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[–] ScruffyDucky@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Which makes this sign very confusing

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's obviously someone drowning at close to the absolute value of O.

Or is it stating that lol is similar to "call 911" when ou see someone drowning? Hum... I guess it's not so obvious.

[–] ScruffyDucky@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Why not both :)

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[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have a friend who thinks LOL means "lots of love" and uses it as a generic signoff.

Had to reread it several times when he wrote "Mother in law died yesterday LOL".

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

He meant what he said and he said what he meant.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I read it that way, and then "lots of laughs" for years. I had to consciously force myself to read it for what it actually means.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's a dinner sign tho.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It's obviously a head shot of a person holding their hands in the air like they just don't care.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When I was getting serious about photography I started seeing the world as a series of reflected lights, and shades. It was honestly kind of trippy. Anything you do a lot creeps into your psyche.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sounds more like a font that makes the characters ambiguous.

lol vs |o| looks very different on my device

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Not sure what the font is, but looks more likely to be upper O.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I find it comforting. I'm pretty sure -0 is false vacuum decay.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

sounds like a floating point error

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago