XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Laughing online is as vintage as the internet itself. Back before emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get wild with our digital expressions. "XD" showed its face in the mid 90s as a way to convey amusement. It was like the ASCII equivalent of crackin' up. Then came "LOL" - short for "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly rose to fame as the go-to phra