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{{Notice|See: [[Lulz Map]], [[IDIFTL]], Just like cosmological constant, Einstein predicted [[The Comprehensive Theory of Lulz]]}}
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[[Image:LULZ_birth.png|thumb|Scientists have carbon dated the first use of '''lulz''' to [[Jameth]].]]
[[File:Lulisdick.png|thumb|right|So you came here for the LULz? the Dutch claim [[penis|otherwise]].]]
[[Image:White_pages_lulz.png|thumb|[[Ohio]] has the highest concentration of lulz in America.]]
[[Image:No_lulz.png|thumb|There are, however, no lulz to be found in [[Hollywood]]. [[Jews|We all know why that is.]]]]
[[Image:Mark being a script sperm.jpg|thumb|I did it for the lulz]]
[[Image:Corruptionoflulz.jpg|thumb|On ur shipments, corruptin ur lulz.]]
[[Image:Lolzturtle.gif|thumb|The infamous lulz [[I_Like_Turtles|turtle]].]]
[[Image:Lulz warrior turtle.jpg|thumb|200px|The infamous lulz turtle in first stage battlemode.]]
[[Image:Lulz Turtle Liekz Mudkipz.gif|thumb|200px|The infamous lulz turtle rapes a [[So i herd u liek mudkip|Mudkip]].]]
[[Image:Lulz Mech Turtle.jpg|thumb|200px|The infamous lulz turtle in his final and most lulzy form.]]
[[Image:LulzyBobby.gif|thumb|200px|[[Hank Hill|''King of the Hill'''s]] Bobby enjoys the lulz.]]
[[Image:Antilolzturtle.gif|thumb|200px|The [[anti-lulz]] turtle. LOLWUT!?]]
[[Image:Olde Time Lulz.gif|thumb|200px|Ye olde time lulz turtle.]]
[[Image:Lulzturtlehentai1.gif|thumb|200px|Lulz rare turtle [[porn|pr0n]].]]
[[Image:LOLZZZZ.jpg|thumb|200px|The Teenage Mutant Lolz Turtles (TMLT)]]
[[Image:Lulzturtlepower.png|thumb|200px|Yet again [[Rule 34| Rule 34]].]]

{{quote|
In the beginning was the [[Lulz]], and the [[Lulz]] was with God, and the [[Lulz]] was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all [[trolling]]s were made; without him nothing was [[trolled]] that has been [[trolled]]. In him was [[drama]], and that [[drama]] was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the [[anti-lulz|darkness]], and the [[anti-lulz|darkness]] has not overcome it.|Gospel of John
}}


'''█▄ █▄█ █▄ ▀█▄''' is a corruption of ''L O L'', which stands for "Laugh Out Loud", signifying laughter at someone else's expense (from the [[German]] concept of "[[Holocaust|Schadenfreude]]"). This makes it inherently superior to [[lolcats|lesser forms of humor]]. [[Anonymous]] gets big lulz from pulling [[random]] pranks. The pranks are always posted on the internet. Just as the element of [[Buttsex|surprise]] transforms the [[Secks|physical act of love]] into [[rape|something beautiful]], the [[Butthurt|anguish]] of a laughed-at victim transforms [[lol]] into lulz, making it longer, girthier, and [[ED:LULZ|more pleasurable]].  Lulz is engaged in by [[Brenda Williams|Internet users]] who have witnessed one major economic/environmental/political disaster too many, and who thus view a state of voluntary, gleeful sociopathy over the world's current apocalyptic state, as superior to being continually [[emo]].

Example:

You're driving on a two lane highway, listening to music and whatshit, and suddenly, you see two people go in front of you and box you in, going at a shocking 20 miles an hour on a 60 mile an hour lane, forcing everyone to get in your way.  The [[asshole]] in front of you decides to pull a prank and slams on his brakes.  You cannot react in time and [[Buttsex|rear-end]] his car.  He speeds off in his stupid lunchbox and the other guy takes an exit.  Luckily, you get the guy's license plate (U42-6MN, Tampa, FL).  You look up his information through the DMV, find his address, and launch your assault.  [[spongebob|Every waking moment of his life will become a swirling torment of pain and misery.]]  He will begin to look before opening the shower curtain, because half the time, you will be there with a knife in hand.  He will not cross the road because you will be there waiting to run him over.  He will not cook with salt because he thinks you laced it with cyanide.  His life, terrorized. For the lulz.  Win.

