Confessions of A Naughty Girl

Are There Any Vices Left That Won't Leave You Sick or Dead?

As if it wasn't annoying enough that drinking, smoking, drugs, and promiscuous sex are threats to your health, you can now happily add text messaging to the list. According to Italian doctors, it's just one more thing that's bad for you.

Truthfully, I didn't become a big fan of text messages until a few months ago. I was a late-bloomer in this department. Even now I am usually much more of a "pick-up-the-phone-and-just-talk" kind of person, but one thing I don't think I will ever be a fan of is when "ppl abbrev wrds or rplce with #s", like "lol, u r the best!" or "r u ok 2day? lmao, bff, lylas" or whatever kind of shit people write. That has always been a major pet peeve. I can understand not wanting to write the whole word out, but doesn't practice make perfect? If you're so text-saavy, why the f*ck don't you just learn how to punch in whole words faster? This is so annoying to me that it's almost a dealbreaker.

The benefits are obvious, though. It's a lot easier to talk to people in loud bars, and it's sort of like email - the format of texts gives you liberty to say some crazy shit. I have definitely gotten my share of dirty text messages, which normally I would find gross, but when I actually see "ur hot i wish u were naked" or something ridiculous like that, it does put a smile on my face. My favorite text message ever - I must share - is courtesy of Emily, August 2004, and all it said was "have you ever been handcuffed?" I couldn't think of a cute response, though, which left me bummed for about a day or so.

I have a lot of friends who are big on the text - even a couple who have dumped someone via text. Props to you guys, because if I ever had the balls to dump someone via text I'd be in hiding right now, afraid of having a cap popped in my ass. Although at least that would be a faster death than the inevitable acute tendonitis you would have from text messaging people too much, right?

posted by KA @ 7:07 PM