I fail to see why people find texting stupid.
There are many reasons why to text people:
1) It's quick and simple.
2) We avoid comments like "what'd you say?" and "i can't hear you".
3) If you are in a place where you need to be quiet. You can't be talking on the phone.
4) It's much faster if you only have to tell the person one thing such as "i'll meet you at 7" instead of taking the time to dial their number, wait for them to answer, and say "i'll meet you at 7" then they'll say something and it'll be a little conversation that's pointless.
5) If you have barely any service it's possible to get a text sent but if you are trying to talk on the phone you can keep getting cut out.
6) If the person isn't available at the time - they can read a text later.
7) You can read the message later. Such as if you needed an address if someone texted you the address you can look back on it later. If they verbally spoke it to you - you'd have to write it down. If you think texting is stupid please state why.
If you agree with me state your reasons why it's not stupid at all. Texting is not stupid but it can be stupid. If I'm at work and if my friends text me, it would be a great idea since I may not be available at the moment. Or if I'm not a quiet place. Or if he/she is going to send me a number/address.
BUT, if you're going to ask "How are you?", it's stupid to ask it through a text message. Calling someone is actually faster than typing. Besides, if you're not really friends with that person, you should not send a text message. If you want to date with that person, you should definetely NOT send a text like "How are you?" . I would think my date is too shy to even call. (But something like "I had so much fun today, let's do it again sometime" would be okay) Texting isn't stupid but some of the people who do it are. A person in Georgia died because he was so busy texting that he didn't notice he stepped in front of a train. i think its great but some people dont have unlimited texting and it costs them alot for texting, and it costs alot of money to switch plans. I really don't have a reason why, but it just stupid to me. (EDITED)
There are many ways texting can be avoided.
1. While it's quick and simple, it only takes a few seconds longer to wait for their phone to ring and for them to pick it up and say what you need to say and hang up. If you're just saying "I'll meet you at 7, it'd be quicker calling because you don't have to wait for your text to get to them, for them to text you, and then for you to get the response.
2. Ok, let's not nitpick on the amount of seconds something takes, all I'm saying is that it doesn't take that long to ask what was said, and have it repeated back to you.
3. If you are in a place where you need to be quiet, you probably shouldn't be texting anyway. Museams don't allow cell phones to be on, school doesn't allow cell phones to be on, court, etc. Saying that people text in school anyway is not a valid argument, I'm sorry, but I text at school, and I wouldn't even use that as an argument. Texting isn't allowed in school, so it shouldn't be done. I don't call people in school, so why should I be allowed to text people in school?
4. As stated in 1, it's not that much faster, it's about exactly the same amount of time, if you don't have to get into "You hang up" "No, you hang up first..."
5. What's that important that you can't walk 2 minutes out of the way to call?
6. If the person isn't available at the time, why can't they call you back later?
7. Writing something down doesn't take that much time, and you don't have to search for the exact text message that it was in and everything.
My own reasons:
It's very impersonable. If I want to speak to my friends, I'll speak to my friends. I doubt there will ever be a time that I'm TOO busy to call someone, I know how to multitask, and with texting, you can't multitask anyway, because you're looking at the screen and using your hand or hands to text. While talking, you only need one hand to hold the phone, and then you can write, do homework, eat, etc.
It leads to im-speak. How many times can you bear a person saying "L-O-L, so-and-so, L-O-L." That was never funny, and it got less funny about a year ago, but people still do it.
You send things to the wrong people accidentally, and then you get into deep crap for it.
I'm all for texting, but I don't believe it's needed, at all. I only text for stupid conversation, not for actual conversations where we're talking about something I need to know. For example, if someone were telling me where their wedding/house/whatever is at, I'm not going to want that texted to me, tell me on the phone.
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I'm not attacking you, I told you I have no problem with texting, but I don't agree with some of the things that you said, I don't think there are many moments where texting is important.
I'll tell you the truth though, I saw this story I think on Dateline, where there was a killer in a school, and a few kids were locked in a classroom with him, he told them not to take out their cell phones and call anyone or they'd die. One girl texted her parents and said that if anything happened to her, she wanted her parents to know that she loved them, and she was one who was killed. I definitely think that was one of textings better moments. |
