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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?

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Posting in "lulz" because this seems like a universal annoyance, but this is also appropriate for "nerdz"
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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.  

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"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?"

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13 hours ago, ztejas said:

I mean like who gives a fuck me or you?

It’s a Gen Z/Gen Alpha thing I’ve read that Android users give the ick and are inferior social creatures, I guess?

I think Helo is Gen Z so that checks out.

To be fair, the big push to regulate/sue Apple to allow Android to have the blue bubbles does sort of give credence to the idea that the youngsters uphold that theory.

But us olds? Who cares.

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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.

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"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
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8 minutes ago, deadshank said:

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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?  

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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"?

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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
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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
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