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post #1 of 64
3/12/08 at 2:32pm
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Count me among the minority who can't stand texting from phones. Mind you, I can see many great quick uses for it including, but not limited to, telling someone that you are running late or something similar. But to hold full conversations via texted messages seems like a step back in communication to me. I find it impersonal and easy to misinterpret.

Case in point: I have a friend who texts constantly. He has had numerous issues where an "important" text doesn't go through to his girlfriend or a message's tone is misconstrued. So they argue...via text. Eventually they will meet-up or call each other and quickly realize that they just had a texting issue. This is at least a weekly issue for them.

Another case in point: I was supposed to have a meeting with a woman in LA in November and it turned out she was a bit of a flake so I canceled the meeting (more to it than that, but not important to the point). Unfortunately, she has my name and number now in her phone and sends texts to me accidentally every other week. And she isn't just confusing me with one guy. She refers to me by three names and fucking "Boo" is one of them.

She just texted me this morning (prompting this train of thought) asking me when I was going to leave Vegas so I texted her back today telling her to lose my name and number and she responded back with "What?!?!". She still thinks I am someone else. She is a complete idiot though so I shouldn't be surprised.

Anyhow, what are your feelings on texting? Am I just an old guy who has missed the boat on the next greatest thing or is using it as a major form of communication as dumb as I think it is?
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post #2 of 64
3/12/08 at 2:35pm
How do we have this thread again?

Stop being friends and scheduling meetings with idiots.
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post #3 of 64
3/12/08 at 2:36pm
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Originally Posted by Russ Fischer View Post
Stop being friends and scheduling meetings with idiots.
ttyl
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post #4 of 64
3/12/08 at 2:38pm
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Originally Posted by Russ Fischer View Post
How do we have this thread again?
Broken search function, perhaps?
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post #5 of 64
3/12/08 at 2:38pm
Agreed on all points. I fucking hate it as well.
Exept for quick notifications it is useless and a pain in the ass. Everything you can say in 160 letters you can say in a 10 seconds phonecall as well. Unless you have tourette. And it having a quick call is actually cheaper and more convienient than using my small mobile for typing purposes.
And people who use it as a tool for breking up or such are the scum of the earth.

Edit: Did we have that already? Then I am sorry for all people spending a second on reading that rather than their text messages.
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post #6 of 64
3/12/08 at 2:58pm
I used to be a text addict with my old cell phone. I was dating girls that were texting fiends, and it turned me into one, and my room mate was at the time as well, so if we needed to check on something we texted each other. Grown men texting each other...almost as bad as being a grown man with a room mate.

With my Iphone now, I just email like mad. Texting is for things said in 5 words or less that need a 5 word or less response.
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post #7 of 64
3/12/08 at 2:59pm
"Meeting"?

Good one, Mr. Spitzer.
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post #8 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:03pm
See, now, Devin, that was only 5 words. You should have texted it to him.

I don't have a cell phone. Somehow, I manage to maintain healthy and regular communication with my many friends.
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post #9 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:06pm
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"Meeting"?

Good one, Mr. Spitzer.
One of us can check off "bathroom head" on his to do list and it ain't me, but nice one nonetheless.
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post #10 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:09pm
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Originally Posted by MissZooey View Post
See, now, Devin, that was only 5 words. You should have texted it to him.
Too much punctuation. Devin would have to sacrifice any inclination to use proper English.
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post #11 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by BillyG View Post
With my Iphone now, I just email like mad.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not.
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post #12 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:13pm
I text with proper spelling and grammar.

Other threads I hope to see soon: 'You call rap music?' 'I don't have a cell phone and I live a full life' and 'My town is full of these crazy automobiles'
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post #13 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by tom de plume View Post
I texted her back today telling her to lose my name and number and she responded back with "What?!?!". She still thinks I am someone else.
I used to keep getting text messages from someone in Spanish for almost a year.
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post #14 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:16pm
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Devin - How about "I don't like sandals"?
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post #15 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:18pm
Funny how you remembered that but not the other geezer's texting thread.
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post #16 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:18pm
How about we have a thread that doesn't lead right into a pissing contest. I know this is a shock and all. But let's try and not go down that road.
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post #17 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:21pm
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Funny how you remembered that but not the other geezer's texting thread.
Implying what? That I was just dying to start a new thread knowing I'd catch shit for not knowing about another thread due to the search function being fucked? C'mon...

If I knew about it, I would have posted there. Hell, I wouldn't even have posted this at all if I thought it would have pissed people off so much. It seemed like a harmless enough topic.
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post #18 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:23pm
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Originally Posted by tom de plume View Post
Implying what? That I was just dying to start a new thread knowing I'd catch shit for not knowing about another thread due to the search function being fucked? C'mon...

