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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: jusbnme on April 05, 2008, 10:32:09 PM
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What's up my Sly Bros? I always thought texting was ridiculous until a few months ago. I was one of those people that would say, "Why not just call the person instead of wasting time punching the letters and waiting for a response?" But now I'm hooked on it. I've become "a text junky." Who else out there has become a text junky? Give some specific reasons why you have if you want.
One of the main reasons I have is because my wife works in a school and the reception is horrible. We can't ever talk to each other if she needs me for anything. So we text to each other all the time all throughout the day. Another reason is because my younger brother and I are real close and that's how he has always kept contact with me. So I basically had to "catch the bug" or not talk to him. I think the reason why I've become a fiend for texting and love it so much is because it has the basic concept of an e-mail. You can say what you want, get info, be done, and not have to get involved in some long conversation.
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lance: at 1st i hated "texting" but i actually like it now. texting is perfect if U don't feel like talking or if U R in a place that discourages cell phone conversations like a library or if U R at a doctor's waiting room. however... i'm a very slow "texter". i can type fast but when it comes 2 texting i'm kinda slow.
WARHAWK O0
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I have never texted in my life.
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Sorry, nope...
I've actually said texting is the thing that is starting me on the generation gap phase of my life...
WAY too much thinking involved...
SH!t, it took me years to figure out "LOL"...yea, really ...
pathetic...
I'll leave now..... :(
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I will text occaisionally if I am at work, but my Better Half will usually send between 150-200 Text messages a month!
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we have unlimited texting on our phone plan. that is a very good thing cause all three of us text often. very often.
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I even got one of those phones with the keyboard for texting, but I maybe text 2 - 3 times a month.
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we have unlimited texting on our phone plan. that is a very good thing cause all three of us text often. very often.
Yeah, we've got the unlimited too. We have to are we'd have a very outrageous bill. :D
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I very rarely send text messages. A while ago I got one from a number I didn't recognize and I wrote back "Who are you?" and a few minutes a response came back saying, "I'm your son Nick or do you not remember who I am?" (spelled in textspeak of course). No - it's not what you're thinking >:D - it was some kid who trying to text his dad and keyed in the wrong phone number. But I felt bad.
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NEVER text...and don't like receiving them either. Society is becoming too impersonal as it is. If what the person has to say is important enough for me to know, then they should phone me or talk to me in person.
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NEVER text...and don't like receiving them either. Society is becoming too impersonal as it is. If what the person has to say is important enough for me to know, then they should phone me or talk to me in person.
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yeah, what Paul said O0.
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This is as texty as I get.... O0
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I like texting. Probably send 3-4 per day. I'd rather get a text message than a long drawn out phone call!
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NEVER text...and don't like receiving them either. Society is becoming too impersonal as it is. If what the person has to say is important enough for me to know, then they should phone me or talk to me in person.
I'm 100% with Paul on this one. We're raising a generation with no interpersonal skills.
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My recruits are always sending me text messages and it gets me mad! I text them back all cap saying CALL ME DONT TEXT!!! Then when they call I counsel them about stepping up and making the phone call instead of being lazy and texting!
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I like texting. Probably send 3-4 per day. I'd rather get a text message than a long drawn out phone call!
I'm with you all the way on this Rocko. O0 I love being able to punch a few buttons to let someone what's up instead of getting into a long phone call. I can also see where Paul and Schro are coming from. Don't get me wrong guys. I think the younger generation of today does need to communicate properly. Not to mention, do a lot of other things better too. But me personally, I don't see much harm in it except for the crazies that do it while they're driving. I mean, I was brought up to speak to people and to communicate in a "proper" way. I can talk to anybody about anything at anytime. But at the same time I can enjoy texting someone when I don't feel like getting into a long, never ending conversation. Or if I'm in a place where I can't be talking on the phone and I need to let someone know something. In that certain situation texting can be very helpful. Especially with me and wife's situation that I explained earlier. IDK JMO bros. ;)
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my brother and i text quick messages back and forth. Simple things. If it seems to be getting deep we call. Do that with most of the family. I prefer to just meet up with people. If you want to talk a lot it is always best face to face. The telephone is not very personal either. What ever happened to hanging out????
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my brother and i text quick messages back and forth. Simple things. If it seems to be getting deep we call. Do that with most of the family. I prefer to just meet up with people. If you want to talk a lot it is always best face to face. The telephone is not very personal either. What ever happened to hanging out????
See this is the point I was trying to make. My younger brother and I will text quick messages just to let the other know we're doing good and what not. But if we really need to talk we call each other, or as NAVRN said, we'll hang out for a day. Same with any of my family. My wife and I get together with her mom and mine at least once a week. I was just trying to say that texting is a quick way to go when you don't have much time on your hands.
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NEVER text...and don't like receiving them either. Society is becoming too impersonal as it is. If what the person has to say is important enough for me to know, then they should phone me or talk to me in person.
I'm 100% with Paul on this one. We're raising a generation with no interpersonal skills.
Exactly, Mike & Paul! The 'younger' crowd is also losing the ability to write gramatically correct sentences with accurate spelling. They also seem to be deemphasizing the importance of this in our 'lovely' government-run schools.
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I don't mind the funny pics or the jokes but I'm not for text conversations I hate them if you want to communicate with me then just frickin' call, I have a crew member that tries to do that to me all the time and it drives me nuts.
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NEVER text...and don't like receiving them either. Society is becoming too impersonal as it is. If what the person has to say is important enough for me to know, then they should phone me or talk to me in person.
I'm 100% with Paul on this one. We're raising a generation with no interpersonal skills.
Exactly, Mike & Paul! The 'younger' crowd is also losing the ability to write gramatically correct sentences with accurate spelling. They also seem to be deemphasizing the importance of this in our 'lovely' government-run schools.
don't forget warhark....J?K bro' :*)) :*)) :*))
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I've never texted ... and never will!
