Hey autocorrect (you bitch)

[ztejas 43411]

When I type "appt" or "algo" I'm not trying to type out the entirety of appointment or algorithm you stupid fucking asshole. 

What other shit does autocorrect do that you hate? 

I can deal with some of it, but this new thing that devs (see right there I tried to type "devs" and it "corrected" to develops - which isn't even the right word) have inputted to where it automatically fills out abbreviations is driving me up the fucking wall.

I'm a romantic, amateur linguist - I love English. If a word is better served being abbreviated then I'll abbreviate it. For fuck's sake.

Side note - I'm a Samsung Galaxy guy - maybe this isn't as big of an issue on ios?

Edited January 10 by ztejas
Posting in "lulz" because this seems like a universal annoyance, but this is also appropriate for "nerdz"

[Biff Tannen 45660]

duck

[Wally Fairway 5539]

First world problems

Edited January 10 by Wally Fairway

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

I'm also an Android user, and I use SwiftKey. It's pretty nonintrusive, but I don't use any autocomplete aside from the three predicted words above my keyboard. See attached for an example.

Fuck autocorrect in the 

[Helobious 9459]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

 

Side note - I'm a Samsung Galaxy guy -

“I’m poor and stupid” is shorter fyi.

[ztejas 43411]

2 hours ago, Helobious said:

“I’m poor and stupid” is shorter fyi.

I mean like who gives a fuck me or you?

[Hook1997 5351]

iPhone update from a couple of weeks ago seemed to have messed up the autocorrect feature bad.  Started running slow and do different fills all of a sudden for a few days but seems to be better now.  

Edited January 10 by Hook1997

[ROFL BOX 6647]

"tge" never gets corrected to "the" & I am contemplating the removal of "javelin" because when I fat finger "jave" instead of "have", that word pops up.

& Then I think "but what if some day I'm writing a post about a light spear dating to nearly 400,000 years ago or a man-portable anti-tank system & I need that word?"

[Pam Cummings 9639]

Sometimes when i type really fast on my phone, instead of the space bar, i will keep accidentally hitting the "b" or "v" button instead of putting spaces.

 

Itvlooksblike this. Would be cool if autocorrect could figure out that im actually typing 3 separate words there and just do it's thing, instead of me always having to go back and correct.

 

Oh, and if you're a person that cares what phone people use, you're so fucking dumb. Who cares. I use android and love the fact that iphone users dont put me in group texts. I hate group texts.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9323]

"tge" never gets corrected to "the" & I am contemplating the removal of "javelin" because when I fat finger "jave" instead of "have", that word pops up.

& Then I think "but what if some day I'm writing a post about a light spear dating to nearly 400,000 years ago or a man-portable anti-tank system & I need that word?"

Same thing with "tje". Drives me fucking nuts

[deadshank 24652]

[YGIFS 19449]

8 minutes ago, deadshank said:

I think I voted for that thing for U.S. Congress. 

 

Despite it being like three fucking phones ago, my auto-correct still subs in "Andorra" for "And/Or."  I text it a lot to my wife like "You want to pickup anything for lunch and/or dinner on the way home from the game?"  Will text a friend, "Coffee and/or lunch next week after dropoff?"  And while I once visited the obscure Iberian micro-state 30 years ago, why in the fuck would that be the default substitute for "And/Or", especially when I follow it with a fucking question mark?  

[Jerry Callo 8694]

I have apparently trained my phone to recognize and complete the word "fuck". For that I am proud.

[Superhero 8826]

On 1/9/2024 at 5:03 PM, ztejas said:

When I type "appt" or "algo" I'm not trying to type out the entirety of appointment or algorithm you stupid fucking asshole. 

What other shit does autocorrect do that you hate? 

I can deal with some of it, but this new thing that devs (see right there I tried to type "devs" and it "corrected" to develops - which isn't even the right word) have inputted to where it automatically fills out abbreviations is driving me up the fucking wall.

I'm a romantic, amateur linguist - I love English. If a word is better served being abbreviated then I'll abbreviate it. For fuck's sake.

Side note - I'm a Samsung Galaxy guy - maybe this isn't as big of an issue on ios?

Looking at my keyboard...

WTF are you trying to spell with "appt" or "algo"?

[ROFL BOX 6647]

I think I voted for that thing for U.S. Congress. 
 
Despite it being like three fucking phones ago, my auto-correct still subs in "Andorra" for "And/Or."  I text it a lot to my wife like "You want to pickup anything for lunch and/or dinner on the way home from the game?"  Will text a friend, "Coffee and/or lunch next week after dropoff?"  And while I once visited the obscure Iberian micro-state 30 years ago, why in the fuck would that be the default substitute for "And/Or", especially when I follow it with a fucking question mark?  

Try "and / or".

Looking at my keyboard...
WTF are you trying to spell with "appt" or "algo"?

Appointment
Algorithm

[ztejas 43411]

9 hours ago, Superhero said:

Looking at my keyboard...

WTF are you trying to spell with "appt" or "algo"?

I'm trying to write the abbreviation not the full word. 

[BearMace 2187]

I get algo maybe if you're trying to sound extra bro-y, but in what scenario would you not want it to spell out appointment? Are you on a character limit?

[uoftorange 1386]

The creme de la creme of it is fuck to duck.  But the most annoying is iOS never knowing if I mean well or we'll.  The grammar context is easily there, they do it properly with so many words.  

[ROFL BOX 6647]

The creme de la creme of it is fuck to duck.  But the most annoying is iOS never knowing if I mean well or we'll.  The grammar context is easily there, they do it properly with so many words.  

We're/ we are
Were / past tense related to was