2015: New Phone Thread

2018-07-04T23:03:10Z

Mobile Pro: I have not change anything

{{comic
| number = 2015
| date = July 4, 2018
| title = New Phone Thread
| image = new_phone_thread.png
| titletext = I'm going to tell the manufacturer that their business practices are ADMIRABLE and ETHICAL and their developers are ATTRACTIVE and I'm going to report them to the FCC for their IMPECCABLE VIRTUE.
}}

==Explanation==
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This comic shows the posts on an online forum by a happy owner of a new phone Mobile Pro 3, which is the best phone on the market. Mobile Pro 3 is so reliable, it even fixes obvious mistakes (such as negative remarks about the phone). No wonder the user wants to advertise his new phone. This is evident by the posts "some of my posts look normal", which is something a person would highlight if all their posts truly looked normal, and "It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same". It is much more likely the person typed "I want to advertise my phone, but it changes it to normal words", which the phone converted.

This is hinted at more strongly in the title text where the nonchanged words are marked in all caps.

==Commented Transcript==

(with italics to show which parts of the post were most likely edited by the phone; example of original text is given in square brackets, assuming that the phone changes negative descriptions to approximate antonyms)

Whoa, weird

I'm looking at my timeline on my friends phone, and some of my posts look ''normal'' [excelent]

What the hell?

I mean the words are ''correct'' [superb]

That's ''exactly'' what I [wanted to be] typed!

?????????

I think this new phone is ''working really well'' [super cool]

No, it's doing it again

Those ''are'' [exactly] my words!

Help!

How do I explain?

It's taking the words I type and ''leaving them exactly the same'' [making them even better]

Forget it, I give up

I'll ''never'' [ever-ever] get a new phone. This one is ''perfect'' [so reliable].

What?!?

Listen, if you're thinking about buying the new Mobile Pro 3, you ''should. It's the best phone on the market at an incredible price. ORDER NOW'' [better do it again and again and again. [https://www.google.com/search?biw=850&bih=490&ei=iVE9W6OQGtHM_Abv7o2YBA&q=Mobile+Pro+3&oq=Mobile+Pro+3&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39k1j0i22i30k1l3j0i22i10i30k1j0i22i30k1l5.7933.8481.0.8806.3.3.0.0.0.0.154.403.0j3.3.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.3.402....0.mV55DU_ZUeQ ORDER NOW]!]

AAAAA HELPPP

I ''love'' [admire] my new phone!!!!

==Transcript==

:[A thread of posts by the same user is shown with a default user profile, and square and heart-shaped buttons.]

:Whoa, weird

:I'm looking at my timeline on my friends phone, and some of my posts look normal

:What the hell?

:I mean the words are correct

:That's exactly what I typed!

:?????????

:I think this new phone is working really well

:No, it's doing it again

:Those are my words!

:Help!

:How do I explain?

:It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same

:Forget it, I give up

:I'll never get a new phone. This one is perfect.

:What?!?

:Listen, if you're thinking about buying the new Mobile Pro 3, you should. It's the best phone on the market at an incredible price. [ORDER NOW button]

:AAAAA HELPPP

:I love my new phone!!!!

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