for the lulz

alternative for the lols · alternative for the lolz

1. InternetdatedFor kicks, for personal amusement, especially schadenfreude.

   We're hackers on steroids. Our motivation is twofold. We do it because we can. We do it for the lulz.

   2017, Chris Brookmyre, Want You Gone, Hachette UK, →ISBN

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   Still others are looking for a cause; perhaps this is the most dangerous of all, as their desire to be a part of something can have serious repercussions. And still others are in it all for the lulz.

   2012, Will Gragido, Daniel Molina, John Pirc, Nick Selby, Blackhatonomics: An Inside Look at the Economics of Cybercrime, Newnes, →ISBN, page 29

   […] fairies thought all this military stuff was pretty silly, but they went along with it for the same reason that fairies ever did anything, namely, for the lulz.

   2014, Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land, Random House, →ISBN, page 47

   True to his equally controversial reputation, Johnson’s hacker accomplice, Auernheimer, said he mostly did it for the lulz.

   2015 October 23, Michael E. Miller, “Controversial blogger, infamous hacker team up to release remaining Planned Parenthood videos”, in Washington Post, →ISSN