XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Laughing online is as ancient as the internet itself. Back in the days of emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get wild with our digital expressions. "XD" appeared in the early 90s as a way to convey amusement. It was like the ASCII equivalent of laughing out loud. Then came "LOL" - standing for "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly became as the go-t