LUL (symbol)

LUL also known as Omegalul is a Twitch emote featuring a picture of video game reviewer John Bain, better known by his online handle TotalBiscuit. The emote is typically used to indicate laughter in a similar vein to typing abbreviation LOL. Since the trend, It spreads through twitter and Facebook.
Origin
On June 23rd, 2013, Flickr user itsjustatank posted a photograh of Bain who passed away in 2018 was laughing at the Major League Gaming Anaheim 2013. While in 2014, Bain began using the picture as an emote for subscribers of his Twitch channel with the keyword "cynicallaugh."

Spread
In July 2014, Bain received a DMCA takedown by the photographer for unauthorized use of the picture, due to Bain providing it as a subscription perk.

Since the emote has been added on twitch, it has been used by several streamers and viewers including Forsen and Dr DisRespect earlier, and being used mostly for spamming chat. In January 2018, a warped inspired lul image of Forsen's face called "forsenE" became the most-used emote on Twitch worldwide. In 2019, twitch added chat feature that teaches users about emotes including Lul.

Reception
Kotaku described it as the most popular emote ever, While Polygon described the emote as one of the recognizable emote.

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