Autocorrect Is Almost 20 Years Old And Its Fails Are Never Going To Be Not Hilarious

Autocorrect has been making people look ridiculous for nearly two decades, and it still knows exactly how to embarrass them at the worst possible moment. What started as a small iPhone feature in 2007 quickly became one of the most complained-about, and most entertaining, parts of texting.

These days, autocorrect and voice-to-text keep turning ordinary messages into accidental comedy, which is exactly why so many people share the results online. The screenshots below show just how far a simple typo can go when your phone decides to get creative.

And somehow, the jokes never get old. Read on.

Sometimes you just want it to do its job

Talhah_S

I'd say a nudity dream would also likely be an anxiety dream

meena

Technology is evolving

sarabellab123

Marriage means you don't have to do anything with your muffin

maryfairybobrry

Food is an important word

Lilly

That is not the message anyone meant to send.

Autocorrect messing things up

thearibradford

Anytime now

AkilahObviously

You gotta proofread those cake requests!

emilyseggie_

Sod of a birch

Kendragarden

At least you're doing it well?

XplodingUnicorn

Something something country girls

maryfairybobrry

A chivalrous man *would* bring chocolate

lilireinhart

Autocorrect really committed to the bit here.

Autocorrect’s “almost right” failures are the same kind of logic-bending as 81 visual anomalies that scramble your brain.

Why not both?

LurkAtHomeMom giphy

Sometimes we gotta pull from our toolbox

SladeWentworth

confluence? connect? congratulations?

SvnSxty

Oddly accurate

sweetmomissa

We aren't doing anything together, autocorrect

Lilly

It keeps getting more personal than it should.

Life can be pretty morbid

LuvPug

Talk about adding salt to the wound

mattwasfunny

Sometimes, yeah, autocorrect knows what's up

Manda_like_wine

Surprisingly embarrassing when autocorrect makes you more enthusiastic than you're capable of being

johnsinspace

We knew him well

SimonDSears

"Soon" is surprisingly ominous

1followernodad

Honestly though

ManLike_Nesta

Never when you want it

thearibradford

Until technology catches up, autocorrect will keep making people laugh at their own expense.

Still not over the autocorrect chaos? These glitches in 70 photos that make your brain need a restart are next-level.