News Textuality
posted by August 21 at 11:06 AM
onThe youth of today:
A train struck and injured a pedestrian who was sending a text message on his cell phone while crossing railroad tracks, a collision that hurled him about 50 feet, authorities and witnesses said Monday.The young man must have been in a spell of love. Some wonderful someone wrote to him something he really wanted to read. The news was just too good to believe. Nothing, not even the horn of the speeding train, could penetrate the thick mist of his bliss.Zachariah Smith, 18, waited for a southbound train to pass Monday morning. He then walked around a gate and onto the tracks, apparently unaware that another train was coming from the other direction, said witness Mike Billups.
“The horn was blowing like mad and the kid was text messaging,” said Mayor Richard Ellison, who went to the scene and talked to several witnesses after hearing of the accident. “The kid apparently was just daydreaming.”
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But was the phone OK?
actually the kid was being texted by a commie. this just goes to show, communism kills.
Or an ex just texted that he might have an STD...
One down, eighty million to go.
btw, fnarf, not funny irl, imho. g2g, mir! ttyl.
Apparently Charles is unfamiliar with young folks texting. The text he was responding to could have been "I jst farted in class! LOL!!1!" and he would have been just as lost to reality in his response. I'm amazed more kids don't stand on the sidewalk drooling while they're lost in their texting comas. That this isn't happening on a daily basis is a miracle.
Texting is fine if they are standing still. Like any other reading or writing. I don't get the compulsion to text while walking or driving. I almost ran over a pedestrian a few days ago who walked right out in front of me in the middle of a block, texting away on her phone without ever looking up to see if the street was clear. I did the right thing and stopped. But I must confess that a part of me was tempted to hit the gas pedal instead of the break pedal.
This sort of 21st century phenom clearly demonstrates why there will be no anti-war demonstrations. When your face is buried in a screen the size of a large toe nail and you're rattling your brain searching for sensible consonants, mindlessness prevails - a clever plan cleverly administered and successful in rendering our youth docile and carelessly preoccupied.
Blame it on Seattle Metro drivers.
Blame it on Seattle Metro drivers.
this aint ever happened to no brother.
Charles Darwin would be proud.
the thick mist of his bliss
Nice.
he didn't hear the other train because the sound it made was masked by the sound of the train that had just passed. Nothing romantic just an accident. He could have been distracted by many things but if it was text messaging it was probably typing something boring like.
"did she really say that, OMG LOL"
you know he type of text message conversation that keeps cell companies making millions. Nothing romantic just gossip.
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