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[–] 32 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

Fun fact: so long as the first and last letters of each word are correct, most people can read a sentence just fine. It’s a good example of how extremely good our brains are at pattern recognition.

Aocernig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the Itteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt ting is taht the frist and Isat Itteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sill raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is buseae the huamn mid deos not raed ervey Iteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

e: typo

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    It's been debunked a while ago

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Has it? I’d love a link.

    Were you able to read my quote at nearly unjumbled speed? Because I think most of us can, which is proof it’s valid.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Still better than a 5minute voice memo.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Man I hate those. I have one friend that puts it to the extreme. Their record currently sits at a 20 minute voice memo where the part relevant to the conversation could have been put in about 20 words of text.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    my expert decoding skills tell me the message is "what are you doing toblerone"

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Who even cares about aputocorrect?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I have adhd and dyslexia. This is my natural state.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    My friends call this my "accent".

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Looks like a perfectly fine sentence in Dutch

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    This is how my mom texts, and it's always a fun game trying to figure out what she's trying to say

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I disabled autocorrect

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    We're not going to the restaurant.

    *now

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Idnno, might got o wafflhose

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    This is me.

    Typing in a touch screen is one thing, editing text is just plain tedious. If it's close enough just leave it.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago

    What pisses me off is when it's a very obvious typo and the other person responds "what?" Like idk dumbass use your fuckin brain

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