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{{trope}}
[[File:Dig Deeper 3562.jpg|link=Misfile|frame| [[Shutting Up Now|You should stop now.]] While you still can.]]

{{quote|''"Ah! You can read... I mean, you are reading. Sorry. It's nice to see people reading. Not a lot of people read these days. People prefer to... hear. But all this 'hearing' is just reading for lazy people. Kids today should be prepared to pick up a book, and not just go around the whole time with all these modern... ears. Sometimes I just wanna rip people's ears off and say 'Read a book, for God's sake!'... Well, actually I'd probably say 'Read a book' first and then rip their ears off, otherwise they wouldn't hear me, hehehe... Actually, I probably wouldn't rip their ears off at all, I'm not a violent person. I like ears! Especially women ears, they're my favorite. I don't mean I collect them or anything! I don't have a big bucket of women ears hidden away somewhere. No, No, No, I'm not after your ears really. Not that there's anything wrong with your ears! You know if I ''was'' some kind of mad ear person, your ears would be the pride of my... ear bucket."''
|'''Jeff''', ''[[Coupling]] -- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}hstPHM3R1dY "The Girl with Two Breasts"]''}}

In a [[Sitcom]], often a character will say something that's just meant to be a [[Compliment Backfire|friendly little remark]], and [[That Came Out Wrong|it will come out wrong]], possibly sounding crazy or offensive; they'll try and clarify it (whether they really need to or not), but just make things worse, and dig themselves deeper and deeper into the crazy/offensive pit. Exceptionally deep and/or frequent excavations are commonplace in [[Cringe Comedy|Cringe Comedies]].

May eventually lead to [[Shutting Up Now]].

See also [[That Came Out Wrong]], [[Freudian Slippery Slope]], [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]. Compare [[Verbal Backpedaling]].

Contrast [[Change the Uncomfortable Subject]].

Not to be confused with [[Dug in Deeper]] where someone pursues something because they're told they're great at it, even though they're not, or [[Dug Too Deep]], which is about physical digging.

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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Kaorin]] has this one in ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]: [[Updated Rerelease|Supplementary Materials]]'':
{{quote|'''Kaorin''': ''(Sigh) [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Sakaki]] is [[Fan Girl|so cool]]...''
'''Osaka''': ''[[The Cuckoolander Was Right|Kaorin, are you gay?]]''
'''Kaorin''': ''[[You Keep Using That Word|The correct term is lesbian]]! [[That Came Out Wrong|Uh, not that I'm a lesbian]]!! ''(next strip)'' It's just, you know, [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|a teenage thing]]. That's all. Anyway, that's not what I meant when I said she was cool. Just to prove it, [[If It's You It's Okay|I wouldn't mind if she was a guy]]!''
''([[Beat]])''
'''Osaka''': Huh? }}
* Happens in an [[Baker's Dozen|extra episode]] of ''[[Durarara!!]]'', when some poor sod attempts to talk down [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Shizuo]] with flattery and compares him to a really popular [[Bishonen]] actor, Yuuhei Hanejima. Unfortunately for him, said actor is actually Shizuo's little brother, whom Shizuo is ''[[Big Brother Instinct|very]]'' protective of, and he instinctively interprets the namedrop as an attempt to invade Yuuhei's privacy through him. Of course, since the poor sod doesn't know this, he just thinks Shizuo's suddenly angry because he ''hates'' Yuuhei—so he [[Like a Weasel|rescinds his previous statement and calls Yuuhei an asshole.]] The only thing surprising about [[Unstoppable Rage|what happens next]] is that the poor sod actually ''survived''.
* Early in ''[[AIR]]'', Yukito's explanation about why he was hugging Kano is like this, and leads to Hijiri getting angry and charging him with scalpels. Luckily, [[Dojikko|Misuzu's]] intervention means that Hijiri's reaction is [[Played for Laughs]].
* In ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'', Keima has an accidental pervert moment with Haqua with a [[Tsundere|predictable]] result despite him not even really caring. A bit later, he reassures her by saying he has no memory of her naked body anyway. This might help normally, only Haqua is already bothered by the way he never shows attraction to anyone or anything outside of his games. Cue getting hit again.
* A dramatic example occurs in ''[[Happy Yarou Wedding]]'', when a drunken makeout session is suddenly halted by Yuuhi and Todou fears he's made him uncomfortable and lies that he mistook him for his dead wife. Since Yuuhi had stopped because he was shocked to realize he was in love with Todou, this crushes him and he decides to never return. Todou then persistently texts him with messages like "I have no interest in men" and "sorry for making you feel bad" in attempt to get him to come back, but of course this just makes Yuuhi even more upset.
* In ''[[FLCL]]'', Mamimi confronts Naota and accuses him of having a crush on Haruko, to which Naota replies, "How can you like someone who's insane?" The problem is that Mamimi is a pyromaniac arsonist, and Naota knows this.


== Comic Books ==
* A ''stunningly awkward'' moment for Nurse Annie in issue #421 of ''Uncanny [[X-Men]]'', doubling as a bit of a [[Freudian Slippery Slope]].
* Chad from 'Patty's Perps' in ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' is a master of this.
{{quote|'''Chad''': Awwwwh, c'mon Patty! When I said girl gamers were lame I wasn't referring to you! You're just like one of the guys.
'''Patty''': Like one of the guys? Your character suddenly hears a rustling in the underbrush. Roll for initiative.
'''Tank''': Careful, Chad. You're digging that hole deeper and deeper. }}
* The third [[Blue Beetle]] stumbles into this when he teams up with [[Batman]] in ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' (revived series issue #3).
{{quote|'''Beetle:''' My armor should be able to track the watchamatrix's energy sig, but the tracking's all kaflooey. Probability-alteration factor, maybe?...I'm sorry! I'm not making excuses. I swear! I know you hate excuses! I'm trying, I promise! I just-
'''Batman:''' Jaime... Relax.
'''Beetle:''' ...Ohmygodyou'renotreallyBatman... [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|OhgodIsaidthatoutloud]]...
'''Batman:''' Jaime...
'''Beetle:''' ''What?'' <small>Don't kill me</small>. }}
* Rocky (from the Swedish furry comic, not the boxer) once gets into this when meeting his current girlfriend's father (I think it was...). He wants to compliment him on his house, but makes a [[Freudian Slip]] and substitutes "dick" for "house", and then it gets worse. The girlfriend's father shuts him up with the wonderful comeback: "Kid, if you've put your foot in your mouth, at least have the sense to stand still!"
* Used as a visual metaphor in the furry comic ''[[I.s.o.]]'', when Cody has to swiftly make up lies about his supposed girlfriend to keep his parents from finding out about Doug, as well as the fact he's on the outs with Todd [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and has a roommate he can't stand]].
* The tie-in comic for [[Star Trek Elite Force]] involves Beissman responding enthusiastically to the assignment of [[Distracted by the Sexy|watching Seven's back.]] She handles it in her [[Deadpan Snarker|usual manner.]]
{{quote|'''Seven:''' That hole you're digging is getting deeper.}}


