Comment on What is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes in 1993.

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  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I believe that’s the origin of the current trend. Typing on a T9 keypad.

    There was a parallel ‘733t sp34k’ trend on bulletin boards around the same time.

    I imagine that they merged to some degree.

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    • dzsimbo@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      1337

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      • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Bah! I knew it didn’t look right when I wrote it.

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Im not Sherlock Holmes, but I deduce that’s a lie. 🤔

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• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Smartphones have been a thing since at least 2006 (actually earlier), and commonplace since at least 2010.

  I haven’t seen a T9 phone since then.

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Very true, but it bled into society. Gamers realized it was easier to OMW and LFG while their hands were busy, and we even started saying BRB and OMG in conversation. They aren’t abbreviations anymore, they’re synonyms.

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  • alternategait@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I had a T9 into at least 2012. I definitely had a smart phone (kinda) in 2014. The exact transition is lost to memory. I used to text the bus system to find out if my bus was on time.

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