Quotes About Texting

People have become so accustomed to texting that they're actually startled when the phone rings. It's like we suddenly all have Bat-phones. If it rings, there must be danger.

electronic communication was great when you weren't up for a whole discussion. So I texted Mom to thank her for coming. She texted back that she loved me.

As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying, 'Hello, lovely day,' and so on.

I have lots of brothers and sisters, two of whom are younger than myself, so I rely on my phone, text messaging or e-mailing to stay in the loop and communicate when I'm away for big chunks of time.

brb, ttyl ok? wow, i saved a 'ton' of time with those acronyms.

Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming.

brb, ttyl ok? wow, i saved a 'ton' of time with those acronyms.

billion, representing almost half of all people and the vast majority of adults on the planet.4 And they're now sending over two trillion text messages a year.

I'm a notorious late-night texter. I seem to use a lot of lip, heart, and tongue emoji.

In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.

No sooner my kids leave their friends than they start texting them. And it's all in code in a language I totally don't understand.

Apple's MirrorPhone played a measure of One Reflection's single "You Don't Know You're Charming" to announce she'd received another hext message. This one was from Briar Beauty. Apple typed with one hand while brushing her blond curls with the other. Her hair never seemed to need

I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing?

Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk.

I'm one of those people who writes out words. All of my text messages? You can read them. Everyone would know what I'm trying to say. My sister will say 'BTW.' Do you mean 'by the way'? Is that what you're trying to say?

I used to always prefer to text, and in fact got indignant when people called. This was totally irrational.

Texting offers just the right amount of access, just the right amount of control. She is a modern Goldilocks: for her, texting puts people not too close, not too far, but at just the right distance. The world is now full of modern Goldilockses, people who take comfort in being in touch with a lot of people whom they also keep at bay.

Texting is more direct. You don't have to use conversation filler.

I flip open my phone to text Jessica: Me: Guess who's pregnant? Jess: u? Me: Get real. Jess: ur mom? Me: yep Jess: Mazel tov!? Me: Don't congratulate me, plz Jess: Could b worse Me: How? Jess: Could be u? Me: I'm a virgin. Jess: Nobody's perfect.

A text pops up on the screen. It's from Luis. I can't help but grin when I read his perfectly thought-out message. Luis: Hey

Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it!

She didn't want Oren upset. This wasn't his fault, and he wasn't a young man anymore. No need to give him additional agita. She typed out a text to Oren: All good. Super busy. I'll call you later.

The most valuable form of communication is face-to-face. The next most valuable is by phone or videoconference, but with a caveat: Those technologies become less effective as more people participate in the call or conference. The least valuable forms of communication are e-mail and texting.

We've been texting for weeks. Surely it's rather like in Jane Austen's day when they did letter-writing for months and months and then just, like, immediately got married?' 'Bridget. Sleeping with a twenty-nine-year-old off Twitter on the second date is not rather like Jane Austen's day.