As I sit here and write my first editorial of the year, I realize how much we underestimate a tool we use every day. Whether it is spell check, autocorrect, or whatever other system your smart phone or device provides, we are completely spoiled by our programmed word correctors.

I have not decided exactly where I stand on the issue of autocorrect. And yes, I realize that this is a perfect example of a first world problem.

But how can something so helpful be so annoying?

We rely on these programs every day and do not even notice it. For example, in the past 102 or so words I just typed, Microsoft Word’s autocorrect informed me that “everyday” needed to be changed to “every day,” and that I incorrectly used three commas.

It is the small things like that we take for granted. I cannot even imagine writing my college essays without any form of spell check, it would literally be a disaster waiting to happen. To all those seniors out there, can I get an Amen?

Of course, no unconscious device can be perfect.

Occasionally, said program makes mistakes and the outcomes are amusing. I am sure many of you are familiar with the multitude of anti-autocorrect websites that post humorous screenshots of autocorrects gone wrong.

So “LOL” to autocorrect changing completely appropriate sentences into random innuendos that do not make any sense.

But although spell check can be very helpful and entertaining, it can also be incredibly frustrating.

Someone tell me why the iPhone’s autocorrect does not recognize “so” as a word. It is a word. It is definitely a word. You can Google it.

Go ahead, Google it.

Yet when you text it Apple, likes to play with you and change it to “do.”

Why?

And on the extremely rare scenario when I feel like using derogatory language in my text messages, it does not help to calm me down when my phone is convinced I am trying to say “duck” or other language I will not get into.

But I really should not be complaining. I would hate to get tagged by @firstworldproblems.