Txt Msg Addiction

You know what really grinds my gears?

I just saw a news report on how a Florida girl is ranked as one of the top texters in the nation.

Really? We took time out of our busy schedule to give accolades to someone for texting a lot.

So she texted 35000 text messages in the last month and she is not phased by this at all, and neither are her parents because they have an unlimited plan. Do they not realize the mental and social implications of this?

Now let me set the record straight that I have nothing against text messaging. I am a frequent text message user, but this situation is just a little too much to bypass.

Imagine sending a text message constantly for 16 straight hours. Not only would your hands be tired, but you would have accomplished nothing. If we average one text message to last 30 seconds from start to finish, and she must have sent somewhere in the ball park of 100 messages per hour (give or take 25 per hour) and you are left with 10 minutes an hour. This does not even count school, when she does not text (COUGH!!).

Are cell phones (text messaging especially) destroying the social aspect of speaking? People don't speak over the phone anymore for the ease of texting.

Really? I find talking a tad easier.

Texting has eliminated speech for most teenagers, sans in school. But speaking has a more profound impact. No one has sent the great American speech over a text message. People like Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln used strong rhetoric to convey their thoughts. Their rhetoric made them the people we remember today. Now not every teenager will become the next Great American Speaker, but the lack of verbal dyadic communication may ruin the social aspect for the future generation.

The girl says she receives A's and B's in school, but I would be interested to see her writing skills after being such a profound texter. I cannot stand chat lingo and text jargon, for the life of me. At most, I will use LOL, but other times, I will use proper English grammar. Why? Mainly so I don't sound like an imbecile.

JK. LOL. ROFL. LMAO. STFU.

I sound like, well I don't know. But it's not an intelligent person.

All I'm saying is to not rely on texting for all form of communication and maybe pick up the phone and call a friend to have a conversation.

And that is what grinds my gears.

And I hope to recontinue the blogs on a daily basis for the two of you that read this. Just to please you all.

Cameron