[Chrissi]

I very rarely use lol, and I frequently use "brb" or "afk" when chatting, because those are acronyms that save a LOT of time. I dislike lol because it has been... I don't know, perverted. People use it all the freaking time even when they're obviously not laughing and something's not even funny.

Aside from that, most of them dont' save much space and just make you look stupid. Even before the internet I came into the habit of using "cya", so I don't even think about that as being a shortened word. It's a word, to me.

I prefer to be easy to read than type faster. I'm just so selfless that way.