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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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    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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      you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000

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

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          We’re 3 of the lucky 30,000

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

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            How much is that after the exchange rate?

      • RobinRoswell@lemmy.ml
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        Such a wholesome XKCD

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      What does ETA stand for in this context?

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

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          What does TLA stand for in this context?

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            Three Letter Acronym

            • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              Beautiful

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                Fucking hell, lol

            • ℕ𝕠𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕆𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝@lemmy.world
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              CIA = Can’t Ignore Ass

              FBI = For Better Income

              NSA = Not Sucking Anyone

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              TIL

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

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                We can go deeper.

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                  Next is the Doubly Extended Three Letter Acronym.

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          I am one of the 10,000 today.

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

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            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

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

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              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.

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

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              FWIW IIRC “ETA” actually= “ESH”, Everyone Sucks Here

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          IKR

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

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      You are at worst second to last. You also thought about the possibility first, unlike me.

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      deleted by creator

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        Neither are you. There’s always Ten Thousand on any topic.

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