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I like texting. Probably send 3-4 per day. I'd rather get a text message than a long drawn out phone call!
But me personally, I don't see much harm in it except for the crazies that do it while they're driving.
You mean I shouldn't do this when I'm driving?? :o
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I like texting. Probably send 3-4 per day. I'd rather get a text message than a long drawn out phone call!
But me personally, I don't see much harm in it except for the crazies that do it while they're driving.
You mean I shouldn't do this when I'm driving?? :o
Ok, ok. I'm guilty too. Not much though and only at a stop. >:D
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I don't mind the funny pics or the jokes but I'm not for text conversations I hate them if you want to communicate with me then just frickin' call, I have a crew member that tries to do that to me all the time and it drives me nuts.
since you l;ike them so much, i will send them more often. ha ha. i text pretty often but never anything real important. if i need to say something important, i will call. mostly jokes or "hey, call me when you can" or something like that. but iwll make sure i only communicate with nomad through texting from here on.
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I don't mind the funny pics or the jokes but I'm not for text conversations I hate them if you want to communicate with me then just frickin' call, I have a crew member that tries to do that to me all the time and it drives me nuts.
since you l;ike them so much, i will send them more often. ha ha. i text pretty often but never anything real important. if i need to say something important, i will call. mostly jokes or "hey, call me when you can" or something like that. but iwll make sure i only communicate with nomad through texting from here on.
I see how it is brother 5t*mp
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not allowed to use cell phones while on the job but i be "sly" and text...not a junkie though...i can give it up cold turkey if i wanted....
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NEVER text...and don't like receiving them either. Society is becoming too impersonal as it is. If what the person has to say is important enough for me to know, then they should phone me or talk to me in person.
I'm 100% with Paul on this one. We're raising a generation with no interpersonal skills.
Exactly, Mike & Paul! The 'younger' crowd is also losing the ability to write gramatically correct sentences with accurate spelling. They also seem to be deemphasizing the importance of this in our 'lovely' government-run schools.
Not entirely true. I text all the time and I always use proper spelling and punctuation. I HATE internet-speak. I cannot stand bad "internet etiquette," it just drives me insane, and the same rule applies to texting. Now that I think about it, almost everyone I text with texts with (at least) proper spelling.
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Didnt Al Gore invent mobile text messanging? I'm pretty sure he did
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NEVER text...and don't like receiving them either. Society is becoming too impersonal as it is. If what the person has to say is important enough for me to know, then they should phone me or talk to me in person.
I'm 100% with Paul on this one. We're raising a generation with no interpersonal skills.
Exactly, Mike & Paul! The 'younger' crowd is also losing the ability to write gramatically correct sentences with accurate spelling. They also seem to be deemphasizing the importance of this in our 'lovely' government-run schools.
Not entirely true. I text all the time and I always use proper spelling and punctuation. I HATE internet-speak. I cannot stand bad "internet etiquette," it just drives me insane, and the same rule applies to texting. Now that I think about it, almost everyone I text with texts with (at least) proper spelling.
Yeah, I hear you dude. I can understand people wanting to shorten things up but I usually punch every word out completely just for the fact I don't want to get use to doing things that way all the time. Just me.
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I hardly ever text message anyone. I'd rather talk on the phone or email. Personal preference I guess. However this brings up something I've thought about. How long has it been since you've actually written a letter, or written something out completely? I can't remember the last time I've done it. It seems I type everything now.
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I'll start off with that I prefer to talk to someone on the phone or face to face versus over any form of text (internet or phone). BUT, texting is a very efficient form of communicating with people if you just need to get a quick/short message to them. It was never designed for long conversations, hence it's technical name of Short Messaging Service (SMS).
Because of how efficient texting is, I'm actually starting a company as we speak that further enhances people's ability to text and communicate with people via text messages. I can't get into too many details yet, but you all will be the first to know when I have a product that you can use - free of charge for you guys.
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Because of how efficient texting is, I'm actually starting a company as we speak that further enhances people's ability to text and communicate with people via text messages. I can't get into too many details yet, but you all will be the first to know when I have a product that you can use - free of charge for you guys.
D@mn...you're gonna suck me in somehow....
it's futile to fight it I guess!
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I definitely think that texting is very cool and has many beneficial uses. But when I hear my kids' friends are sending over 100 text messages in one day, it's goes beyond ludicrous. They just do it because it's trendy... 'everyone is doing it.' You get them a cell phone, and simply 'talking' is silly. Someday, I may get a cell plan with all of the bells and whistles, and a phone with a full keyboard, but at the moment, my basic cell phone is just fine. If anyone knows of a way to block text messages, please let me know. Somehow, some sports-related business has my phone number and keeps sending me texts, and I get charged for every one of them. >:(
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I have a few friends I text with, but if it's really important, it's worth makin a phone call. I've got a buddy I would classify as a junkie. He sends about 15000 messages a month. We have unlimited texting with our plan, because the wife and I use when she is in school, and my mom and I will use it occasionally if we're unable to make a phone call. It's nice for that kind of stuff.
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As I said, I don't text very often, but it's still amazing how second-nature things like this can become. I had to call a business recently and the automated answering system asked me to key in the first three letters of the last name of the party I was trying to reach. I needed to press "F" and found myself hitting the key three times. I had to start over and then I did the same thing AGAIN. Anybody ever had this happen?
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As I said, I don't text very often, but it's still amazing how second-nature things like this can become. I had to call a business recently and the automated answering system asked me to key in the first three letters of the last name of the party I was trying to reach. I needed to press "F" and found myself hitting the key three times. I had to start over and then I did the same thing AGAIN. Anybody ever had this happen?
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