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 digital expressions. "XD" showed its face in the mid 90s as a way to communicate amusement. It was like the ASCII equivalent of bursting with laughter. Then came "LOL" - an abbreviation of "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly becam