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[–] konalt@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

What does ETA even stand for in the context of edited comments?

ETA: It means "edit to add"

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] squigglycunt@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

what? i always thought it was estimated time of arrival

what the hell does edit to add even mean ?

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

yeah that's why it gets the dumbass poohbear.

[–] HN82@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Edit to add, I guess

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's supposed to be 'edited to add'.

Yes, it's beyond dumb and I've only seen new people or women weirdly enough use it.

I've always wondered if it was a Tumblr thing.

[–] XCraftMC@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

hurr durr women dumb

Internet Rule #30: There are no women on the internet.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

More like where did women learn such weird habits when they quarantined themselves on the internet before getting brave enough to go elsewhere?

It's Tumblr right? Either that or they're non English speaking and ETA isn't used in other languages due to being an acronym.

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Thank you! "Edited to add" is dumb AF.

[–] byroon@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sophisticated bear could also be PS imo

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’d argue N.B.: would be more appropriate

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

That has a different meaning, though. It's Latin "Nota Bene", which means "note well", and it's used to draw attention to something.

[–] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 10 points 11 months ago

Never seen ETA being used that way before. Thank goodness.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

End a line with double space␣␣
where a line break should take place.

(Refers to the mis-markdowned transcript)

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I think I've seen E2A to avoid the confusion but I'm not sure how much that helps.