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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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| − | "It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same" | + | This comic shows the posts on an online forum by a person whose new phone is editing everything negative they post about the phone to seem positive, thereby advertising their new phone. This is evident by the posts "some of my posts look normal", which is not 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 "It's taking the words I type and changing them to advertise the phone", which the phone converted. |
| − | + | This is hinted at more strongly in the title text where the changed words are marked in all caps. | |
| − | The | + | 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. |
| − | + | ==Commented Transcript== | |
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| − | + | (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 ''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'' [fails to function properly] | |
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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'' [immediately] get a new phone. This one is ''perfect'' [unusable]. | |
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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 the worst phone on the market; 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!!!! | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[A thread of posts by the same user is shown with a default user profile, and square and heart-shaped buttons.] | :[A thread of posts by the same user is shown with a default user profile, and square and heart-shaped buttons.] | ||
:Whoa, weird | :Whoa, weird | ||
| − | :I'm looking at my timeline on my | + | :I'm looking at my timeline on my friends phone, and some of my posts look normal |
:What the hell? | :What the hell? | ||
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:I love my new phone!!!! | :I love my new phone!!!! | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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