Google is destroying the English language.

[Sithdarth]

So I turned on that optional spelling and grammar checking thing in Chrome because I tend to be horrible with both. The grammar checking thing isn't terribly great but it does catch things like using to when you mean too and other common mistakes.

The benevolent Google was actively correcting my wayward grammar and all was right with the world. At least that was what I thought. A little bit ago I was typing in Chrome like I usually do and I typed the totally correct and innocuous phrase "got to" and Chrome in its infinite wisdom underlined it in blue telling me in it's own subtle way that I had made a grammatical error. Confused I did the right click thing to figure out what was wrong with "got to" and how it could be fixed. Imagine my outright shock and horror to find out that the suggested change was "gotta". My worldview is shattered and if I cannot trust Google I'm afraid I cannot trust anyone or anything. :argh:

[Flarecobra]

Technology in general is destroying the English language. Look at how much text-speak has entered the lexicon of everyday language.

[Krylo]

omg, wtf iz up wit dat?!? iz totes gotsta!

[Aerozord]

I just wish my autocorrect would stop telling me autocorrect isn't a word

[Aldurin]

Eventually there'll be a classist separation based on how you speak English. The lower class will speak horribly dumbed-down text speak and the upper class will speak in whatever English-based programming language is most prominent at the time.

[synkr0nized]

An excerpt from my NPF PHP Package:
function NPF_Post($prevPost, $activity) {
$privs = $GLOBALS['acctLevel'];
$message = null;
$locked = getThread($prevPost)->lockStatus;

// if the thread is locked, fuck it and leave
if ($locked) {
exit();
}

// check the previous message
$message = getText($prevPost);
if (NPF_textSpeakCheck($message) && ($privs > 1)) {
$shitlord = getUser($prevPost);
NPF_banUser($shitlord);
NPF_modForumRant($shitlord, $prevPost);
}

// ignore the fact that this means I have hardcoded only ONE response to any post ever made because fuck this I already have taken too much time for a joke
echo "Get on my language level, scrubs."

return;
}


There are, of course, several NPF_ functions, but most of them are abuses of power you're not allowed to see.