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| − | This comic shows the posts on an online forum by a person whose new phone is programmed to autocorrect every complaint about the phone to applaud it, à la Orwell. The phone goes as far as to change a certain complaint to a scripted customer testimonial, complete with a hyperlink to an ordering site. This is of course a highly undesirable feature | + | This comic shows the posts on an online forum by a person whose new phone is programmed to autocorrect every complaint about the phone to applaud it, à la Orwell. The phone goes as far as to change a certain complaint to a scripted customer testimonial, complete with a hyperlink to an ordering site. This is of course a highly undesirable feature {{Citation needed}}. This is continued in the title text, which presumably contains several flattering compliments about the great developers and the company. |
"It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same", "I mean the words are correct" and "some of my posts look normal" are definitely something one would not normally say. However, the auto-correct features of cell phones are so notorious for mangling people's posts, that one might express astonishment at a phone which did not change one's meaning. The rest of the thread does not support this interpretation. | "It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same", "I mean the words are correct" and "some of my posts look normal" are definitely something one would not normally say. However, the auto-correct features of cell phones are so notorious for mangling people's posts, that one might express astonishment at a phone which did not change one's meaning. The rest of the thread does not support this interpretation. | ||
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Whoa, weird | Whoa, weird | ||
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I'm looking at my timeline on my friends phone, and some of my posts look '''strange''' | I'm looking at my timeline on my friends phone, and some of my posts look '''strange''' | ||
| − | + | What the hell? | |
| − | What the hell? | ||
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I mean the words are '''different''' | I mean the words are '''different''' | ||
| − | + | '''That isn't''' what I typed!' | |
| − | '''That isn't''' what I typed! | ||
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????????? | ????????? | ||
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I think this new phone '''isn't working properly''' | I think this new phone '''isn't working properly''' | ||
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No, it's doing it again | No, it's doing it again | ||
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Those '''are not''' my words! | Those '''are not''' my words! | ||
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Help! | Help! | ||
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How do I explain? | How do I explain? | ||
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It's taking the words I type and '''changing them''' | It's taking the words I type and '''changing them''' | ||
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Forget it, I give up | Forget it, I give up | ||
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I'll '''just''' get a new phone. This one is '''terrible'''. | I'll '''just''' get a new phone. This one is '''terrible'''. | ||
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What?!? | What?!? | ||
| − | + | Listen, if you're thinking about buying the new Mobile Pro 3, you '''shouldn't'''. [The next sentence or the entire post may have been completely inserted by the phone with or without prompting] | |
| − | Listen, if you're thinking about buying the new Mobile Pro 3, you '''shouldn't'''. | ||
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AAAAA HELPPP | AAAAA HELPPP | ||
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I '''hate''' my new phone!!!! | I '''hate''' my new phone!!!! | ||
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I'm going to tell the manufacturer that their business practices are '''DEPLORABLE''' and '''UNETHICAL''' and their developers are '''DISGUSTING''' and I'm going to report them to the FCC for their '''DESPICABLE CRIME'''. | I'm going to tell the manufacturer that their business practices are '''DEPLORABLE''' and '''UNETHICAL''' and their developers are '''DISGUSTING''' and I'm going to report them to the FCC for their '''DESPICABLE CRIME'''. | ||
