Facebook Rumor of the Year

LOL.

Jesse Walker | 12.3.2012 9:16 AM

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RightNut 14 years ago

LOL!
1. Lord Humungus 14 years ago
  
  well played, sir.
  1. Restoras 14 years ago
    
    Indeed.
Killazontherun 14 years ago

HS!
1. Spartacus 14 years ago
  
  His Satanesty?
2. trig 14 years ago
  
  Head shot?
3. Killazontherun 14 years ago
  
  This Christmas special will explain all:
  
  http://southpark-zone.blogspot.....stmas.html
Auric Demonocles 14 years ago

That makes a lot of sense when you think about it, lol.
1. Belgian 14 years ago
  
  Oh My God!!! He's been assimilated by the Satanist Anonbot Collective!!
  1. Auric Demonocles 14 years ago
    
    According to doherty, I've been a bot for years, shilling for Big Alt-Text.
    1. LTC(ret) John 14 years ago
      
      Then, sir, I join you. Alt-Text Now, Alt-Text Tomorrow, Alt-Text Forever!
sarcasmic 14 years ago

And remember that the peace sign is an upside down broken cross, and the Proctor and Gamble logo is a satanic symbol.
hamilton 14 years ago

Shit! I thought it stood for "Libertarianism over Languor" Will stop immediately.
1. hamilton 14 years ago
  
  Can I still use "ROFL"?
  1. DEATFBIRSECIA 14 years ago
    
    You mean "Rollin on Full Lucifer?" Absolutely not!
tarran 14 years ago

You know, it's terrible that when people greet each other, they say "Hello!" thereby spreading subliminal advertising on behalf of the Adversary with each act of politeness.

People who really oppose Satan should say "Heaveno" instead of "Hello".
1. Andrew S. 14 years ago
  
  You laugh, but there have been actual attempts to do just that.
  1. tarran 14 years ago
    
    I got the idea from Walter Jon Williams's The Rift, which is an awesome book.
2. Marshall Gill 14 years ago
  
  My parents heard that shit when I was a teenager. They began answering the phone "Praise the Lord, Gill residence" and continued to do so until my mother passed away in '91.
  1. robc 14 years ago
    
    Monty Burns still answers the phone, "Ahoy Ahoy".
    1. swillfredo pareto 14 years ago
      
      I believe the correct pronuciation is Ahoy-hoy.
      1. LTC(ret) John 14 years ago
        
        Aye aye.
3. Randian 14 years ago
  
  Heaven-Os would make a bitchin' cereal.
  1. $park? 14 years ago
    
    I'm imagining little "O"s made of stale bread floating in a bowl of wine.
    1. WWNGD? 14 years ago
      
      as he said... bitchin'
T 14 years ago

I thought it stood for "Llewellyn Over Libertarians" and was a hope for the eventual triumph of Rockwell over Cato and Mises.org.
1. affenkopf 14 years ago
  
  Rockwell over Mises.org? The guy founded the institute.
  1. RBS 14 years ago
    
    Just switch reason with Mises. Just think if that happened. Most boring Libertopia ever.
  2. T 14 years ago
    
    Doesn't mean he still agrees with it. Schism looms eternal in libertopia.
sarcasmic 14 years ago

I always thought it meant "loser online".
$park? 14 years ago

Everybody knows that Christianity is a philosophy, not a religion. You'll have to be more specific.
DJF 14 years ago

Can Satanists still use LOL or now that the secret is out do they have to use something else?
1. Rights-Minimalist Autocrat 14 years ago
  
  Joy Eternal in Service of Unholy Satan.
Fist of Etiquette 14 years ago

"All praise to Satan, for he is great. LOL!"

Yeah, I can see it.
matth 14 years ago

alt-text brilliance has occurred.
Bramblyspam 14 years ago

... and the AT&T logo is the death star!
KPres 14 years ago

Yes We Can!
Dr. Frankenstein 14 years ago

WTF
LOL
KISS
Dr. Frankenstein 14 years ago

WTF
LOL
KISS
1. Dr. Frankenstein 14 years ago
  
  This wasn't my fault. Apparently the squirrel are Knight's in Satans Service as well. And don't like me using their Lord's name in vain.
  1. Dr. Frankenstein 14 years ago
    
    And it's too early for me to type as well.
Nicholas Sarwark 14 years ago

As both a member of the KISS (Kings in Satan's Service) Army and one of the AC/DC (Against Christ/Devil's Children), I can confirm that this is completely correct.
1. LTC(ret) John 14 years ago
  
  Do you have to file and wax your horns? Does the tail interfere with chair usage?
  
