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[–] tate 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (17 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (6 children)

ETA? Estimated Time of Arrival?

One of us doesn't know what that stands for. I feel like the time my grandpa died, and mom sent me an email telling me "We're going to the funeral this Friday to pay respects to grandpa. LOL!"

I was quite confused. Turns out she grew up with "Lots Of Love". For a second she seemed like she turned into an absolute psychopath, for like....no reason.

[–] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 37 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

ETA? Estimated Time of Arrival?

In this context, it means "Edited To Add". I do wish they abbreviated it some other way, since "Estimated Time of Arrival" is a much more common meaning. I would accept "E2A" or something stupid, as long as it was more unique. Alternatively, they could just use "Edit:".

Edit: added link.

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

Oh no, we're out of letters!

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