That’s a bit annoying, but at least it represents laughing. What I hate is when it’s just used to “lighten the mood” and doesn’t represent laughing at all.

And, the proper way is “jajajaja”, as my Spanish-speaking friends have taught me.

I hate “lol” as punctuation. If you’re legitimately laughing out loud, fine. But, I really hate:

“can I show u something lol”

“I gave it to David lol”

I vote “squeal”.

If I remember correctly that stands for “if invisible raccoons concur”.