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TEXTING is fucking STUPID. People who text frequently are fucking dumb as a bag of hammers. | |
Super Bowl Dave User ID: 14634326  United States09/07/2012 10:50 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1447020 United States09/07/2012 11:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | After reading your whole post, I agree with you on this. I'll admit I text back and forth with a few people. I would rather talk to someone face to face, though. Shit, If I had a good woman by my side I would just ditch the cell phone altogether and be done with it. Life was simpler before the cell phone and I do miss it. Texting a few short things here and there I see no problem with. Taking 30 minutes to say what would normally take 30 seconds via phone call is retarded. It usually turns into and endless circle of meaningless catch phrases and cutesy crap. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 7398957 United States09/07/2012 11:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | have you seen the commercials for phones? they make it seem as if texting is a more significant and meaningful form of communication than speaking to someone face to face. sad state of affairs that children today are buying this shit and may never understand what true intimate conversations are. |
| SO SICK OF IT User ID: 2917189  Canada09/07/2012 11:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OH I AM SO SICK OF SEEING THE LABOTOMITE ZOMBIE SHEEP TEXTING CONSTANTLY NO MATTER WHAT TASK THEY ARE DOING .... FUCKIN BRAINLESS IDIOTS.... WALKING DOWN THE STREET THEY ARE GLUED TO THE FUCKIN THING.... GO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD YOU WILL SEE EVERY HIGHSCHOOL KID , (THE NEW GENERATION OF SHEEP ) WHICH HAVE NO CHANCE AT ALL TO WAKE UP NORR DO THEY CARE .. TOO MANY BRO'S AND SLUTS ... CONSTANTLY SEEING SHEEP TEXTING WITH THE PHONE HALF INCH FROM THEIR FACE ... HOLDING THEIR KID GETTING A TEXT OFF.. RIDING A BIKE ON THE ROAD TEXTING INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THEIR LIFE ... DRIVING .. DUMB WOMAN TEXTING AND DRIVING LIKE FUCKIN IMBACILES... SO SICK OF SEEING IT .. APOCALYPSE IS RIGHT .. I BITCH ABOUT IT EVERYDAY AND YELL AT PEOPLE EVERYDAY.... THEY HAVE NO CHANCE THERE IS SO MANY SHEEP ON THIS PLANET .. LET ALONE IN ONE CITY . WE ARE DOOMED |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 6630717 Canada09/07/2012 11:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its just another form of communication like a phone call or an email. The fact that it angers you so much says more about you than anyone else. People who over generalize are fucking dumber than a bag of hammers. |
| Super Bowl Dave (OP) User ID: 14634326 United States09/07/2012 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The girl online said she wanted to GET TO KNOW ME by texting. What the fuck? Get to know me by texting? Why don't we just use a fucking pair of tin cans and fishing line and stand 200 meters apart? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 6630717 Canada09/07/2012 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OH I AM SO SICK OF SEEING THE LABOTOMITE ZOMBIE SHEEP TEXTING CONSTANTLY NO MATTER WHAT TASK THEY ARE DOING .... FUCKIN BRAINLESS IDIOTS.... WALKING DOWN THE STREET THEY ARE GLUED TO THE FUCKIN THING.... GO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD YOU WILL SEE EVERY HIGHSCHOOL KID , (THE NEW GENERATION OF SHEEP ) WHICH HAVE NO CHANCE AT ALL TO WAKE UP NORR DO THEY CARE .. TOO MANY BRO'S AND SLUTS ... CONSTANTLY SEEING SHEEP TEXTING WITH THE PHONE HALF INCH FROM THEIR FACE ... HOLDING THEIR KID GETTING A TEXT OFF.. RIDING A BIKE ON THE ROAD TEXTING INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THEIR LIFE ... DRIVING .. DUMB WOMAN TEXTING AND DRIVING LIKE FUCKIN IMBACILES... SO SICK OF SEEING IT .. APOCALYPSE IS RIGHT .. I BITCH ABOUT IT EVERYDAY AND YELL AT PEOPLE EVERYDAY.... THEY HAVE NO CHANCE THERE IS SO MANY SHEEP ON THIS PLANET .. LET ALONE IN ONE CITY . WE ARE DOOMED Quoting: SO SICK OF IT 2917189 Hey all caps, you sound like a bitter old man (and type like one too). All caps is far more annoying than someone minding their own business sending a text. I love watching people lash out at things they seem not to understand. |
| Super Bowl Dave (OP) User ID: 14634326 United States09/07/2012 11:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its just another form of communication like a phone call or an email. The fact that it angers you so much says more about you than anyone else. People who over generalize are fucking dumber than a bag of hammers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6630717 The issue is how slow it is, and how you're restricted to reducing your vocabulary to that of a well-trained chimpanzee. A phone conversation is a thousand times more efficient. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 6630717 Canada09/07/2012 11:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The girl online said she wanted to GET TO KNOW ME by texting. Quoting: Super Bowl Dave What the fuck? Get to know me by texting? Why don't we just use a fucking pair of tin cans and fishing line and stand 200 meters apart? You have issues. There was a time when people reacted that way to folks that wanted to get to know others via telephone rather than talk face to face. Same difference. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 6630717 Canada09/07/2012 11:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its just another form of communication like a phone call or an email. The fact that it angers you so much says more about you than anyone else. People who over generalize are fucking dumber than a bag of hammers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6630717 The issue is how slow it is, and how you're restricted to reducing your vocabulary to that of a well-trained chimpanzee. A phone conversation is a thousand times more efficient. Like anything else, there is a time and place. Sometimes a phone call is the most appropriate, sometimes meeting in person is and sometimes a text is just fine. No need to lash out at what you don't understand. |
| Super Bowl Dave (OP) User ID: 14634326 United States09/07/2012 11:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its just another form of communication like a phone call or an email. The fact that it angers you so much says more about you than anyone else. People who over generalize are fucking dumber than a bag of hammers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6630717 The issue is how slow it is, and how you're restricted to reducing your vocabulary to that of a well-trained chimpanzee. A phone conversation is a thousand times more efficient. Like anything else, there is a time and place. Sometimes a phone call is the most appropriate, sometimes meeting in person is and sometimes a text is just fine. No need to lash out at what you don't understand. I actually DO text, basic information. Like, "Yep, I'll be there in five minutes." That's fine. It has a good use for that. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 6630717 Canada09/07/2012 11:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its just another form of communication like a phone call or an email. The fact that it angers you so much says more about you than anyone else. People who over generalize are fucking dumber than a bag of hammers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6630717 The issue is how slow it is, and how you're restricted to reducing your vocabulary to that of a well-trained chimpanzee. A phone conversation is a thousand times more efficient. Like anything else, there is a time and place. Sometimes a phone call is the most appropriate, sometimes meeting in person is and sometimes a text is just fine. No need to lash out at what you don't understand. I actually DO text, basic information. Like, "Yep, I'll be there in five minutes." That's fine. It has a good use for that. Ok, I got the impression you were just angry at technology like Mr. all caps knuckle dragger above... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21140642  Luxembourg09/07/2012 11:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a sign the apocalypse is a upon us. Quoting: Super Bowl Dave First off, what the fuck are people texting to each other that is so important? "Hey, I just picked my nose." Second, texting takes time. I'm slow at it. The option that fills in words for you I find to be incredibly annoying and I don't use it. Third, for some of us, it costs MONEY. Forth, I'd rather write out a few paragraphs when I'm writing someone, than write out a Twitter-sized sentence. Everyone is becoming incredibly well-adapted to spewing out meaningless junk in as few words as possible. A girl I met online gave me her number and was rather insistent that I text her. I wanted to simply continue writing online, she seemed to think it was the next appropriate step in communication. I just have no idea what to write her. Getting out out sentence takes a minute for me. What am I supposed to say, "Hey"..."What's up"... I mean, what the fuck do you say in a text to a stranger? It's the dumbest fuckin thing I've ever heard. Call her and dont send her a text? Plain and simple? Dont give a shit wether she wants to text or not. Just do your thing. Who gives a fuck about some fucking girl over the internet. Big fucking deal. |
| siahba User ID: 1549657 United States09/07/2012 11:32 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 7398957 United States09/07/2012 11:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The girl online said she wanted to GET TO KNOW ME by texting. Quoting: Super Bowl Dave What the fuck? Get to know me by texting? Why don't we just use a fucking pair of tin cans and fishing line and stand 200 meters apart? You have issues. There was a time when people reacted that way to folks that wanted to get to know others via telephone rather than talk face to face. Same difference. nope, when your face is constantly turned downwards staring at a phone you are missing the world around you, the falling star, the exotic bird that flew overhead and that cute girl or guy who would have smiled at you but instead you were texting, oh well. to each his own, y'all can enjoy your meaningful lives as slaves to an iphone, I'll be out in the world seeing what I can find with not a single electronic device on me. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1219974 United States09/07/2012 11:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I love this stuff. Last date I had, we were sitting at the table, the waiter comes up brings the water and menus. Here she is texting the whole time, I was getting sick of it. I excused myself, went to the bathroom, had a short conversation with myself and then came to the conclusion, I am not doing this. I left the restaurant with her ass sitting there. Never even said good-bye, wonder how long it took her to realize that I was not coming back. Lucky for her, we had not ordered our meals yet. |
