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I looked to see if this topic even existed as of yet, and couldn't find anything. I keep finding that they are necessary at times, but most often I find them just ridiculous.

I know a few people that I've honestly never talked to on the phone, I've texted with them substantially, but it really seems like the operate through there keyboard and have to type everything.

I think texting is meant to be impersonal, but do you think that gays take it to far? How many times do you go out with people who seem to be more into their phones than into any sort of conversation, or group activity?

I do it myself sometimes, but I've started to just turn my phone off when I go out, because it's such a bother.

If I'm with someone, I put my phone on silent. It annoys me to no end when I'm eating with someone or driving in the car or whatever and they start checking their phone.

I was commenting with a friend the other day that people rely too much on electronic devices and have no social skills in person.

Then again, I'm posting this on a website.

Mobile Phones are great especially if your loved one is miles away from you and mine is at the moment! We talk 3/4 times a day and text a couple of times also otherwise I would go crazy not being able to hear his voice!

winningeleven said How many times do you go out with people who seem to be more into their phones than into any sort of conversation...

Once.

lol funny, I'm fucking with someone on the phone right now.
I uh, 'communicate' with this shit goose every so often. He forgets and I got some good laughs.

Being attached to a phone isn't a gay activity. I hate mine; this is the first time I've used it in about six months. I hate being 'available', always at the end of a little bell people can jingle.

winningeleven saidI looked to see if this topic even existed as of yet, and couldn't find anything. I keep finding that they are necessary at times, but most often I find them just ridiculous.

I know a few people that I've honestly never talked to on the phone, I've texted with them substantially, but it really seems like the operate through there keyboard and have to type everything.

I think texting is meant to be impersonal, but do you think that gays take it to far? How many times do you go out with people who seem to be more into their phones than into any sort of conversation, or group activity?

I do it myself sometimes, but I've started to just turn my phone off when I go out, because it's such a bother.

Most likely, I don't often text messages and I'm not huge on phone conversations either. I’m awesome in person though! lol I used to dislike text messages, then I started to like it. It’s great when I keeping it short and simple. Asking for something or just giving general statements. Saves time.

Texting is a huge help to me in my daily work...just so much easier and eliminates time wasting small talk when you're busy. I just wish I could break the habit of texting while driving

I'd say I have a pretty good balance between actually talking to people and texting. Texting is much more convenient when you can't actually talk, or don't want people to hear what you're saying to the person. I also hate talking on the phone, even if it's with someone I like. So texting for me is just a more appealing idea.

cell phones weren't allowed in my highschool and since it was a boarding school it was really needed to spread rumours. I was totally shocked when i came to college and people actually used cellphones. ESP text messaging. Its so stupid, if you really like it get a internet enabled phone and use Meebo to IM people.

Text messaging is fundamentally broken

texting is great when i need to let all my friends know what bar im performing at and who is also going to be there. why call 50 people when you can send one text? it did piss me off today when my friend was texting at the dinner table at my family party.

tex messages suck..I would just waist the same about of time, and money calling some one.

I don't like my cellphone period. It's just there for communication and not entertainment ...or taking a picture of anything really weird. Like me in my alien form.

Texting is some sort of evasion, cell phones in general are misused. I had a guy over to my home recently, it was supposed to be a date, he answered HIS phone twice before I said something about it. He responded "are you jealous?" What he meant was that I was jealous that people were calling him. What I meant was that he disgusted me. I tend to leave the phone off.

good text:

Gonna' be a few minutes late. Held up in traffic. Meet you inside.

-or-

Could you please bring some extra copies to the meeting? Looks like they brought more
people than expected.

-or-

Open the glove compartment. Surprise in there 4U.



Bad text:


Sorry about the cancer. That sucks.

-or-

Hey. Not coming. Sorry. V busy.



Nice in moderation.


Love you.

Text messaging passes the time when I'm bored in meetings or waiting in line for something. But if people text me when I'm busy or at dinner...I'll just respond to them when appropriate.

mick373 saidTexting is some sort of evasion, cell phones in general are misused. I had a guy over to my home recently, it was supposed to be a date, he answered HIS phone twice before I said something about it. He responded "are you jealous?" What he meant was that I was jealous that people were calling him. What I meant was that he disgusted me. I tend to leave the phone off.

Wow, I bet that date was fun. Thats the type of person I semi-routinely run into.

"It's not my fault I'm popular"

"Really, it seems like you put a lot of effort into making it so."

I'm not really bitter (although in rereading the first post, it may seem like it). It's just shit like that which is foreign to me.

i actually don't EVER talk on the phone unless i have to anymore. I always text. I've always hated talking on the phone, so i find texting PERFECT!!!!!!

As a matter of face 614 657 0891... whatev

HOWEVER when i am on a date i turn my phone off completely. I dont have family around here so even if something happens they are miles away and i wouldnt be able to get to them. I have nop problem turning my phone off or ignoring it when the time is right... Other than that i am pretty much a text messaging whore LOL

I text all the time! For me it works when I'm away from my friends in college and wanted to catch up. It's better than just calling someone because you can carry multiple conversations at once!

...now on the other hand, I remember seeing an article on how they have text message spelling bees at some schools!?!? That's a bit much!

Other than that, it's just another way to communicate that works for some and not for others. I just say be courteous to the people around you!

Rocco, I think I have the TM Whore title! A few months back I went through 5000 messages in a month!

LyteFyre saidI text all the time! For me it works when I'm away from my friends in college and wanted to catch up. It's better than just calling someone because you can carry multiple conversations at once!

