I've become doubtful of your LOL-ing...

Either we've drastically lowered our comedic bar, or we're over-using (and inappropriately-using) the term LOL. It is a rare occasion that I am laughing out loud (LOL - for anyone in the blog audience that may not have experienced the acronym) throughout a movie these days. Television is the same. It takes a real comic genius to make people laugh out loud or guffaw. Less comedic genius will make us smirk, chuckle, and even agree that it should be funny - but haven't gone to the audible LOL stage yet.

And yet, 50% or more of the texts I receive, or facebook comments, have a LOL in them. I doubt that seriously.

For instance, read this:
"Man, do I wish I had an iPad."

Are you LOL-ing?
No.
There is nothing humorous about that.

Say it again, and this time, force an audible, hearty, guffaw...
You just sounded ridiculous.

So let's up the bar a bit for humorists and people really working to make us laugh, and cut all of the LOL-ing.

Peace,
Ross

From Tweet to Post

Let me first say that I think comedy might just be the most difficult genre to understand. People are so varied and what we call funny is as varied as we are.

Explosions are exciting.
Kids dying are sad.
But what's funny is so so very different.

The other day I made a tweet that a sitcom based on Nickelback would be a success because they are laughable. That got me thinking about other things that combined with Nickelback would be comedy gold...

Brendan Frasier
Paul Walker
Talking Dogs
Flatulence
People Falling

Think about it. I'm pressing publish post, and am expecting a phone call from Comedy Central.

Peace,
Ross