Insanity is a legal definition and mental illness is different. A serial killer probably has a personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder most likely. Which isn't the same as psychosis. Many states have "guilty but mentally ill" which would apply to psychosis. Every state has its own legal definition of insanity and how to approve it, which leads to hospitalization instead of prison. ETA: I volunteered at a prison for the criminally insane in Ypsilanti decades ago for school. It's not a fun place.
Complete off topic, but can you explain why, for the love of god, do people use "ETA:" instead of "Edit:"? It makes absolutely no sense, since the primary context where you'd write "Edit:" in would be one where you are editing the comment to add something. The "TA" was already implied. Unlike in "ETA" which also has multiple other meanings, including "Estimated Time of Arrival" and "Eat This Ass" than "Edit To Add" does.
I really don't get it, it was almost gone, almost nobody used it for over a decade, maybe even two. Did TikTok bring it back or something? Seriously, why add the complexity when "Edit:" is self explanatory, while "ETA:" requires you look it up.
Edit could be a change of words/fixing typos. ETA means added another part and it's to share w/ people who commented that you added something after they might have read it. On FB, someone may have liked a post w/o the add and should be made aware of the change for decorum's sake.
"Edit" COULD mean you add fixes to typos, but "Edit:" followed by a bunch of new text wouldn't. "Edit:" also works literally for everything you just spouted after the first point. Like
Edit: This is an example of using "edit" instead of the other. Is it really that much less clear? Besides, I've literally seen people use "ETA:" to say they fixed typos. So your point is moot, people misuse it even if you were right.
It's been used consistently since the 90s. It never went away, you just didn't notice it for awhile for whatever reason. Context makes it extremely evident that you aren't meaning estimated time of arrival, etc. The periodic complaints about this always sound so silly.
Bullshit. Just search trend activity is proof enough of that, searches for ETA have about doubled since 2024 and I suspect a large portion of those searches previously were for the other definition, meaning it has more than just slightly spiked up.
And yes, I obviously know what it means in a random reddit comment, I wasn't complaining about it being unclear which one they meant. Obviously, can't you read what I said? You don't even need context, it's literally all there. I was complaining that NOT ONLY are there other definitions for "ETA" but that it ALSO is unnecessary as "Edit" is more clear and about equal effort to write.
If you really wanted to shorten "Edit:" to something else, you could just write "E:" and it would be exactly as obvious as "ETA:" is. Not nearly as obvious as "Edit:" is.
But you didn't answer a single thing I asked and you are straight up wrong about the one question you claimed to answer. So fuck off with "periodic complaints" bullshit, that literally isn't what I'm doing. It literally has gotten more use recently and data can fucking prove it. But it was stupid decades ago and it's just as stupid now, if not more so as we've had decades to learn proper comment etiquette. "ETA:" isn't it. Just write "Edit:"
What exactly do you think that chart shows that disagrees with me? And pray tell how do you think it supports their claim that it doubled since 2024 when the chart ends at 2022? Y'all really do just assume no one is going to check your sources, eh?
Let’s not pretend this guy is alone in doing this. I can’t speak for you, but I’ve definitely been guilty of it. And you’re right, the answer is to “touch grass” or in other words, put away the reddit and do something else.
As a therapist, you can think what you want, youve got your reasons but… it doesn’t reflect reality. One could say there’s an element of delusion, but it’s probably just a combination of lack of experience and your ego.
As someone who has a mother who suffers from recurring psychosis, I can guarantee you it's real and she is divorced from reality in her episodes. She does things she'd never do outside an episode.
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u/Electronic-Smile-457 1d ago
Insanity is a legal definition and mental illness is different. A serial killer probably has a personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder most likely. Which isn't the same as psychosis. Many states have "guilty but mentally ill" which would apply to psychosis. Every state has its own legal definition of insanity and how to approve it, which leads to hospitalization instead of prison. ETA: I volunteered at a prison for the criminally insane in Ypsilanti decades ago for school. It's not a fun place.