Show HN: A device that only lets you type lol if you've truly laughed out loud

  • Back in my youth, I had a friend on AIM who excessively typed “lol”. We ended up talking on the phone once and I was surprised to learn that (a) she actually did laugh out loud approximately that frequently and (b) it was more of a nervous giggle, and not so much a full-throated laugh.

  • Are we still pretending "lol" is not just a piece of grammar now?

  • There was a time when we used to reserve these kinds of jokes for April fool's day.

    I hate April fool's day but if it was these kinds of jokes, I'd be very amused.

  • But does it work for ROFLMAO?

  • For me at least, it's more like "slight exhale through nose"

  • I absolutely love this. I'm glad that local machine learning is within reach for everyday hobbyists and not entirely limited to big organizations with deep pockets or experts. This may be a dumb joke, but the tech is there to make loads of useful things.

    It reminds me of a more tech-oriented version of the hilarious 'Unnecessary Inventions' guy who makes great unnecessary (not: not useless) inventions - you may enjoy his channel if you like this:

    https://unnecessaryinventions.com/

  • Cool. How about a device that gives you a mild jolt if you write that you are "shocked, shocked" to discover something.

  • I love this idea. Concepts like this is useful for making a tighter connection between the real world and the online world.

  • if you exclaim 'lol!' it lets you type 'lolol'

  • Offtop

    lol doesnt mean just laughed...

    It also means being shocked or surprised "lol?"

    For some reason people who try to define lol often miss that 2nd, popular meaning

  • I once proposed to some people I know getting started in app development an idea: the app would listen to what you say and if you said the word "gĂĽey" more than five times in a 24 hour window it would give you an electric shock.

    I was only about four fifths joking.

  • This is pointless because the code should be verifying the expression IALOL'd., as LOL is not intended to express actual laughter. Just saying.

  • OK I wouldn't lie, I didn't LOL but I chuckled pretty loudly.

  • What if I said LOL for "lots of love" instead?

  • Relevant Greg Giraldo bit: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NMQDVhoGHak

  • My beard just got some grey in it when I laughed in my head and didn’t reply “rol”, the entirely opt in lol-verifier that we all used to treat as sacred.

  • Can it differentiate laughing and crying?

  • Haha! Brilliant. Next is to configure based on "highness"....

  • But can you type "vexillology" without laughing?

  • ...some men just want to watch the world burn

  • Shout out to, "bahaha".

  • how about LMAO thogh?

  • Let's be honest, in most contexts lol is just a smile and a good feeling.

    When I was at school around 2003 I actually heard someone yell out across the cafeteria "you're so f*king lol!", in swedish. It was used as a verb.

  • LOS

  • lol

  • The crystalologist wept, for they had dropped their lollipop on the floor.

  • Now do one for the French equivalent MDR.

  • Now make one that shocks you when you don't literally laugh your ass off.

  • Lol

  • that's funny

  • Video doesn’t play - is HN capable of breaking Twitter now?

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  • ok, boomer.

    lol today means "yeah, rigth"