To Text or Not To Text?

Discussion in 'Gadgets & Tech Talk' started by Mal Campbell, Feb 25, 2015.

  1. Sheldon Scott

    Sheldon Scott Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 13, 2015
    Messages:
    2,995
    Likes Received:
    4,756
    I do not text. I usually won't answer a text either. If I do answer my text reply will be CALL ME.
     
    #31
    Yvonne Smith likes this.
  2. Martin Alonzo

    Martin Alonzo Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 7, 2015
    Messages:
    6,504
    Likes Received:
    6,751
    I was in a restaurant near the university and it was filled with students. All were texting each other while sitting at the same table and there was no conversation at all.
    Einstein said that when technology surpasses personal interaction the wold would be in grave trouble I guess it is coming.
     
    #32
    Yvonne Smith likes this.
  3. Mal Campbell

    Mal Campbell Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 23, 2015
    Messages:
    538
    Likes Received:
    433
    I don't think it's coming, I think it's already here! You see it all the time, in situations like you've described. You see it in the media, which is full of sex, violence and obscene language, all designed to "shock" us. You see it in a society of self-centered people - one's who stand by an accident or disaster, and instead of helping are recording it on their phones. You see it in neighborhoods where no one knows, or cares about, their neighbors. And this will sound strange coming from an atheist, but you see it in the decline of attendance at church.

    I have a sister-in-law, who became a grandmother about a year ago. She is constantly, and annoyingly, like most new grandparents, posting photos of her granddaughter on Facebook, but in the 1/2 dozen or so times I've seen her, in person, she's never said a word about her granddaughter - how strange!! She's obviously proud and excited about her, but she's never actually talked about her to me. Of course, you could say that I've never asked, so it's on me, too! :confused:
     
    #33
  4. Yvonne Smith

    Yvonne Smith Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    14,879
    Likes Received:
    27,859
    I guess that I see texting as kind of a "necessary evil", and have reluctantly began to text when there is not an alternative. One of the things that helps is that the texts will also commeon the iPad, and I have the actual keyboard to use to answer texts rather than trying to use that miniscule virtual keyboard on the iPhone.
    If course, sometimes, I am not a thome and don't have the ipad along, and then I either wait until I get back home to answer, or I send a very short answer back.
    It does seem like we have become a nation of texters, and people who are in the same house or even the same room will text rather than talk.
     
    #34
  5. Michelle Stevens

    Michelle Stevens Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2015
    Messages:
    296
    Likes Received:
    128
    That's the way I feel about texting too. Unfortunately the only way I can send or receive a text message is on my very basic smartphone, so I try to keep my messages short. Luckily I don't often need to send texts as most of those I receive are automated messages that don't need a reply.
     
    #35
  6. Joe Riley

    Joe Riley Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2015
    Messages:
    13,933
    Likes Received:
    22,554
    Texting with rotary phones must have been a nightmare!;)
     
    #36
    Michelle Stevens likes this.
  7. Susan Long

    Susan Long Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 5, 2015
    Messages:
    169
    Likes Received:
    65
    I have found texting to be very helpful. In many situations, it has been the only way I could get some feedback from people I needed info. from. Every generation has their own unique way to communicate. Texting is one of those ways.
     
    #37
  8. Michelle Stevens

    Michelle Stevens Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2015
    Messages:
    296
    Likes Received:
    128
    That video is amazing. I remember my parents having to book trunk calls when they needed to phone somebody in another city, but thankfully I'm not old enough to remember phones without dials.
     
    #38
  9. Allie Seay

    Allie Seay Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    191
    Likes Received:
    167
    I am not an early adapter. I got my first cell phone four years ago.

    (And my first computer not long before that.)

    I never thought I'd like the cell phone. Much less texting, as I kept watching my granddaughter work at it until I thought her thumbs would fall off; but after having gotten the cell phone I have decided that I do very much like it and that I enjoy texting as well. Like Ruth, there are times when I seem to communicate better in writing. I believe it's just that when writing you have more time to think about what it is you're trying to say.

    Anyway, I do like texting. And I love being able to instantly send pictures from my phone to someone else's.

    I do not use abbreviations or forego punctuation. At least not on purpose. I do get in a rush sometimes and let things fly that I wouldn't normally.

    Twitter is rather weird to me. I have an account but rarely use it as I can't seem to see the point. Maybe since I really am not an early adapter my understanding of the whole twitter thing will come later.

    One thing I've thought about and I do know, as much as I appreciate the convenience of my cell phone I would be just fine without it if for some reason I had to give it up. There is far more to life in this world than little technological wonders, and sometimes I find myself wishing for the days when we had not so many.
     
    #39
  10. Lydia Williams

    Lydia Williams Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2015
    Messages:
    58
    Likes Received:
    27
    I hate texting, the keys on my phone's keypad are so small and it's so much quicker to just talk into a phone. Annoyingly a lot of people I know, especially my grandkids, seem to prefer it, forcing me to text. :( I can see it has it's merits, for example being able to send a message for later if somebody's busy but I'd rather avoid it.
     
    #40
  11. Gary Ridenour

    Gary Ridenour Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2015
    Messages:
    1,938
    Likes Received:
    2,404
    behind the wheel it can and has been fatal. re enactment

     
    #41

Share This Page