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How Many Will Be Upset If We Type Out LOL?
Cinebar
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Just wondering if typing out lol is as offensive as getting lolled with a button? Not sure where to put this thread since it's not a forum 'suggestion' and doesn't really belong in that area.
But say you say something and I just write LOL are you going to be offended about that?
ETA: Or Disagree? What is the difference?
But say you say something and I just write LOL are you going to be offended about that?
ETA: Or Disagree? What is the difference?
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There will always be people who get offended no matter what you do, so with them, it's a no-win situation. It's just a sign of the times.
That makes me smile. You know my husband didn't know what LOL means when it is text to him. He always thought it meant lots of love, and we had an argument one time that no it doesn't.
I don't care if I get LOLed or disagreed with (even though I had the most disagrees via the forum probably...), it does not bother me.
I will. Because I'm not understanding why or if one is better than the other, vs buttons, and or will even be allowed now, since so many take offense with a disagree or lol.
ETA: You know some people may get the word disagree wrote out on their posts more than others because there are some people here who I rarely can agree with. So, if I write disagree on their ten threads does that get people in trouble? And considered spam or something when I could have just hit the button?
LOL at the part in parentheses.
It depends on why ur laughing. If I've written a serious, thoughtful response and u laugh at them I'll wonder what's so funny. If I say something that's meant to make u laugh then I'll understand the lol. Or, if ur lol-ing to be condescending then that could be offensive to me.
The difference between typing it out and hitting a button for it is that I know who is laughing if u type it and I can ask u abt it or call u out on it. A button can make it frustrating since you have no idea who pushed it or why (the why is not always obvious).
And just because someone gets offending doesn't mean they're off to report u. Yeah, I wonder how that will go "so-and-so lol'ed at my super serious post. I'm reporting them." The forum mods would roll their eyes at the nonesense. You don't have to walk on egg shells, If anyone is afraid of being offended or called out for their rudeness then this isn't the forum for them, because ppl are going to offend and ppl are going to be called on it. I know I can give as good as I take. I expect ppl to be offended by some things I say and I expect ppl to call me out, and I expect nothing less from some ppl in these forums (I don't think ur one of them based on ur post) and you'd better believe that I do the same. Nothing wrong with it.
haha, because, if I remember correctly... Back in the day and I am not saying how many days ago it was but it was a LOT of days ago...
Before cell phones, before we all used the internet to text, we sent these little notes on paper to each other in class and I clearly remember my friends and I using LOL as Lots of Love back at the time. Also FTW did NOT mean For The WIn back then, either. :P
How can you determine why I would write LOL? Maybe how you speak is funny? Is there something wrong with laughing at Mark Twain and how he wrote his books to use colorful words and bad grammar to tell a story? Let's say I speak in a way (on purpose) most of the time and it doesn't show my education but adds color to my posts. Should I be offended if some lols because I think most people see it, but some don't. lol
ETA: I just read the part about now you will know who lolled you if they write it. Then it is as I suspected then? People wanted to know who was lolling so they could....'call them out'? I will have to think about that motive. (Note to self no lolling or disagreeing with out explaining it)
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Great I can finally quote somebody (my forum experience today is messed up and won't let me quote others) thank you. I will add you to my list that if I feel you were funny it's o.k. to lol you.
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But it is particular to The Sims 4 since this is where all the commotion started and voted back in then removed again. It is not off topic because it stems from The Sims 4 attitudes whether someone likes the game or not and or if someone is offended if someone likes the game or not. ETA: And it's not feedback so where else but in a general discussion? I'm not all that sure as I said.
Sorry I'm just getting the hang of where Threads about certain things should go since the Off-Topic Section of the forums is described: This is where you can chat about anything and everything that is not game related. I just wanted to suggest that perhaps it's better there since the buttons are not really related to the game. But yes, controversy did happen in The Sims 4 Discussion section but didn't exclusively occur there, allot of the controversy started with people who posted about serious topics that didn't relate to the game and got laughed at for their serious topic which led to them feeling offended and hurt.
Sometimes your creativity is limited where you use it most, but you can use those limitations to inspire new forms of creativity you may never have thought of beforehand.