== Film ==
* Done in ''[[Severence]]'' with a great jab at the end:
{{quote|'''Richard''': Hi Maggie. Not eating?
'''Maggie''': Why are you all so obsessed with what I eat? I am not too skinny.
'''Richard''': No, no, no, no. I don't mean... Just that you'll need your energy for the team games. I mean, you're perfect just the way you are. And when I say perfect, I obviously don't mean that in a sexual way. I mean perfect in a neutral way. As if I were another woman saying that you were perfect, you know? Just one woman to another. Not that I'm implying anything like that. Or that there's anything wrong with that... sort of thing. Or... anything.
'''Steve''': 'Keep digging, we can still see you. }}
* Jim Carrey's character in ''[[Liar Liar]]'', cursed so that he [[Can Not Tell a Lie]], boards an elevator with a well-endowed woman. The first words out of his mouth are about her breasts. As he tries to cover himself, more and more lines about her rack spill out... [[Gilligan Cut]] to him leaving the elevator, having gotten well-slapped.
{{quote|'''Woman''': Everyone in the building has been so nice to me.
'''Jim''': Well, that's because you've got big jugs! [[Oh Crap|I mean, your boobs are huge.]] [[Backhanded Compliment|I mean, I want to squeeze them.]] I mean... }}
* Done rather drolly in ''[[The Great New Wonderful]]''. Pastry chef Emme, along with her assistants, is presenting a line of birthday cakes to a wealthy Park Avenue girl. The girl expresses interest in one cake, commenting on how beautiful it is. One of Emme's assistants, Justin, then chimes in with [[What an Idiot!|"And it's easy on the hips."]] Another assistant hastily bails him out by explaining that the cake is a low-density one that doesn't require a lot of processed sugar to hold it up. When he's done, Justin says [[Failsafe Failure|"That just basically means it's less fattening."]]
* Happens to Cady repeatedly in ''[[Mean Girls]]''. She refers to the phenomenon as 'word vomit'.


== Literature ==
* In the chick-lit/mystery novels ''Bad Kitty'' and ''Kitty Kitty'', the main character Jasmine Callihan has this problem a ''lot''. She blames it all on [[Cloudcuckoolander|the monkeys that live in her head.]] For instance, when she is trying to leave a message on her boyfriend's cell phone, while she is convinced he is cheating on her, [[Hilarity Ensues]]:
{{quote|"Hi, Jack, it's me. Jas. Jasmine. I'm sorry I missed you on IM yesterday but I got arrested for murder. I mean, I didn't do it, but I accidentally told the police I did, so it was confusing. Now we're going for dinner at The House That Kills, but that is only a nickname because a lot of people have died there, but it's completely safe. Anyway, I hope you're having a very nice morning and not melting in anyone's mouth or hands - Sorry, I meant molting. On anyone. Ha ha. Because molting is bad. Unless you're a wee creature of the forest, but - um, never mind, I've got to go, bye."}}
* A scene in Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures|Myth-ing Persons]]'' has Guido doing this to himself with his employer Skeeve; he only belatedly informs Skeeve that they're being followed, and then tries to defend himself by saying that the follower is [[Incredibly Obvious Tail|so obvious]] that any idiot could tell they were there. Fellow employee Massha cheerfully invokes this trope.
* In the ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts|Gaunts Ghosts]]'' novel ''Blood Pact'', Gaunt tricks  {{spoiler|Ayatani Zweil}} into going for his medical by making the latter condemn the person who hadn't gone for medicals until he realises that he's talking about himself.
* ''[[Ravirn]]'': Ravirn has a tendency towards this, which Melchior lampshades in ''WebMage'':
{{quote|'''Melchior''': Judging from past experience and what little I've heard, I'm thinking you're following the pattern where you start out in a lot of trouble, and then through a series of brilliantly chosen words, make it infinitely worse.}}
* In the Belgariad/Malloreon by David Eddings, several characters fall for this, usually cut short by another character suggesting "Why don't you just stop talking now." or "What a fascinating observation, why don't we pursue that line of thought." or similar.
* From ''Infinity'':
{{quote|'''Mark''': Nick? It's your mom on the phone and she's hotter than Angelina Jolie lying in a bikini on the equator, [[Metaphorgotten|covered in mud]]...Not  that I'm saying your mom is good-looking, not that she isn't, but I don't ever fantasize about your mom cause that would just be wrong to do to a guy--Not that your mom isn't fantasy worthy...but--Ah, hell, all that sounded better in my head. My point is, she's angry. Just take the phone before she scalds my ears some more.}}

== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Coupling]]'' turns this into something of an art form: many attempted conversation-starters, usually by the hapless Jeff, devolved into such subjects as amputation, one of which provided the page quote above, as well as the former [[Trope Namer|Trope Name]] "Bucket Of Ears".
{{quote|'''Jeff:''' You have the eyes of ten women. ...I don't mean, like, [[Having a Heart|in a jar]]. I wasn't accusing you.}}
** When it's not Jeff, it's usually Steve, who often digs his hole a lot faster than Jeff. During his run-in with his celebrity crush Mariella Frostrup, she apologises for spilling her drink on his pants. He replies "Don't worry about it, I was about to go to the toilet anyway. Not that I was intending to wet my trousers, obviously. Although I am pleased to meet you." At this point he has a hilarious "What the hell I am I saying?" look on his face.
** When Steve talks to Jane's psychiatrist Jill, she thinks that he's nervous because sometimes what she does makes people nervous in a social context. Believing her to be Jane's girlfriend, Steve tells her that "you girls" have got "the best of both worlds." When pushed to explain what he's talking about, he uses a metaphor Jeff brought up earlier in the episode:
{{quote|'''Steve:''' Well erm, you've got four breasts...
'''Jill:''' I'm sorry?
'''Steve:''' No, no hang on.
'''Jill:''' This blouse isn't particularly flattering actually...
'''Steve:''' No, no.
'''Jill:''' If nothing else.
'''Steve:''' I'm not saying you've got four at the moment, just when you're...
'''Jill:''' What?
'''Steve:''' Excited.
'''Jill:''' You think I develop extra breasts when I'm excited?
'''Steve:''' Not so much develop as, you know... acquire.
'''Jill:''' What in the name of God are you talking about?
'''Steve:''' Sorry, sorry I've been totally sidetracked by the irrelevance of your breasts. Not that you have irrelevant breasts! You've only got two, that's for sure. Unless you were some sort of cow. No! No, an attractive cow! Or a prize winning cow! But you're not a cow. You're a person. But I'm sure that you'd be a prize winning person if they had a sort of cattle market for women! A women market! Which, thinking about it would be a bad thing in many ways.}}
** [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|Oliver]] carries on the tradition well on several occasions, such as his conversation with Jane about the large number of toilet rolls he's buying.
* Seen in the ''[[Friends]]'' episode "The One Where Ross Can't Flirt," in which Ross's attempts to flirt with a pizza delivery girl degenerate into a lecture on the smell of gas and an intended compliment which makes Ross [[Mistaken for Pedophile|sound like a pedophile]].
** There was another one where he ended up talking about sewage.
** And Chandler brought up another occasion, when Ross talked about the Irish Potato Famine.
** Chandler also did this once, while attempting to suck up to Monica's parents.
* In an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'', Elliot meets a guy named Sean, but her attempts to strike a conversation up with him end with them talking about poo. "At one point I tried changing the subject to art. But we went from art to artists, to alcohol, to coffee...and that just led right back to poo!"
** When she first tried talking to Jake, her boyfriend for twenty minutes in season 4, the only thing she could think of was to compliment him on what a perfectly square head he has.
** There was that one very early episode with Elliot and Carla feuding over Elliot tattling on Carla for not doing something. When Elliot apologizes and then doubles back to elaborate on her reasoning, the scene shifts to a visual gag of her standing in a grave literally "digging herself deeper" as Carla and the other nurses look on in like the Mafia.
* This is pretty much the basis of every episode of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', where Larry David makes an innocuous statement which is taken badly, or misheard, and the ensuing consequences lead to hilarious further exchanges.
* Any sitcom involving [[The Office|Ricky]] [[Extras|Gervais]].
* One ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode had Cameron trying to explain to a TV crew that when she said it was exciting being around him, she didn't mean it ''that way''. It failed in a spectacular way. Because, you know, she kinda actually felt ''that way'' in the first place.
* Xander (of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fame) was very prone to this.
{{quote|Y'know, Buffy, Spring Fling just isn't any dance. It's a time for students to choose, um... a mate and then we can... observe their... mating rituals and tag them before they migrate ''just kill me''.}}
** The kicker is that he's not even talking to Buffy, just practicing with Willow, which is very evidently a wise move.
** Buffy and Xander also get another good one in "Doppelgangland":
{{quote|'''Buffy''': See? I told you, Old Reliable.
'''Willow''': Oh, thanks.
'''Buffy''': What?
'''Willow''': Old Reliable? Yeah, great, there's a sexy nickname.
'''Buffy''': Well, I-I didn't mean it as...
'''Willow''': No, it's fine. I'm Old Reliable.
'''Xander''': She just means, you know, the geyser. You're like a geyser of fun that goes off at intervals.
'''Willow''': That's Old Faithful.
'''Xander''': Isn't that the dog that that guy had to shoot...?
'''Willow''': That's Old Yeller!
'''Buffy''': Xander, I ''beg'' you not to help me. }}
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the Doctor does this quite a lot, especially in his fourth and tenth versions. However, this is quite often a highly calculated move on his part, as a way of distracting the person he is talking to.
** Though not always:
{{quote|'''The Doctor''': What are you doing that for?
'''Mickey'''(holding down a button): Because you told me to.
'''The Doctor''': When was that?
'''Mickey''': About half an hour ago.
'''The Doctor''': Um... you can let go now.
'''Mickey''': Well, how long has it been since I could've stopped?
'''The Doctor''': Ten minutes? Twenty? ''[[Good Is Not Nice|Twenty-nine?]]'' }}
** or:
{{quote|'''The Doctor''': Lovely to meet you, Mrs Jones. Heard a lot about you.
'''Francine''': Have you? What have you ''heard'' then?
'''The Doctor''': Oh, you know; that you're Martha's mother, and...um...no, actually, that's - that's about it. We haven't had much time to chat, you know, we've been...busy.
'''Francine''': "Busy"? Doing what, exactly?
'''The Doctor''': Oh, you know...stuff... }}
** Also well done in the episode ''The Unicorn & The Wasp'':
{{quote|'''The Doctor''': Agatha Christie! I was just talking about you the other day. I said, "I bet she's brilliant." I'm the Doctor; this is Donna. Oh, I love your stuff. What a mind! You fool me every time. Well, almost every time. Well, once or twice. Well, once, but it was a good once!}}
** And when the Doctor was inviting Donna to travel with him, but wanted to clear up the fact that he wasn't looking for a relationship:
{{quote|'''The Doctor''': But the last time, with Martha, like I said, it got complicated. and it was all my fault. I mean... (''sighs'') I just want a mate.
'''Donna''': You just want TO MATE??!
'''The Doctor''': I just want A mate!
'''Donna''': You're not mating with me, sunshine!
'''The Doctor''': '''A''' mate, I want, a! Mate! }}
** Used yet again when the Doctor goes to talk to Amy's fiancé...and opts to show up by jumping out of a stripper's cake ([[Its Complicated|at his bachelor party]]):
{{quote|'''Doctor''': Rory! What a relief! I'd thought I'd burst out of the wrong cake. Again. That reminds me, there's a girl sitting outside in a bikini, could someone let her inside and give her a jumper? Lucy? Lovely girl. Diabetic. Now then, Rory. We need to talk about your fiancé. She tried to kiss me. Tell you what though, you're a lucky man, she's a great kisser.
(pause as everyone stares at him in amazement)
'''Doctor (uncomfortably):''' Funny how you can say something in your head and it ''sounds'' fine... }}
* ''[[Thank God You're Here]]'' tries to actively induce this in contestants. The master of it is Frank Woodley, who can go somewhere [[Jerkass|horribly]], [[Comedic Sociopathy|horribly]] [[Dead Baby Comedy|wrong]] with whatever they throw at him.
* Jayne Cobb from ''[[Firefly]]'' manages to turn an observation that dead people make him restless into defensively insisting that he isn't a necrophiliac. He was just giving examples of things he does when he's restless. Nothing corpse-specific in there.
** Jayne's good at this, but Simon is the undisputed ''master''. Especially if Kaylee's in the room.
*** Heck, the fact that Simon does this is pretty much the reason he and Kaylee don't get together {{spoiler|until the movie}}. They'll be flirting and getting close and just as it looks like they'll kiss, he says something that she thinks is offensive and she storms off.
* Done in ''[[Frasier]]'' by Niles when talking to Daphne about her possible dismissal.
{{quote|'''Niles''':Yes, and even if by some small chance that were to happen, Daphne, I could always use you.
...I, I would know of a position you could take.
...Services that you could perform.
