When you use a laughing smiley are you really laughing...
 

..or just vaguely smiling or maybe not even at all...


..LMAO...are you really..?...or ROFLING round the floor etc...is that what you are doing when you post that you are..?...etc etc...

In Reality ... No.

..GLENN BILL exposes the laughing smiley cover up on TiBB...:laugh:...

I use all three levels in an appropriate manner

:laugh: = lol - smiling to small chuckle
:laugh2: = lmao - actually paused while reading and then laughed out loud
:laugh3: = lmfao - slapping my knee, grasping my chest in hysterical laughter

:joker: I am making a joke, or am responding to your joke with laughter;I got your joke.
:hehe: I may or may not be having a cheeky chuckle at your or someone else's expense, even mine :hehe:

but I am a laugh out loud kinda person in life as well

if i use three :joker::joker::joker: then i'm laughing out loud

A lot of the time I am laughing out loud, theres been more than a few occasions where I have had to try explaining to whoever else is in the room with me why I suddenly burst out laughing.

The other times is basically to say, I know it's a joke, I'm making a joke, I see what you did there etc.

Lots on here though I forget to post a smiley and then people take my posts as serious when I'm joking.

Yes I am alot
but I never use smiles
as its not Professional

No you do need them
you are at a Higher Level


Feel The Force

..Nathan..?..:laugh:...

..I know what you mean though about not using smileys/laughing smileys, it's only relatively recently that I've tried to use them more because otherwise it can sound as though I've really meant something that I've said in a light way...

Hhaha yeah it's true that it was Nathan mostly that made me really laugh out loud especially with his random posts and images.

When I use :elephant: I in fact turn into an elephant

Where did he go? I miss him.

Yes, if I post a few jokers at once.

If I'm not I'll use the grinning one.

If I use this one :laugh3: then I really am in hysterical laughter.

I´m not sure if i have ever used the laugh smilie tbh.

But outside, i´m quite stoic, but who knows what happens inside?

(Well, me obviously, but who else?)

:laugh: = A smile/small laugh
:joker: = I'm laughing, but not loads
:joker: :joker: = You've really made me laugh well done
:joker: :joker: :joker: = I'm laughing enough for my mum to think I'm having problems breathing
:joker: :joker: :joker: :joker: = You've killed me, I'm in the back of an ambulance on my way to A&E

Although most of the time smilies are just used for the sake of it, sometimes it makes posts look more light hearted

That's pretty accurate for me too

Not normally.

Its embarassing when you actually randomly burst out laughing when reading a forum. I SNORTED once while my mum was here and had to explain :S

I regularly have others in my company looking at me as if I'm nuts when I'm reading posts on here and I burst out laughing (usually insane LeatherTrumpet) and sometimes I cannot then stop giggling for several minutes.

I only use Joker or Laugh emoticons if I truly find posts funny, though I have a broad sense of humour. Similarly, I only use clapping emoticons if I genuinely feel the post has merit.

No but then I am not a big laugher in general :notimpressed:

I'm almost the same as this but replace :laugh: with :joker: on the first line.

yes I am actually laughing


some of the live Eurovision comments had me laughing like a drain

I'm very cynical I sometimes think posters use clapping and laughing smilies to be sarcastic or agree with sarcastic comments :suspect:

I'd pretty much go with that.

:joker: I use this smiley to say 'you're wrong, I'm right'.

:laugh: This one is for laugh out loud.

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