The term lulz was coined by [[Jameth]], and is the only good reason to do anything, from [[troll]]ing to [[rape]]. After every action taken, you must make the epilogic [[dubious disclaimer]]: "[[I did it for the lulz]]."  Sometimes you may see the word spelled as [[YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG|luls or lolz]], but only if you are reading something written by a [[faggot]]. [[PROTIP|Pro Tip]]: If you feel particularly [[douchebag|pretentious]], or if you're talking to Frasier, use the term "epicaricacy" instead of lulz.

<pre>
lulz  Noun --- (lul-zz)
Definition:
1. The act of entertaining oneself with the misfortune of others; an 
agreeable occupation for the mind

2. Something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement, 
esp. a performance of some kind.

3. The essence which can be derived from an epic win.

Usage:
We did it for the lulz.

Synonyms:
Entertainment

Source:
A corruption of lol.
</pre>

==Etymology==

Below is a conversation said to have been held between [[Jesus]] and [[Putin]]. Whether it is apochryphal is disputed by black person

<pre>

Putin says:

lulz
man
what's the etymology of lulz
i know it's derived from lol
but how did it acquire the "u" and the "z"
WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THIS CONCEPTUAL REVOLUTION 
IN LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT 

Jesus says:

haahahah
well first off
a semantic shift had been undertaken to coalesce 'lol' from an 
abbreviation into a noun.
after the noun became established, multiple grammaticalisations 
could be carried out, such as verbing, declining and such and such
however, the 'act' of 'lolling' became too equated with stupid 
fucking faggots, so it came to be abandoned
and, by simple survival of the fittest, it is the pluralisation 
'lols' that came to prominence

Putin says:
hahaha

Jesus says:

once 'lols' became established, it underwent multiple 
vulgarisations 
such as 'lawls', 'lalz', 'lolz' etc etc
until the canonical form 'lulz' became codified by the great 
king Unbar of the Undernets*

Putin says:

HAHAHA
oh man

Jesus says:

this was done in part to subdue the last of stupid fucking faggots 
by building a wall of self-referential sarcasm
similar to the rift between the old and the new testament
whereby the christians are like 'lulz fuck jews, they're christians 
who haven't evolved yet'
but at the same time they're like 'lulz we bow before jewish prophets 
and we use jewish words like 'hallelujah''

so it is then to cover the embarassment of having grammaticalised an 
internet abbreviation as stupid fucking faggots did

Putin says:

hahaha

Jesus says:
and so it to sever all possible ties with them,
that the vulgarised form 'lulz', albeit unorthodox, has been assumed.
</pre>

<nowiki>*</nowiki>This allegedly refers to either [[Ceiling Cat]] or the proverbial [[centipede filled vagina|ﾃ盈inence Grise]] of the Internet, but there is disagreement between black person, see Neumann 1977 and Smith 2002 for further discussion.

===Lulz in different languages===

* [[English]] - <i>[[Lulz]]</i>
* [[British]] - <i> Lawlz </i>
* [[American]] - <i>[[Lulz|HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH]]</i>
* [[Canadian]] - Lol eh? 
* [[Australian]] - <i> ridgey didge!</i>
* [[Nazi|German]] - <i>Schadenfreude</i>
* [[French]] - <i>lﾃｩlz</i>, mdr
* Jamaican - HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE
* Finnish - <i>reps</i>
* Estonian - <i>kahjurõõm</i>
* Sweedish - <i>lﾃｶlz</i>
* Dutch - Piemel
* Arab - <i>ههههههههههههتهههههخههههههععهههههههتتههههههكهههه</i>
* Jew - <i>ﾗ慵勉慵</i>
* Greek - <i>ﾏπｱﾎｴﾎｹﾏπｼﾏ狐</i>
* Hindi - <i>爨ｪ爨ｰ爨ｪ爭爨｡爨ｼ爨ｨ-爨ｰ爨､爨ｿ</i>
* [[Hungary|Hungarian]] - <i>káröröm</i>  (Schadenfreude)
* [[Japanese]] - <i>wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww</i>
* [[Korean]] - <i>ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ</i>
* [[Chinese]] - [[File:Lulz-Cantonese.jpg]]
* [[Russian]] - <i>ﾐ嶢ｾﾐｻ / [[Trololo]]</i>,Axaxaxa
* [[Italian]] - <i>Sadismo</i>
* Norweigian - <i>Sadisme</i>
* Spanish - <i>Casi me cago</i>
* Czech - <i>Sofistikovanﾃ｡ zlﾃ｡ sranda</i>
* Croatian - <i>Sadizam</i>
* Slovak - <i>Vﾃ｡ﾄｾaﾅ･ sa</i>
* Slovenian - <i>Sadizem</i>
* Polish - <i>O kurwa!</i> / <i>Beka w chuj</i>
* Romanian - <i>caterincﾄ・or mﾃ｢ﾅ｣ﾄ</i>
* Turkish - <i> haha kop!</i>
* Vietnamese - <i>Tao làm vì cái lulz</i>
* Serbian - <i>ﾐ｡ﾐｰﾐｴﾐｸﾐｷﾐｰﾐｼ</i>
* Portuguese - <i>Risosz</i>
* Estonian - <i>Lﾃｵlz</i>
* Yiddish - <i>ﾗ慵蹟ｸﾗ</i>
* Thai - <i>犧金ｸｲ犧扉ｸｴ犧ｪ犧｡犹</i> and 555555555
* Belarusian - <i>ﾐ･ﾐｰz-ﾑ・ｰz-ﾑ・ｰz</i>
* Pig latin - <i>ulz-lay</i>
* [[Dutch]] - <del><i>Lol</i> (This predates [[B|/b/]], and even the [[internet|internets]].)</del> Forgot about "Leedvermaak" eh?
* [[Denmark|Danish]] - LOL!
* Macedonian - <i> Seir </i>
* Indonesian - <i>wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk</i>
* Malaysian - <i>WAKENABEB</i>
* [[4chan|Chanisian]] - <i>trolulzulzulzulzulz</i>