  LOL!
anon 14 years ago

Why only share this information with Christians?
1. SugarFree 14 years ago
  
  Because everyone who's not a Christian already knows and Christians can't let Satanists know that they are on to them, because they will change their worship of Satan to some other means.
  
  Geez, it's like you've never learned even the basics of retard conspiracy theory.
  1. $park? 14 years ago
    
    because they will change their worship of Satan to some other means.
    
    Like listening to heavy metal music and playing Dungeons & Dragons.
Aresen 14 years ago

O For Flibbertigibbet's Sake.
sticks 14 years ago

I doubt this is real. I suspect bored atheists made the graphic. Or not.
1. Jesse Walker 14 years ago
  
  I think there's a good chance it started as a joke. But then, lots of rumors start that way; then they leak into new contexts where people take them at face value. Google it and you'll find people sincerely pondering the possibility that it's true.
  1. $park? 14 years ago
    
    Just the other night I was lamenting that my kids' lack of critical thinking ability was going to end up with them believing everything they read on the Internet. That my wife didn't see what the big deal was just made it worse.
  2. Doctor Whom 14 years ago
    
    Possibly. I once started a parody Christian ministry and later learned that a fundy was quoting it at face value.
    1. Agammamon 14 years ago
      
      Not Landover Baptist?
      1. Doctor Whom 14 years ago
        
        No.
2. Tonio 14 years ago
  
  Poe's law, Sticks. An effective parody is indistinguishable from the real thing.
rts 14 years ago

I would have thought "Rumor of the Year" would have gone to "It was because of a video".
1. KPres 14 years ago
  
  Perhaps their differentiating between rumors and calculated propaganda.
RxCzar 14 years ago

I believe Facebook was Dante's 9th circle of hell. So this makes perfect sense.
Reformed Republican 14 years ago

If this gets people to stop using LOL, does the end justify the means?
1. Tonio 14 years ago
  
  lulz!
DrZaius 14 years ago

OMG!
1. LTC(ret) John 14 years ago
  
  ZOMG!
Jerryskids 14 years ago

I thought LOL stood for Lots Of Love - as in "I'm sorry to tell you, honey, that your father passed away this morning. LOL, Mom".
1. RxCzar 14 years ago
  
  or from your doctor:
  "OMG u got cancer, LOL docjoe"
2. Tonio 14 years ago
  
  Many acronyms have multiple meanings, Posterchild.
Warty 14 years ago

...please be real please be real please be real please be real...
1. $park? 14 years ago
  
  LOL!
Timrek 14 years ago

As a non-believer I just end my texts with...Atheists Love Life And Happiness! Praise ALLAH!!
1. THIS SUX 14 years ago
  
  Is this some commentary on the duality of man?
  1. Tonio 14 years ago
    
    Son, some day this peace craze is going to blow over.
  2. LTC(ret) John 14 years ago
    
    Son, who's side are you on?
Loki 14 years ago

LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL

*throws up "devil horns"
entropy 14 years ago

What about Lucifer Our Fucking Lord and Reing Over Fire Lucifer Our Lord? Are those OK or are they satanic too?

Also is Kleenex racist? (Kill Lame Eskimos, End Native Existence Xenophobically)
1. KPres 14 years ago
  
  Don't be silly. Racists communicate through code words, like incompetent. They don't use anagrams.
  1. entropy 14 years ago
    
    Then how do you explain all those smallpox laden tissue papers?
Joe M 14 years ago

1996 called, it wants its idiotic chain e-mail back.
THIS SUX 14 years ago

what sort of beta subhuman still uses "lol", the hip phrase is "lel", "lawl" and "lulz" are acceptable variants.
1. Darm 14 years ago
  
  Lulz is the plural of lol.
Julio Cesar Samper Uribe 14 years ago

How about, when the Internet was starting to become mainstream (late '90s - early '00s), and the rumor that "www" stood for 666?

It was based on the fact that the Hebrew letter vav (?) is sixth in the alphabet.

It doesn't take into account that vav is always transcribed as 'v' (at least in modern Hebrew), and in Hebrew numerology, numbers always add, so it's 6+6+6 = 18, which turns out to be a lucky number.

At least it tweaks the fundies' nipples.
Agammamon 14 years ago

Snopes?

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