TEXTING IS FOR DUMBIES

TEXTING IS THE WORST INVENTION IN THE WORLD.

Okay, I didn't really mean that. Well, kind of.

I text a lot. All day long. I text in class, in bed, on a date, while on facebook, while watching TV, while walking, while eating, while drinking, and I have even been known to text while sleeping.
So, yeah, basically I am a hypocrite so no need to point that out.

But here's my point, while texting is great if you need to ask a quick question, you are somewhere where being on the phone would be disruptive, etc., it causes more problems then it's worth.

Personally, my biggest problem with texting is that there is no way to express sarcasm in a text message.
Here's how it gets me into trouble:

Friend: Hey girl, wanna come over again tonight?
Me: I mean we hung out last night and we both know how I feel about commitment...
Friend: Fine bitch.

See?! I was totally kidding, obviously. My suggestion to solve this problem is to invent a new form of italics called "sarcalics" to better express my sarcastic comments.

Second issue I have is that people try to have serious conversations over texting. This only gets everyone into trouble. You can't see someone's reaction to what you've said and you can be meaner because you're not actually saying anything to their face.

You might be mad at someone and to their face you'd say, "I'm mad at you for saying A,B, and C."
You then look at them and see the look of remorse and incoming tears and you know that is all you needed to say, you hug it out and go get Mocha Lattes at Starbucks.

Over text, the conversation goes more like this, "You fucking bitch, I can't believe you'd ever say A,B, and C about me, I really have to reevaluate our friendship."
WOAH WOAH! PUMP THE BREAKS! But over text, you have a license to be a little meaner, a little more aggressive, then you would in person.

Then the person who received this mean text shows everyone in the room with them and they convince her to reply with a classic, "Not my fault you suck."

See what I'm saying? Texting is more trouble then it's worth.

I hope we all can learn to put the phone down, handle our problems the old fashion way and make our friends cry in person.

XO
K