Today, I was giving a presentation at work, when I said, "But we could care less about that." My boss asked if I meant, "Couldn't care less." Wanting to avoid embarrassment, I tried to think up an excuse, only to end up blurting that it was my phone's auto-correct. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I was talking to an attractive guy, but I was so nervous that I got tongue-tied and then blurted out, "Stupid autocorrect." FML
Today, I texted my boss, "I'm looking forward to doing you" instead of, "I'm looking forward to seeing you" thanks to a very unfortunate combination of my atrocious typing skills on a smartphone and an overzealous autocorrect function. FML
Today, while giving a brief presentation at work, I blanked out on what I was going to say. I tried to make a joke and tell them I'd had a brain fart, but all I managed to say was, "I farted." Well, at least they all laughed. FML
Today, I texted my girlfriend that I'm going to 'lick my professor's ass' instead of 'kick' due to auto-correction on my phone. FML
Today, I had an argument with my boss and tried to text a friend about it. I accidentally texted my boss instead. FML
Today, I was on a work call when my coworker made an accidental Freudian slip. Thinking I was muted, I muttered, "That’s what she said." I wasn’t muted. FML
Today, I confidently corrected someone in a group conversation. I was wrong. Very wrong. Everyone stared while Google proved me incorrect in seconds. I nodded and pretended I meant something else. FML
Today, while thinking about something cringe I did, I accidentally said, "Oh fuck!" aloud during someone's speech. The room besides me and the speaker was otherwise quiet. FML
Today, I was writing my rough draft of an essay, and I forgot how to spell a word. I waited for auto correct to help. I was writing on paper. FML
Today, I was so tired at work that I typed out "wherehouse" instead of "warehouse" in a document shared with my co-workers. It took me several seconds to realize why the heck the spell checker had underlined "wherehouse" in red. FML
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Top comments
kevint9911 15
Can't blame it all on auto correct
MrMassive 0
Wow you need to learn the difference between texting and real life
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Comments (259)
KVKdragon 26
Is it really that big of a deal to say "my apologies, that is what I meant to say"? Seems like a natural thing to say when you're reasonably corrected by authority figures
cassieluvshamion 0
FAIL
LaColombianita 26
Lol wow...
Wavesong 4
If you would have said it in a witty/playful tone, it would have been GENIUS.
xaer0babiix0 0
Maybe you should stop talking to Siri.
bsbuddy 0
How many times have we told you? Pay attention.
lysx84 24
I'd have said "that's what I said, you must have misheard..." then continued quickly and hoped for the best...
goodgirlxgonebad 3
Why wouldn't you just say yes and that it's a mistake? People on here are retarded lately
grasshopper02 2
Both are acceptable, "could" being more commonly used. In that context there is implied sarcasm. Ydi for letting it get you worked up
ImaginaryFoe 1
It's been explained correctly here several times. "Could" is not right in this context; it's often used wrongly like "would of", "supposably", "irregardless", and many other words and phrases. Frequent incorrect usage doesn't make it right.
sadistmonkey 19
But being in the dictionary (which both phrases are) does make it correct. And formerly incorrect usages become correct usages over time through frequent use, so you can't dismiss 100% the frequent usage factor.
ImaginaryFoe 1
See my comment #234 above.
sadistmonkey 19
Yeah, except they're in the OED. Both phrases are. Nice try. It's a difference between British and American usage. See, what I don't get is that when people correct British spellings to American spellings, they're immediately dismissed and yet with this phrase people continue to argue back and forth. Double standards if I ever saw one. And with regards to your comment "The meanings of the words themselves have not changed no matter how many people wish it were so", you're quite simply wrong. Or are you going to tell me that the word "gay" means "happy" and not "homosexual"? Or that the word "nice" means "foolish, silly, simple; ignorant"? You accept the modern meaning of those words (at least I'm speculating) so you are by your own definition "dumbing down the language".
Baytheshark 14
Next time just laugh it off