Texting. Progress, really???

[diamonback68]

Let's see if I got this right. Samuel Morse invented the Morse Code and Telegraph and we could send text messages to each other. Then Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and we could actually talk to each other. Steve Jobs comes along and invents the I-phone so we could even mobile talk to each other. But, instead we use our I-phones to send text messages to each other again, like a mobile Telegraph. Does anybody else see that that's like going backwards 150 years?

 

[tork'd]

but you do not have to add stop at the end of every sentence when texting..stop

 

[Arik]

Not really. I love txt. Short and to the point.
Calling= dial, wait for the person to pick up.
A) Doesn't pick up....call again maybe it didnt go through or thd other party didnt get to it in time. Call back right away and get the answering machine. Maybe they are calling me...hang up and wait. OR call and leave message and wait for call back.
B) does pick up. Now its a whole conversation. "Hi! How are you/whats up.....blablabla

TXT MESSAGE
A) send your info....DONE! For instance. "Going to the range tomorrow. Want to come?"...TAAADAAA! 3 seconds and all info has been conveyed

Now, if a conversation is needed of course call.

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[Brian41]

My wife texts her friends a lot, she's doing it right now as a matter of fact. It seems like it takes too much time with the messaging back and forth like they do when a simple short phone call would do.
I don't text, don't see the point in it myself.

 

[diamonback68]

Not really. I love txt. Short and to the point.
Calling= dial, wait for the person to pick up.
A) Doesn't pick up....call again maybe it didnt go through or thd other party didnt get to it in time. Call back right away and get the answering machine. Maybe they are calling me...hang up and wait. OR call and leave message and wait for call back.
B) does pick up. Now its a whole conversation. "Hi! How are you/whats up.....blablabla

TXT MESSAGE
A) send your info....DONE! For instance. "Going to the range tomorrow. Want to come?"...TAAADAAA! 3 seconds and all info has been conveyed

Now, if a conversation is needed of course call.

I don't agree.
Your A) is hypothetical, may or may not happen.
Your B) could do the same with a phone call "Going to the range tomorrow. Want to come" "Yeah" 3 seconds and all info has been conveyed.

I mean what's next, two people standing face to face texting each other so they won't have to actually talk?

 

[johngalt]

Texting doesn't give any indication that the recipient actually saw it. When you call, at least you know.

 

[arjay]

Isn't posting to this forum just texting ;-) ?

 

[diamonback68]

Isn't posting to this forum just texting ;-) ?

Well, yes it is, but since I don't have all the phone numbers of everybody on this forum I have no other way. I am using a computer for which it was intended, truly a modern day Telegraph on a stationary computer not on an Iphone while I'm driving my car.

 

[arjay]

I agree that texting while driving (even calling while driving) is nuts.What I like about texting is that I can get something done while still communicating with someone.My work is noisy,requires concentration and takes two hands.Texting works ,phone calls just waste time.

 

[shouldazagged]

Let's see if I got this right. Samuel Morse invented the Morse Code and Telegraph and we could send text messages to each other. Then Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and we could actually talk to each other. Steve Jobs comes along and invents the I-phone so we could even mobile talk to each other. But, instead we use our I-phones to send text messages to each other again, like a mobile Telegraph. Does anybody else see that that's like going backwards 150 years?

What that said.

By the way, I've seen people (actually pre-people, they were teenagers) text each other across a room. Keeps the parents from knowing what they're saying, but also texting is de rigeur for communicating in their age group. And sadly, older ones as well.

 

[arjay]

The main benefit that I see is it allows a private conversation to take place no matter the environment and teenagers love that (and so do I)

 

[A10]

Give me a call, we'll talk about it......

 

[diamonback68]

I see one other disadvantage to texting. If I call somebody, talk and hang up that call is relatively gone forever, that is unless NSA is listening. If I text, even this message, it is preserved for eternity.

 

[arjay]

It's efficient and saves the hassle of dealing with people that babble on endlessly.It's been around for at least ten years now and I don't think that genie's going back in the bottle

 

[P&R Fan]

I hate texting with a passion.
I do it, occasionally, when I have to. I will admit it's nice at the grocery store. Missus Fan will call and tell me what to get, and I tell her to text it to me. That is convenient.
One time I looked at my cell phone bill and saw my teenage son had about 7,500 texts. If I didn't have the unlimited texting plan that would have cost over $1,000. I saw an article in the newspaper the other day that said teen pregnancy has dropped dramatically in the last few years. Well, duh, you can't get pregnant via text!
What I think is sad is when I go in a restaurant and see a table with four people at it, all texting on the smart phone.

I'd rather just talk to folks, but then again, I'm a dinosaur.
Jim

 

[finesse_r]

but you do not have to add stop at the end of every sentence when texting..stop

The little texting I have read did not really have complete sentences, or complete words. It was disjointed and brief due to the difficulty of getting real fast at it. You really need small nimble fingers to do much of it and even then it takes some serious dedication to get proficient at it. It will go a long way in accelerating the demise of the English language.

Nothing like peer pressure to get teenagers to take something seriously. The need to belong at that age is very powerful.

The only real advantage is the same as email in that the person does not have to answer right away. They can answer at their convenience. Other than that it is pretty silly. No doubt they will soon begin teaching classes in speed texting, similar to the typing classes of old.

 

[arjay]

I hate texting with a passion.
I do it, occasionally, when I have to. I will admit it's nice at the grocery store. Missus Fan will call and tell me what to get, and I tell her to text it to me. That is convenient.
One time I looked at my cell phone bill and saw my teenage son had about 7,500 texts. If I didn't have the unlimited texting plan that would have cost over $1,000. I saw an article in the newspaper the other day that said teen pregnancy has dropped dramatically in the last few years. Well, duh, you can't get pregnant via text!
What I think is sad is when I go in a restaurant and see a table with four people at it, all texting on the smart phone.

I'd rather just talk to folks, but then again, I'm a dinosaur.
Jim

My guess is they don't want to be there and texting is an escape.

 

[finesse_r]

I see one other disadvantage to texting. If I call somebody, talk and hang up that call is relatively gone forever, that is unless NSA is listening. If I text, even this message, it is preserved for eternity.

The NSA is always listening.

 

[arjay]

Someone should have told Anthony Wiener that

 

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