I am a victim of epic lulz when I'm around m regular friends. It started out with me and some of my friends constantly speaking "leet speak" at school in order to create "epic e-lulz"
Unfortunantly(?) for me, this has become a (bad?) habit. Sometimes I say lol, and sometimes I say "kthxbai" instead of just "bye"
Even one of the girls which was in my class last school year used to say "lol", and it's used just like it is on the net - about things that don't really make you laught at all.
I personally think it's time for me to stop the "l33t speaking" and just go back to being less wierd.
The question is: Do you ever use any of these internet acronyms when speaking to a person? By that I mean in real life, not "team speak"
Also, how do you think the future "l33t speak" will be? Do you think your kids will go around saying words like "lol" and "kthxbai" in real life?