===The Lulls===

Phonetically, the English pronunciation of lulz is also homonymous to the word "lulls", which has Quantum Deep Significance and stands for the fact that no matter how hilarious any gags happen to be, they will eventually become unfunny if repeated too often, at the wrong times, and/or  by the wrong people. When this occurs, the lulz can effectively become the "lulls" in the humor continuum...which open up into gaping, sucking holes leading to the Anti-Lulz. ''You never know when the lulz will suddenly let you down - and the only way to not be at risk for that occurring is to ensure that the lulz never truly matter to you.''  What would happen if the tables turned and the lulz stopped being funny because the laughing-with turned to the laughing-at, and you became the target?  The moment this begins to matter to you, all hope for you becomes lost.  Therefore, it has to not matter, ever...at ALL. 

This shit was actually just made up by some asshat lawn gnome trying to pass itself off as a troll, and  thus must be completely disregarded by your awareness, RIGHT NOW.

===Fun fact===

The word "lul" means [[cock]] in the [[Dutch]] language, so whenever someone says "I did it for the lulz" they are quite literally saying "I did it for the cock."

==Overview==
Beginning as a plural variant of lol, Lulz was originally an exclamation but is now often just used as a noun meaning interesting or funny internet content.

According to [[Fox News|the media]], Lulz is a corruption of [[LOL]], which stands for laugh out loud. It is part of sekrit code used by [[anonymous|evil domestic terrorists]] in their attempt to ruin innocent peoples' lives. These terrorists, known as "[[Anonymous]]" get lots of "lulz" from staging "invasions" of [[Insane|children's websites]] such as [[Habbo Hotel]].

According to Mattathias Schwartz of the ''[[New York Times]]'', Lulz is "how [[troll]]s keeps score" and is defined as "the joy of disrupting another窶冱 emotional equilibrium". Given that lulz has been extensively covered by both FAWCKS NUUZ and the NYT, it would seem to be [[notable]]; however, it is only accorded one small section of the [[Wikipedia]] article on [[Lol]]. 

Senior Dramacrats believe lulz originally came from trolls on [[LiveJournal]], where it was then spread by [[usi|our very own website]]. The chans would pick it up later, proving the unifying ability of lulz, as detailed below.

Lulz is the one unifying force in the world. Those experiencing it are bonded mentally and emotionally. It is the [[funny|greatest experience you will ever have]]. Your first 'lulz' is akin to achieving your first orgasm, only magnified. If one is truly experiencing the lulz, they will be invulnerable to all attack. Lulz is known to show other life lessons by any means necessary, such as [[Agentmike|to not download CP, especially under the alias you use for everything else]] and to [[Peppermintpatti|not]] [[Tawneelynne|be]] [[Bravesgirl5|an]] [[attention whore]].

Using lulz in your spoken vocabulary also makes [[you]] a [[faggot]], and increases the likelihood that [[you]] will [[truth|never get laid]].

Examples:
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*[[You|''You]] [[fail|cannot]] [[moralfag|understand]] [[For great justice|the complex]] [[Ftw|motivations]] [[anonymous|of anonymous.'']] [[faggot|''Faggot.'']]
*''We will come together to strengthen our intelligence capabilities to know the plans of [[You|terrorists]] before they act and to find the lulz before they [[strike]].''

