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[-] [email protected] 145 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Wait a minute... Does the name of the currency come from payments that were not counted but weighed? Gotta check.

ETA: Oh my gosh yes, one pound sterling (currency) was originally one pound (weight) of sterling silver. I'm probably the last person to discover this, but still that's pretty cool.

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I’m also among those 10,000! Good day to be alive.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

We’re 3 of the lucky 30,000

I can feel all the math people dying inside from not reducing that

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

How much is that after the exchange rate?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Such a wholesome XKCD

[-] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

What does ETA stand for in this context?

[-] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

What does TLA stand for in this context?

[-] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Fucking hell, lol

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

CIA = Can't Ignore Ass

FBI = For Better Income

NSA = Not Sucking Anyone

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

We can go deeper.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

I am one of the 10,000 today.

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

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

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] 9 points 4 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

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 4 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

If anyone is the last, it's me. Thank you.

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