Text Messaging is fun and fast. I've learned that even when one is in a place where a call can't get though, a text seems to go. Texting is a great tool. And few of us who have learned to use this tool want to go back to the days when we didn't have it. Nevertheless, one should always realize how easily what you text in a moment might be misconstrued by someone who reads it.
That's probably why they've come up with all kind of emotion thingamajigs. I don't know what you might think of these little additions, but when this Mom sees some of those "cutzy" little images that have been developed, she doesn't react with amusement. In fact she finds them rather annoying. I'm not really sure why they bother me so, but they do. I much prefer using words even if it takes more than one message to get the thought across.
Learning to text has been
a "time saver" and a "time stealer".
It can exersise your fingers too,
but doing too much of it
can make your wrists hurt
and cause you to experience
carpal tunnel syndrome.
Everything about our new little machines
can be quite addicting.
I've certainly found it so.
Within every new thing,
there are the pros and the cons.
That's just the way it is.
Nevertheless, most of us are not
going to be willing to give up our little new convienences.
Nor, are we likely to be going back
to simpler days,
even though most of us
might wish them back from time to time.