XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Laughing online is as ancient as the internet itself. Back during emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get wild with our typed expressions. "XD" appeared in the early 90s as a way to convey amusement. It was like a text-based representation of crackin' up. Then came "LOL" - short for "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly became as the go-to word for a