Autocorrect tries to be helpful, but often gets things very wrong. This was posted on X/Twitter by Michael Marshall Smith on November 11, 2018:
     
“It helps if you imagine autocorrect as a tiny little elf in your phone who’s trying so hard to be helpful but is in fact quite drunk.”
   
       
Wikipedia: Autocorrection 
Autocorrection, also known as text replacement, replace-as-you-type, text expander or simply autocorrect, is an automatic data validation function commonly found in word processors and text editing interfaces for smartphones and tablet computers. Its principal purpose is as part of the spell checker to correct common spelling or typing errors, saving time for the user.
     
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Michael Marshall Smith
@ememess
It helps if you imagine autocorrect as a tiny little elf in your phone who’s trying so hard to be helpful but is in fact quite drunk.
9:09 PM · Nov 11, 2018
 
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David McChesney
@stoneisland1803
Recently saw something describing auto correct as a tiny elf in your phone/computer who really wants to do good, but is really drunk most of the time.
3:43 PM · Nov 27, 2018
     
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SheSpeaks
@shespeaksx
It helps if you imagine autocorrect as a tiny elf in your phone who is trying so hard to be helpful but is in fact quite drunk.
11:41 PM · Jan 10, 2019
 
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𝕬𝖑𝖊𝖝 💎
@r8dr4lfe75
It helps if you imagine auto correct as a tiny elf in your phone who is trying so hard to be helpful, but he’s fucking drunk
9:35 AM · Jul 20, 2019
 
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Kambree
@KamVTV
It helps if you imagine auto-correct as a tiny elf in your phone who’s trying so hard to be helpful but is, in fact, quite drunk. 
Phones have been around how long and they can’t spell correctly. Drives me nuts.
10:58 PM · Dec 6, 2021
 
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Doc 
@DocAtCDI
I find it helps me to imagine auto-correct as a tiny elf trying so very hard to be helpful, but who is actually shitfaced drunk
11:07 PM · Nov 10, 2023
 
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March 1, 2024 at 6:39 PM ·
It helps if you imagine
auto correct as a tiny
little elf in your phone
who’s trying so hard
to be helpful but is in
fact quite drunk.