I just sent my 1st text message

[Scott Campbell]

1st time my son had 7,000 texts for the month he got a lecture. 2nd time it happened he lost the phone for awhile. It hasn't happened since. That was ridiculous.

Good lord. That is out of control. Holy lot of texts! I feel like I do it a lot at maybe 10 a day!!

At the time he had a lil g/f who was a text queen. She's gone now and his new one is big on facebook. Now I have to control the computer....lol It's not too bad though now that it's summer, he's definitely an outside kinda kid.

The kids PC is in a loft facing the stairs - a very public area. The monitor is 42 inches. They thought the size was really cool when I first got it because they can watch movies on it and stuff. Hehehe. I've told them I'll get them laptops once they graduate HS.

We don't have any problems.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Welcome to 2006

LOL, what you first texted in 2006? Welcome to late 90's bro. Snake is/has always been technologically jacked, but really, really hates texting personally, as it takes more time than a phone call.....then you have to wait 5 min. for a reply, then vice versa like crazy for 25-30 min. when you could just pick the phone up and say it all in 30 sec.

OK, Snake texted his buddy tonite after work, but I knew it was of nothing of great importance, but that shit makes Twitter look all the more weak. WTF is the point of that? I thought text was for that? I only text when, I don't want to call..so what is Twitter? That is truly for nerds/attention whores...I'm sure you Twitter, eh, Partial? What did you have for breakfast? I truly care.

2006 is when SMS really took off. Who texted in the late 90s? The qwerty phone was pretty rare. I'm sure the technology did exist, though, then.
I'm big on the texting. Quick, painless, doesn't require a phone call when you're at work, etc.

I don't twitter. It's more of a marketing thing, anyway, imo. Great way to get the word out about start up companies, for example.

This is what Ty loves about you. The fact that before you were doing it, nobody was. You are like a child that can't believe that his parents ever listened to music, had sex, etc.

Considering that 99 was 10 years ago, and you were like maybe 13 at best...you don't know what adults were doing. While you were still hoping to cop a feel many of us were texting.

I had my first Treo in 02 and was texting plenty...and was behind the curve.

Wow Ty, and I guess because you started 3 years after the 1990s.... meaning a 13 year after 1990, is really relevant and a fair assessment.

Texting has gone up in frequency astronomically over the past few years. Google it yourself. Stop being a bitch. The evidence is absolutely undeniable.

edit: Here you go...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SMS_messages_sent_monthly_in_USA_(in_billions ).svg

That is what Ty loves about you, the fact that don't understand logic.

You made the statement it was rare, yet you had no proof. I have a concrete example...myself and noted i felt i was behind.

Who said it hadn't gone up. That isn't the point, you said it was rare. It wasn't.

[Partial]

Welcome to 2006

LOL, what you first texted in 2006? Welcome to late 90's bro. Snake is/has always been technologically jacked, but really, really hates texting personally, as it takes more time than a phone call.....then you have to wait 5 min. for a reply, then vice versa like crazy for 25-30 min. when you could just pick the phone up and say it all in 30 sec.

OK, Snake texted his buddy tonite after work, but I knew it was of nothing of great importance, but that shit makes Twitter look all the more weak. WTF is the point of that? I thought text was for that? I only text when, I don't want to call..so what is Twitter? That is truly for nerds/attention whores...I'm sure you Twitter, eh, Partial? What did you have for breakfast? I truly care.

2006 is when SMS really took off. Who texted in the late 90s? The qwerty phone was pretty rare. I'm sure the technology did exist, though, then.
I'm big on the texting. Quick, painless, doesn't require a phone call when you're at work, etc.

I don't twitter. It's more of a marketing thing, anyway, imo. Great way to get the word out about start up companies, for example.

This is what Ty loves about you. The fact that before you were doing it, nobody was. You are like a child that can't believe that his parents ever listened to music, had sex, etc.

Considering that 99 was 10 years ago, and you were like maybe 13 at best...you don't know what adults were doing. While you were still hoping to cop a feel many of us were texting.

I had my first Treo in 02 and was texting plenty...and was behind the curve.

Wow Ty, and I guess because you started 3 years after the 1990s.... meaning a 13 year after 1990, is really relevant and a fair assessment.

Texting has gone up in frequency astronomically over the past few years. Google it yourself. Stop being a bitch. The evidence is absolutely undeniable.

edit: Here you go...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SMS_messages_sent_monthly_in_USA_(in_billions ).svg

That is what Ty loves about you, the fact that don't understand logic.

You made the statement it was rare, yet you had no proof. I have a concrete example...myself and noted i felt i was behind.

Who said it hadn't gone up. That isn't the point, you said it was rare. It wasn't.

Are you seriously going to dispute a greater an increase of 80x? It clearly was rare. How was it not again besides the fact that you arbitrarily felt behind and did it yourself. The statistics I provided clearly show the increase I talked about.

[Scott Campbell]

I thought Skinbasket created a nice home for these sorts of discussions.

[SkinBasket]

Apparently Partial is allowed to do whatever he wants under the new regime. It feels a lot like the old regime.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Welcome to 2006

LOL, what you first texted in 2006? Welcome to late 90's bro. Snake is/has always been technologically jacked, but really, really hates texting personally, as it takes more time than a phone call.....then you have to wait 5 min. for a reply, then vice versa like crazy for 25-30 min. when you could just pick the phone up and say it all in 30 sec.

OK, Snake texted his buddy tonite after work, but I knew it was of nothing of great importance, but that shit makes Twitter look all the more weak. WTF is the point of that? I thought text was for that? I only text when, I don't want to call..so what is Twitter? That is truly for nerds/attention whores...I'm sure you Twitter, eh, Partial? What did you have for breakfast? I truly care.

