The Only Real Reason People Text Message Each Other
I used to be of the mind that texting was a ridiculous waste of time. Why not simply dial the intended person and say what you have to say right? But now, now I realize what texting is good for… Text messages serve only one true, divine purpose. The only value in texting is to communicate when you shouldn’t be communicating.
Face it folks, texting is really useful if you are screwing someone other than your spouse or significant other. It works wonderfully in boring-ass classes. It is superb for pissing away time in drawn-out corporate meetings. Texting is definitely useful for sexting a racy message to your lover during the priest’s slow, meandering homily. But aside from getting a message out when you should be doing something else, I see very little point in texting. In fact, I have just inspired myself to make a stand.
I, for one, pledge that from this day forward, I will pick up the goddamn phone and call someone and talk to them. I will move my mouth in various ways to produce the verbal sounds necessary to speak. The resulting communication will be an audible one that will be transmitted via wire and/or cellular signal. The recipient at the other end of said communication will use their real freakin’ ears to intemperate the message. In turn, they will send back a communication (also initiated via their pie-hole). No more of this texting nonsense for me.
Love this article. It amazes me, when I watch young adults, how none of them seems to be able to function without their cell phones/texting habit.
Recently I saw a young fellow, with people that may have been his grandparents, texting and checking his phone instead of talking to them. The older people did give him a look that seemed to say his behaviour was off-putting.
Am I the only one that believes this is flagrant rudeness? It’s like whispering in front of others. It’s a type of shunning. It sends the message that the remote conversation/personality is more important than the present, physical one.
It’s the same when you are physically, face to face talking to someone, their phone rings, and YOU are put on hold for the sake of the caller. There was a time when that simply would not happen. What happened to leaving a message all of a sudden?
The rules of simple etiquette have been blurred, replaced with rudeness, and it seems this is all ok. . . I for one say it’s not.
Actually, when you wrote:
(also initiated via they’re pie-hole). The correct spelling is “their” in this instance. I know, verbally it won’t matter, but on this web page it should. They’re stands for “they are”. There is used to indicate a place (over there). Their indicates that it belongs to “them”.
Brought to you by a grammar nazi who hates texting, but also mourns the loss of writing skills.
Eosine,
Thanks for the quick lesson on the usage of “they’re.” You are correct, I shouldn’t have made such a stupid mistake. I was bad. I have been burning myself with cigarettes since I have received your message.. What a careless mistake I have made!
In the spirit of helping each other out, perhaps I too can offer you some guidance? I hope you don’t mind that I have corrected the seven grammar errors in your brief comment above. Here is the edited (corrected) version of your comment as you should have written it:
Actually, when you wrote “(also initiated via they’re pie-hole),” the correct spelling is “their” in this instance. I know, verbally it won’t matter, but on this web page, it should. “They’re” stands for “they are.” “There” is used to indicate a place (over there). “Their” indicates that it belongs to them. Brought to you by a grammar Nazi who hates texting, but also mourns the loss of writing skills.
Here are some key grammar / usage points that may help you in future comments:
1. In American English, commas and periods always go inside quotations.
2. When quoting someone else’s words or writing, quotation marks are necessary.
3. Capitalization is required when writing the names of political groups.
4. Your use of a colon is acceptable; I have made the sentence concise.
Thanks for stopping by… I have since corrected my mistake.
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I’m a young adult/ teenager whatever you consider a 16 year old. I for one totally agree with everyone. I have a cell phone, and yes I do use it from time to time. I tend to use it at night to text, so I don’t disturb the rest of the house. I find that to be a bit better than talking on the phone all night with my best friends. Also it costs much less. But I have noticed that my friends almost always have their cell phones with them, on vibrate! I’ve been tempted to turn to them and say, “WHAT I’M NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO TALK TO? YOU HAVE TO TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE INSTEAD?!” It really is ridiculous. They then procede to wonder why they are doing bad in a class, where all they do is text. Yes I text people, yes I do check my phone, but no I would never do things as stupid and inconsiderate as that. It is just plain old rude. I’ve been trying to teach my parents to text, just so they can still get in touch with me when i don’t have good service. That is one of the real benefits of texting, even if you barely have a bar of service and can’t call people, for some odd reason you can still get out a text. And sometimes a voicemail just doesn’t go through until hours later when the message is no use anymore. So while there are benefits to texting, everyone, not just teens, need to lay off this texting addiction.
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