No. Hells freaking no. What you see online is almost exactly what you see in person. Worse in some ways. I’ve been accused of having very little restraint… see a moron, nail a moron. Sometimes, I epically fail at the whole diplomacy thing, choosing to instead go for the blatantly honest explain it in less than 5 minutes answer. Not always the best decision, I’ll admit. They’ll get over it.
ETA: Had to reread the question… it’s what I get for being half awake and writing LJ. My answer doesn’t look quite so contradictory now.
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Okay, so … here’s my stupid question of the day: I’ve seen more than one person on LJ use “ETA” to mean something along the lines of “further update.” I always have understood “ETA” to stand for “estimated time of arrival,” which obviously makes no sense in this context. I did ask my friend Google for help, but she didn’t have anything for me. What does ETA stand for? (Now I fall down dead from embarrassment.)
Edited to add/append.
Thank you.
That’ll be $5. 😉
I knew I should have read the dang fine print. Caveat emptor, I guess. So, where do I send it? LOL
See, there’s this account over in New Zealand…
I hate it when people use “ETA” to mean “Edited to add” for that very reason. 😉
You mean I don’t have to die of embarrassment at my ignorance?
You never did. Plus, I think it’s just a LJ thing… I hadn’t seen it pre-LJ.
No need to be embarrassed. I knew not what it meant either. Good on you for having the wherewithal to ask. I just chocked it up to some internet lingo and because I don’t’ much care for it thus left it alone. By-the-way, I have always referred to the mighty Google in the masculine sense. I may perform a sex change operation soon thanks to you. *thumbs up*
Google is all knowing, all seeing, all hearing. Google is god. Sex is irrelevant. Or… something.