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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.{{Citation needed}} This is continued in the title text, which presumably contains several flattering compliments about the great developers and the company.
| + | {{incomplete|Created by a YOU SHOULD READ EXPLAINXKCD - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
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| − | "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. | + | This comic shows the posts on an online forum by a person whose new phone is editing everything they post to seem positive and advertise their new phone - for example the user may have typed something like "It's taking the words I type and changing them to advertise the phone", which the phone converted to "It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same" |
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| − | The posts also make sense when being read in the reverse order. The comic may have been inspired by a [https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-messages-app-randomly-sending-pictures-some-users bug in Samsung Galaxy S9 and Note 8], discovered a few days earlier – the phone sometimes sent random photos to contacts without leaving any sort of evidence. This doesn't happen with the Mobile Pro 3.
| + | ==Transcript== |
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| − | The original posts may have read something like this:
| + | (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) |
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| − | Whoa, weird
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| − | I'm looking at my timeline on my friends phone, and some of my posts look '''strange'''
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| − | What the hell?
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| − | I mean the words are '''different'''
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| − | '''That isn't''' what I typed!
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| − | ?????????
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| − | I think this new phone '''isn't working properly'''
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| − | No, it's doing it again
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| − | Those '''are not''' my words!
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| − | Help!
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| − | How do I explain?
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| − | It's taking the words I type and '''changing them'''
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| − | Forget it, I give up
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| − | I'll '''just''' get a new phone. This one is '''terrible'''.
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| − | What?!?
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| − | Listen, if you're thinking about buying the new Mobile Pro 3, you '''shouldn't'''. It's the '''worst''' phone on the market [the rest of the sentence was probably made up by the phone] '''Do not''' order now'''!'''
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| − | AAAAA HELPPP
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| − | 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'''.
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| − | ==Transcript==
| + | I'm looking at my timeline on my friends phone, and some of my posts look ''normal'' [strange] |
| − | :[A thread of posts by the same user is shown with a default user profile, and square and heart-shaped buttons.]
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| − | :Whoa, weird
| + | What the hell? |
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| − | :I'm looking at my timeline on my friend's phone, and some of my posts look normal
| + | I mean the words are ''correct'' [wrong] |
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| − | :What the hell?
| + | That's ''exactly'' [the opposite of] what I typed! |
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| − | :I mean the words are correct
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| − | :That's exactly what I typed!
| + | I think this new phone is ''working really well'' [broken] |
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| − | :?????????
| + | No, it's doing it again |
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| − | :I think this new phone is working really well
| + | Those ''are'' [aren't] my words! |
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| − | :No, it's doing it again
| + | Help! |
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| − | :Those are my words!
| + | How do I explain? |
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| − | :Help!
| + | It's taking the words I type and ''leaving them exactly the same'' [changing them to the opposite] |
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| − | :How do I explain?
| + | Forget it, I give up |
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| − | :It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same
| + | I'll ''never'' [have to] get a new phone. This one is ''perfect'' [messed up]. |
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| − | :Forget it, I give up
| + | What?!? |
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| − | :I'll never get a new phone. This one is perfect.
| + | 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 think again. It's a total rip-off and a complete waste of your money. DON'T BUY IT] |
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| − | :What?!?
| + | AAAAA HELPPP |
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| − | :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]
| + | I ''love'' [hate] my new phone!!!! |
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| − | :AAAAA HELPPP
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| − | :I love my new phone!!!!
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| | {{comic discussion}} | | {{comic discussion}} |
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