Texting

It’s great because it’s quick and quiet. It’s like sending a letter, but much, much faster.

I agree. The problem is it’s addicting! Also I actually feel relieved whenever I get to talk to someone because in truth there is not way to express your true feelings through texting. Its hard to explain…

its gr8

Texting is totally Ossur, as it has been assered by all Rabonim in Eretz Yisroel and anybody who argues is not a rav and is a complete Koifer. It is almost as bad as using Internet, and it is Yeharoh VaAl Yavor for boys to text girls. It can lead to mixed dancing and worse, C”V.

Now everybody please shout at me, cos thats probably what the OP wanted. I am happy to shout back.

wot do U tink of texting? I personally tink it’s a gud tng. U cn teL ppl qix things w/o havN 2 caL dem ^. wot do U think?

i tink itz absolUtly NcreDbL & amazn

Makcklemore, He has YeshivaNet or KosherNet Or what ever that thing is called!

Epis – Yeah, Windows Live Family Safety Filter.

Macklemore – Next time I will try with the <open-sarcasm>########</close-sarcasm> quote marks before I make a point.

My friend once mentioned to me that she has less of a relationship with friends whom she texts. If you text them once a month, it turns into once a year, etc, til it’s a different type of friendship. More distant. Nothing to really talk about, cus it’s hard to have real conversations over texting. I feel that way, too. I won’t really often text a person just to say hi. I’ll text them for a favor or a question.

Text is so superficial. It’s hard to express feelings without a physical hug, or smile, or punch. It’s not real. That’s one reason why it’s a bad thing – people will say different things and act differently if there is cyberspace as a barrier.

I received news of my friend’s father’s death over texting. It felt so weird. The person who told me about it couldn’t break the news in person. Even over the phone would have been better, but it was too loud to talk where I was, so I asked her to text me what she wanted to tell me. It was just words – but there was so much more to it that couldn’t be relayed through texting.

So, yes, there is an eis l’text, and an eis l’be a person. Texting is very convenient in many situations. I find this true even if I’m texting someone who’s on the same couch as I am. It’s nice to have a shopping list in front of me, instead of trying to remember what was told to me. But some times call for real people, instead of words they wrote.

yekke2: THIS IS ME YELLING AT YOU!!!!!!!!

I personally don’t care for it, though it is a real convenience when you need to reach someone quickly and cannot talk on the phone. However, I think all these e-communications, whether by IM, e-mail, or text, have completely taken the place of real and meaningful conversation and dialogue between two people, to the point where many young people do not know how to talk to each other in complete sentences, if at all, anymore. Nor do they believe that it is even necessary.

It also does nothing for our spelling and grammatical skills. I do see the plus side, but I am concerned with the negative aspect.