XD LOLz: A History of Laughter in Text

Laughing online is as ancient as the internet itself. Back in the days of emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get innovative with our textual expressions. "XD" popped up in the late 90s as a way to express amusement. It was like the ASCII equivalent of crackin' up. Then came "LOL" - an abbreviation of "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly rose to fam

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