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[-] monk@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

The initialism is decades older than any iDevice. Go complain to people on USENET from before you were born.

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

While true, it is a pretty bad acronym. IANAL on mobile is more cumbersome to write than, "I'm no lawyer/I'm not a lawyer," and it's safe to say the majority of folks using social media are on mobile.

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Not really though. It’s a caps lock + 5 letters. It’s still faster and less cumbersome than a multiple word phrase

[-] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago

On mobile, the initialism takes a third or less as much time for me vs typing it out.

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You must type it out a lot then, my autocorrect doesn't pick it up.

[-] Jamie@jamie.moe 2 points 1 year ago

What if you want to tell someone that you're not a lawyer, but you are into anal? Then it's just efficient.

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