Well, I know where you guys are coming from, but you can't deny that the internet will have a growing cultural influence that has and will continue to penetrate into language. I don't know if you can fight it. It'd be interesting if thirty years from now with the new generations, "lol" or some form of it entered every-day conversation and found itself in the dictionary.

At least Japan is fortunate that there is no good way to pronounce "wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww". At least not yet.