If I knew about it, I would have posted there. Hell, I wouldn't even have posted this at all if I thought it would have pissed people off so much. It seemed like a harmless enough topic.
Welcome to the club.
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post #19 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:26pm
Don't take it personal, we're just giving you a ribbing for making bad threads and posts all the time.
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post #20 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:29pm
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The bait is on the hook!

Must. Resist.
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post #21 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:30pm
White people text like this, and black people text like this.
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post #22 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:31pm
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Originally Posted by tom de plume View Post
It seemed like a harmless enough topic.
It's not an interesting one, and one that seems to recur every six months. Either you use texting as a tool, or you don't. If you actively hate it, that's silly and no one cares. If you love it to death, that's silly and no one cares.
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post #23 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:39pm
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It's not an interesting one, and one that seems to recur every six months. Either you use texting as a tool, or you don't. If you actively hate it, that's silly and no one cares. If you love it to death, that's silly and no one cares.
That is a fair response, but I do think that the tendency for teens and younger adults to text constantly throughout the day rather than meet face-to-face or talk on the phone is a sign that communication is headed in a more impersonal direction. I think that is an worthwhile topic, although probably not for this board specifically.

It sounds like the topic has been covered to death anyhow.

As a serious side question: Will the search function ever be fixed? For those of us who don't post or read the boards daily it is needed.
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post #24 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:44pm
We should have a thread topic-voting section, kind of like fark, and then we can all decide - or better yet, the elites can decide - if a thread is worthy or not.

We spend more time discussing whether or not threads and posts are worth having than we do actually discussing other stuff.

You want to talk about tired shit? Ripping into posts for being repeats/boring/not-cool-enough has now jumped the chud shark.
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post #25 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:48pm
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We should have a thread topic-voting section, kind of like fark, and then we can all decide - or better yet, the elites can decide - if a thread is worthy or not.
Ah, no. Part of the said elite created it's fair share of crap subject, like the sandal thread.

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We spend more time discussing whether or not threads and posts are worth having than we do actually discussing other stuff..
But you're however right about the rest.
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post #26 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:50pm
Texting is only impersonal if you don't make liberal use of smileys and other emoticons. (stupid string symbols denoting sarcasm)

I've gotten probably 3 texts that weren't intended for me over the last 5 years. And about 50 wrong number phone calls. So yes, you're just an old man who wants to be inconvenienced in ways he is accustomed to. Nothing particularly wrong with that, though.
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post #27 of 64
3/12/08 at 3:59pm
And honestly, if someone choose to text someone most of the time even though he has the option of talking to the said person, he probably has some serious communication issues, or is a total moron.
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post #28 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:03pm
I have to say, as someone with an office job, I find texting incredibly useful. I don't discuss Foucault over text messages, but it lets me keep up with girls I'm dating and set up happy hours, etc. without having to use any resources owned by my employer. It's also significantly less distracting than a phone conversation.
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post #29 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:08pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
And honestly, if someone choose to text someone most of the time even though he has the option of talking to the said person, he probably has some serious communication issues, or is a total moron.
Or he's got something going on and a phone call would be a tremendous distraction while texting is a very quick and effortless means of communication. If I'm having a conversation with someone in person I'm not gonna stop and answer a phone call from a friend if texting is an option. When I edit with headphones on at work I can carry on full conversations via text and still be productive, whereas if I answered the phone I'd have to remove my headphones, give up the use of one hand for the duration of the call and stop working altogether. Not to mention the whole "cell phone minutes" issue. Get over it.
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post #30 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:15pm
I was referring to the phenomenon of texting over talking. What you described is what texting is good for, which is in specific situations. Texting is great for what it's for, just like emails. It's the abuse of it that's depressing.
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post #31 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:18pm
Texting has its uses. A few weeks ago a friend of mind had courtside seats at a Bulls game, right behind the bench. He was there with his girlfriend, and he was wearing this ridiculous fedora he loves to wear on special occasions, which has been the running butt of my jokes since he bought it. On TV, he was in the shot every time down the court, so I texted him: "Your hat looks even more ridiculous in high definition."

