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Love, Mob

Mom is writing a shopping list and autocorrect is writing its own. Halfway through, the family owns cattle.

Lines: 22 · about 63 s of video · Parents

  1. ThemPick up bread and milk on your way home
  2. YouOk
  3. ThemAnd get Grandma from the dentist at six
  4. YouWill do
  5. ThemAnd don’t forget to feed the cattle
  6. pause 0.9 s
  7. YouMom, since when do we have cattle?
  8. ThemTHE CAT
  9. The phone changes it by itself
  10. YouI was already working out how much hay we need
  11. ThemGrandma also wants a dozen legs
  12. YouLegs
  13. ThemEGGS!!!
  14. A dozen eggs
  15. pause 1.0 s
  16. YouMom, turn off autocorrect
  17. ThemHow
  18. YouSettings, keyboard, autocorrect
  19. ThemDone
  20. Everything will be fine now
  21. See you at home, love, Mob
  22. pause 1.5 s
  23. YouMob?
  24. ThemMOM
  25. That’s it, I’m calling you

Why it is funny

Each autocorrect slip is a little worse than the one before, so the reader starts waiting for the next. The strongest arrives right after "everything will be fine now": the promise is the setup for the punchline.

How to make it yours

You can invent your own swaps, but keep the order: a harmless one first, then an absurd one, and the strongest in the sign-off. Words that look alike at a glance work best, like "cat" and "cattle".

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