"... arthritis in our thumbs."

little by little, technology brings us closer together. first, it was morse code. then, it was the very first telephone. now, we all have cellphones that keeps us in touch at the touch of a keyboard. but is it all too much? the article we read in class talks about the positives and negatives of cellphone use, and texting in particular. on the positive side, texting keeps us in touch with our friends and family members. it is quick and easy, and usually won't take away from the setting or situation we are in. when in a crowded room, no one wants to walk away or out of the room to make a brief phone call saying, "hey, i'll call you back." it's much easier to just send a brief text.

on the downside, it makes people avoid face to face contact. or voice to voice contact. on top of that people tend to shorten words in texts that they later use in dialogue. and little by little, as people text more, they require need more to fulfill those texting needs. the phones are just getting smaller and smaller. and our fingers aren't adapting to those decreasingly small sizes.

in some ways i agree. i think sometimes when you just need a brief conversation with someone texting is useful. especially if you're in a place where a phone call would be inconvenient. if you were on a bus or in a room full of people, it would be annoying to make a phone call. in a bus, it would be rude because buses are usually pretty quiet and it would be irritating to the other passengers to be chatting on a phone. and if you were in a room full of crowded people, the person on the other line would have a hard time hearing what you were saying. in those cases yes, i agree texting can be good.

on the other hand, i dislike the way people turn words into slush. words like thanks being turned into "thnx" or great into "gr8". it would take maybe 2 more letters to just write the entire words out. or when people start using words like "gunna" in actual writing. it's a mockery of the english language. i also hate when two people sitting next to each other are texting each other. that's just irritating. just talk to each other right? on top of that, texting makes people so paranoid. i can't stand it when people check their phones every 2 seconds making sure no one has texted them. i mean, i'm sure you'll hear it when it rings. texting is fun and i do it too, but i don't get paranoid about my phone or irritate others around me with it.