XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Laughing online is as ancient as the internet itself. Back before emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get innovative with our digital expressions. "XD" showed its face in the early 90s as a way to communicate amusement. It was like a text-based representation of laughing out loud. Then came "LOL" - an abbreviation of "Laughing Out Loud," it qui