I keep getting calls like this.
I disagree. Instead of talking, you are typing.
Texting gives you a record of your discussion that can be referred back to in the future. If you verbally agree to meet at a specific location and time, with a text you can look back if you forget; did I say 7 or 8?
Are you telling me that I am wrong to dislike texting? I mean, I am aware that there are positives. I just don’t like it. I’d rather talk. I can write doen any information I need to keep.
Definitely you do you. Understand there are extremists like me who only text.
Texting on my phone is a time consuming nuisance, and reading anything of any length is almost as bad. Try email, which has all the advantages you listed.
Yes, I understand there are extremists like you who only text. There are also extremists who will not text. There are also people who only communicate through Facebook, or through Xitter, or through pick-your-social-media-platform; and for any of those there are people who refuse to deal with that platform. And, believe it or not, there are still “extremists” who are not online at all (I know a lot of Old Order people; and an occasional entirely secular holdout.)
While in some ways it’s gotten a whole lot easier to get ahold of people, in other ways it’s gotten a whole lot harder: because not only is there no means of communication that everybody’s using, anyone who wants to be able to communicate with a wide range of people needs to be using a dozen different means of communication. Or to just skip all the people who say “I only do !”
(I can do short texts, if I have to. But it’s really annoying to have people insist that that’s the only way they’ll communicate at all.)
Living up to the adage that “There’s an app for that!” there is a middle road you know.
My smartphone gets calls, texts and emails. I prefer text based systems, but will pick up if it’s someone on my contacts and circumstances allow. It’s easier to check a text or email (especially with a smartwatch), but if someone is important to call and leave a message, it can feel like a chore to listen to someone, especially if you need to then copy down part of the message.
But many Cell carriers provide a transcription service. No, dear god, it isn’t perfect but being able to read a voicemail like an email or text can be a great time saver.
YMMV of course.
160 characters max, in most cases.
Sure, and it’s great for stuff liek that.
But just for catching up, asking how everyone is, etc, texts wont do.
I concur.
I’m not an extremist about texting.
I just don’t have a cellphone.
I have no idea why Discourse turned whatever I originally typed into a checkmark in a box. Or why, when I tried to quote it, it deleted it altogether.
Please consider that I said "people who say "I only do [fill in method of communication of your choice, or rather of their choice]. And we’ll see whether Discourse will reproduce that.
ETA: yes, it did.
For the most part I rely on texting. But my family members know if I actually call them it’s likely to be a serious, longer conversation.
And sometimes I just need to hear their voices.
Also, it’s just one big bucket of your conversations whereas emails can both be from the person & have a subject line. I don’t need to scroll endlessly thru our conversation to find that address or link from last week, just search on emails from you with a subject of ___
For the 70 year dating question I applied the half plus seven rule, and then rounded up a little, because a 70 year dating a 42 year old seemed a little suspect.
For the record I would have responded to the question the same way if the genders were reversed, or matching.
My answer to the 70 year old dating thread hinged very much on the word “appropriate”. Which is entirely subjective, and distinct from legal, laughable, and many other IRL (In Real Life) factors.
I went with 50. Entirely IMHO, but I feel a single generation, roughly defined as 20 years, is about the maximum I personally find appropriate. Anything beyond that, and I find that both parties frames of reference are too dissimilar, the power imbalance is too pronounced, and the motivations too suspect.
I pretty much do the same 20 year rule down to about 40 (although I generally round UP to 21 at that point), and it’s not different depending on the wealth, gender, or preferences of either party.
Again, very strongly hinging on “appropriate” and using a very general rule that could have a LOT of exceptions.
What kind of obsolete texting are you using? I can text any number of characters and attach photos or emoji. I do like voice calls for some purposes, but a string of texts can be extremely functional.
I am pretty out of it tech wise, no doubt.
My answer- 25. Has to be a full adult, and other than that, if they make each other happy fine by me.
With the latest Apple update I can make my words vibrate, slink, etc. Haven’t really tried much so far, but life is good. I regularly text videos of our dogs, horses, wildlife, etc to my gf.
An observation. Apple’s voice to text is amazingly accurate. I can dictate a long message and on review there are zero mistakes. I read my voicemails and even phone numbers are accurate. (I do know a guy who had a stroke and his messages are bizarre, actually entertaining to read. But I’d do no better listening to him, especially with my hearing impairement)
I am not sure how to answer the poll about being out of the house.
I always have my keys, my phone and my money & cards with me.
Why wouldn’t I?
Had to skip this one.
Out of the house poll, I chose which of the three I’ve forgotten more than the others, which is my phone, but of those three options it’s maybe twice in the last year? Once for my wallet (which has money). And I haven’t left the house without driving in that time so that nixes the keys which are all on the same ring.
I’d have answered differently if I included time on vacation, or if there had been a wider range of options: I’ll forget my smartwatch at least once a week as an example.
Definitely my phone. I don’t bother putting it in my pocket if all I’m doing is hitting the nearest drive-thru for breakfast or buy groceries at the store a block away.