Classic RAS syndrome! (Redundant Acronym Syndrome)
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kadotux@sopuli.xyz 4 days agoSorry for being that guy today for you, but you can just say CSAM. It stands for Child Sexual Abuse Material". smh my head :P
Uriel_Copy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Napster153@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Pardon, but what… I did say CSAM, may I ask what exactly you mean?
dai@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Did you drop your ATM machine?
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 4 days ago
Some people, when they see an acronym, will replace it with the words it stands for in their head. A subset of that group of people get annoyed when the sentence gets all muddled up by repeated words; in this particular case, you said ‘CSAM material’, which their brain read as ‘child sexual abuse material material’.
It isn’t a big deal, but as one of those people, I totally get the urge to point it out (I’ve gotten pretty good at looking past it but it’s still a bit of a compulsion).
NakedGardenGnome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
They are referring to your use of “CSAM material” in your sentence.
portuga@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Your last sentence saves you from being pedantic. Fun stuff, RIP in peace ✌️