XD LOLZ: A HISTORY OF LAUGHTER IN TEXT

Chuckling online is as old-school as the internet itself. Back in the days of emoji and meme-ified faces, we had to get creative with our digital expressions. "XD" appeared in the mid 90s as a way to convey amusement. It was like a text-based representation of bursting with laughter. Then came "LOL" - standing for "Laughing Out Loud," it quickly