Wojack doesn’t really belong in the mass extinction category since it is an evolution from the earliers. However Smug Wojack 2 and Tired Wojack are survivors of the earlier Wojack offshoots and Crying Nooo Soyjack is a survivor of a Soyjack offshoot.
ROFL:ROFL:LOL:ROFL:ROFL _________||_________ L / [ O\LOL===== |_|_\ L B|O M B ) F |______,-------¬_____/ T // }-OMGROCKET)) W // _______||_||_________/_/
I remember that too. I also remember when 80% of conversations online started with "a/s/l?" and canines roamed the chatrooms like never before or since.
how far are you away from keyboard though? One usually has their phone and people are used to asyncing chats. it's not like I sit down and put memes in the group chat as a scheduled event
I think it was honestly the popularity of ROFL over LAMO that signed its death warrant. It became associated with Internet culture at the time. Usually the popular slang isn't the ones that stick around. It's the less flashy ones that trickle out of the subculture and latches onto the lexicon.
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H4rdStyl3z@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 188 pts · 297d
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 36 pts · 297d
!science_memes@mander.xyz would enjoy this
yeather@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 297d
Wojack doesn’t really belong in the mass extinction category since it is an evolution from the earliers. However Smug Wojack 2 and Tired Wojack are survivors of the earlier Wojack offshoots and Crying Nooo Soyjack is a survivor of a Soyjack offshoot.
joelfromaus@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 297d
This person Wojacks.
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 297d
We should bring back the sad “OK” guy. That one has some panache.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 104 pts · 297d
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 33 pts · 297d
What, no lolerskates?
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 297d
Shot me right back to 2005
python@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 297d
Oh god, my brain has decided to read the "Rofl Copter" part with the intonation of that "Chicken Jockey" meme. That feels very wrong.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 297d
c u r s e d
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 84 pts · 297d
Got into its roflcopter and flew away.
ROFL:ROFL:LOL:ROFL:ROFL_________||_________L / [ O\LOL===== |_|_\L B|O M B )F |______,-------¬_____/T // }-OMGROCKET))W // _______||_||_________/_/RandomStickman@fedia.io · 31 pts · 297d
soisoisoisoisoisoi
TommyJohnsFishSpot@lemy.lol · 6 pts · 297d
JOHN MADDEN
DrDystopia@lemy.lol · 5 pts · 297d
Funny, now I got that Super Mario song stuck in my head.
You know exactly which one.
dumbass@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 297d
Can you also count to schwifty five?
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 297d
Pour one out for their dearly departed lovechild, roflmao.
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 297d
We got old and rolling around on the floor hurts.
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 45 pts · 297d
I remember when rofl was ROTFL
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 43 pts · 297d
I remember that too. I also remember when 80% of conversations online started with "a/s/l?" and canines roamed the chatrooms like never before or since.
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 32 pts · 297d
DrDystopia@lemy.lol · 8 pts · 297d
The days before profile pictures and text. Nowadays anybody can check my profile and be none the wiser.
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 297d
I knew rofl in the early 90s and did not start seeing rotfl until the later 90s.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 297d
That T was just too much! Bandwidth back then isn't what it is now.
MJKee9@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 297d
Rotflmao was always the form i saw. I was a PowWow chat guy in the mid-90s. That and Chathouse. A lot fewer acronyms back then.
I sound like the pepperidge farm guy ...fuck me.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 297d
I was a fan of ROFLMAOZEDONG
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 297d
::: spoiler roflcopter
:::
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 297d
IALMMAO

OpenStars@discuss.online · 12 pts · 297d
bravesentry@feddit.org · 23 pts · 297d
Cousin? They were conjoined twins, known by ROFLMAO. Only one survived the operation.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 297d
My roflcopter goes soisoisoisoisoisoi
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 297d
Ventrilo macro spamming was almost an entirely distinct hobby from gaming
warm@kbin.earth · 18 pts · 297d
lmaonade vs roflcopter
beepbooprobot@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 297d
Blame rental prices. The next generation doesn't have a floor to roll on
PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 297d
lol, lmao even is always pronounced phonetically when I read it
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 7 pts · 297d
Does anyone read el-o-el or ar-o-ef-el?
LMAO is definitely el mao for me.
Bricriu@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 297d
"Le mao" for me
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 297d
french vs mexican Mao
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 297d
El mayo but roffel tower
copd@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 297d
Obligatory face jacker reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilBb-qNrp3E
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 297d
Lə-mao for me
dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 297d
I still use rofl because thats what iOS uses to autocomplete 🤣 emoji. It looks like lmao does too, but i always use rofl.