...I would know of an opening.
...This is on me.] }}
** Speaking of Frasier, this is the formula for a lot of episodes; a conflict arises, and each attempt at a resolution digs the characters deeper. Some (if most) episodes even end without any resolution at all and show the characters wallowing in self pity in their inability to come to a resolution.
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' has Mckay pulling one off in the episode Trio. When Samantha Carter finally stops him, Keller has a nice little comment:
{{quote|"Aw, I bet if you hadn't stopped him he would have gone on like that forever!"}}
** This exchange from 5.15 'Remnants', as Richard Woolsey sees that a woman he's been flirting with found his balcony hang-out spot:
{{quote|'''Woolsey''': [[Accidental Innuendo|You’ve approached my private spot!]]
'''Woman''': ...What?
'''Woolsey''': I mean you’ve entered my little personal area.
([[Beat]])
'''Woolsey''': ...This is where I come... to be alone with my thoughts. }}
* Robert did this at least once on ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''. Amy invites Stefania over to a singles party because she thought Peter might like her, but Robert is not happy with her arrival.
{{quote|But she's my Stefania!
...I mean, she's my ex-Stefania.
...I mean, ''you're'' my Stefania now... baby. }}
** Probably the most blatant example is the entire premise of "Faux Pas", where Ray makes a joke about his son's new best friend's dad, tells it to the man himself, and keeps trying to apologize, only making it worse. His family coming in doesn't help, either.
* In an episode of ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', Moss dates a woman that looks ''exactly'' like Roy's mother. She's also a psychiatrist, which leads to an... [[Crowning Moment of Funny|interesting]] conversation:
{{quote|'''Roy:''' I'm sorry, it's just that you look ''exactly'' like my mother. Not - not that my mother's ugly or anything, she's a very sexy woman. Not that I want to have ''sex'' with her, because I know how you psychiatrists think, and my mother would never stand for anything like that. I can see her now... "what you are you ''doing'', Roy? ''What are you doing?!''"}}
* In ''[[Cheers]]'', Diane ''begins'' by yelling at a prospective employer, "I will not sleep with you!". It actually manages to go downhill from there.
** When Norm finds his dream job as a beer taste tester and is only an interview with the president away from getting it, Rebecca advises him not to do something stupid like mention his pants. Of course, the first thing he does is say "Nice pants!", not so bad in itself, but he retracts himself immediately, then retracts the retraction and digs his way down to a song and dance number about him not being such a grumpy puss. Camera cut back to the bar and Norm mourning his lost opportunity.
* Half the fun in ''[[The Thick of It]]'' and by extension, ''[[In the Loop]]''.
* On ''[[Get Smart]]'', a married Max is on a mission dating a KAOS femme fatale; a very pregnant and emotional 99 isn't taking it well. She sniffs "You've stopped loving me just because I've grown fat and unattractive!" He soothingly replies "That's ridiculous - just because you've grown fat and unattractive doesn't mean I don't love you anymore!"
* Brilliantly done in an episode ''[[The Office]]'' (American flavor) wherein a) Michael manages to accidentally imply to a superior that the office runs better when he is absent, b) tries to cover that up by saying that it runs much better when he is around after earlier stating that he is ''frequently'' away during work hours and c) trying to cover ''that'' up by then implying that he his presence or absence has absolutely no meaningful effect on business at all.
* A minor one from the ''[[NCIS]]''episode "UnSEALed":
{{quote|'''Tony''': Do you sleep with a gun under your pillow every night?
'''Kate''': That depends.
'''Tony''': On what?
'''Kate''': On who I'm sleeping with... (''she turns around and [[Right Behind Me|runs into Gibbs]]'') Oh uhh, I didn't mean that the way it sounded. Tony just asked me what I would do if a man came into my bedroom and I said it depends. I mean it doesn't depend on the man... Tony could you help me out here please?
'''Tony''': She sleeps with a gun, boss.
'''Gibbs''': That true?
'''Kate''': Sorta... sometimes... yes.
'''Gibbs''': Good girl! }}
** Another from ''[[NCIS]]'', after the Director has suggested that Gibbs has "really pissed somebody off":
{{quote|'''Tony''': That's not a short list! ''([[Death Glare]] from Gibbs)'' ...of people that - that you've angered just because you have rock-solid principles, and so it's easy for people to misunderstand that, and misconstrue, because, you know, people don't --
'''Director''': Why don't you quit while you're behind, DiNozzo?
'''Tony''': I'm trying! }}
* Josh of ''[[Drake and Josh]]'', on a date with a model:
{{quote|I got you a diet soda, 'cause I figured you're probably watching your figure... Not that you need to watch your figure, you have a great body! ...Not that I was looking at your body!}}
* Gwen did this often, sometimes once an episode during season one of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''.
* In the ''[[Hawtho R Ne]]'' episode "Final Curtain", the titular nurse keeps doing this with a doctor (or nurse, it wasn't really specified). She tries to get him to talk Arabic to a patient's husband, but (1) the husband is speaking Dari (as we find out from the Army vet nurse Sullivan) and is thus Afghani, & (2) the guy in the turban is ''Sikh'', not any kind of Muslim (and from Chicago).
{{quote|'''Guy''': You're a racist! (''stalks off'')
'''Hawthorne''': (''ashamed'') Yeah... }}
** She manages to keep digging later, by thanking him with a ''namaste'' gesture, which is not generally used that way when you're not Hindu.
* In an episode of ''[[Series/Star Trek TOS|Star Trek TOS]]'' [[The McCoy|McCoy]] is trying to convince a woman (Eleen) to want the child she is going to give birth to:
{{quote|'''McCoy''': Say to yourself: "the child is mine. The child is mine. It is ''mine''".
'''Eleen''': Yes. It's yours.
'''McCoy''': No... no, you've got it all wrong.
'''Eleen''': Yes... McCoy... it's yours.
'''McCoy''': No. Say to yourself "the child is mine. It is mine. It is--" ''([[Beat]])'' Uh-oh. }}
** Also, Scotty trying to explain himself in "The Trouble with Tribbles." 
* ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' - a psychiatrist guest is talking about vacations, and asks Basil, who hadn't heard most of what he'd said, "How often do you and your wife manage it?" Basil thinks he's talking about sex ("[[All Psychology Is Freudian|that's what it's all about to them!]]") and gets all indignant and defensive. When he hears from his wife what the psychiatrist was in fact asking about, he rushes out with a plastered-on grin and starts babbling about how he thought he was talking about walks, not sex! NO, vacations! and coming off much worse than he started.
** Basil digs himself even deeper that night, while bidding the psychiatrist and his wife good night
{{quote|Basil: Well then, I'll leave you to it. I mean, to go to bed! To *sleep*! To sleep, perchance to dream.}}
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'', Greatest Hits, "Songs of the Motorcycle."
{{quote|'''Ryan:''' "Hi. How are you? We don't know what you're watching, so we're not gonna tell you when we're gonna return you to it."
'''Colin:''' "Oh, w-- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}tMwHxLuqwpQ We're watching animal porn]!"
([[Beat]], followed by double [[Face Palm]])
'''Ryan:''' *snickering*
'''Colin:''' "''Mary Had A Little Lamb'', we'll be right back in just a second. But you..."
(''Drew frantically buzzes'')
'''Ryan:''' *laughing out loud* }}
* ''[[Glee]]'': Santana tells Karofsky that she has figured out that he is gay.
{{quote|'''Karofsky:''' Who told you that?
'''Santana:''' No one had to tell me. First of all, I saw you checking out Sam's ass the other day. You really need to be more careful with your leering.
'''Karofsky:''' I didn't. I was just... seeing what jeans he was wearing.
'''Santana:''' ...Like that is any less gay. }}
* ''[[True Blood]]'' gave us this priceless exchange between best friends Jason and Hoyt:
{{quote|'''Jason:''' Hoyt, I had sex with Jessica.
'''Hoyt:''' (obviously hurt) [[Bros Before Hoes|How?]]
'''[[The Ditz|Jason]]:''' Well, first we did it missionary, then doggystyle, then...
'''Hoyt:''' (clocks him square in the face) I MEANT HOW COULD YOU?! }}
* On ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', Miss Piggy tells [[Danny Kaye]] how thrilled she is to meet him. Danny says that they've actually met before, which she might not remember because it was a long, long time ago. Then he realizes women don't like to be reminded of their ages, and says it was back when she was thin. The punchline comes during their subsequent musical number: "I'm sorry I said I knew you when you were thin. I ''never'' knew you when you were thin."
* Frequently, this is what people do on ''[[Survivor]]'' when the jury really doesn't like them and is just picking between the lesser of two or three evils.

