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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/WithSkelly • Apr 24 '26
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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.
3 u/Xythrielle Apr 24 '26 Shoe horn? This has been an extremely common abbreviation for many years on Reddit 0 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. 3 u/Xythrielle Apr 24 '26 It has meant both things for a long time. I used it for both depending on the context 1 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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Shoe horn? This has been an extremely common abbreviation for many years on Reddit
0 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. 3 u/Xythrielle Apr 24 '26 It has meant both things for a long time. I used it for both depending on the context 1 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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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.
3 u/Xythrielle Apr 24 '26 It has meant both things for a long time. I used it for both depending on the context 1 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.
It has meant both things for a long time. I used it for both depending on the context
1 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.
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/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.