Murdered Over Autocorrect? Or Just Because Some People Are Crazy
from the where's-the-lawsuit? dept
I have to admit that DamnYouAutoCorrect.com has become a regular visit for me — especially when I need a good laugh. While I get the feeling a bunch of them are faked these days, some of them are amazingly funny (this one seems to be a popular one). However, now there are some (slightly sketchy) reports coming out of the UK that an autocorrect mistake may have resulted in a murder, after some guy thought his friend was calling him a “nutter.” Oddly, it was the guy whose phone made the mistake who killed the other guy, but he insists that the recipient of the misplaced “nutter” came over to his apartment with a big knife in response. Of course, the other guy also appears to have prepared himself by placing knives strategically in his apartment so he could respond. And respond he did, as the dead man apparently had over 100 injuries from the knives. I think this guy probably has got bigger problems than just his phone “autocorrecting” messages…
Filed Under: autocorrect, murder
Comments on “Murdered Over Autocorrect? Or Just Because Some People Are Crazy”
He should be more reasonable...
He should have just sued for character defamation/liable. No need to go to extremes.
Re: He should be more reasonable...
Yeah, but who would he sue? The guy who sent him the text, for defaming his (personal) character; or the phone manufacturer, for defaming an (orthographic) character?
New legislation on the way...
You already can’t text while driving or walking. Now you’ll no longer be able to text while conversing.
Re: New legislation on the way...
And thinking! No texting and thinking simultaneously…
Re: Re: New legislation on the way...
No texting and thinking simultaneously…
Pretty sure that won’t be a problem. No one seems to do it.
Re: Re: Re: New legislation on the way...
Or perhaps, in the best Heller-esque fashion, they’ll outlaw texting while texting.
Question...
Who do I sue for having just lost a full hour on damnyouautocorrect.com?
Re: Question...
I suggest Apple, and any other makers of smart phones.
If these had not been created, no one would be auto-corrected by their sometimes smart-ass phones.
I sure don’t need my phones assistance to get into trouble. I can manage that quite well on my own.
Autocorrect is evil! Won’t somebody stop this menace!? Think of the children!
Re: Re:
Oh, please. There’s nothing wrong with autocorrect. If you’re low on blood sugar, just spend the sixty-five sense for a cock….
Sent from my iPad
Crazy people everywhere.
Curse you, Mike
Just wasted an hour — first of many no doubt — LMAO on that silly autocorrect site.
Mike is spying on me?
I just posted an image from there on my FB yesterday, and now it shows up on TD!
http://damnyouautocorrect.com/images/wnt-2.jpg