I was thinking bout the same thing, well kinda anyway. However, my line of thought was that we never know what kind of lol it was. Was it like a joyous lol, or was it like, shake your head and look down, sigh, lol, and mutter man thats fucked up. Was it more of silent lol, that's really a smirk. In fact I think all lol, should really be just smirks, -JS- its full reversible as Jack Schitt as well. I mean when was the last time IRL or online that U actually laughed out loud. I've seen some funny shit here, but its always been a smirk, mutter, re smirk.
Now just got hit with some more questions too... sorry to nerd your thread red.
I mean, lol.