| thetrickybigguy say hello to my little friend... User ID: 23338692 United States09/07/2012 11:36 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a sign the apocalypse is a upon us. Quoting: Super Bowl Dave First off, what the fuck are people texting to each other that is so important? "Hey, I just picked my nose." Second, texting takes time. I'm slow at it. The option that fills in words for you I find to be incredibly annoying and I don't use it. Third, for some of us, it costs MONEY. Forth, I'd rather write out a few paragraphs when I'm writing someone, than write out a Twitter-sized sentence. Everyone is becoming incredibly well-adapted to spewing out meaningless junk in as few words as possible. A girl I met online gave me her number and was rather insistent that I text her. I wanted to simply continue writing online, she seemed to think it was the next appropriate step in communication. I just have no idea what to write her. Getting out out sentence takes a minute for me. What am I supposed to say, "Hey"..."What's up"... I mean, what the fuck do you say in a text to a stranger? It's the dumbest fuckin thing I've ever heard. i agree 100% and i have never sent a text and have never received one and don't want too. these people are fucking brain dead and way beyond brainwashed... 5 * OP.. Last Edited by thetrickybigguy on 09/07/2012 11:38 AM Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. ~ Life is about choices, you get to make them each and every day of your life. ~ Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.~ |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 23234416  Portugal09/07/2012 11:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Texting is being used as a communication shortcut, avoiding every personal thing that you want to hide. Texting - avoids the need to be alone or focused only on the receiver; - avoids the instant reaction to anything said/written; - offers time to think in adequate answers. Spontaneity is eliminated yet, the "feeling of spontaneity" can be still transmitted (the use of "smiles" facilitates it) - All body language is bypassed (and reactive voice tone transmission is suppressed. It's impressively easy to understand even facial expressions, anxiety or other feelings by the tone of voice, even if subconsciously) I guess we could continue showing why is texting being used and promoted so much this days. |
| goldenmean81 User ID: 21143830 United States09/07/2012 11:38 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 23240077 United States09/07/2012 11:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It allows people to communicate anywhere, and easily. It can be silent, but in real time. Talking to people during meetings is now possible. Sure some people use it to conduct stupid conversations, but it is also used by families and friends to coordinate plans, get facts straight etc. It's all in who's using it. The fact that it makes you uncomfortable really just means you don't like using it. That's all. I like using it because it's convenient, and instant. |
| goldenmean81 User ID: 21143830 United States09/07/2012 11:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Texting is being used as a communication shortcut, avoiding every personal thing that you want to hide. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23234416 Texting - avoids the need to be alone or focused only on the receiver; - avoids the instant reaction to anything said/written; - offers time to think in adequate answers. Spontaneity is eliminated yet, the "feeling of spontaneity" can be still transmitted (the use of "smiles" facilitates it) - All body language is bypassed (and reactive voice tone transmission is suppressed. It's impressively easy to understand even facial expressions, anxiety or other feelings by the tone of voice, even if subconsciously) I guess we could continue showing why is texting being used and promoted so much this days. Good observations |
| OneFootUnder I have a dog named Cat Stevens User ID: 23341566  Belgium09/07/2012 11:41 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not only that but people want cell phones and shit that start to look more like computers. Everything needs to be on there. In a year or so you can microwave hamburgers and pancakes with this shit, it's retarded My cell phone is capable of texting and phone calls, good enough for me. Who knows - only time. ~ Enya ____ Fear and wonder, a powerful combination. ~ Gracchus (Gladiator) |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1219974 United States09/07/2012 11:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1259549 United States09/07/2012 11:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a sign the apocalypse is a upon us. Quoting: Super Bowl Dave First off, what the fuck are people texting to each other that is so important? "Hey, I just picked my