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[–] monk@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The initialism is decades older than any iDevice. Go complain to people on USENET from before you were born.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

While true, it is a pretty bad acronym. IANAL on mobile is more cumbersome to write than, "I'm no lawyer/I'm not a lawyer," and it's safe to say the majority of folks using social media are on mobile.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Not really though. It’s a caps lock + 5 letters. It’s still faster and less cumbersome than a multiple word phrase

[–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On mobile, the initialism takes a third or less as much time for me vs typing it out.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You must type it out a lot then, my autocorrect doesn't pick it up.

[–] Jamie@jamie.moe 2 points 2 years ago

What if you want to tell someone that you're not a lawyer, but you are into anal? Then it's just efficient.