AppleTea@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 297d
"rolling on the floor laughing" but i'm not. Things are funny, sure, but so funny I'm on the floor? Years pas between such moments.
"laughing my ass off" has a swear in it
need I say more?
Zozano@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 297d
I laugh out loud every time I type out 'lol'.
Not sincerely, just one, loud, assertive...
Because then I'm not a liar.
qualia@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 297d
The worst part is the lying.
simonced@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 297d
Rofl doesn't involve ass, that's certainly why it's not popular lol.
treesapx@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 297d
My guess is that the "roflcopter" turned it into a meme and memes often have lifespans.
BanMe@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 297d
Roflmao has ass tho
azimir@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 297d
In my gaming circles roflstomp was quite entertaining during it's hayday.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 297d
I still enjoy a good roflstomp during my showers.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 11 pts · 297d
I feel like BRB kinda disappeared too. It’s like we took it for granted and one day it decided “you know what? I’m not gonna be back”.
orhtej2@eviltoast.org · 6 pts · 297d
Replaced by AFK?
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 297d
how far are you away from keyboard though? One usually has their phone and people are used to asyncing chats. it's not like I sit down and put memes in the group chat as a scheduled event
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 297d
I still use it and see it used, I don't think it's gone, maybe you're just not encountering it as much
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 297d
Who is lmfao?
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 297d
Sorry for party rockin
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 10 pts · 297d
They were brothers :(
hexabs@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 297d
I believe it's because you can't stretch ROFL the way you do lmaoooooooo.
The extra Os don't make sense as an abbreviation, but it's fun to shout it out
Johanno@feddit.org · 4 pts · 297d
Laughing my ass oooooooooooooff
Johandea@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 297d
Laughing my ass off off off off off off off off
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 297d
hexabs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 297d
Doesn't quite roll off the tongue as much (ironic lol)
morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 297d
top kek
Syltti@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 297d
I'll see your top kek, and raise you a top Nep.
meejle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 297d
pmsl
naught@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 297d
pissed my socks laughing
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 297d
Prime Minister Sunak* Laughing
*it's an election behind
orhtej2@eviltoast.org · 4 pts · 297d
Didn't know that one, thanks!
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 297d
Please, Marc Summers, Laugh!
TWeaK@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 297d
This song has the proper pronounciation.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 297d
🎵 You've shanked the right Ian Watkins, mate... 🎵
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 297d
I think the pandemic made everyone realize how filthy floors are.
Somsphet@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 297d
I instantly read this in David Attenborough's voice.
Copythis@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 297d
What about roflcopter?
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 297d
Wasn't that the slang for methoxetamine?
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 297d
ROFLMAO?
DO DOO DA DUNNA
Credibly_Human@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 297d
LMAO indicates something a person actually does, whereas ROFL isn't really a thing people do, so its more of a meme than it is useful.
That's my guess anyways. Like the latter is less mature because of that and so people use it less.
adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 297d
I hope you can get your ass reattached soon. Sucks when it comes off.
Credibly_Human@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 297d
Meh, I'm not too bothered. I need more time standing anyways.
Zidane@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 297d
I still rofl, gotta keep that shit strong
DrDystopia@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 297d
🫡
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 297d
Don't forget to take your medicine, gramps.
SuperNinjaFury@midwest.social · 5 pts · 297d
Lqtm
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 297d
Looks queer to me?
SuperNinjaFury@midwest.social · 2 pts · 297d
Laughing quietly to myself
InfiniteHench@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 297d
I miss roflcopters
MourningDove@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 297d
DrDystopia@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 297d
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 297d
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 297d
I used to say this out loud, nobody got it
blazeknave@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 297d
I feel disingenuous rofl these days
joker54@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 297d
I always said ROTFLMAO
I had too much free time on my hand (T9 FTW)
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 297d
Lol
Routhinator@startrek.website · 2 pts · 297d
ROTFLMFAO
Agent641@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 297d
Rolling on the laughing floor my fucking ass off?
Routhinator@startrek.website · 2 pts · 297d
Correct.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 297d
Nah I haven't read a lmao since the 2000's, only lol has managed to survive, the lone warrior
beebarfbadger@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 294d
Well, after the rebrand, LMFAO had a few banger hits. I couldn't remember a single good song that ROFL brought out though.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 297d
I think it was honestly the popularity of ROFL over LAMO that signed its death warrant. It became associated with Internet culture at the time. Usually the popular slang isn't the ones that stick around. It's the less flashy ones that trickle out of the subculture and latches onto the lexicon.