nose." Second, texting takes time. I'm slow at it. The option that fills in words for you I find to be incredibly annoying and I don't use it. Third, for some of us, it costs MONEY. Forth, I'd rather write out a few paragraphs when I'm writing someone, than write out a Twitter-sized sentence. Everyone is becoming incredibly well-adapted to spewing out meaningless junk in as few words as possible. A girl I met online gave me her number and was rather insistent that I text her. I wanted to simply continue writing online, she seemed to think it was the next appropriate step in communication. I just have no idea what to write her. Getting out out sentence takes a minute for me. What am I supposed to say, "Hey"..."What's up"... I mean, what the fuck do you say in a text to a stranger? It's the dumbest fuckin thing I've ever heard. I get it OP. You are afraid to take that next big step from e-mail to texting. Hopefully she will never want to actually talk to you on the phone. What would you say? lol. |
| Quant User ID: 1440319 United States09/07/2012 11:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It has its place. I hate talking on the phone, can't fucking stand it. So when I'm going somewhere and the person knows I'm coming over I'll send over a simple text. Leaving in 5mins or be there in 15. Or send me your address. My friends and I are all over 30 so we know not to keep a conversation going. A simple reply of ok or none at all is what I get. I think its the younger gen that just keeps writing meaningless crap back and forth. Its also very usefull for sneaky business. I work in a very large CIB that is watched by the SEC. The one thing they can't capture from us right now is texts. So inside deals are a breeze and fast. Last Edited by Quant on 09/07/2012 11:52 AM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 23172749  Malaysia09/07/2012 11:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1219974 United States09/07/2012 11:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It has its place. I hate talking on the phone, can't fucking stand it. So when I'm going somewhere and the person knows I'm coming over I'll send over a simple text. Leaving in 5mins or be there in 15. Or send me your address. My friends and I are all over 30 so we know not to keep a conversation going. A simple reply of ok or none at all is what I get. I think its the younger gen that just keeps writing meaningless crap back and forth. Its also very usefull for sneaky business. I work in a very large CIB that is watched by the SEC. The one thing they can't capture from us right now is texts. So inside deals are a breeze and fast. Quoting: Quant Sounds like you may be into some shenanigans. Especially if you are trying to hide your actions from the SEC. Sounds like you are admitting that there is indeed shenanigans going on trying to keep it from the SEC. I hope they see this post. |
| TEXTING IS FUCKING SLOW User ID: 6934628 Canada09/07/2012 11:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Rabid_Wolf User ID: 22749417 United States09/07/2012 11:59 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The girl online said she wanted to GET TO KNOW ME by texting. Quoting: Super Bowl Dave What the fuck? Get to know me by texting? Why don't we just use a fucking pair of tin cans and fishing line and stand 200 meters apart? That's kinda funny, and kinda sad at the same time. Getting to know each other, 160 characters (or less) at a time. Throw her for a real loop and send her an actual hand-written letter by mail.  Last Edited by Rabid Wolf on 09/07/2012 12:02 PM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 9927807 United States09/07/2012 12:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Use Swype for android, swipe your words and it learns how you talk. I text a paragraph in 10 seconds. Plus id rather text than call someone and hear them mumble random shit, awkward silences....they ask have you seen that show on TV...NO STFU i just text you what i want to talk about, not some programming on TV. People are too stupid to talk face to face now. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 23340708  United Kingdom09/07/2012 12:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a sign the apocalypse is a upon us. Quoting: Super Bowl Dave First off, what the fuck are people texting to each other that is so important? "Hey, I just picked my nose." Second, texting takes time. I'm slow at it. The option that fills in words for you I find to be incredibly annoying and I don't use it. Third, for some of us, it costs MONEY. Forth, I'd rather write out a few paragraphs when I'm writing someone, than write out a Twitter-sized sentence. Everyone is becoming incredibly well-adapted to spewing out meaningless junk in as few words as possible. A girl I met online gave me her number and was rather insistent that I text her. I wanted to simply continue writing online, she seemed to think it was the next appropriate step in communication. I just have no idea what to write her. Getting out out sentence takes a minute for me. What am I supposed to say, "Hey"..."What's up"... I mean, what the fuck do you say in a text to a stranger? It's the dumbest fuckin thing I've ever heard. YES! They are all dumb assholes who will be helpless sheeple when the Hammer comes down!  |
