Toby Bartels wrote:
On a side note, even if it WAS rude, if ever being rude was a valid reason to deny someone sysop status, then a WHOLE bunch of sysops are in SERIOUS trouble. lol (laughing out loud, remember? You DID go read [[leet]], didn't you?)
Yes, I checked to see if it had any indication why "lol" always means "laughing out loud", never "lots of luck", even in a post that makes much more sense the latter way. As it turns out, [[Leet]] says nothing about "lol" at all.
In your case, however, I agree that it means "laughing out loud". ^_^
The [[Leet]] article didn't make much sense to me at all, but I agree that I found no reference to "lol" in it..
An abbreviation means exactly what the user intended it to mean.
`When _I_ use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less.'
JTDirl has not yet said what he intended, but the context (immediately before the signature) does suggest a meaning more akin to "lots of luck".
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