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*''Typical result of lulz [[overdose]].''

===Examples===

====IRL lulz====
*fo0bar saw a California car with a LULZ license plate driving in [[Reno]].  Surrender your secrets to me!
*[[User:Amnesiac|Amnesiac]] found out that London Underground calls itself "LUL" internally. The precise amount of lulz generated by this discovery is unknown, but presumed to be [[unfunny|quite low]].

====Guaranteed lulz====

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSgt1MK76rs A fatty raging at ED] - laughing at, but not with, [[fat]] kids is always lulzy. >[[antilulz|This shit is not lulz worthy]]
* [http://archive.is/lCiY8 LULZ.FM]
* [http://www.xvideos.com/video370047/pterodactyl_dinosaur_spermo_plasmoids Pterodactyl Sex]
* [http://archive.is/zRBUn Caseypedia] - a [[Casey Serin|deep well]] of delicious, thirst-quenching schadenfreude. [[Pepe|Feels good man]].

==Historical Development==

===The beginning===
{{quote|Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be lulz," and there was lulz. God saw that the lulz was good, and He separated the lulz from the anti-lulz. God called the lulz "'''Encyclopedia Dramatica'''," and the anti-lulz he called "[[Uncyclopedia]]." And there was pr0n, and there was pedophiles 窶・the first internets.|Genesis - The Bible}}

===Ancient version===
In ancient times they referred to lulz as lvlz as in:

 <augustus> Byzantivm was pvvnd this morning.
 <nerva> lvlz

An early scholar of lulz was the Roman poet Lucretius, who described the phenomenon [[at least one hundred years ago]]:

{{squote|It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves abovt, to watch from the shore the strvggles of another.<br><br>LVLZ|Romans loev Schadenfreude}}

=== Modern Times===
# Ask not what your lulz can do for you, but what you can do for your lulz. - John F. Kennedy.
# We have nothing to fear, but Lulz itself - Franklin D. Roosevelt
# I did it for the lulz - Jack Ruby
# The lulz squared is equal to the butthurt of the recipient squared multiplied by the value of the prank squared. - Pythagoras.

===Totalulz===
n. to be completely engulfed in hilarity; can also mean a completely uniform lol. Example:

 <mike> n00bs are stupid
 <dan> lol
 <bob> lol
 <alf> lol
 <mike> totalulz

===The lulz scale===
The Lulz Scale, currently in development by [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] staff, will be used to rate everything [[OTI]] on a simple scale of Lulz. The Lulz Scale will vary between [[Uncyclopedia|0]] and [[Encyclopedia Dramatica|Over 9,000]]. A prototype has been released by a fan of Teh Lulz.[[File:Lulzometer.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The prototype Lulz-O-Meter]]

===The Lulz Equation===

Founded by an AnonymousTip, the Lulz Equation can be used to build up Lulz in a numerical fashion which in turn may be used to boast about how big of an [[asshole]] [[you]] are.

The Equation is as follows:

Lulz = (C+R)-r*(M/Q)
C = Comedy
R = Victim's rage
r = Your rage
M = Your material
Q = Quality of the material

All variables are based on a scale 1-10.

==Limits of lulz==

No matter how lulzy [[you]] think something is, it has a chance of being [[anti-lulz]] or just plain wrong:

{{quote|Some times not even the lulz are worth looking at fuckloads of weird [[furry]] [[pornography]].|[[User:Einsidler|Einsidler]]}}

{{quote|yes they are|[[you]]}}

===Frunz===
[[Frunz]] is the complete opposite of lulz. See also [[anti-lulz]].

