LOL = Just Say No

I don't think I can properly describe my hatred for the term "LOL." I mean, if you're laughing, is it not out loud? I feel like anyone typing this sounds like a 12 year old girl. Only, I'm pretty sure even the tweens think "LOL" is passe. The worst part is that people actually SPEAK this term now. ARE. YOU. FREAKING. KIDDING? If it's funny, just laugh... and I don't care if it's out loud (but the narcissist in me appreciates the chuckles). Don't even get me started on the wide array of initialisms like LMAO and ROFL. People just sound like drones using these terms over and over. Use a little creativity!  I have no issues with a ha, hehe, hahahaha, bahaha. Go crazy, but use a WORD that actually is a sound!

Now this brings me to an initialism that is even new to me. When I received this in a text the other day (from a 33 year man mind you) I actually had to text my friend Kelly to find out what it meant. When she told me the answer I didn't believe that could possibly be right and looked it up on Urban Dictionary. To my absolute horror she was correct. SMH = Shaking My Head. Please, PLEASE explain to me why this needs to be a term? Not to mention, that it really didn't even make sense in the context I received it in. Why shake your head? Why tell me you're shaking your head? Did your kid receive a bad math test score? Are you reading that taxes are going up? What????

Whatever happened to descriptive words, or even just typing a word out? How hard is it to write out "you," instead of "u" or "are" instead of "r?" This is the end of the English language as we know it. The entire human race will be talking in text shorthand in the next 10 years. Things will get so bad that babies will start saying "LOL," instead of laughing. The elderly will have to walk around with multimedia to English translation books. The world will sound like a bunch of smartasses non-stop. Or morons. I say morons, but that's just me.


So kids (and ESPECIALLY adults) JUST SAY NO TO LOL!