2006 is when SMS really took off. Who texted in the late 90s? The qwerty phone was pretty rare. I'm sure the technology did exist, though, then.
I'm big on the texting. Quick, painless, doesn't require a phone call when you're at work, etc.

I don't twitter. It's more of a marketing thing, anyway, imo. Great way to get the word out about start up companies, for example.

This is what Ty loves about you. The fact that before you were doing it, nobody was. You are like a child that can't believe that his parents ever listened to music, had sex, etc.

Considering that 99 was 10 years ago, and you were like maybe 13 at best...you don't know what adults were doing. While you were still hoping to cop a feel many of us were texting.

I had my first Treo in 02 and was texting plenty...and was behind the curve.

Wow Ty, and I guess because you started 3 years after the 1990s.... meaning a 13 year after 1990, is really relevant and a fair assessment.

Texting has gone up in frequency astronomically over the past few years. Google it yourself. Stop being a bitch. The evidence is absolutely undeniable.

edit: Here you go...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SMS_messages_sent_monthly_in_USA_(in_billions ).svg

That is what Ty loves about you, the fact that don't understand logic.

You made the statement it was rare, yet you had no proof. I have a concrete example...myself and noted i felt i was behind.

Who said it hadn't gone up. That isn't the point, you said it was rare. It wasn't.

Are you seriously going to dispute a greater an increase of 80x? It clearly was rare. How was it not again besides the fact that you arbitrarily felt behind and did it yourself. The statistics I provided clearly show the increase I talked about.

Stats: which were they? Your link doesn't work.

rare1  /rɛər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [rair] Show IPA

–adjective, rar⋅er, rar⋅est. 1. coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease; His visits are rare occasions.

Clearly you dont' understand your mother tongue.

Initial growth of text messaging was slow, with customers in 1995 sending on average only 0.4 messages per GSM customer per month.[1] One factor in the slow take-up of SMS was that operators were slow to set up charging systems, especially for prepaid subscribers, and eliminate billing fraud which was possible by changing SMSC settings on individual handsets to use the SMSCs of other operators. Over time, this issue was eliminated by switch-billing instead of billing at the SMSC and by new features within SMSCs to allow blocking of foreign mobile users sending messages through it. By the end of 2000, the average number of messages per user reached 35

[Partial]

The link does work. Copy and paste the full link. It's a limitation of PHPBB, not a bad link. Here's a full URL for you Ty.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/SMS_messages_sent_monthly_in_USA_%28in_billions%29.svg

[GBRulz]

It's just the way the younger generation communicates these days. As long as they aren't texting in class, losing sleeping at night or doing it while driving, I see nothing wrong with it. I guess I don't see it any different as when I used to tie up the phone every night for 2-3 hours!!

Ty and Partial's discussion is actually making me think of when I first sent my first text... I want to say 2005? I don't really remember anyone doing it much before then and I was even working for AT&T at the time where they gave us unlimited everything cell phones and landline/DSL services.

[MJZiggy]

My only issues with it are that they text in shorthand and SOME don't learn to translate the text into English putting them at a disadvantage when they want a job that requires language skills, and that texting while going back and forth with someone on the other end is a solitary activity much like posting to a forum. You're solitary and silent while doing it and typing does not use the same language centers that are required to keep the mind sharp. When my dad had Alzheimers, the doctors credited my mom because she still took him to every social function she could get her hands on because it was good for both of them. The doctors said the disease progressed more slowly because he had to use verbal skills and challenge his brain to come up with and say the word he needed. I'm not saying that kids will all die of Alzheimers, but that face-to-face contact and human touch are important social interactions that cannot be replaced by typing into a phone.

[SkinBasket]

human touch are important social interactions that cannot be replaced by typing into a phone.

I don't know. I was a little "excited" after sending it. I even used all the character limit. I couldn't find the punctuation though, so that took some of the sexy off it, otherwise I would have been set for the night.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

The link does work. Copy and paste the full link. It's a limitation of PHPBB, not a bad link. Here's a full URL for you Ty.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...illions%29.svg

Congrats on another worthless link.

Really no need to read it as you have been proven completely wrong.

[Partial]

The link does work. Copy and paste the full link. It's a limitation of PHPBB, not a bad link. Here's a full URL for you Ty.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...illions%29.svg

Congrats on another worthless link.

Really no need to read it as you have been proven completely wrong.

Proven? By whom and where? There was about 100 million texts in '01. That is 1 text for every 3 people in America over the course of a year. Last year there were 800 texts for every 3 people in America. That is 80000% increase.

So, again, how was I proven wrong?

Worthless link? You're the wikipedia king. Stings to get beat at your own game, doesn't it.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

The link does work. Copy and paste the full link. It's a limitation of PHPBB, not a bad link. Here's a full URL for you Ty.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...illions%29.svg

Congrats on another worthless link.

Really no need to read it as you have been proven completely wrong.

Proven? By whom and where? There was about 100 million texts in '01. That is 1 text for every 3 people in America over the course of a year. Last year there were 800 texts for every 3 people in America. That is 80000% increase.

So, again, how was I proven wrong?

Worthless link? You're the wikipedia king. Stings to get beat at your own game, doesn't it.

You just proved it yourself. If there is 1 text for every 3 people...that hardly qualifies as rare.

Learn english, then get back to me.

I already quoted...in 2000, 35 texts per month for the average user.

Nobody disputes that it is growing, only that it wasn't rare.

Time to man up.

[falco]

I think partial takes enough heat for the dumb things he says, I don't think you really need to quarrel semantics with him.

Unless you are doing it just for fun, in which case I guess the joke is on him.

[Scott Campbell]

How many text messages sent in 2001? Riveting stuff fellas.

I'd rather watch The View with Harlan.