Auto correct on smartphones: evil or just plain genius?
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[release]Auto correct on smartphones can save your time and fingers but it's a nightmare for some - and one site is harnessing the best auto correct cock-ups to hilarious effect.
The creators of a website dedicated to showcasing the failings of the service, offered on most new smartphones, will in March release a book for about $US10 dedicated to hilarious text message stuff-ups.
Entitled Damn You, Autocorrect!: Awesomely Embarrassing Text Messages You Didn't Mean to Send, the book will feature 300 text messages that haven't been shown on its damnyouautocorrect.com website.
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The creators are also searching for Australian examples to include in an international version.
Apple's iPhone is one of the main culprits when it comes to what is showcased on the site.
You can switch off auto correct on your iPhone by touching the "Settings" icon, then "General", then "Keyboard" and then turning "Auto-Correction" off.
Below are some examples of text messages gone wrong, listed on the damnyouautocorrect.com website.
Person A: Does you [sic] hotel have any vasectomies next weekend? Mom and I want to come down.
Person B: We have vaccancies if that's what you're asking!
Person A: Vasectomy on Saturday January 29?
Person B: Vacancy!
Person A: I'll take it
Person A:Yes I'm down. Home tonight gone tomorrow. Be back next week though we should schedule a conception.
Person A: Competition
Person A: Damn you auto correct
Person B: Hahahhahaha
Person B: Gross
Person A: I'm fighting with mike
Person B: Again??? Omg. I'm sorry.
Person A: Yeah. Its [sic] bad and I think it's it this time. He just drove off with his moms corpse.
Person B: WITH HER CORPSE????
Person A: Holy sh*t no! Her camaro! HAHAHAHA
Person B: You scare me
Person A: I'm gonna poop in the shower while you're gone, be back in a bit
Person A: Pop! Pop! Omg
Person B: Hahhahah
Person A: That so bad, omg
Person B: When you are here please don't poop in my shower
What's the worst you've managed to do with auto correct? Let us know in the comments below.
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Oh god watch the video on it....
MASTURBATE THE CHICKEN!
Autocorrect is awesome idea, but it didn't work will, now did it
I've been on the sites before and most of them seem made up
[QUOTE=ken188;27708183]I've been on the sites before and most of them seem made up[/QUOTE]
haha i got an iPhone 4 and i can tell you that this happens when you're not thinking about it. these are probably not made up
Person A: Oh my god I want to fuck you so bad mum woah I'm so hard right now
Person B: What!?
Person A: Oops, I meant can you take the dog for a walk while I'm out? Stupid auto correct
true story.
I remember I was texting my mom about when I'd be done at the movies;
"I'll be done having sex in about five minutes, have dad come get me."
What kind of badass rides off with his mother's corpse after a fight?
5generally if you leave your autocorrect off then you realize that every other word is misspelled and you have to go back and fix them so it's a good thing imo
Pokemon is in the auto correct in my LG VU plus,
I use it on android. Autocorrect fixes more errors then it creates so I leave it on.
[QUOTE=garrynohome;27709812]I use it on android. Autocorrect fixes more errors then it creates so I leave it on.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Kinglah Crab;27709778]5generally if you leave your autocorrect off then you realize that every other word is misspelled and you have to go back and fix them so it's a good thing imo[/QUOTE]
"Lets go tabboganing naked!"
No. Fucking no I did not send that!
The site is funny but why would you buy a book
I have a love-hate relationship with my phone's autocorrect. Half the time it works, half the time it butchers everything. That good half is the only thing that keeps me from turning it off
Why does autocorrect purposely avoid swear words? No, I don't want 'duck'.
I never had a problem with auto correct.
This is why I turned auto correct off. I always proof read my messages but it's less frustrating to not have to backspace something and try retyping it only to have it autocorrect again.
This reminded me of a joke by Gabriel Iglesias where his iPhone saved him from his girlfriend yelling at him. He was texting her that he went to some bar with his friend but it auto translated "some bar" to "cinnabon."
When I was first typing something into my iPod Touch, it auto-corrected "holy" into "iPod".
[QUOTE=Galago;27716908]Why does autocorrect purposely avoid swear words? No, I don't want 'duck'.[/QUOTE]
Because it's safer for the average person.
"Hi I'll be home in a minute after I finish eating my dick."
Today I learned that Hamhung is North Korea's second largest city.
What pisses me off on my Android is that I will accidently hit the button to save some mistake as an actual word.
[QUOTE=ChristopherB;27719871]What pisses me off on my Android is that I will accidently hit the button to save some mistake as an actual word.[/QUOTE]
I can't find the save button on the gingerbread keyboard :(
Autocorrect can be useful, but it can be a pain in the ass as well.
Wow, those are hilarious.
They add autocorrect just to troll us
If you ever fancy texting a girl "i wanna lick your pussy" mind predictive doesn't change it to "kick your puppy"
[QUOTE=Doozle;27735255]If you ever fancy texting a girl "i wanna lick your pussy" mind predictive doesn't change it to "kick your puppy"[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't she be mad after receiving either statement?
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