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[–] CaptainBlagbird 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What does ETA stand for in this context?

[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Edited To Add. The constant barrage of TLAs is exhausting.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What does TLA stand for in this context?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] NightAuthor 5 points 5 months ago

Fucking hell, lol

[–] unreachable 12 points 5 months ago

CIA = Can't Ignore Ass

FBI = For Better Income

NSA = Not Sucking Anyone

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are also Extended Three-Letter Acronyms, because e.g. Four-Letter Acronym would be a TLA.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Next is the Doubly Extended Three Letter Acronym.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I am one of the 10,000 today.

Never seen it used like that before. Usually just use Edit:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It’s weird when Reddit started shifting from ETA: “everyone’s the asshole” to exited to add.

Idk I guess it’s the kids and their new dang language and hippity hop music

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

The only thing I can think of is Estimated Time of Arrival.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Huh. I used reddit for about 12 years before switching to Lemmy last year and I don't think I ever noticed ETA. Maybe just different subs used it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

That was only in the "am I the asshole" sub which was a trash fire you were wise to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

FWIW IIRC “ETA” actually= “ESH”, Everyone Sucks Here