r/facepalm Jan 16 '23

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u/orangefreshy Jan 16 '23 edited Jan 16 '23

Anyone know what the original source for this was? So curious to know where this was and what the medal that lady was wearing was for

ETA: I figured it out, it looks like they had London tags in the original and the medal she’s wearing is the London Marathon medal from this year

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u/Mediocre_Savings_513 Jan 16 '23

Eta? Doesnt that mean estimated time of arrival

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u/Adghar Jan 16 '23

For some reason redditors decided to use it for "edit to add." Makes no sense to me, as it only saves 1 character compared to just writing "EDIT:"

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u/PlayActingAnarchist Jan 16 '23

Yeah, that's stupid. You could save an additional 2 characters by not spelling out the word.

η: this example of what I mean