XD LOLz: A History of Laughter in Text

Chuckling online is as vintage as the internet itself. Back during emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get creative with our textual expressions. "XD" popped up in the mid 90s as a way to communicate amusement. It was like the ASCII equivalent of crackin' up. Then came "LOL" - standing for "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly took over the internet

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