Why do I get so many oddly defensive responses when I point out that texting is shallow, curt, robotic and always out of sync, and that I require the holistic magic and HUMAN touch of voice calls to connect with anyone. Surely anyone knows that we can share more in a 1/2 hour voice call than we can texting for hours or even days... Compatibility or incompatability is often sensed in the first 3 minutes on the phone, and may never be sensed in robotic text. Curious as hell in Dayton, Ohio!
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MoonTigerII
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July 23, 2019
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You kids get offa my lawn!
brainyactress
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July 20, 2019
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??? Perfect example of text saying and meaning nothing. Care to elucidate BY TELEPHONE? PM me and I will give you my number. Then perhaps this microscopic mystery might be solved.
@MoonTigerII 120 years ago they said the telephone would dehumanize communication and would never have the intimacy and thoughtfulness and weight of the handwritten letter. The telegraph, too. Oddly, I think texting is a charming mix of both of those older technologies. It’s fine if you’re not into it, but if you’re genuinely confused why you’d get pushback when someone wants to communicate with you and you call their messages shallow, curt, and robotic... well, I don’t actually think you are confused. I love texting. It’s not the only way to communicate and sooner or later you have got to get in front of each other. I typically go from texting to short coffee date before I hear the guy’s voice.
@brainyactress You would drive 500 miles for a short coffee date in Ag before you would pick up the fucking phone??? Need a new screenname, quickly. If you say you have a 50 mile limit then you should have known from the start this post is not about you personally. Or if a guy drives that far to see you or any woman without hearing a voice, he should be kicked out of the gene pool.
@MoonTigerII I wouldn’t drive 500 miles for any date. Who would? I know I’m speaking from privilege bc I live in a major city.
@MoonTigerII It’s an idiom. I’d say the same thing in the same way by phone or F2F. I’m saying I think we’ve got ourselves a generational issue here.
@brainyactress Dear... There are people here travelling many THOUSANDS of miles to see eachother. You have wasted our time... It is NOT generational. It is LOGICAL.
@MoonTigerII Please don’t be condescending, Grandaddy.
Texting is cold, I loathe it as well. The more connected we became, the more disconnected we became. Texting is useful to let someone know you are running 5 minutes late or such only and is a poor substitute for true communication.
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