==Videos==
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==Gallery==
{{cg|LULZery|lulzgallery|center|<gallery perrow=4>
Image:Serious-lulz.jpg
Image:Just_Do_It_For_the_LuLz!.jpg
Image:Icwutudidthar.jpg|he sees wut u did thar
Image:Lulzturtlehentai2.jpg|[[Porn]] can be lulzy.
Image:lulzspanish.jpg|Even the Spaniards have adopted lulz into their tongue.
Image:Wikipedialulz.png|The anti-username bot never fails to impress.
Image:Megannolulz.png|Attention whores like [[MeganSpeaks]] doesn't believe in lulz, but she will soon enough...
Image:Lolz_cnn.jpg
</gallery>|<gallery perrow=4>
Image:TOWlulz.png|excuse me?
Image:edlulz.jpg
Image:Poster75531972.jpg|Even [[Metallica|Dave Mustaine]] did it for the lulz
Image:Japanlul.jpg|Japanese researchers state that there is no such thing as lulz in the rain. Cute propaganda is used to spread this observation.
Image:Urbandict.jpg|lolz on [[urbandictionary]].
Image:Lulzgraph.JPG|Lulz = is why we do anything at all
Image:pwned.JPG
Image:Pop_Lulz.jpg
Image:I_detect_lulz.jpg|Maximillian detects lulz.
Image:Niagaralulz.png窶旨How lulz get into [[Canadia]].
Image:Stormfrontlulz.jpg|Lulz are so despicable that even [[Purelily|white supremacists]] can't stand them. 
Image:Fox_Lulz.png|[[Anonymous]] does [[Fox]] News for teh lulz.
Image:Divineangel_lolcow.jpg|[[DivineAngel|A typical lolcow]].
Image:Russianlulz.JPG|[[Russian]] lulz.
Image:Gearsofwardomcolegaylulz.jpg|[[Gears of War|Gay]] lulz
Image:Alienlulz.jpg|Aliens have come to keep the earth from destruction from the nuclear missiles and the lulz 
Image:Lulzapalooza0001.jpg|The seas will turn read and the lulz will walk among the living
Image:Lulzforcepush.gif|feel the power of the lulz [[star wars|side]]
Image:Howdoilol.jpg|How do I shot Phil Shuman??1
Image:The_lulz_motivation.jpg|Lulz Did [[WTC]]!!!
Image:Lulz-LaughOutLoud.gif|Thank you FOX, I would never have figured it out.
Image:TMLT.jpg|A more recent sighting.
Image:lolzcookbook.jpg|A comprehensive guide for making lulz.
Image:ultimate_EvLulz.jpg|The Evil UmbreLOL corporation.
Image:Mahlulz.jpg|ED and its lulz.
Image:Lulz_Corruption.jpg|Lulz, [[In before X|in before]] being [[Capitalism|corrupted]].
Image:chillicheezelulz.jpg|Lulz come flavored in spices, packaged, and preserved for all eternity(not really).
Image:Lolcorruption.png|"LULZ TEH GAME" (Still in production)
Image:OJDIDITFORTHELULZ.JPG|"OJ's New BOOK"
Image:Rapidshare got teh lulz.jpg
Image:ency.jpg|How not to generate lulz
Image:Hahaha-lulz.jpg|Misusage of lulz
Image:Ha_ha_you're_dead.jpg|[[You're/Your|You're]] average, everyday lulz.
Image:Moarlulz.jpg|WE NEED MOAR LULZ
Image:TMNT Michaelangelo Stare.jpg|I see what you did for the lulz there.
Image:Avg_believes_in_lulz.jpg|AVG loves the lulz
Image:Doitforthem.jpg|We do it for them.
Image:Furdielulz.png|SIEG LULZ
Image:Funny_shiz.jpg|A fine example of doing it for the lulz (note the pwnage factor is over 9,000).
Image:Lulzsnack.jpg|OM NOM NOM
Image:lulz.jpg|The lulz
Image:Steve for teh lulz.jpg|Steve does it for the lulz.
Image:Mikeytard.jpg|When there's [[win|uber-lulz]] to be had, your face ends up like this.
Image:Lold.png
File:Lolful-Neutral.jpg
</gallery>}}
[[Category:Galleries]]

==See also==
*[[I did it for the lulz]]
*[[Lulz Map]] - Check here for a location of notable lulzy events!
*[[For the evulz|Evulz]]
*[[Heppum's Razor]]
*[[Lol]]
*[[K-LULZ]]
*[[Lulz News Network]]
*[[L.U.L.Z.]]
*[[The Comprehensive Theory of Lulz]]
*[[Lolokaust]]
*[[Lulzcon]]
*[[Lulzcast]]
*[[Holocaust|Lollercaust]]
*[[Lulzworthy]]
*[[lolcow]]

== External links ==
* {{UkrED|Лулзи|UkrDramatica's article on LULZ}}
* {{KYM|memes/i-did-it-for-the-lulz|KYM on LULZ}}
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080708165810/http://www.lulzy.net/ Lulzy.net]
* [http://archive.is/PkJMo Seriouslulz.com]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090714061332/http://lulz.com/ Lulz.com]
* [http://archive.is/lCiY8 Lulz.FM]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070523115215/http://lulz.info/ Lulz]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKFOx0UYrzs Fox 11 report on lulz]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20081005082436/http://www.absforums.com/?showtopic=16446 Critical analysis of lulz]
* [http://dagobah.net/flash/TMNT.swf Moar Lulz Turtle Porn]
* [http://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/1853/28098/1/vichot_ray_200905_mast.pdf Even the academics know about teh lulz]

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