Posted on 02/27/2015 6:10:40 PM PST by Zeneta
I hate texting. I hate the way it restricts me. It's great that I can stay in touch while on the road, but it's a pain in the butt.
I can't reference my thoughts with links that would generally be a few "copy and paste" clicks away.
I can't stand the screen size of my "Smart Phone" and I have one of the largest available.
I hate using the pop up key board that tries to "Help" me.
Ever try to search for and paste a link to something that wasn't already planned for?
Good luck.
I love my PC.
I love that I have the ability to capture information and relay it in seconds. Information that may or may not be stored on my machine. A quick search and a few clicks and I can send it to you without jumping through smart phone hoops.
I hate Texting.
I hate BRB, and all the others that are making people lazy when trying to express themselves.
WTF !!
It's the death of us, the death of our language and the meaning of words in their proper context.
Touch screen convenience at it's best?".
Short cuts designed to "Help" us get our message across have made so many miss the message all together.
I hate Texting.
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How am I doing so far?
Well, the March undead thread is happening soon.....thing is, you have to get zotted...just sayin...
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867V309....
Lmao.
I always wondered about you....
It’s the lowest form of communication we have.....but it does have its uses.
The thing is, if I’m not Zotted early, the likelihood of both being Zotted and starting an undead thread seems to decline exponentially.
Someone should do a mathematical study of this.
So..... you are having a drunken affair with your phone....??
it staggers the imagination
=^.^= OIC what you mean. :)
It had to be said. Thanks for taking the lead.
For what it’s worth, I send people links, pictures etc via texts all the time on my Samsung. Phones can be frustrating though.
Oh, yeah, and typing with two thumbs, hunt and peck style. Huge step backward in technology.
You sound old
I love texting...short and to the point...keeps me in touch especially with family without having to talk on the phone...I HAte PHONE CALLS....I did NOT get the phone gene...and I’m female
The last mathematical study I made was when I was trying to remember my birthday. I think I was born sometime between WWII and Woodstock, but I'm still researching the matter.
I am in agreement. Much easier to to communicate with children about grand children activities. Right now we are following three of them play ice hockey. 11 yo girl, 9 and 7 yo boys.
You sound old
Old?
I was on the internet before it was called the WWW.
I had a PC in 1985.
I was using “Bill Pay” from “CheckFree” while you were still licking stamps.
I actually bought “Mosaic”.
Yep, I’m old.
I like texting too. Quick message and its done. Remember the day when you call collect to your parents to let them know you arrived home safe, they of course didn’t accept the call, but the message was clear. Simpler times.
I was one of the early texters.
Back in the late 90’s Motorola used my company as a test bed with their text device that opened up like a clamshell to replace our pagers with. it soon became a pain in the ass with co-corkers texting questions every 10 minutes.
I have hardly texted ever since.
They definitely aren’t sausage finger friendly.
Old?
I remember punch cards, formed on an IBM 029!!! ;)
“I find texting better for me (and I’m 68). With a phone call you have to spend time saying hello, how are you, etc. and after your conversation you have to go through a closing ritual similar to the opening of the phone call.
With texting you get right to the meat of the call ... no opening, no closing, just the message. Works for me.”
Couldn’t agree with you more. I do a lot of my business interactions by text, whenever possible.
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