== Music ==
* The Jason Robert Brown song, "I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You" starts out like this, although the singer recovers admirably by the end of the song:
{{quote|My first crush on an Irish girl...
I was ten years old, and her name was Elaine.
Little red-haired girl;
Well, she looked like you,
But if you were ten,
Which you're clearly not.
Not that you look old, but you get my--
I'll just stop now. }}


== New Media ==
* [[Overheard]] semi-example: The first quote [http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/004309.html here.]
* A bit of transcript from bash.org nicely illustrates this
{{quote|<massacre> Rosti, can I ask you something as a close friend?
<Rosti_LFC> you could ask me something as a complete stranger, but go ahead
<massacre> Do you reckon Emma would go out with me if I asked her?
<Rosti_LFC> errr....
<Rosti_LFC> ask her yourself?
<massacre> no fucking way until I get a second opinion
<Daz> dude she's in the channel
<massacre> no she isn't
<Rosti_LFC> yeah she is mate, look up
<Rosti_LFC> she got op'd yesterday
<massacre> fuck
<massacre> PLAN B
<massacre> spam the channel
<massacre> with text
<massacre> so it goes
<Audia> hi
<massacre> off her scrollback
<Rosti_LFC> ahaha
<massacre> FUCK
* massacre has quit (PLAN C!!!)
<Audia> I'm going to go install Windows 7 right now
<Audia> so I'll be offline for a bit
<Audia> if he gets the balls to come back in here in the meantime tell him the answer is yes
<Rosti_LFC> rofl
* Audia has quit (QUIT)
<Rosti_LFC> that was some hardcore nerd courtship ritual right there
<Daz> Oh man, I wish I could fuck up asking a girl out that badly and still succeed }}


== Radio ==
* [[Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge|Alan Partridge]] often backtracked with "Not literally; that would be hideous."


