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When Autocorrect Takes Over: Japanese Tragedy Edition

March 15, 2011 in Disasters

When things like this happen, what can you say?  You struggle for words, but you want to know more.  You search the internet for information, almost against your will, but compelled nonetheless.  What will more statistics really tell you?  How will knowing more and more help anyone, even yourself?  But you keep looking, searching, clicking on links your friends post.  Asking questions.  So many questions.  But are you asking the right questions? You run out of questions.

And then autocorrect thinks of another question.

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  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/bjonston/ BJonston

    Fucking autocorrect.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/anonymous/ Because Sexus, Plexus and Nexus

    If I didn’t know better, I would think the autocorrect output was a Freudian slip showing either the commenter’s (or his/her computer’s) subconscious awareness of and discomfort with the display of disaster voyeurism.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/irishbreakfast/ irishbreakfast

    Fucking autocorrect, indeed.

    I was emailing a colleague about the mechanics of the tsunami and typed (I thought*) ‘littoral placement’. It was transformed into ‘clitoral placement, which as far as I know has nothing to do with tsunamis.

    *disclaimer: I recently purchased a new, whiz-bang laptop which came equipped with all the stuff that everyone else has had for decades, so it’s quite possible none of this is autocorrect’s fault. It could be that my computer is a perv.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/chillbearlatrigue/ Chillbear Latrigue

    I feel like I have to mention that there was nothing funny about the earthquake or subsequent reactor crisis as a disclaimer. However, I laughed like an idiot for about five minutes about the “cuties” autocorrect.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/anonymous/ Because Sexus, Plexus and Nexus

    @ Chillbear Latrigue:
    But when Gilbert Gottfried tweets more or less the same thing you fire him? Hypocrite.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/nodebutante/ NoDebutante

    Damnit, Bono! Stop coveting disasters! You, Madonna & Ben Affleck have Africa. Sean Penn & Wyclef have Haiti. Gwen Stefani is on her way right now. It’s the least she can do to repay Japan for her harajuku-croptop-trackpant mashups.