Comments on Cell Phone Diaries

Sometimes I think it's ridiculous that I don't have a cell phone. Then I read something like this (and sentences like "I’d bought my latest phone from a T-Mobile dealer, not from a T-Mobile corporate retail location"), and I realize I am very happy with not having a cell phone.

Also, as to why your phone broke: maybe you puked on it?

Wow.

If only there had been picture messages too!

i've never understood why people text. good lord -- just fucking call each other and get that utterly stupid conversation over with in 2 minutes instead of over the course of hours.

And then Lindsay gets in a DUI... hmmmm.

"Uh. Buh."

That was the breaking point, when my laughing became so hard I fell off my chair.

Seriously, why the fuck do people text when you have a FUCKING PHONE IN YOUR HAND?

You guys just don't understand texting.

And, voyeurism rules.

Texting is god's gift to people who don't appreciate the whole song and dance of talking on the phone. If I could get away with never talking on the phone I would—and I'm not a hermit or anything, I just don't like talking on the phone. Texting is short, sweet, and to the point without having to commit to a conversation.

Texting is anything but short and sweet - this conversation took nearly two days!

Christopher, you should send that in to FOUND Magazine.

Carollani, I think this post shows pretty clearly that conversations via text are neither short, sweet, nor to the point.

(And kudos to Firefox's dictionary for not recognizing "texting" as a word.)

awe-some!

I propose a justify your text outbox sometime soon. That'd be fun.

Holy fuck, you can get LOANER PHONES?

In January my phone got robbed by some hoodlums on MAX while I was on my way to the airport and I had to spend six days in SF without a phone.

Then three weeks ago I was out of town and went swimming with my phone in my swimming trunks (stupid, I know) and had to spend four days without a phone.

I didn't know about loaner phones!!

Levislade: Is anything short, sweet, and to the point when in the hands of affluent teenagers?

If you were to look in my inbox you'd get a whole different impression of texting (texters?).

how old is the average slog reader? don't understand texting? hello? did you understand Email or IM?

hello?

talk to me!

k.

LOLZ! OMGWTFBBQ! CU L8R.

I don't understand phones, period. My cell has maybe 20 minutes on it in three years. I don't understand what it is you folks are constantly talking or texting about, but if this transcript is an example, I'm glad.

And yes, I've been sending email for twenty years.

oh my god what the fuck bar-b-que?

ROTFLMAO!

I'm still a bit ambivalent about what it means for culture, but I'd be lying if I said that I'd rather waste 2-3 minutes talking on the phone to get one sentence worth of info sandwiched between a bunch of social graces versus receiving that sentence via a text.

If nothing else, texting has demonstrated to me how much time is wasted with pleasantries while you're on the phone and how little of the time is spent communicating.

See, this is why we Fremonsters go low-tech. No cell phone leash, no watch, no RFID in our passports.

I'm admittedly probably older than the average SLOG reader. Maybe it is a generational thing. I loath text messaging. On the rare occasion that someone sends me a text message, I call them back. I have never sent a text message in my life.

Holy fuck, I feel old.

Oh, and "Stephanie"'s drama was hysterical.

And IM is just chat for people too lazy to post streaming video anyway ...

I'm 21. But at night, I shed my skin and live my secret, textless existence as an ornery 93-year-old man.

i hope that means you are planning a OMGWTFBBQ... i'll bring the corn dogs. text me with the date...

idk, my bff jill?

WTF is the OMGWTFBBQ taking place?

WTF-when/why/where/what the fuck

tsnf.

Ever try to call 10 people and find out what they're doing on Saturday night? It's so much easier to just write a text and send it to 10 people.

As for the abbreviations, I can't fucking stand 'em. Every time I see someone use "LOL" in an email, I imagine they've suddenly taken on the voice of a 14 year old valley girl.

Despite the above painful and pointless (but entertaining) conversation, texting is GREAT. It's passive, non-intrusive, here's-the-deal, be-there- or-don't, we'll-talk-when-I-see-you, look-at-your-phone-again-if-you-forget-the-plan. Perfect.

Texting is awesome. I do it 600 times a month. I text my neighbor who lives two doors down from me when we are watching TV shows at the same time, to talk about them. I also use texting at my desk, because my officemates hate hearing my phone conversations (this I know). It's also great for in meetings, restaurants, or in shows when the music is too loud to talk on the phone but you are trying to find your friend who is somewhere in the club. Put that shit on vibrate, hold it in your hand, and your answer is near.

TMI

Seriously.

Seriously.

Will: Srsly.

Texting actually does occupy a unique and useful niche ... not all of us who are old fogies (over 50) are hostile to the medium. I use it to communicate with one of my kids when the information or situation is just a tad awkward or untimely. TExting works much better than phone calls when you feel a bit awkward with a stepkid, or when you need to tell them that they owe money on the latest phone bill, or if they're out with friends and you know they don't want to stop and chat with a parent but you need to tell them you'll be in a movie and so call the other parent if they need something. And on New Year's Eve, with REALLY loud music, we all wished each other Happy New Year by texting. It's actually not bad, as inventions go.

Texting actually does occupy a unique and useful niche ... not all of us who are old fogies (over 50) are hostile to the medium. I use it to communicate with one of my kids when the information or situation is just a tad awkward or untimely. TExting works much better than phone calls when you feel a bit awkward with a stepkid, or when you need to tell them that they owe money on the latest phone bill, or if they're out with friends and you know they don't want to stop and chat with a parent but you need to tell them you'll be in a movie and so call the other parent if they need something. And on New Year's Eve, with REALLY loud music, we all wished each other Happy New Year by texting. It's actually not bad, as inventions go.

I'm 25, have never texted. I occasionally get them, and was angry when I was charged 20 cents on my bill! Am I supposed to refuse them?

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