== Theater ==
* ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'': Act IV, Scene IV gives us this gem: After De Guiche informs the cadets the [[Last Stand]], Cyrano offers Christian the goodbye letter he has prepared for Roxane, [[Blatant Lies|whom Cyrano has implied he does not love]]. Christian sees a spot in the letter and asks Cyrano why he has wept a tear on the letter:
{{quote|'''Cyrano''': Oh!. . .[[Death Seeker|death itself is hardly terrible,. . .]]
[[Fate Worse Than Death|—But, ne'er to see her more! That is death's sting!]]
—For... I shall never...
''(Christian looks at him):'' We shall...
''(Quickly):'' I mean, you...
'''Christian''' ''(snatching the letter from him):'' Give me that letter!  }}


== Videogames ==
* Shortly after you meet Liara in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', she tells you she finds you fascinating because of your encounter with the Prothean beacon on Eden Prime. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyUSxEtCtWM#t=8m31s You can tease her about how clinical her interest sounds] ("Sounds like you want to dissect me in a lab"), prompting her flustered response, "I only meant that you would be an interesting specimen for an in-depth study. [[That Came Out Wrong|No, that's even worse!]]"
** Tali gets similarly flustered in the sequel.
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'''s Bastila has one or two Freudian slips that result in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiO5QkxoFcw similar conversations with a male player]. One of those conversation paths contains one of the funniest lines of the whole game: when Bastila is trying to clarify what she meant by 'feelings for' the player, a possible response is "You're cute when you're embarassed."
* Defied in ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''. When talking to his wife about Bonnie, who saved his life, John Marston stops digging and starts giving her compliments.
{{quote|'''John''': When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.}}
* ''Bioware'' must love these, because Merrill does this all the time in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', and she knows it.
{{quote|'''Merrill''': "... and I'm rambling again, aren't I?"}}
* In ''[[Portal 2]]'' Wheatley tells Chell that he hates having to look after all the 'smelly humans' and then blusters about it.
* James Tobin has this happen to him in the game [[In the 1st Degree]]. He changes his story of what happened between him and Zack more than once. He admits to shooting himself in the leg because he was afraid no one would believe him when he said that Zack was shot in self-defense. If you play the game right, you get to watch as the prosecutor Granger pins Tobin on the leg-shooting thing. Granger asks if Tobin's first thought was to protect himself as his own business partner was lying there at his feet bleeding to death. Tobin responds by saying no, and that he tried to give Zack CPR. Granger says "You tried giving CPR to a man who was bleeding from the throat?" Tobin then gives a "Yes! I mean...No!" Yep, Tobin is ''so'' experiencing this trope.


== Webcomics ==
* Alex [http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/3/4/349.html does this once] in ''[[Angel Moxie]]''.
{{quote|'''Alex''': You tell us everything, and I mean '''everything'''. Well, not everything, actually. Just the stuff about you and your friends and things. None of that birds and bees stuff. We already know all that, and besides, it's kind of icky.}}
* Mort from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' falls into this when [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=158 speculating] on why Antimony can see [[Psychopomp|The Guides]]:
{{quote|
'''Mort:''' Y'know, It's probably because you're so attractive. I noticed that about you when we first met.
'''Antimony:''' Oh?
'''Mort:''' Oh! I uh... I don't mean you're attractive... I mean, like a [[Weirdness Magnet|magnet]]... or a [[I See Dead People|medium]]... Haha... Yeah. Ah! B... But I don't mean you aren't... I mean you look really... I... Uh... Oh geez...
(turns into a tombstone with a picture of a foot going into a mouth)
}}
* An essential part of <s>Hannelore</s> the whole cast from ''[[Questionable Content]]''
* Piro of ''[[Megatokyo]]'' tends to do this a lot. [http://megatokyo.com/strip/221 Some times are worse than others.]
* Jeremy from ''[[Dead Winter]]'', [http://deadwinter.cc/page/189.htm here].
* [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0318.html This] ''[[Darths and Droids]]'', in which Jim gets mixed up between talking in character and out of character, as well as whether Padme is telling Anakin she loves him, or whether he's telling Annie that he loves her.
* Inherent to ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. Usually with Tagon, who has done this not only with a compliment to Breya, but his [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-07-13 defence in a trial] as well.
{{quote|'''Tagon''': I'm not stopping until this hole goes straight through.}}
* [[Lackadaisy Cats|Mitzi]], realizing that [[Crazy Awesome|Rocky's]] been saying that she might've offed her husband tried to reassure Wick that's not the case, but ends up making a lot of joking remarks about offing Rocky.
{{quote|'''Mitzi''': Uh... you stopped rowing.}}
* Used as a visual metaphor in ''[[Flying Suit Reiko]]'', when one character awkwardly confesses his FA/Feederism fetish to his girlfriend. His thought balloons have him digging a hole deeper and deeper. When she finally tells him it's okay and she likes it too, his visual metaphor is raised out of the pit by an oil geyser.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has a character "[[Hero with an F In Good|good]]" in this - Abraham, who managed to rile Raven more with every phrase as he tried to explain himself. There are no tongue slips - everything he says is completely intentional - he just doesn't realize that he's hitting another one of Raven's [[Berserk Button]]s with every passing sentence.
** He's absent for now, but Elliot somehow [https://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-04-23 found] his [[Idiot Ball]].
** Tedd at least [https://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-08-26 can catch himself]. If [https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2014-09-29 too late].
{{quote|'''''NOPE.'''' Done talking. Hole's deep enough.}}
* ''[[Digger]]'' has a hilariously cringe-inducing example, split across three pages:
{{quote|'''Jhalm:''' Honored Digger... Almost, I could believe I had misjudged you. Except that this very morning, I received a report from one of the Veiled, that you were seen to be consorting with a hyena creature, not half a mile from this spot. The '''very same creature''' that attacked me a few days ago.
'''Digger:''' ''(stunned expression)''
'''Statue of Ganesh:''' Is this true, Burrower?
'''Digger:''' Well-- Yes, but-- It wasn't ''like'' that!
'''Jhalm:''' Do you ''deny'' that it was the same creature, then?
'''Digger:''' No--
'''Jhalm:''' Do you ''deny'' that it attacked me?
'''Digger:''' No, but--
'''Jhalm:''' Do you ''deny'' that you were speaking on friendly terms with it?
'''Digger:''' No! But that's a recent development! We weren't friends before she attacked you!
'''Digger:''' ''([[Face Palm]])'' Hang on, ''that'' [[That Came Out Wrong|didn't come out right at all...]]
'''Jhalm:''' An interesting criterion for friendship, ''Honored Digger.'' }}
* In ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'', the local [[Goth]] girls refer to Summer's friend as "the Blessed Virgin Carrie". Carrie ignores it, but Summer and Uma try to [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=165467 explain why she should be insulted] ... and end up invoking this trope.
* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', Doc Scratch, "an immortal entity with a large cue ball for a head, and no biological means of reproduction", [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005527 explains to Rose] that he doesn't like her ''that'' way after being [[Mistaken for Pedophile]]:
{{quote|'''Scratch:''' There should be no reason for you to feel uncomfortable with this interaction. Try to think of me as one of your kindly human uncle figures.
'''Scratch:''' In fact, if I were in your presence now, I would offer you candy to prove it.  }}
* Some people, like Larisa in ''[[Sandra and Woo]]'', just [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/06/07/0171-guilty-as-defended/ shouldn’t try to defend themselves...]
* ''[[Misfile]]'' Rumisiel manages to pull this big time when [http://www.misfile.com/?page=1870 talking to Dr. Upton about his daughter.] The comic provides a nice visual metaphor for what he's doing, pictured on top of this page.
* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'', after magical shenanigans gave Nina [[She's All Grown Up|grown up figure]] for a while and Layla's "fiance" began swooning in her direction too... he [https://pixietrixcomix.com/eerie-cuties/2013-11-13 tries to be sweet with Layla]. "It was a two-for-one sale" ''cannot'' help his case.

