Textual Harassment, according the the Ad Council, affects 1 in 4 teenagers who’ve been harassed over the phone. We’re not making this up. I guess when you watch teenagers you realize that they probably communicate more through text-based (IM/Facebook/SMS) communication than spoken word. Does this represent the end of social norms for those who grew up in a digital world?
When textual harassment is real enough to be coined a phrase, you know the drug-treatable disorders will soon follow. Let’s look at a few things that we initially benefit from with the prevalence of texting:
- Flirting with the opposite sex got easier cause you have time to think of what to say and can ask your friends for help. The problem: you have to see the person face-to-face, eventually.
- Meeting up with friends got more convenient because it’s much easier to text someone your location than it is to plan something. The problem: no one is ever on time anymore.
- Appearing popular got easier because now we can sit at a bar and text like a socialite. The problem: texting at a bar probably means you are scared to talk to other people.
- Killing time on the commute is omnipresent. The problem: we don’t stop to think or chat with others.
How has texting changed your world?
Related posts:
- Texting While Driving: Ban Coming Soon in Virginia?
- Virginia Texting While Driving Ban Starts July 1
- I got one problem and it is you…
I’m really glad that digital cameras and cell phones rose to prominence AFTER my idiotic teen years…
Does this represent the end of social norms
Not only that, it represents the end of the world. I suggest we all panic.
Idk.
AON B4YKI TANSTAAFL
TTYL
interesting video on cnn: how to flirt your way to text based LOVE..
i am disappointed that the traditional ‘telegraph-style’ or ‘postcard-style’ diction, which were concise, elegant, traditional, poetic in concision, didn’t get picked up by texting-culture. abbreviations are funny, but so often utterly inscrutable. i love ‘AFGE’/ ‘AFLE’.
also notice irritating incompatibilities amongst text-sending apparati. i often get single msgs delivered in six installments, or cut off completely, or delivered a day later.
somewhat embarrasing to TM the hell out of someone and send pictures (innocent) only to be chastised that 1) they don’t like pictures (hunh) and 2) that they don’t have a text-plan, so you just cost them 250 bucks for your insipid HIYAs and WAYWNs…
HA HA HA