Is it just me, or do “hehe”, “hehehe”, and “hehehehe” mean different things?

I’ve always considered that texting “hehe” is a light chuckle, a “heh heh” sound; “hehehe” is more of a giggle, whether coy or creepy; and any more “he”s than that delves into witchy cackling territory.

In contrast “haha”, “hahaha”, and “hahahaha”, all sound the same in my head, and the meaning only varies in intensity but is more context dependent.

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agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 191d

Hehe: innocent little chuckle

Hehehe: mischief

Hehehehe: devious plotting

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 191d (1 reply)

heh - slight laugh
hehe - mischieveous
hehehe - genuine laugh
hehehehe - Lois, this is Family Guy

DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 7 pts · 191d

"Hey Lois, I'm text based!"

thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 191d

tee hee :3

Peestains@lemmus.org · 8 pts · 191d

Hehe in any form sounds like Michael Jackson in my head.

WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 191d

Muahahaha!

IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 191d

By number of 'hehs':

1-2: situational ranging from genuine to sarcastic to 'funny but not haha funny'

3-4: "got'Em"

Hehehehehe: devious

Anything past that is a chuckle on its way to laughing.

spittingimage@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 191d (2 replies)

I think that typing "hehe" (or any of its variations) is like saying "gasp" or "shudder" out loud. Gonna take what you have to say a lot less seriously after that.

ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 191d (1 reply)
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spittingimage@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 191d

Whimsy? On the internet? Why, it's unheard of!

timsjel@piefed.world · 3 pts · 190d (1 reply)

 Best one, by far (that I never use): Ha!

MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 1 pts · 190d

Thanks… Now you’ve got me thinking about /HAAW/.

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big_slap@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org · 2 pts · 191d

I agree on the first part, but disagree on the second.

haha is more like saying it without changing your facial muscles. hahaha is then the normal laughter and hahahaha is the crazy psychopath, let's back away fast with more ha' equaling to more running speed.

aeration1217@lemmy.org · 1 pts · 191d

one is mike jackson, one is a cute giggle, the last one is a sociopath