I'm curious, does anyone else remember a time on the Internet ... • Aaron Parecki

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I'm curious, does anyone else remember a time on the Internet when "LOL" meant "lots of love"? Pretty sure I used to sign emails that way.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Oct 29, 2014 7:07pm -07:00

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- Eli Piatt facebook.com/82301162
  
  I think it was a rumour spread in order to trick moms
  
  Tue, Nov 4, 2014 2:44am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Sheldon Renan facebook.com/676731595
  
  You're just a nicer person, Aaron.
  
  Sun, Nov 2, 2014 6:33pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki facebook.com/11500459
  
  Most of my early emailing was from a Juno account!
  
  Sun, Nov 2, 2014 5:38pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Ben Roberts facebook.com/14305603
  
  Now that I think about it, we did use that... On Juno. Dial up e-mail.
  
  Sun, Nov 2, 2014 1:25pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Torgie Madison facebook.com/11500129
  
  correction, my *mom* switched... naturally :P
  
  Sat, Nov 1, 2014 4:19pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Torgie Madison facebook.com/11500129
  
  Nope, I switched from Prodigy to AOL pretty early on, and in the AOL chat rooms LOL was always Laugh out Loud
  
  Sat, Nov 1, 2014 4:18pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Janey Ellis facebook.com/11522548
  
  I don't recall using it in e-mails, but I do remember using it in middle school yearbooks.
  
  Fri, Oct 31, 2014 5:55am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Ben Roberts facebook.com/14305603
  
  hah, yeah, that didn't last too long though from my memory
  
  Fri, Oct 31, 2014 3:24am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- tilgovi webmention.dokku.hypothes.is/u/tilgovi
  tilgovi on I'm curious, does anyone else remember a time on the Internet when at Oct 30, 2014, 9:13:10 AM remember a time on the Internet This one, when I sent a bunch of stupid test notes because I was up late debugging.
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 11:57am -07:00
- Ben Werdmüller werd.io/profile/benwerd
  
  LOL
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 5:49pm +00:00
- Kelldicott Ryan Dockham facebook.com/501521713
  
  I remember it being used in 1994 the way it is currently.
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 2:19pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Brock Dittus facebook.com/165000091
  
  REALLY? I remember hearing stories about the mixup of the two meanings but I thought they were apocryphal. Rife with comedic potential though.
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 9:21am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- webmention.dokku.hypothes.is
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 2:10am -07:00
- Leif Warner facebook.com/214901267
  
  Not as far as I can remember. Musta been before my time.
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 6:43am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Kiera Elizabeth www.facebook.com/10203522753333840
  
  bring it back Aaron!
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 3:18am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki facebook.com/11500459
  
  Yea, like around 1998 is when I remember using it.
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 3:17am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Kiera Elizabeth facebook.com/1364478148
  
  pre 2000 perhaps?
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 3:16am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Peat Bakke peat.org
  
  @aaronpk I just had a conversation about this. Also, the and notation before the rise of the emoticon.
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 2:13am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Meli Lewis twitter.com/meli_lewis
  
  @aaronpk "I hope you start feeling better, grandma.
  
  LOL"
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 2:12am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- brand dailor twitter.com/strattg
  
  @aaronpk not on the internet, but according to wikipedia it was historically used in letter-writing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL
  
  Thu, Oct 30, 2014 2:09am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)

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