# The Incredible, Redible tale of Beckdawreck **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 6, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608 "2019-03-06T03:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/1 "2019-03-06T03:01:50Z")
In post 105 of the [… Ruin their lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=871663) thread, Beckdawreck made the following [error](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21521362&postcount=105) on the very last word, and, for want (wont?) of better phrasing, this [“failed correction” apology](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21521385&postcount=107) in post 107. See it? No? Looks like the error was corrected, right? Maybe? No? Maybe you don’t see the error at all. Or maybe you do. That’s because the error appears when viewing the whole thread on my PC, in Edge or Chrome, however, the error is corrected when (a) looking at single-post view, or (b), on my mobile phone. And, I bet, Beckdawreck is using a PC. Here is a screenshot of what I see when looking at the thread on my PC – exactly that which is described “That’sredible”, followed by the quote (with misspelling intact) and apology for flubbing the correction: > **[Redible.jpg](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XUNaYCaJgnojxvP_4OLqDcLsaO_uGCij/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. However, this is what I see on my phone - the word is spelled correctly in both the original post and the quote: > **[Incredible.jpg](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_0qROtHu_nZjaC_qC83ovgP1WzDQQZqB/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. And, as noted, when I look at the two posts in “single post” view (as linked), the corrections are made. But when I look at the entire thread, the word “incredible” does appear, only to immediately re-render as “redible” And again, this occurs in both Chrome and Edge. Incredible! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/2 "2019-03-06T03:10:33Z")
Exactly. I broke the internet. I knew I’d get blamed. I’m telling y’all, I’m allergic to electronics. Shit like this happens to me all the time. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/3 "2019-03-06T03:18:28Z")
Can we petition to have your name changed to something more relevant, like “Skynet” or something? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/4 "2019-03-06T03:26:45Z")
I was confused by the non-correction when it first appeared, because to me (on a PC using Chrome) I only ever saw “incredible” spelled out in full, just like in your phone screenshot. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/5 "2019-03-06T03:34:04Z")
Spelling right in both on Firefox on the PC. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/6 "2019-03-06T03:35:12Z")
So, on your PC you see what I see on my phone, which is different than what I see on _my_ PC. Thanks, Beckdawrek! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/7 "2019-03-06T03:40:00Z")
That’s incredible. ( I’m testing, how does it look now?) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/8 "2019-03-06T04:06:43Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Exactly. I broke the internet. I knew I’d get blamed. I’m telling y’all, I’m allergic to electronics. Shit like this happens to me all the time. We could make a documentary about it, calling it, say, “Beck Breaks the Internet”. The sequel to “Wreck-It Beck”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/9 "2019-03-06T04:09:09Z")
“Incredible” looked correct on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/10 "2019-03-06T04:14:40Z")
My Daddy always said if I played with a steel ball I’d find a way to break it. He’s the one who nicknamed me Boo-boo( no honey, plz) which morphed into a little diddy he’d sing about “Beck the wreck from Georgia Tech she fell down and broke her neck”, quite humiliating. I was quite the klutz. He put me in ballet when I fell off a curb and needed several stitches. I was able to dance and went to college dancing. But outside of that I was still a wrecked up klutz. So goes the saga of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/11 "2019-03-06T04:20:45Z")
I find the irony of your life as a klutzy dancer… incredible 🙂 Couldn’t your dad have just taught you not to fall off of curbs, or not to klutz into stuff? Or are there simply too many situations? I’m not gonna pretend to be grace incarnate here mmkay, I’m just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/12 "2019-03-06T04:51:48Z")
Irony is my middle name. Yes, there were too many incidences to count. I was always getting sewn up or casted up. I’m sure my parents tried to teach it out of me. I could get hurt in a padded room. Dancing did help some. I wanted to dance in our performances so I tried to be more careful. I possibly would’ve grown out of it anyway, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/13 "2019-03-06T05:37:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Spelling right in both on Firefox on the PC. Same here. Incredible is spelled out in both places. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/14 "2019-03-06T07:05:31Z")
So why do some people see the corrected text and others see the original text? ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/15 "2019-03-06T07:11:12Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > a little diddy he’d sing about "Beck the wreck… As long as we’re in a thread talkin’ ‘bout spelling mistakes… It’s called a “ditty”, not diddy. And keep on postin’ , **Becky**.You make my work day go better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/16 "2019-03-06T07:26:14Z")
It was my Daddy’s diddy. Actually ‘Diddy’ is what his grandkids all called him. He was supposed to be GrandDaddy. But the oldest grandchild couldn’t say it. But, yeah you’re correct a little song is a ‘ditty’. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/17 "2019-03-06T07:27:58Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I was able to dance and went to college dancing. But outside of that I was still a wrecked up klutz. \*I’m your klutzy dancer, a dancer so klutzy, I can fall off of a floor. I’m your klutzy dancer, a dancer so klutzy, I just wish I could soar! \* ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/18 "2019-03-06T09:16:12Z")
On my PC in Straight Dope 373 I see the correct spelling, and in Sultantheme I see the original. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/19 "2019-03-06T10:42:11Z")
Also if you view the thread in Sultantheme with the window focused on post 105 and refresh the page it loads up “That’s incredible” for a fraction of a second before switching to “thatscredible” ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608/20 "2019-03-06T11:04:59Z")
If you look at the spot in question (with sultanstheme) using ‘Inspect’ on Chrome, you see: ```auto Egads! The sad thing is not only did he ruin his life he left quite a few peoples lives ruined in his wake. His parents, his pregnant girlfriends, their children, the dead passengers family and the boss at his job.That'sredible. ``` However, if you just view source, the ‘skimlinks’ bit is not there [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-redible-tale-of-beckdawreck/830608.md?page=2)