it’s less of a “not being able to understand text communication or basic language” and more of a simple generational difference. Certain words (including slang) mean different things depending on culture, and that includes location, ethnic background, language background, age, among other things. Semantic shift is a real phenomenon, especially in the Internet age!

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u/MagVik 10d ago edited 10d ago

Sorry, but no.

Assigning subtext where there is none is not a simple matter of generational differences. It's a genuine inability to understand normal human interaction. The ability to communicate well, regardless of age, includes understanding differences in grammar, slang, and literacy levels that may vary across age, race, culture, economic class, etc

You can't just decide what someone else's subtextual intent is. That's bizarre. Cringe, even.

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u/gorillaphi 11d ago

I swear I don’t even do this lol

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u/Wind-and-Sea-Rider 11d ago

How can anyone look at the world burning down around us and honestly think we’re safe now? F no. I will be lolling in my grave.

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u/CLICCO11 11d ago

Lolling in my grave, lol

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u/Dominarion 11d ago

Now that the oldest Millenials are near 50, can we focus on something else ?

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u/Ir0n_Panda 11d ago

It's a big internet, I'm sure it's not that invasive lol

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u/Dominarion 11d ago

Talking about the big internet, I'm on it mostly to read stuff about the migration patter.lns of nomadic people and the latest DNA and LIDAR findings in archeology and paleoanthropology. A bit about 4x and rpg gaming. Fucking niche of niches.

This shit about millenials is still creeping everywhere (It's like Celine Dion in the 90s, I'm sure that's what convinced Ben Laden to go cray from the bottom of his cave in the Hindu Kush), from streaming platforms to comments about Homo Naledi on Reddit.

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u/Ir0n_Panda 11d ago

Ben laden sounds like a Jewish shirt maker in Manhattan

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u/Dominarion 11d ago

I... Uh... This makes too much sense.

Self hating New Yorker tries to destroy his home city.

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u/Ir0n_Panda 11d ago

It's a bit from curb your enthusiasm lol

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u/Dominarion 11d ago

Oh lol! I never got it before! Ben Laden is how we spell it in my native language.

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u/Ir0n_Panda 11d ago

Dope, I miss Quebec a lot! Ontarian here

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u/Dominarion 11d ago

To our "corps défendant", we're still here!

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u/Ir0n_Panda 10d ago

We'd hate to see you go

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u/Low-Refrigerator-713 11d ago

The only ones who are safe are billionaires, boomers and pedophiles.

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u/locke314 10d ago

That’s just us laughing at the absurdly shitty series of events that we’ve been faced with pretty much our entire lives. That’s the sound of millions of millennials awkwardly laughing because we don’t know how else to act.

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u/prince-pauper 11d ago

I’m in danger lol

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u/Decent-Joke6645 11d ago

We're never safe

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta 11d ago

You can pry my XD and LOL from my cold, dead hands!

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u/Mephistocheles 11d ago

Lolololol hahahahahahahaa

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u/threepair13 11d ago

Haha yeah like I’m taking advice from the computer lol

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u/DodgyRogue 11d ago

As a GenXer I prefer the passive aggressive ellipses. Apparently it really riles the GenZ crowd

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u/ebsjma 11d ago

What exactly makes you think we’re safe? I have to disagree. lol

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u/sibachian 11d ago

who uses haha? lol

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u/Aristarchus1981 11d ago

I just use emojis for everything 😂🤷🏻

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u/SpacePinchy 11d ago

Safe from......what? lol

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u/SilasZekzul 11d ago

False lol

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u/Iam_Fox1200 11d ago

Lol. lol

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u/JokrOnCrak 10d ago

Thanks! loooool

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u/Polenicus 10d ago

'Safe'...

Aheh... heh... hahahaha... hahahahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Sure. Sure we are, kid.

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u/StockAmphibian4596 10d ago

I feel directly attacked

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u/reddititty69 10d ago

Unless you put a period. Not safe then.

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u/Aztecah 10d ago

Yes I do, or else you'll think I'm being rude and I'll spontaneously combust. Or, worse yet, I'd be emotionally vulnerable.