No need for a protracted conversation: I managed to embarass him in front of his girlfriend by remote, and then watch the result on TV. I felt like Dennis Hopper in Speed. Interactive TV! Wave of the future!
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post #32 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:21pm
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I was referring to the phenomenon of texting over talking. What you described is what texting is good for, which is in specific situations. Texting is great for what it's for, just like emails. It's the abuse of it that's depressing.
Exactly.
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post #33 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:23pm
Texting is great if you're intelligent and don't have time to make fucking calls. It's just a tool, not unlike folks who hate having communication options.
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post #34 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:26pm
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"Your hat looks even more ridiculous in high definition."
Okay, that's awesome...
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post #35 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:31pm
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Texting is great if you're intelligent and don't have time to make fucking calls. It's just a tool, not unlike folks who hate having communication options.
Reading is fundamental.
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post #36 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:32pm
But your initial premise and example is dumb. Why not just say 'I hate address books on phones,' since that's what's causing the problem here, not texting.
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post #37 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:34pm
Why would anyone care how other people use texting?
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post #38 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:36pm
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Originally Posted by JGButler View Post
If I'm having a conversation with someone in person I'm not gonna stop and answer a phone call from a friend if texting is an option.
This is the same example I was going to use. I'm not huge on texting, but there was an instance it came in handy a couple of weeks ago. One of my friends from job #2 was quitting, and she was kind of nervous and upset about how the conversation with our boss would go. Since she had no computer nearby, email wasn't an option. And I didn't want to phone her, since I wasn't sure exactly when she'd be talking to him, and didn't want to interrupt them (I also didn't want my boss to know that she'd confided in me that she was leaving before she actually quit). Solved by text message - I managed to check in with her and see how it went, and she got the message right away without me interrupting them.
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post #39 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:36pm
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Originally Posted by tom de plume View Post
Reading is fundamental.
Indeed...

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Originally Posted by tom de plume View Post
Count me among the minority who can't stand texting from phones.
If you can see the many practical uses for it then why even start a thread decrying it as regression in societal communication?
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post #40 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:37pm
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Originally Posted by BobClark View Post
Why would anyone care how other people use texting?
Oh, I care. I care a whole lot when some little twit feels the need to text and drive at the same time.

NO.
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post #41 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:37pm
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Originally Posted by devincf View Post
But your initial premise and example is dumb. Why not just say 'I hate address books on phones,' since that's what's causing the problem here, not texting.
Th example of the the guy who continously has communication issues with his girlfriend because they text more than they speak or the girl I've never met who keeps mistexting her buddies by texting me?

I will occasionally text a quick message to someone. It isn't my main means of communication. From my original post:

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Originally Posted by tom de plume View Post
Mind you, I can see many great quick uses for it including, but not limited to, telling someone that you are running late or something similar. But to hold full conversations via texted messages seems like a step back in communication to me. I find it impersonal and easy to misinterpret.
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post #42 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:39pm
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And JG Butler (whose post I'm having trouble quoting) actually does show a point where my original post was piss-poor. My bad.
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post #43 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:40pm
Your friend sounds like a moron. Again, this is not the fault of texting. Dumb men were miscommunicating with women back before there were phones.
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post #44 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:42pm
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Your friend sounds like a moron. Again, this is not the fault of texting. Dumb men were miscommunicating with women back before there were phones.
I agree that this isn't the fault of texting. My point is that I think more and more people are using this tool this same way. i think the tool is misused.
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post #45 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:42pm
Ever notice how quickly texting a member of the opposite sex turns flirty then downright filthy? Me neither.
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post #46 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:44pm
Stuff White People Like #92- Telling other people how they're supposed to be using their shit.
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post #47 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:46pm
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Originally Posted by tom de plume View Post
I agree that this isn't the fault of texting. My point is that I think more and more people are using this tool this same way. i think the tool is misused.
I think the internet is currently being misused.
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post #48 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:46pm
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Your friend sounds like a moron. Again, this is not the fault of texting. Dumb men were miscommunicating with women back before there were phones.
I've never wanted to sig Devin before but that is fried awesome.
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post #49 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:49pm
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Originally Posted by The LD View Post
I have to say, as someone with an office job, I find texting incredibly useful. I don't discuss Foucault over text messages, but it lets me keep up with girls I'm dating and set up happy hours, etc. without having to use any resources owned by my employer. It's also significantly less distracting than a phone conversation.
As to if my comment on email was sarcasm, no. And the quoted post is basically why. Plus I spend a lot of time right now outside of the office working on the road more or less, so I email back and forth with my office a ton now too.

I've fallen in love with the ease of typing with the Iphone, and I've gradually started emailing more rather than quick texts. My old phone's keypad wasn't conducive to texts, let alone full fledged emails.
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post #50 of 64
3/12/08 at 4:58pm
My thoughts on texting, from the long-lost texting thread of two months ago:

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That's the thing - I don't WANT to talk to you. We are exchanging information efficiently, possibly in an environment where talking isn't feasible or advantageous. "Don't forget to grab that folder before you get here" to a co-worker in a meeting; "We're on the second floor, at a table in the back" to a friend in a noisy bar or resaturant; "How wet are you right now?" to a co-worker in a meeting - all more conveniently texted than spoken/yelled.

Or if I have things to do and you're the kind of loveable douchebag who doesn't know how to stop talking, I enjoy that there's a way to boil the essential information out of you without having to listen to all the nonsense.
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