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[happythoughts 0]

Once again...

It was stated, by a group that tracks/publishes trends as a business, that younger people regard email as old-school. They prefer text messaging and chat.

Here is the deal, you have a phone. You use it to send text. Huh?

Do you turn off your printer and use a pencil ? Nope.
Why would people take a step back technically ?

Why not just use the telephone to talk into ?
You can cover five times the information, plus typing it all is pointless. Talk into the little object.


I don't use instant messaging except at work because I want the information available to a mouse to swipe.
Otherwise, I call (and talk).

[lawrocket 3]

I agree. They've had telexes for a while now. I don't text message. Why would I? To spend a couple of minutes writing out in text, "You better have my money by Monday, muthafucka!" when I could just leave a voice message saying the same thing?

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[NWFlyer 2]

You never call me.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[NWFlyer 2]

But, to answer your question...

Reasons I use text:

1) I'm trying to communicate from somewhere loud or with someone who is somewhere loud.

2) I don't really need to interrupt the person and just want to give them a quick bit of info. Or I just don't feel like talking.

3) I know the person is somewhere they can't be interrupted and I want to communicate with them (or amuse them if I know they are stuck in a boring meeting).

4) I want to send them something like a phone number that they will need to use later. It's now stored in their phone - they don't have to write it down and transfer it.

Plus, I now have a CrackBerry that has a cool modified qwerty keyboard so I can type out really fast.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[happythoughts 0]

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You never call me.

There is two women on a safari vacation.

They are sitting around the campfire when an 800 lb gorilla snatches up Wilma and runs off with her.
They track them for 3 days and finally find her.
They scare the gorilla away and rush her to a hospital.

After 3 days, she awakens, still bruised from her ordeal.
"Wilma... can you speak? "How are you?"

"Ok, I guess. It's just that he hasn't called..."

[NWFlyer 2]

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You never call me.

There is two women on a safari vacation.

They are sitting around the campfire when an 800 lb gorilla snatches up Wilma and runs off with her.
They track them for 3 days and finally find her.
They scare the gorilla away and rush her to a hospital.

After 3 days, she awakens, still bruised from her ordeal.
"Wilma... can you speak? "How are you?"

"Ok, I guess. It's just that he hasn't called..."

King Kong? Is that you!?

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[Lindercles 0]

Text messaging is not a substitute for calling, it's its own form of communication entirely. When I feel the need to call, I call. When I feel the need to text, I text. It depends entirely on what I have to say and how I want to say it, but I certainly never substitute one for the other.

It's similar to the difference between email and snail mail. Many people say "why would I write a letter when I can write an email?" It's because a hand written letter means something different than an email. They're two different forms of communication.

And if it takes you two minutes to type out "You better have my money by Monday, muthafucka!" then yeah, you probably shouldn't text. But if you ever do decide to do so, two words: predictive text.

[Jaden 0]

Text messaging is useful if you know someone is in meeting & you just want to say "I love you" or "Leaving now".
Otherwise the phone is much more practical.

[Vallerina 2]

It's really fun to send someone a dirty text message when you know they'll read it in the middle of a meeting

There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

[jeremy556 0]

I use text messages usually to avoid having to actually talk to someone I don’t want to talk to. Usually this person is a real PITA and talks on and on about the same crap as always and I don’t want to waste my time listening to it.

Normally, I just wouldn’t respond, but the person I am talking about writes my paychecks.

But I hate telephones and especially cell phones. If it is that important, come and talk to me in person, otherwise leave me the hell alone.

[GQ_jumper 4]

i text all the time because i can't always hop on the phone and have converstaions while i'm at work

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

[masterrig 1]

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I agree. They've had telexes for a while now. I don't text message. Why would I? To spend a couple of minutes writing out in text, "You better have my money by Monday, muthafucka!" when I could just leave a voice message saying the same thing?

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I agree! When you are being threatening, 'reading' the text; 'muthafucka' doesn't come across as good as hearing an angry voice on the phone!


Chuck

[diablopilot 2]

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It's really fun to send someone a dirty text message when you know they'll read it in the middle of a meeting

You never text me anymore!

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[Vallerina 2]

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It's really fun to send someone a dirty text message when you know they'll read it in the middle of a meeting

You never text me anymore!

You're never in meetings anymore!!!!

There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning

[skymama 37]

I have a Blackberry. I use it for making phone calls and a couple of times I've checked out dz.com on the internet link. Apparently there are a whole bunch of other things you can do with it, but I've never taken the time to learn it because I hate reading manuals. I don't even know anyone who would want a text message from me, we all just e-mail or call each other. Maybe it IS a generational thing.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[popsjumper 2]

...because text messaging is COOL!

Never mind that it's more expensive.
Never mind that it's more complicated.
Never mind that it's slower.
Never mind that it's less personal.
It's COOL!

Kinda like why Windows has a bigger market share than MacOS since the old days - because it was COOL to have to learn DOS instead of simply point and click.

PS: I don't respond to text messaging...I don't have a phone!

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[PLFXpert 0]

I hate texting.

I'm still very big on e-mail.
I enjoy & embrace change, but on some things it takes a royal arm-twisting followed by a temper tantrum to get me to do it.

Oh, and I even....get ready...still mail actual letters.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[goodnplentygirl 0]

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Text messaging is not a substitute for calling, it's its own form of communication entirely. When I feel the need to call, I call. When I feel the need to text, I text. It depends entirely on what I have to say and how I want to say it, but I certainly never substitute one for the other.

It's similar to the difference between email and snail mail. Many people say "why would I write a letter when I can write an email?" It's because a hand written letter means something different than an email. They're two different forms of communication.

And if it takes you two minutes to type out "You better have my money by Monday, muthafucka!" then yeah, you probably shouldn't text. But if you ever do decide to do so, two words: predictive text.

agreed. you're so smart Michael.

my body, my choice

[Miranda 0]

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Oh, and I even....get ready...still mail actual letters.

Me too, there's just no substitute for a nice handwritten letter or card.