r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/WithSkelly • Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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u/TheAmazingSealo Apr 24 '26

What does ETA stand for in this context please?

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u/binkkit Apr 24 '26

Edited To Add

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u/DownrightDrewski Apr 24 '26

Someone had downvoted every comment correctly saying edited to add. I'm guessing it's because they're thinking about estimated time of arrival, but, in context that makes no fucking sense.

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u/StepComplete1 Apr 24 '26

Almost like you shouldn't try to shoehorn pointless acronyms into absolutely everything. If you can't be bothered to write then don't write.

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u/Xythrielle Apr 24 '26

Shoe horn? This has been an extremely common abbreviation for many years on Reddit

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u/BookProper9115 Apr 24 '26

It has not. I feel like I'm being gaslit by people saying this. It's so fucking bizarre.

ETA has ALWAYS meant estimated time of arrival in any context; people have ALWAYS put "edit:" or some variation of for edits on comments here.

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u/Xythrielle Apr 24 '26

It has meant both things for a long time. I used it for both depending on the context

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u/BookProper9115 Apr 27 '26

Nobody does, and if they do it's wrong as fuck. Why would you use an ambiguous acronym that already exists for another statement when a perfectly clear and legible 'edit:' has always been used? That's like being stupid on purpose.

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u/DownrightDrewski Apr 24 '26

You seem irrationally annoyed about this - I didn't write it, but I did understand it.