Fire now everyone. Word processing documents have been the primary method of creating long
form digital texts since the very inception of the personal computer. In today's matchup,
a sentient, hardworking spell check program squares off against an air latent document
that refuses to be corrected. On the surface, it may appear to be
the purest example of right versus wrong. However, like all communication efforts,
context is everything. My name is Aaron David Harris, and this is tails
of fist and fireballs. We are inside of a blank word document. Above
the document is a productivity ribbon with the standard list of tabs, home file
format, insert review. A sentence begins to type itself onto the center of
the document. It reads I want ice cream, a milkshake, and a
chocolate cake with sprinkles. There are no commas or punctuation. Soon after the
sentence finishes typing itself, a rectangular red block fades into view on the bottom
left corner of the document. The red block flips and tumbles towards the sentence.
Suddenly, the sentence glows with a red aura. After a moment,
the ore goes away, and now the sentence is changed. It reads,
I want ice cream comma, a milkshake comma, and a chocolate cake with
sprinkles. Period. Red Block fixed the sentence to make it grammatically correct.
The newly corrected sentence fades away. Another sentence begins to type itself on the
document. This one reads I go to mall again. Red Block flips and
tumbles towards the sentence. The same red aura glows around it and the sentence
spaces are created and more words are included, and now the sentence reads I'm
going to the mall period again. Red Block fixed the sentence to make it
grammatically correct. Red Block continues its work. Sentences with grammar and syntax are
typed onto the document. Red Block fixes them with its red aura. As
red Block completes its work, a black hexagon slowly hovers down until it is
behind the red block. In the middle of the hexagon is a word that
reads the boss. The boss uses its black aura to change one of Red
Block's corrected sentences in order to communicate a message. The message reads block step
into my office. Red Block uses its red aura to change the boss's message
yes, sir. Red Block flips and tumbles until it reaches the top of
the productivity ribbon. It accesses the file tab, scrolls down on the menu
and saves the document. Then the red Block and the Boss fade away.
We are now inside of a spreadsheet document. The boss reappears near the top
of this document. The cells on the spreadsheet are filled with various names and
numbers. Near the bottom of the spreadsheet, Red Block appears. Red Block
uses this aura to change some of the worst on the document into a message,
is this about my promotion requests? The Boss's black aura changes the words
I don't have the budget, not for a block anyway. Things are bad
at home. We really need the money. There is one thing, but
I need you to fix the ol EV document. I can't do that,
sir. No one can fix thel ev document, and I'll consider promoting you.
Before Red Block can respond, the Boss sends him away. Red Block
reappears inside of thel ev document. This word document is very similar to a
normal word document, but with slight differences. The ribbon tabs are slightly off,
some of the words on the tabs are misspelled, The document itself is
slightly crooked. The entire document flickers with a dark yellow tinge. In the
middle of the document, there is a sentence, it reads, so long
as you have love, you are never alone. This sentence has no commas
or punctuation. Red Bot appears at the bottom left corner of the screen and
he attempts to change the sentence with its aura. It now reads, so
long as you have love comma you are never alone period. Red block has
added the comma and the period to make the sentence grammatically correct. However,
a dark yellow aura is lifted off of the ribbon above It oozes down the
document and deletes the comma and the period from the sentence. Then the ooze
travels to the right bottom corner of the document, adjacent from the red block
and forms itself into a yellow block. Yellow block flips and tumbles and laughs
maniacally in its place. Red Block adds the colma back to the sentence.
Yellow Block uses a yellow aura to draw crude X over the word love above
it. Yellow block replaces the word with farts angry. Red block launches itself
at the sentence, knocking the word farts away. Red Block corrects the sentence
again. This time it stays on top of the sentence and launches several red
energy beams at the yellow block. Yellow block tumbles and dodges the attacks until
he is directly under the sentence. Yellow Block uses this aura to part the
sentence in half, falls through the spaces. Yellow block uses its aura to
encase the Red block inside of a crude yellow cage, then tosses it back
to the left side of the document, sending the Red block tumbling in pain.
As the red block tries to escape, Yellow Block again scratches out the
word love from the sentence. This time it is replaced with the word roaches.
Red block breaks free. The two blocks move closer. They both vibrate
angrily at one another. Then a battle for sentence supremacy ensues. The document
itself becomes more and more damaged. As the battle rages on, tabs are
destroyed, new sentences are created and obliterated, leaving behind a debris of scattered
letters. Margins are altered in strange and disorienting ways. The incorrect sentence,
however, remains intact, and ultimately Red Block is defeated. Red Block uses
its aura to create a simple one word message why angry. Yellow Block flies
up to the sentence so long as you have love, you are never alone.
Yellow Block copies it, then pasts it below the original. Then the
yellow block angrily rearranges the copied sentence until it reads, what if no one
loves me? Red Block uses its aura to make a copy of Yellow Block's
message. Red Block changes it to communicate his message, My job is to
fix words. I never considered their meaning. Yellow block response, can you
fix me? Red Block tumbles around for a moment, Then it flips towards
the yellow block and lands on top of it. The two blocks merge until
they become one Orange block. Orange block fixes the entire document with its orange
orb. It cleans up the tabs, fixes the margins, straightens the document
page, and erases all the letter debris. Finally, Orange Block floats to
the incorrect sentence and rearranges it to read so long as we have love Comma,
we are never alone. Period. The Orange block accesses the file tab
in the above ribbon. In the save as menu, it rearranges the letter
in the document from O L E V to L O V E. The
document is saved as the Love Document. To learn more about Tails of Fists
and Fireballs, as well as other cool projects like this, visit ad h
x two dot com. Until next time. This has been tails of fists
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