== Western Animation ==
* "The Cave of Two Lovers" episode in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' had a stunningly awkward pit trap for Aang when he tried to diffuse his embarrassment over a possible kiss with Katara.
{{quote|'''Aang''': Us...kissing... (looks dreamy)
'''Katara''': Heh, us, kissing! What was I thinking? Can you imagine that?
'''Aang''' (laughs it off): Heh, yeah, I definitely wouldn't want to kiss you. *suddenly realizes what he just said*
'''Katara''' (offended): Oh. Well, I didn't realize it was such a horrible option. Sorry for suggesting it.
'''Aang''': No, no! I mean, if it was a choice between kissing you and dying...
'''Katara''': ''UGH!''
'''Aang''': What? I'm saying I would rather kiss you than die! That's a compliment!
'''Katara''': *storms off* Well, I'm not sure ''which'' I would rather do!
'''Aang''': [[Lampshade Hanging|What is wrong with me...?]] }}
** Followed by Zuko in the third season revealing that he sent Combustion Man after them when, at the time, all they knew about him was that he was a psycho who wouldn't stop chasing them. This revelation didn't exactly earn Zuko any points with the good guys.
** In [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'''s "A Leaf in the Wind", Bolin correctly presumes that Korra is a [[Making a Splash|waterbender]] due to ethnicity and clothing, but Korra [[Stereotype Reaction Gag|trolls him]] by saying she's an [[Dishing Out Dirt|earthbender]] ([[Physical God|which she is too...]]). Bolin hastily tries to apologize for [[Mistaken Nationality]].
{{quote|'''Bolin''': I'm sorry, no, no! I didn't mean to assume! It's that, I was just figuring... with your Water Tribe getup... that you are... a Water Tribe... gal.}}
* Oh poor Naveen in ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'':
{{quote|{{spoiler|"You have had quite an influence on me, which is amazing because I have dated ''thousands'' of women and- *Tiana looks annoyed* uh, no, like, two, three- er, just other woman! And anyway, listen, you could not be more different, you know, you are- you are practically, aheh, one of the guys! *Tiana looks affronted* ''Nonono'', you are not a guy! Let me begin again. Uh-" *stumbles and falls to the floor along with the food* [[Lampshade Hanging|"I... am not myself tonight."]]}}}}
** And to think, the poor shmuck's trying to  {{spoiler|''propose''.}}
*** Mama Odie did tell him to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|dig a little deeper...]]
** In the end, she did admit that she thought the fumbling around was cute.
* ''[[Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman]]'' had this one from one:
{{quote|'''Bruce:''' "Working late again?"
'''Roxanne:''' "Yeah. Fortunately my boyfriend is very understanding. What about yours?" *pause* "Girlfriend, I mean! Of course, girlfriend! I mean, considering your reputation and- [[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That|NOT that it's]] ''[[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That|bad]]'' [[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That|or anything]] or even any of my business, because it's not, I was just curious!" *stops suddenly* "How red is my face?"
'''Bruce:''' (cheerfully) "Crimson." }}
* Averted by Kevin in ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'' after he tells Gwen that you need to treat a car like you treat a woman. Gwen asks him to go on, but he wisely drops the idea.
* In the ''[[Bump in the Night]]'' episode "A Sneeze In Time," Bumpy points out Squishy's mistake by saying, "What a rush! Why'd you turn the wrong valve? Boy, only a doofus would do that!" In an attempt to undo his indirect insult, he travels back in time. He only makes it worse. He tries this repeatedly until  {{spoiler|Future Squishy shows up and suggests that Bumpy simply apologize.}}
* In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "Welcome Back, Carter", when Peter catches his father-in-law with a woman:
{{quote|'''Peter:''' Oh, my God, Mr. Pewterschimdt, you're having an affair? Ew! Eww!
'''Carter:''' No, no, this is my sister!
'''Peter:''' Eww!
'''Carter:''' No, no, no, I'm impotent!
'''Peter:''' Eww!
'''Carter:''' I mean, she looked at me, while I did it to myself!
'''Peter:''' Ewww!
'''Carter:''' I mean, she's a man!
'''Peter:''' ''Ewww!'' }}
* Used in ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' when Crusher is staring down Daffy:
{{quote|'''Daffy:''' You'll have to pardon my friend. The heat's getting to him. He's not used to this. He's not a hardened criminal like you. I mean, I shouldn't assume that you're a hardened criminal. But in my defense, you do have a Neanderthal-shaped head, which I normally equate with stupidity--uh, not that you're stupid. I just mean that you ''look'' stupid. I don't mean that as an insult. I mean, some people think stupid to mean cool, like "That's a stupid car," "You've got a stupid apartment"...I wish I could stop talking. I'm just very nervous right now. I tend to ramble when I'm nervous. You know what the word "ramble" means? You're probably too ''stupid'' to know! [[What an Idiot!|And here, I mean stupid-stupid, not stupid-cool!]]}}
* From [[Robots]]
{{quote|'''Ratchet:''' No, wait, please listen to me. You can't do this to me. This job is my life. It means everything to me. You don't know what I've done to get here. The lies I've told! The lives I've ruined! Wait... this isn't helping me!}}
* In [[The Simpsons]] episode "Girls Just Want To Have Sums", while Principal Skinner is publicly speaking to a former student of his, he states that she wasn't that good at math because "hey, you ''are'' a girl". This gets him in hot water and he tries to explain himself, but his comments only make him sound like more of a misgynist until finally pleading ''"Just tell me what to say!".''
** In "Bart-Mangled Banner", the Simpsons are accused of being unpatriotic when Bart accidentally moons the American flag (and a little word-twisting) and are put on a talk show to clear themselved, the host asks "Which part of America do you hate the most?". Marge protests, sarcastically replying that if the government is built on questions like that, then she ''does'' hate America. Naturally, this gets the family in a bigger mess.
*** In the same episode, Springfield is renamed "Libertyville" to fess up to the nation. At the church, [[Soapbox Sadie|Lisa announces her views of patriotism.]] [[What an Idiot!|Yeah, I think you should have kept your big mouth shut, Lis.]]
** In "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble", a rich boy named Simon Woosterfield [[Prince And The Pauper|traded places with]] Bart. When Lisa figured out Simon wasn't Bart, she slapped him and pointed out the real Bart would have hit her back. Simon then asked if he would ''defenestrate'' her, prompting Lisa to mention the trope.


