If you must write “lol”, or “lmao”, or the robust and heady “roflmao”, make sure that it is in response to what someone else said (don’t “lol” at your own jokes), and that it fits the situation. Very rarely does someone roll on the floor, laughing their ass off, so make sure that your use of “roflmao” reflects this.
Further, do not weave these abbreviations into a sentence unless it makes sense. The best way to check if you’ve used an abbreviation properly is to read the abbreviation as if you had typed it out in full. “Laughing out loud hahah look at that idiot” only makes you look like the idiot.