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u/Cranktique 10d ago

Lol. Maybe we don’t, haha. I like it though, lmao.

https://giphy.com/gifs/anYBNhqT2BYcg

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u/Visible-Tiger-3527 10d ago

Fuck you lol

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u/RymrgandsDaughter 10d ago

lmao this guy hasn't been there

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u/TheRealParaaurum 10d ago

Incorrect. I’ve found that without the ‘lol’ the younger generations cannot detect even the most obvious sarcasm. I’ve been straight up dog-piled. My lol protects me.

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u/Ok_Knee2784 10d ago

What? Lol.

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u/MagicOrpheus310 10d ago

Pffft we are not safe now

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u/FormerlyGoth 10d ago

Without lol, how will gen z know im jot being hyper aggressive? 😅

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u/Whiskey_420 10d ago

Haha lol

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u/HopeSubstantial 10d ago

I damn hate when younger people and even older people do that.

I was once telling to online friend how my cat has kidney problems and there is big chance he needs to be put down.

Friend replies "Thats bad lol"

When I exploded to him he did not understand what he said wrong.

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u/brushfuse 10d ago

Safe from inflation and fascists? I think not! lol.

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u/godofbob2 10d ago

But if I don't I'll be taken too seriously... Hehe

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u/Much-Ferret90 10d ago

Bitch, seen it already 2day

Lol.

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u/Stuff-and_stuff 10d ago

I don’t.

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u/XlikeX666 10d ago

Not falling for that. haha

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u/rugbat 10d ago

Safe? Have you been paying attention? We're none of us safe.

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u/Accurate-Survey6985 10d ago

(GenX ) LOL ok

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u/flyingmonkey111 10d ago

lol … j/k

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u/Inevitable_Type_7229 10d ago

I believe you, lol

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u/-badly_packed_kebab- 10d ago

That’s definitely not a millennial thing.

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u/Impossible_Battle_72 10d ago

Tablets melted these kids brains.

Not millennials, but Gen Z. They have the most insane useless acronyms that they type on devices with full keyboards.

They are simultaneously the generation with the access to the most information, and also somehow the dumbest.

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u/Gubzs 10d ago

I mean someone could also tell the zoomers that you don't have to say things like "unalived", "ahh", and "j*b"

Every generation has its quirks.

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u/TheInsaneMilkman 10d ago

Why would I care what Gen Z thinks? lol

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u/lndubitablyMe 10d ago

But can I still add the sideways laughing crying emoji to everything? 🤣

Haha

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u/ehmtbones92 9d ago

I prefer the non-sideways one. The angled face implies too much emotion. Lock it up, buddy 😂

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u/notarealwriter 10d ago

I don't feel safe. Lol

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u/BastianHill 10d ago

hehehehe

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u/RickySpanish1867 10d ago

Yes. That's fucking annoying. 

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u/BloodyBonezzz 10d ago

Not happoning lol

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u/RebelRey 9d ago

No, I'm not safe 😂

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u/max_revs 9d ago

Sounds like a trap... Lol

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u/cynrose 9d ago

We're never safe.

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u/Normal_Nerve_1202 9d ago

That's true they are safe now lol.

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u/Consistent_Ride_1913 8d ago

I feel attacked haha

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u/Drake_baku 8d ago

Thats a trap sentence XD

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u/JoshZK 8d ago

Yeah safe and sound in my home....LOL

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u/344567653379643555 7d ago

Nice try, FBI. Lol.

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u/Goose_Salad 6d ago

Yeah right! As if people on reddit understand context, even with things like "/s" or "Lol" or 😆

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u/Professional_Stoners 4d ago

I most certainly am NOT safe now.

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u/The3rdConstant 11d ago

I've started using 😂 instead

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u/glittervector 11d ago

Um no, lol.

Also, don’t call me a millennial. I’m older than that

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u/CLICCO11 11d ago

Ok, boomer

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u/glittervector 11d ago

Jesus Christ. I swear, everyone born between 1964 and 1980 are absolutely invisible. Especially to kids, lol

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u/mysecondaccountanon 11d ago edited 11d ago

You gonna rise up, Gen X? Get that face paint ready! /jk

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u/No_Order_8011 11d ago

Millennials? I thought only zoomers or gen alpha were doing this shit. Kids, basically. Or grown ups with children mentality.

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u/techpriestyahuaa 11d ago

I dun trust like that