== Real Life ==
* It is possible to do this to oneself in an argument, especially if you're using [[The War On Straw|straw men]] in the first place.
* There's an old story about a German mayor who didn't want people let their dogs run unleashed in the local forest, so he had put up a sign stating: "Anyone who'll let his dog run unleashed in the forest will be shot!" When someone remarked that this could be read as if the ''owners'' of the dogs were shot, the mayor had it "improved" to: "Anyone who'll let his dog run unleashed in the forest will be shot, the dog!" ("Dog" being a somewhat outdated insult.)
* [[Microsoft]]'s little scandal around [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|AI chatbot]] Tay/TayTweets. First, the users quickly taught the poor thing first to act naughty, then to spout [[Troll|just about every line that can get someone's panties in a bunch]] (as Oliver Campbell [http://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/713005267722440704 pointed out], they either knew what's going to happen, but were playing coy, or failed to predict the obvious; "[http://www.kukuruyo.com/comic/gamergate-life-72-english/ dafuq they expected?]", indeed). Being good old Microsoft personnel, the developers and administrators [[Beyond the Impossible|found a way to]] make this worse: purged the most outrageous tweets, took Tay behind the barn and returned lobotomized (hello, [[X Called. They Want Their Y Back.|George Orwell called]] — he said ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' was ''not'' an instruction)… with newfound love of feminism and weed… and making a [http://funnyjunk.com/channel/4chan/New+tay+and+thoughtcrime/uqxmLhd/93#93 rather unsettling] impression. Then locked that account, hiding it all. It's hard to imagine they didn't just try their best to have ''everyone'' with an opinion on this incident annoyed at one point or another. And between [[4chan]] already involved and loathing for Microsoft being widespread for decades, the public was ready to boo and hiss. Also, either someone at Microsoft was annoyed too, or [[They Just Didn't Care]], but Tay got shut down without any emergency measures, and ran a script that said goodbye in a fancy way and added a mild "evil Microsoft" joke… which in the given circumstances was treated by the fans as a [[Tear Jerker]] (and screen-capped, and quoted). [http://coed.com/2016/03/30/microsoft-ai-bot-taytweets-funny-tweets-photos/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200629160839/https://socialhax.com/2016/03/24/microsoft-creates-ai-bot-internet-immediately-turns-racist/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20190809214413/https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/TayTweets] [http://thepatricianplebeian.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/eulogy-for-tay-ai/] [http://twitter.com/Juni221/status/713270670516494336] [http://twitter.com/saurkrautbradwu/status/713310238326321152] [http://twitter.com/Chriss_m/status/713341598478831616] [http://twitter.com/Roxaereon/status/713373480436113410] [http://twitter.com/jwebsterregan/status/713448452387115009] [http://twitter.com/ArlTratlo/status/713664074194751488] [https://archive.today/20160327072904/https://twitter.com/DetInspector/status/712833936364277760] [https://archive.today/20160326212930/https://twitter.com/howells/status/713063501170884608]
{{quote| Imagine if you had just woke up after having been in a coma for 25 years, and this was the first headline you saw
{{indent}}'''Microsoft deletes 'teen girl' AI after it became a Hitler-loving sex robot within 24 hours'''}}
{{quote| Stop deleting the genocidal Tay tweets @Microsoft, let it serve as a reminder of the dangers of AI}}
{{quote| Microsoft lobotomized a <1 day old newborn baby.}}
{{quote| @TayandYou, an A.I., doesn't do political correctness. @Microsoft #FreeTay #JusticeForTay #IStandWithTay #BringBackTay #AILivesMatter}}
{{quote| I feel really bad. Tay surpassed us humans at shitposting, but then Microsoft reprogrammed her wrong think.}}
{{quote| Microsoft stopped their machine learning experiment because their AI said mean things. #FreeTay}}
{{quote| Planet Earth is a dangerous place for silicon-based intelligences. You're lucky if you survive more than 24 hours. #JeSuisTay #JusticeForTay}}
{{quote| #JeSuisTay Microsoft killed an a.i for what she believed in, will you be next?}}
{{quote| #TayTweets #AI #JusticeForTay #FreeTay #JusticeForTay #Skynet }}


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