Meerkass

2 and 3, not 1 and 2

No, this sounds like a great idea. This is absolutely an area where practice makes perfect. Just don’t get discouraged!

Oh good one

Uh OK same reply

“Reduces chances” does not mean “prevents”

I believe the Walmart of gas stations, Bucees, sells them.

I think it definitely makes sense and I’m not sure I’d notice if I read it. I might assume it is a localized English thing (“how are you going” in Australis, or “standing on line” in New York)

When I was a kid, the * key was “squishbug”. Why did that change

No, no, it can only be because of fanboys

It’s not

Correct. Eventually millions of very very tiny squirrels then eat the data once it is discarded.

I’m simplifying a bit, but that is generally how it works.

But the f is for format

It’s just tough for me not to read it as “estimated time of arrival”, and we already used “edit:” for this.

I guess I’m just like those people who couldn’t get over “MTG” meaning anything but Magic: The Gathering

When did “edit: <some change>” become “estimated time of arrival: <some change>” ?

For me, yes.

On the way across the great plains, families traveling the Oregon trail would sit around the campfire imagining what Leave It To Beaver would be like one day

landed families in the 1500s would invite company over to watch the servants act out the episode where the earl of leicester accidentally makes dates with two women he is courting at the same time and has to be in both places at once

True

Yes, that’s what I replied to. It sounded like they were genuinely not sure (but thought it wasn’t), not making a tongue-in-cheek comment. Guess I was being dumb.

It’s not the origin of the phrase, since it dates back to at least 100 years before television