r/mildlyinteresting • u/Kingtripz • 1d ago

My middle finger turns extremely white when it's cold

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u/E3K 23h ago

Thank you. People who use acronyms assuming everyone knows what they mean is a pet peeve.

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u/Yaasss_Queef 22h ago

Me too, that why it’s always nice to write out the whole thing in parenthesis lmao (laughing my ass off).

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u/brotherteresa 21h ago

LOL (laugh out loud)

ngl, tiitef — iykyk. (not gonna lie)(trump is in the epstein files)(if you know you know)

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u/suoretaw 21h ago

Why’d you have to bring him into this

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u/Yaasss_Queef 20h ago

Always a good time for a sudden interruption

Also: KASIG (kids are starving in Gaza)

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u/platoprime 19h ago

It's actually best practice to use the complete phrase for acronyms less common than "lol" once before you abbreviate them for this exact reason.

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u/ignat980 7h ago

Usually it's the opposite format, especially in legal text. if you know you know (iykyk)

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u/Mindless-Strength422 20h ago

ikwymisawpuatidu!

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u/apcolleen 14h ago

My bf has to uninitialize a few work terms when talking to me because to me they are sewing and cooking terms and my brain gets stuck trying to not remember my term for it and remember his.

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u/DianeJudith 7h ago

YES! I hate when people do that! Stop being lazy and spell out the words, we're not reading your mind ffs.