“I assure you, I’m human.”
“Oh, really? Then you have a surprisingly good grasp of how to use apostrophes.”
“That sound’s like the sort of thing only spellcheck would notice.”
“No, jsut anyone whose not a moron. Or a copmuter.”
“You’re tpyos aer afwully contrivved.”
“Nuuuh! Im jsut typoing quikkly BECAZ IM ANGREE. Itsa people fing. U wldnt ndrstnd.”
“Yh? wl Bmprt tiyiobvioos mpuutr nd Trring wdb esham.d”
“Was that Welsh?”
“AaaaaaaaH!!!1reelp ooplednt’spkwelshnd Usukk!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Thtsnoejli maetaend uknowit!!! Aypamnota nmber…. Aypamna hyuumanbeen!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Lololololololjarg!!!!!!!!!!”
A technician popped his head around the door. “If you’re done misleading the Turing machines,” he said, “do you want to watch junk on YouTube?”
The professor stared at the gibberish on screen. “Not any more,” he answered. “No.”
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OCR is Not the Only Font
HumorSilly, surreal and sometimes serious, these thirty-one very short stories cover a vast range of subjects and themes. Written entirely during July 2012, these flash fiction pieces are accompanied by a deeply unscientific analysis of the challenge tha...
