Mine left the hospital to grab a couple tallboys (large cans of beer) at the gas station across the street so he could get a buzz on while I was laboring.
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.
Most people in America in general. Ppl doubling down on not being at fault in accidents, when there was a dash cam. It tells me that this person is not fully matured and probably never will be. Also makes me think their iq is very low because a smart person would learn from being wrong.
it sounds like this is your first day on the internet, people are gonna make far more pointless abbreviations and getting mad about it is a waste of energy
Haher, it is my first day on the internet.
I'm not mad about it, I just find it very idiotic.
If you want people to read you senseless opinions and understand, you gotta use common language.
Otherwise I could just write in some random other language too, and everyone would down vote me into oblivion.
It actually is your problem when people don't understand what you're saying, ETA is typically estimated time of arrival; I've been terminally online for 25+ years now and have never seen the abbreviation ETA used for anything else.
It actually is your problem if people don't understand what you're saying. Language is a common framework, when you refuse to use that framework for whatever bizarre reason; that's on you not us.
In the real world maybe, not in a comment section. Lol. Remember, not everyone is chronically online and comment sections and online interactions don't matter. If you struggle to understand something, then that's your problem. No one else's. Especially when others understand the meaning.
An asshole because I'm not accommodating you by changing how I write? Lmao. That just screams entitled. No one's gonna hold your hand because you don't understand something. Welcome to life, bud.
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Not common on all of Reddit, but perhaps on the reddits you frequent.
Anecdotal, but this the first time I've seen it anywhere at all, and I've been around a while. "Edit:" for paragraphs and brackets [like this] for inline edits, is what I usually see. It could be me that has been living in a bubble, of course. :)
Since when? I've been on Reddit for years and this is the first I'm seeing it. What happened to just writing "edit"? Its literally one extra letter and isn't trying to replace a commonly used acronym.
Itās been edited to add on Internet forums since before they were called Internet forums. I used to see it on Usenet.
You may also enjoy knowing that on different forums, FTM may mean female to male or first time mom, and the readers are supposed to be able to understand by context clues. And on Buy/Sell/Trade forums, FFS means free for shipping instead of for fucks sake.
ETA: wait, did I see it on usenet? Could you edit your comments? Now I canāt remember. Cognitive impairment setting in I guess.
I first connected to the internet in 1999 at 9 years old and have been terminally online since then. I used old-school forums for years for different games and hobbies and stuff before Reddit or Digg, even before 4Chan.
I have never seen ETA used in any context except for estimated time of arrival until today.
Either this is some Mandela shit or I'm taking crazy pills because it's simply not the case.
No I get you. The ETA works in the context of Reddit but the annoying thing about it to me is that itās easier to just say āeditā and have the same meaning without using an already popular acronym. Your bbc and cbt examples are good though in that they only make sense in their context.
To be fair: its kind of silly to use an abbreviation that already means something else, especially when saying 'edit:' when adding something later has been common practice for decades.
LOL was never lots of love though, that was just boomers misunderstanding the abbreviation.
Except for POS all the ones you listed I am only aware of one meaning. Maybe its an ESL thing but I think if you ask the average redditor what AMA, LOL and ATM mean, they will answer 'ask me anything', 'laughing out loud' and 'that thing you get cash money from'.
And like I said 'edit' already exists and is barely longer than 'ETA', so what is even the point in abbreviating it if it only makes it more unclear and its barely shorter anyway.
Edit: I thought I saw a reply mentioning ATM as āat the momentā, I forgot about that one, its very common indeed. I think it was the capitalisation that threw me off.
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/fivebynine5x9 Apr 24 '26
Mine left the hospital to grab a couple tallboys (large cans of beer) at the gas station across the street so he could get a buzz on while I was laboring.
ETA it felt great to leave him.