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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | {{incomplete|Created by a YOU SHOULD DONATE TO EXPLAINXKCD - The transcript may be interesting, but as part of the explanation. In the transcript there should be no explanation but only the text and info about how it is written! Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
| − | "It's taking the words I type and | + | 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" |
| − | + | ==Transcript (including the text that may have been changed)== | |
| + | {{incomplete transcript|The explanation part should not be part of the transcript, but it is relevant so somehow it should have a section in the explanation.}} | ||
| − | + | (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 | |
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| − | + | I'm looking at my timeline on my friends phone, and some of my posts look ''normal'' [strange] | |
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| − | + | What the hell? | |
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| − | + | I mean the words are ''correct'' [wrong] | |
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| − | + | That's ''exactly'' [the opposite of] what I typed! | |
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| − | + | ????????? | |
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| − | + | I think this new phone is ''working really well'' [broken] | |
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| − | + | No, it's doing it again | |
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| − | + | Those ''are'' [aren't] 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 ''leaving them exactly the same'' [changing them to the opposite] | |
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| − | + | Forget it, I give up | |
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| − | + | I'll ''never'' [have to] get a new phone. This one is ''perfect'' [messed up]. | |
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| − | + | What?!? | |
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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'' [better think again. It's a total rip-off and a complete waste of your money. DON'T BUY IT] | |
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| − | + | AAAAA HELPPP | |
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| − | + | I ''love'' [hate] my new phone!!!! | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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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 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 | |
| − | + | AAAAA HELPPP | |
| − | + | I love my new phone!!!! | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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