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Re: Woke Microsoft goes Orwellian on Word spell checker
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2022, 02:31:06 PM »
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10396809/Microsoft-introduces-new-woke-feature-Word-tries-suggest-PC-alternatives.html

Gonna be doing a lot of eff-that-noise...



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Re: Woke Microsoft goes Orwellian on Word spell checker
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2022, 02:56:26 PM »
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Wonder if it changes f-bomb to golf?  Hear it on courses and driving ranges all the time...
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