Auto-in-Correct

"Pity poor Hannah, who received a startling text message on her cellphone, sent from her father: 'Your mom and I are going to divorce next month.' After Hannah registered her alarm, her father quickly texted back: 'I wrote Disney and this phone changed it. We are going to Disney.'

Welcome to the world of smartphone autocorrection, where incautious typing can lead to hilarious and sometimes shocking results." -- Ben Zimmer, NY Times

I will say this once: I don't like software and machines who try and think for me. I use the outdated AppleWorks on my Macbook Air for word processing, not because it is such an incredible program, but because it doesn't try and think for me like Microsoft Word.

Cashiers can no longer make change in their head, because we depend on the machine(s) to do it. Nobody remembers ANYONE'S phone number any more, because they are all stored in our phones, and God forbid your sim card dies.

I WANT TO THINK FOR MYSELF! I don't want to talk to you on the phone when you are in the room with me and I sure as hell don't want to join a Facebook dialogue my wife is trying to rope me into in order to improve our communication. And I WANT PEN TO MEET PAPER! Have I made myself clear?

Oh, and if you really want more of those autocorrect goofs, click HERE to laugh until you hurt. Just sayin'.