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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What does TLA stand for in this context?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Fucking hell, lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

CIA = Can't Ignore Ass

FBI = For Better Income

NSA = Not Sucking Anyone

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

We can go deeper.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 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] 4 points 6 months ago (2 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] 9 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 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 6 months ago

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