...now on the other hand, I remember seeing an article on how they have text message spelling bees at some schools!?!? That's a bit much!

Other than that, it's just another way to communicate that works for some and not for others. I just say be courteous to the people around you!

Rocco, I think I have the TM Whore title! A few months back I went through 5000 messages in a month!

My ex holds the Verizon record for amount of texts sent and recieved. A few months ago he sent a total of 8,976 texts!!!!

winningeleven saidI looked to see if this topic even existed as of yet, and couldn't find anything. I keep finding that they are necessary at times, but most often I find them just ridiculous.

I know a few people that I've honestly never talked to on the phone, I've texted with them substantially, but it really seems like the operate through there keyboard and have to type everything.

I think texting is meant to be impersonal, but do you think that gays take it to far? How many times do you go out with people who seem to be more into their phones than into any sort of conversation, or group activity?

I do it myself sometimes, but I've started to just turn my phone off when I go out, because it's such a bother.

their* keyboard.



Actually; I never was much of a texter until I bought my sidekick3 last year.

What I really abhor are chain texts. Really? Some little girl with no eyes? And she's going to stab me when I'm asleep? I'd like to see her try. *grabs baseball bat*

I tend to get and send text messages frequently. I have friends that almost never talk on the phone and text me.. I have others that never text and just call.
I'm halfway in between. I don't mind texting, but it can be irritating at times.

I find it more polite and considerate to text message someone so they can just respond at their own convenience otherwise my first message will be "Please call me if you're free to talk."
Saves me some phone credit, too!

I think text messaging is great tool, but like any new tool it can be over used.

I was just thinking about cell phones this morning and wondered what would happen if we turned them all off for one day.

I'm getting very tired of walking down the street and having people suddenly stop to send a text message, causing me to nearly run into them. They also tend to stop at the top of the stairs in the subway, causing people to run into them.

People walking down the street sending text messages are like elderly people driving - you see see a string of frustrated people behind them trying to get around.

Some woman was using her phone this weekend and suddenly took a left, cutting off my friend and me. I snapped, "Hey, pay attention to where you're going" and she yelled something unintelligible to me. I'm sure it wasn't, "Thanks!".

I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday with my boyfriend. It was a beautiful day and we went to the roof to see some sculptures and the wonderful view of the city. He's a photographer so we took a ton of pictures. We were looking at pictures last night and I noticed that each one had people in them using their cell phones - not looking at the art or the beautiful view.

I'm also getting very tired of the people in stores who are using their phones while trying to order something or purchase something - or employees using their phones when I'm trying to order or purchase something.

I'd love to have a national turn off your phone day.

I actually text a lot, but to my bf mostly. He does it a lot, and communicates mostly that way, so that's how I communicate back with him. We have even had many arguments via texting, which becomes a race to see who can text faster. Hence the reason both of us upgraded to phones with larger keypads. It's actually vital to my life- I communicate with friends overseas via texting. And even though this is horrible, I've gotten down one handed texting-while-driving.

I prefer texting if I'm in the middle of something and just need to send a quick message.

But it annoys me when someone wants to have a full on conversation through texts.

TM is great for statements or quick questions, The phone is great for conversations.

Well....It's just as annoying that ones that walk around with a cell phone planted to their ear & they are oblivious to anything around them. Or the ones with a blue tooth hangin out of their ear....Give me a break.......LOL

I have nothing against text messages, when it's in MSN and the alike. But I really hate SMSs. I mean it's laid up in a way so it's really annoying to type out proper sentences, and the space is limited. So it really becomes a tool where you have to be as concise and impersonal as possible. As soon the text messages get a bit bigger I feel like it's a project to answer them.

the majority of the time when I'm communicating with my friends we've only got short, "are you on your way" kind of messages. Texting works for the majority of the time. What I DO dislike though is people whipping out their cellphone/blackberry at inappropriate times.
You have to wonder if these people would actually answer their text message while they were like, having sex - I mean, they're ALWAYS connected to the bloody machine.

That made me laugh really hard, hehehe. Sigh.

I only text, never call unless I need an urgent reply. After all, I don't phone frequently.

As for on dates, I think doing the opposite of you guys (switching ON the mobile) could give you the opportunity for a romantic gesture such as, when the phone rings you should pick it up as if you're about to answer, look into your partner's eyes (letting him/her feel a bit annoyed) and then reject the call. Then you can turn off the mobile!

I guess it would let them know how much you care for them, and that not even your f***ing boss can get between you!

I hate text messaging. I only have a text messaging plan because people like to send me the jokes and I don't feel like paying $.25 a message incoming.

I dont really like talking on the phone. I have two phones - personal phone and college issued phone. My personal phone never leaves the car and the college phone never leaves my room.

I don't mind texting so long as there's a point. Whenever I receive a text that says "r u there?" or "wat up" or any other phrase that doesn't let me know why I'm being contacted in the first place, I get annoyed. Still, I prefer speaking to people instead of texting.

I also dislike the degeneration of the English language into "texting language." Every text I send is perfect in terms of grammar and spelling. There really isn't an excuse for bad spelling, especially now since phones have dictionaries and lots of texting plans allow for unlimited messages. Just spell it out, it makes one sound so much smarter and more appealing! Sort of like having one's phone off during a date does the same...

once...

there was this guy...

and he was lactose intolerant...

dancerjack saidonce...

there was this guy...

and he was lactose intolerant...

o so we have meet? lol lacetose intolerance is a curse from hell

It is indeed a curse but a good way to get out of classes you don't like