XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Laughing online is as old-school as the internet itself. Back in the days of emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get wild with our typed expressions. "XD" popped up in the late 90s as a way to communicate amusement. It was like the ASCII equivalent of crackin' up. Then came "LOL" - an abbreviation of "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly took over th