Why cant people write out what they are saying without using acronyms

[jamesbondgoldfinger]

Not just here on ebay but in every day life, write out what you are saying rather than using acronyms. I'm old I'm not into most of these acronyms , when I'm reading these posts and I see an acronym I don't know what it means I just go to the next post, like I said its not just here on ebay but in other social media outlets. Its just FA!!!!!!!

[ten_o_nine]

 I'm old I'm not into most of these acronyms 

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[paxilill]

I got your six, but check your coms.

I had a friend in the past that loved jargon. I never had the heart to tell him i hated it  

[simply-the-best-for-you]

Cuz I have wrist issues & every few characs I can save, helps.  Also, if eBay uses an acronym, I try to use the same ones.  Also, IT my whole life, we love acronyms in IT😀

[12345jamesstamps]

I look up acronyms on my iPhone...I just google them.

Heck...the newer movies on TV use them all the time.

I saw OP used a lot here...had no idea what it meant...'original post'.

I do understand it though.

Whatever happened to people actually writing something?...on paper with a pen

[johnrj1226]

I'm a  '44 model  and ran into acronyms the most of my life once I stared to read things in the newspaper like baseball and football stuff very much. There were acronyms all  over those things like RBI,HR TD, FG.  Did have goggle to help me - BTW a life  long Deeetroit Lions & Tigers fan.  Heck the Yield sign  of today once read Yield Right of Way and the Red light  still mean stop, etc.  What does this  mean LSMFT?  Hint: Was on  one of those 3 B & W TV stations we enjoy back in the early '50s..

[simba6]

You think it's bad here,  you should see an FAA weather report.

[annadryl]

I google something I don't recognize from time to time. It only takes a few seconds and then I know something new.

[stainlessenginecovers]

The reason they are not written out is because when we answer the same ol question 10,000 times, a few 'short cuts' can't hurt. 

Some of the VERY common ones here on the ebay forum are:

MBG (Money Back Guarantee)

SNAD or NAD ("Significantly Not As Described" or just 'Not As Described)

INR (Item Not Received)

Neg (Negative Feedback)

Now you'll know 90% of what is being referenced.

[bashort]

omg idk why.

[bonjourami]

smh.........

[12345jamesstamps]

I got liposclerosing myxofibrous tumor and then lucky strike means fine tobacco.

'Mad Men'....love that series.

[theteamsetguy]

Lol!!!!!!!

[glorybells]

I grew up in the shadows of the space program (My dad was a NASA engineer for 30 years).  NASA is king of the acronyms.  I got used to VAB, LCC, O&C, LOX, LN2, SRB, LEM, and more.  And I still use them, when I’m driving my Uber riders who are going to the VIC (visitors center).    If you don’t like acronyms, this would be a terrible place to live!  Plus there is a lot of local shorthand in our area.  “The island” refers to Merritt Island.  

I’m an Uber driver and go literally all over the state.  Sometimes, I’ll send a quick text to a friend so someone will know where I am.  Such a message might read: @OIA, no pax, trying to get r coming E.  Translated: at Orlando Airport, no passenger at the moment, waiting to get a request coming east.  I use airport code for whatever airport I’m at, except Orlando.  They’re OIA when I’m talking, but their code is MCO.  I’ll refer to SFB or MLB for the other airports I work.  Anywhere on Disney property or nearby is referred to as the “Disney bubble”. 

I don’t mind them at all.  They allow me to say things quickly and succinctly , and I’m all about quick and succinct.

[titipeo]

Something that hasn’t been mentioned is that back in the early days, but it serves its purpose as well, where beepers where the rage, you only had so much room to send a message, hence abbreviations. LOL DIY SMH 

Also for me, with arthritis writing through the phone or using keyboard is a little painful. Shortcuts are key, Urban dictionary works well.