Friday Fun: Damn You Auto Correct!

Or is that Auto Cucumber?

For those of you who own iphones and text a lot, you'll know what I'm talking about here.

As you type the phone tries to guess what you really mean to say and often you can inadvertently say the wrong thing if you acknowledge the phone's suggestions too soon.

And there's a blog that's just full of them: Damn You Auto Correct!

It's pretty well the funniest thing on the entire Internet. And pretty NSFW too, as a fair number of them are, well, you really just have to see for yourself.

There's a summary post of some of the best, a taste of one of the more printable ones for your enjoyment here: The Top 15 Most Popular DYAC Texts Of All Time

P1: So how was the date last night bro.

P1: Did you score

P2: Not quite. first date we went to dinner and then walked her home.

P2: then I killed her in the woods outside her house and left

P1: Killing her seems a bit harsh. Did she order the lobster and filet mignon at dinner or something?

P2: ************KISSED wtf

Anyways, you get the idea. Great stuff.

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