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Oh, no! Not a text message...
November 16, 2007Why would anyone in their right mind spend fifteen minutes tryin' to type some (expletive deleted) they could've called and said in five seconds? Plus, it involves typing with your thumbs! Which I just don't approve of. - Gin Rummy, The Boondocks
I couldn't have said it better.
As a matter of fact, my boy Rummy just put a voice to something I'd been thinking ever since the text phenomena began.
Typing with your thumbs -- give me a freaking break.
Maybe I'm just old and set in my ways, but it's just irritating to sit there hunting and pecking for this letter and that letter. And due to this, every time I get a text, I dread having to respond.
Sure, it's more economical to send a text in the daytime rather than use your anytime minutes. But, who has time to waste on a full-blown text conversation?
Ever argued via text message? I shudder to what misinterpretations result from all those OMGs, LOLs and KMAs.
However, despite my objections to the contrary, it's here to stay.
I imagine that centuries from now, a time capsule will be found in the middle of a desert and inside will be a cell phone with hundreds of unanswered text messages.
And that cell phone will probably be mine.
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