This is Why I Wish Texting Didn't Exist

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Here’s my small mental note on the general topic of the link~

What happened to the good old elementary school days when kids wanted to talk with you face-to-face, kid-to-kid? What happened to being personal. Calling someone on the phone and hearing their voice? I still do that.

I was once an avid texter. Junior year of high school was my prime time. It was texting mania. I really was a maniac. Unlike most sensible parents, mine chose to have a limit on my text plan. I went over by, let’s say, 1000 texts? Yeah. My plan was revoked. FOREVER. I mean, I still don’t have it. THANK GOODNESS.

I was devastated initially. How could I go on? Everyone texted! Except for me.

Turns out, I didn’t die from social rejection or an arythmia from anxiety attacks concerning the no longer available instant replies from so-called friends. In fact, I didn’t die at all. If anything, I was resurrected from social entropy.

I mean sure, it’s a pain sometimes, because there are dire times when information simply must reach me regardless of how it is said. But that situation aside, people don’t like talking anymore. Whether this results from laziness or results in laziness, I have no clue.

People are obsessed with gaining information instantly. Instant gratification. Our generation thrives on it. Every single day, I see numerous people update their FaceBook stauses, ending with a , “TEXT ME PLEEEEAAASEE!!!” As if they can’t go one second without pounding their thumbs on tiny alphanumeric keys.

How obnoxious. If you want to talk to someone, call, ask to hangout, and have fun. People rely on texting to communicate. Communication is one of the most important components of a healthy relationship. Too bad texts are permeated in artificial preservatives [save as draft, select words carefully, then send]. One can’t hear the tone of voice, view the facial expressions, and experience body language.

FYI, humans have five senses. Let’s try to utilize them.

Humans are social animals. So why are we confining ourselves to our rooms, talking to a high-tech cellphone screen? I miss the days when people ventured outside to visit friends. I miss the days when voice mail was the “big thing”. Nowadays, my friends can’t go one minute without checking their phones for a new message. What is so important that it cannot wait to be told in person or via a simple phone call? Don’t you worry, Alexander Graham Bell, I’ll do your arduous race to the patent office proud.

“The value of a telephone is the value of what two people have to say.” [In Conversation, Oscar Wilde]

I guess I’m slightly old fashioned in my thinking when it regards communication. I enjoy calling people versus texting. I enjoy hand-written letters on beautiful, custom selected stationary versus monotonous emails. I’m a hopeless romantic.

Add salt to taste <3

Suman